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Dynamo Components Co. manufactures electrical components. The company is headquartered in the US Midwest, and it employs approximately 10,000 employees, half of them overseas and the other half in the US. They operate plants in Little Rock, Atlanta, San Diego, Pittsburgh, St. Paul, and Schengen, China. All of the US plants are unionized, although union membership has declined lately.

The Pittsburgh plant has experienced quite a bit of trouble lately. The last plant manager for this facility recently quit, although the rumor is that he was terminated. The company is now trying to hire a new plant manager for their Pittsburgh facility. Production costs have skyrocketed at this facility, which has also experienced an inordinate number of labor slowdowns, conflicts and employee grievances.

The company intends to solve the issues at this plant by hiring a very good plant manager. They have administered several selection procedures to a number of potential candidates with the help of some external consultants. After studying the results, the company has narrowed down the search to the eight candidates listed here. Please study the following plant manager job description and the information gathered about the candidates, and then follow the instructions to complete each table.

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JOB RESPONSIBILITIES	COMPETENCIES
	*Now, insert the two-letter competency labels in the row below:*

	Please fill in the boxes with either two, one or no to indicate the relevance of each competency to each job responsibility:* * relevant; ** very relevant
Procuring materials
Maintaining the Plant
Controlling quality
Using manpower
Establishing budgets
Revising production schedules because of equipment failure/operation issues
Consulting with experts regarding production quantity, quality, safety
Resolve employee grievances
Participating in union-management negotiations
Ensuring safety
Establishing community relations

Competency	Two-letter competency label	Competency Definition