The vice-president of corporate and institutional banking at Victory Bank Limited (VBL) finds himself in a political imbroglio. He needs to respond to the request by VBL's head of retail and private banking to join his team, even though the vice-president shares an excellent relationship with his current boss and is a star performer within the organization. The vice-president needs to decide his next steps: whether to accept that new role or to decline it. Students will come to understand how they can get caught in political battles and how best to manage the politics within the organization. Students will also learn to think their way through the various options faced when tackling similar situations.
