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upLIFT: The Use of Gender Pronouns in Email Signatures
Mike Annett; Richard MakCase IVEY-9B20C023-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThe director of diversity and inclusion at a community agency is trying to decide whether to update her business email signature to express her gender identity by providing preferred pronouns. The director must decide whether the benefits of adding the information exceed the potential costs. Subsequently, in a second and third situation—each situation presented as a separate addition to the main case—the director must decide the extent to which s...Starting at €8.20
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VCayr: Managing Sexual Harassment
Yasser RahrovaniCase IVEY-9B21C019-EInformation Technologies, Leadership and People ManagementVCayr was a not-for-profit social service organization that connected individuals through its social media platforms and community events. In January 2019, an organizational member and an active project manager at VCayr reported to a friend and board director that she was sexually harassed by another board director at VCayr. The friend and director had to decide how to manage the situation. He was aware of the severity of sexual harassment and th...Starting at €8.20
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MTS: Strategies for Managing Social Media Platforms
Yasser RahrovaniCase IVEY-9B19E021-EDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, Information TechnologiesMontreal Toheed Society (MTS), a community-based organization founded in 2012, has adopted various social media technologies to capture member interactions and to make the work of its board of directors more efficient and effective. The organization attempted to meet its needs by using JomSocial at first, followed later by Viber. MTS was partially successful in reaching its social media goals by implementing the Viber platform. The organization i...Starting at €8.20
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Furniture Bank: Entrepreneurial Growth in the Social Sector
Derrick Neufeld; Yasser RahrovaniCase IVEY-9B16E040-EEntrepreneurship, Information TechnologiesIn 2015, the executive director of Furniture Bank had successfully managed the Toronto social-service agency by turning a $300,000 net loss two years prior into a $100,000 net income. He had employed a variety of strategies and information technologies to integrate and rationalize business processes that resulted in significant productivity and performance improvements. However, Furniture Bank, which collected unneeded furnishings from donors and...Starting at €8.20
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MacEwan Residence Services - A Risky Accommodation
Mike Annett; Dana DzivinskiCase IVEY-9B16C045-ELeadership and People ManagementIn November 2014, the Residence Services department at MacEwan University in Alberta, Canada, needed to replace a residence assistant who was exiting midway through the academic year. The new hire would have one semester of work for the current academic year and, with good performance, was expected to return for two semesters of work in the following academic year. One of the qualified applicants had a distinguishable disability: she used a wheel...Starting at €8.20