XAT 2020 — Decision Making Question 3
Read the following paragraph carefully and answer the question that follows:
Vindhya, Shabnam and Amala are interning at a software organization as part of the requirement of their B-school curriculum.
The organization has allotted each of them a project based on their area of specialization. In the first meeting with the HR head, they are informed of a PPO possibility (pre-placement offer, i.e., an offer to join the company after their MBA), based on their performance. All of them are eager to convert their internship into a job offer.
Each of them is assigned a mentor who evaluates the intern's performance along with the HR head.
Vindhya’s project is about understanding employee perception regarding the organization’s HR policies. Against her own instinct, she is suggested by her mentor to interview only the good performers identified by his office because poor performers, he believes, usually crib against the policies.
Which of the following courses of action will BEST enable Vindhya to provide the organization with a complete picture?
Answer & solution
- A
Vindhya should report this restraint to the HR head requesting her immediate intervention in the project.
- B
Vindhya should request the HR Head to allot her another mentor without divulging the reason.
- C
Vindhya should ignore her mentor’s directive, collect data from all, but compile reports separately for the good performers and the poor performers.
Vindhya should meet only those identified by her mentor, but also collect information from them as why their other colleagues are disgruntled.
- E
Vindhya should completely comply with her mentor’s suggestion.
Complaining to the HR Head about her mentor is not the right course of action. Asking the HR Head to change her mentor without giving any valid reason is also incorrect. Since the mentor has explicitly asked Vindhya not to collect information from the poor performers, option 3 is not the right course of action. Option 4 is correct as it will not only help Vindhya to complete her project as suggested by her mentor, it will also give her an idea about why others are not happy with the company policies. Option 5 is also incorrect as it goes against the wishes of her mentor.
Hence, option (d).