Mini Case.
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MINI CASE DONNA JAMISON, A 1997 GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE WITH FOUR YEARS OF BANKING EXPERIENCE, WAS RECENTLY BROUGHT IN AS ASSISTANT TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF COMPUTRON INDUSTRIES, A MANUFACTURER OF ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS. THE COMPANY DOUBLED ITS PLANT CAPACITY, OPENED NEW SALES OFFICES OUTSIDE ITS HOME TERRITORY, AND LAUNCHED AN EXPENSIVE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN. COMPUTRON'S RESULTS WERE NOT SATISFACTORY, TO PUT IT MILDLY. ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHICH CONSISTED OF ITS PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT PLUS ITS MAJOR STOCKHOLDERS (WHO WERE ALL LOCAL BUSINESS PEOPLE), WAS MOST UPSET WHEN DIRECTORS LEARNED HOW THE EXPANSION WAS GOING. SUPPLIERS WERE BEING PAID LATE AND WERE UNHAPPY, AND THE BANK WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE DETERIORATING SITUATION AND THREATENING TO CUT OFF CREDIT. AS A RESULT, AL WATKINS, COMPUTRON'S PRESIDENT, WAS INFORMED THAT CHANGES WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE, AND QUICKLY, OR HE WOULD BE FIRED. ALSO, AT THE BOARD'S INSISTENCE DONNA...

