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Travelink Solutions
Gene Deszca, Noah Deszca
published: 2006 | Case Study | Human Resource Management
Subject Area: Organizational Behaviour; Human Resource Management
Key Issues: Turbulence & ambiguity in a call center; Managing change; Performance management & communication
Case Description: The
case describes 16 months at Travelink, a travel-related call center,
dealing with inbound calls. William joins the firm with high
expectations, following a rigorous selection and training process.
Things begin well, but a failure to win new corporate accounts leaves
the center with excess operators and the firm fails to effectively
handle the situation.
William's personal concerns are eased
when assigned to an IT project. Unfortunately this project also
stumbles and the organization's response is silence and avoidance.
By
the tenth month William is 3/4 through his portion of the troubled IT
project, and has not received his 6 month review and salary increase.
The firm experiences a surge in call volumes at this time, due to two
new accounts, and William and others are unceremoniously reassigned to
the phones. A variety of ineffective coping mechanisms to handle
increased call volumes are employed.
# Case Pages: 10
Case Number: 030082-W
Teaching Note: Yes
revised Jul 6/06
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