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David Dickens. The Last Ditch Decision
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Reference: DPO-25-E
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Year: 2004
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Number of pages: 3
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Geographic Setting: Singapur
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Publication Date: Jan 30, 2004
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Source: IESE (España)
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Type of Document: Case
Description
David Dickens has been out of B-School for ten years and, to all intents and purposes, his career has prospered. However, like many multi-lingual, upwardly mobile MBA graduates, he finds himself on a treadmill of international assignments. He considers whether he should join friends in a local dairy business back in rural England. However, things are made more complicated by his also having to solve a global marketing problem.
Learning Objective
The case provides a discussion forum for the following issues: balancing private and professional life.