Bill Carter is an excellent hardware designer, but he wants to move into management, in order to broaden his experience. His manager is supportive and encourages Bill to go to evening classes on management. Bill worked hard for two years, and graduated first in his class. Soon, there was a management opening in the procurement department. Bill applied for it, but the position was eventually filled by an outside applicant. Bill was turned down, because he did not have sufficient experience in the procurement functions, which was a stated key requirement of the job. Bill protested: “But I have better technical knowledge on components than all the procurement engineers put together, and I learned about procurement in my management courses. The only way I will get experience in it is to work on the job.” Do you think Bill should have been given the job? How would you have handled this situation?