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Carter And Dan

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1. Carter identifies himself with Dan for social comparison. When Carter is informed about his new job he is delighted. Although he is only twenty-six years old, he feels confident about making Sports America remarkable. During the first meeting with his employees Carter preaches the importance of “synergy.” He reminds them about his dinosaur cell-phone idea and suggests to team up with "Krispity Krunch” so they display their sport factoids. Carter does believe he can manage as effectively as Dan. When Carter and Dan first speak, they are both surprised about their age differences. Carter tells Dan he is a fast learner and describes himself as a “machine.” Dan also compares himself to Carter. When he sees how young Carter is, he cannot believe …show more content…

Dan has a different perception about his employment than Carter does. The most obvious dilemma they have is their age difference. Carter tells Dan he is older than his father, which makes Dan feel uncomfortable since the beginning. Dan believes he should not have to listen to Carter because he has more work experience. He is shocked when he finds out Carter has no knowledge in run ad sales. During the first employee meeting Carter suggests they put sport factoids on cereal boxes he also says they can team up with tech line cell-phones and put sport factoids on their browser. Lastly, Carter tells his employees that for every 100,000 hits on the internet they should be awarded with one sport ad. The first person to react to Carters ideas is Dan and claims that is “cheating.” Two of Dan’s coworkers believe he will be the first one to be fired because he is “prehistoric.” Dan selects Carters information during the meeting because Sports America interest him and the sport ads mean something to him. Dan’s coworkers choose his response to Carter because they know he is old fashioned. At the end of the meeting, all of the employees start cheering for Carter because they organize the ideas that have been presented to them. Carter also organizes his ideas because he wants to make the company great and believes they all have it in them. Dan is not good with expectancy he is accustomed to his way of working and fails to accept Carters

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