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Tomasso Corporation: Including Spirituality in the Organizational Culture (B)
Corrales A.; Melé, DomènecCase BE-155-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThis case follows on from case A, and begins with Rob McKenzie's decision to fire the 11 recalcitrant staff, and shows how he does this in accord with the spiritual and humanistic values outlined in "Our Project". It then goes on to show how he gradually introduced the company's guiding values to all aspects of its daily management.Starting at €5.74
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Tomasso Corporation: Incorporando espiritualidad en la cultura empresarial (A)
Corrales A.; Melé, DomènecCase BE-154Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementEl director ejecutivo y propietario único de la compañía considera la empresa como apoyada en dos columnas, una edificada con aspectos económicos y otra con aspectos humanos. Ambas columnas están en continua tensión pero se equilibran, a modo de piedra angular, por fuerzas interiores que hay que buscar en la trascendencia. Esta piedra angular tiene que dar lugar a decisiones armónicas, justas y humanas, sin olvidar la necesidad primaria de obten...Starting at €8.20
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Succession Planning: Surviving the Next Generation
Ilan Alon; Kimberley HowardCase IVEY-9B09C015-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyIn late May 2009, Albert Bohemier, CEO of Survival Systems Limited (SSL), located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, paced the deck of the training pool at Survival Training Simulation Theatre wondering how best to transition the company to new leadership. During the past five years, attempts at succession planning had been unsuccessful. As the leader of the company for over 25 years, Bohemier was ready to retire, but there were many aspects of successio...Starting at €8.20
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Immigrant Entrepreneurship: Bringing Yanjing Beer to Canada
Kimberley Howard; William Wei; Vicky NieCase IVEY-9B14A013-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyAn immigrant entrepreneur created Hi-Bridge Consulting Corporation, a company that imported and distributed alcoholic products in Canada, among other activities. In 2009, the entrepreneur brought Yanjing beer to Canada from China, even though the Chinese brewery did not have an articulated international expansion strategy in Canada at the time. Despite numerous challenges in the Canadian beer market, the entrepreneur made significant headway. How...Starting at €8.20
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Tomasso Corporation: Including Spirituality in the Organizational Culture (A)
Corrales A.; Melé, DomènecCase BE-154-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThis case traces the history of Tomasso Corp: Starting as a small, family-run business in Montreal, it was always run in a "family way", with close and easy relations between the workforce and the owners. On expanding, in the 1980s, ownership was transferred to another corporation, and the increased workforce, combined with more rational management techniques, soon led to a breakdown in relations between management and the workforce. With the dep...Starting at €8.20
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Tomasso Corporation: Incorporando espiritualidad en la cultura empresarial (B)
Corrales A.; Melé, DomènecCase BE-155Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementEl nuevo Director General despide a 13 directivos y técnicos del mejor modo posible, siguiendo las pautas establecidas, y contrata con sumo cuidado a quienes los sustituirán. Toma diversas medidas para mejorar la comunicación y el trato humano. Aplica con tesón diversas ?herramientas? de gestión humana y espiritual obteniendo muy buenos resultados. En dos años, las puntuaciones de la encuesta de clima laboral mejoran sensiblemente y los problemas...Starting at €5.74
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MacEwan Goes Global: Internationalization at a Canadian School of Business
Ilan Alon; Mike Henry; Kimberley HowardCase IVEY-9B09M020-EStrategyGiven the importance of global education, colleges and universities are faced with increasing pressure from various stakeholders to internationalize their campus. The dean of the Grant MacEwan School of Business is faced with the task of internationalizing the school. Her job is doubly difficult as the school is implementing a strategic move towards becoming a baccalaureate-granting institution, and upgrading its available international programs....Starting at €8.20