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Myer and Flanagan (A): High-Stake Recruitment at the Top
Reiche, Sebastian; Akkan, ErenCase DPO-352-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThis 2-case series focuses on the challenges of senior executive replacements at Australian department store Myer. In late spring of 2014, Myer was going through a major reshuffle of its senior management team. More than 20 senior managers had left the company over the past 2 years, and the exodus of some key members of the executive team was continuing. The turnover had accelerated after CEO Bernie Brookes decided in February 2014 to remain in h...Starting at €8.20
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RSM Broadcasting: The First Steps of a New Leader
Cara C. MaurerCase IVEY-9B16M198-EStrategyIn 2016, a recent business graduate entered the workforce as the manager of a radio station in a small town. His new employer, RSM Broadcasting, led the way in serving small Canadian communities and took steps to provide radio content in the most relevant way possible, but it might be time to quicken the pace. He faced a number of obstacles because the industry had been changing and internal politics made it challenging to enact any of his own id...Starting at €8.20
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Barrick Gold: Peter Munk's Leadership and Legacy
Cara C. Maurer; Graeme KreindlerCase IVEY-9B14M047-EStrategyUnder the guidance and vision of founder Peter Munk, Barrick Gold Corporation had risen to become an industry leader and the world’s largest gold producer. The company had grown, mostly through mergers and acquisitions, from one single mine in Northern Ontario to 26 operating mines on five continents, with more than 20,000 employees worldwide. By 2013, however, weak gold prices, asset value writedowns and operational cost overruns have negatively...Starting at €8.20
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Growth After the 2008 Financial Crisis: Hudson Bay Bank
Cara C. Maurer; Bryan SinclairCase IVEY-9B12M108-EStrategyIn early January 2009, the newly hired head of Business, Strategy & Development, Cash Equities at Hudson Bay Bank (HBB) was analyzing how his group could increase revenues after the market meltdown of 2008. His analysis specifically focused on a business segment known as high-frequency trading, in some ways a controversial revenue stream, whereby traders take advantage of split-second price differences to earn a profit. Although U.S. firms had be...Starting at €8.20
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Towards the Top End by Being Down Under: Haier's Acquisition of Fisher & Paykel Appliances
Reiche, Sebastian; Lee, Yih-Teen; Sánchez-Runde, CarlosCase DPO-420-EDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementHarry Hou, director and owner of the Oceania microenterprise for Haier Group, a leading multinational consumer electronics and home appliances company headquartered in Qingdao, was contemplating the future of the group's acquisition of Fisher & Paykel Appliances (FPA). A delegation of Haier representatives, with whom he had spent the day discussing collaborations between Haier and FPA, had just left, allowing him a few moments to reflect on the p...Starting at €8.20
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LGBTA at Toronto-Dominion Bank in 2012
Cara C. Maurer; Andrew CorniesCase IVEY-9B12C027-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThis case concerns the implementation and strategic direction of LGBTA (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and ally) initiatives at TD Bank Financial Group (TD). In order to maintain its position as the “employer of choice” for the LGBTA community, TD must expand the measures it had taken since its Diversity Leadership Council was created in 2006 to promote a comfortable, barrier-free and inclusive work environment for all employees. TD’s corp...Starting at €8.20
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Canadian National Bank (Spanish version)
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Cara C. MaurerCase IVEY-9A97JS07Leadership and People ManagementEl gerente de area del banco habia informado recientemente al gerente de servicio al cliente de una de las sucursales que una de sus subordinadas habia presentado una queja al Comite Nacional del Empleado. La empleada afirmaba que el gerente estaba amenazando su desarrollo personal y profesional. A esta queja le siguio un periodo de conflictos abiertos entre los dos, y el gerente de area sentia que mantener la queja de forma confidencial era meno...Starting at €8.20
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Myer y Flanagan (A): reclutamiento sénior con mucho en juego
Reiche, Sebastian; Akkan, ErenCase DPO-352Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementEsta serie de dos casos se centra en los desafíos que los grandes almacenes australianos Myer afrontaron a la hora de encontrar sustitutos para sus directivos sénior. A finales de la primavera de 2014, el equipo directivo sénior de Myer estaba inmerso en una remodelación de primer orden. Aunque durante los dos años anteriores ya habían abandonado la compañía más de veinte directivos sénior, el éxodo de algunos miembros clave del equipo directivo ...Starting at €8.20
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Myer and Flanagan (B): High-Stake Recruitment at the Top
Reiche, Sebastian; Akkan, ErenCase DPO-353-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThis two-case series focuses on the challenges of senior executive replacements at the Australian department store Myer. In the late spring of 2014, Myer was going through a major reshuffle of its senior management team. More than 20 senior managers had left the company over the previous two years, and the exodus of some key members of the executive team was continuing. The turnover had accelerated after CEO Bernie Brookes decided in February 201...Starting at €5.74
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Project HUGO at LHSC: Leading Urgent Change in Healthcare
Cara C. MaurerCase IVEY-9B11C038-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThis case describes in rich detail the change challenge the director of pharmacy services at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) faces in September 2011. She is responsible for implementing project HUGO, an acronym for Health Care UnderGoing Optimization. HUGO is a computerized system that requires a switch from paper and pencil to fully electronic patient records. This project is the most complex and comprehensive one that London area hospitals...Starting at €8.20