Auto parts manufacturer JEG Inc. has a number of vacancies at lower management levels andwants to fill the positions from within the company itself rather than recruit externally. The company plans to e-mail the job specifications to all employees and post the jobs on the company Web site. Which of the following, if true, will weaken the company’s decision?

A) JEG is looking for employees with innate ability and not necessarily formal skills.
B) JEG recently instituted a technical skills improvement program for shop floor employees.
C) JEG favors a paternalistic managerial style and its organization culture tends to be controlling.
D) The majority of JEG employees have only a basic level of education.

ANSWER

D) The majority of JEG employees have only a basic level of education.