Question

Mr. Babar has been working in Cello (India) Ltd. as a finance manager for the last two
years. Though he had a very long and rich experience of working in finance department
of the same company and dealing with various types of financial problems faced by the
company, he is facing many new problems on this new assignment. he has a heavy work
load of the departmental activities and some time he has to stay in the office upto 10
pm. In addition to it, he has been unable to cope with the problem which he is facing
with regard to vice-president finance, because vice president finance assumes that Mr.
Babar is well versed in finance functions and therefore new kind of job through related
to finance that is evaluation of finance and investment projects has been assigned to
him. In view of this situation, Mr. Rama Krishnan, who is chartered accountant working
at the lower level of finance department has been appointed as a staff specialist to Mr.
Babar as to help, guide and advise him on specialised matters such as project evaluation,
etc. since then the efficiency level of Mr. Babar has further come down and he is not
feeling comfortable with Rama.
Questions :
1. Why is Mr. Babar not comfortable with his staff specialist Rama?
2. How can he cope with the situation of overwork load requiring variety of skill and
expertise?
3. Give your suggestions for making the situation healthy and comfortable for Mr. Babar.

Answer 1

He was feeling uncomfortable with Mr Rama becasue he was at a lower level than him but he has to take advise from him.

Answer 2

Answer:

In view of this situation, Mr. Rama Krishnan, who is chartered accountant working

at the lower level of finance department has been appointed as a staff specialist to Mr.

Babar as to help, guide and advise him on specialised matters such as project evaluation,

etc. since then the efficiency level of Mr. Babar has further come