Week three assignment one
Title : Employment at Will Doctrine
Professor : Marlene Armstrong
Course Title : Law, Ethics and Corporate Governance
Date : 01/23/2013

Question 1. Skills, Competence, and Abilities
First of all employment at will refers to the right of an employee to quit the services of the employer, for whatever reason, is the same as the right of the employer, for whatever reason, to dispense with the services of such employee (Halbert & Ingulli 2012, pg49).Employers have power to dismiss their employees at will for good cause, for no cause, or even for cause morally wrong, without being thereby guilty of a legal wrong.
Each company has qualifications for each position and I believe when Jennifer was selected and interviewed for the position; her skills met the job requirements. As a manager, I would first go through Jennifer’s resume and check if she actually was qualified for the job, compare Jennifer’s resume to other coworkers that may hold similar positions, and then look at the interview questions and how she performed. I would want to know if Jennifer was asked about using technology and if she seemed comfortable using computers at school in completing her course work. From the initial problem description, something does appear to be wrong. The computer applications that are needed to perform Jennifer’s job are stated to be basic and Jennifer seems to have had the proper training. A few months of training and support would seem to be adequate for someone to become productive and efficient in completing required tasks. Jennifer has stated that she is a good worker and a genius. I would find out about her training and if it actually enabled her learn what is required at work, I would find out if the training was relevant to what she was doing. The next step would be to review all of this data and meet Jennifer and her supervisor to