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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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Lesley Stowe Fine Foods: The ERP Decision
V. Joseph Compeau; Douglas ScottCase IVEY-9B13E026-EEntrepreneurship, Information TechnologiesIn April 2012, the founder and owner of Lesley Stowe Fine Foods was in the final stages of selecting an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system from a shortlist of proposed solutions. Founded in 1990 as a provider of premium catering services, cooking classes and specialty grocery products, the company had experienced such rapid growth after introducing a line of specialty crackers, called Raincoast Crisps, in the early 2000s that it decided to...Starting at €8.20
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Digital Extremes Ltd.
David Wood; V. Joseph CompeauCase IVEY-9B11D002-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementIn March 2005, the president of Digital Extremes in London, Ontario, had just received the latest industry data. The new Xbox 360 was a success and the president knew that Digital Extremes would have to add significant resources and fundamentally change its operations in order to focus on the growing console market rather than on PC gaming. However, given only three months before game development would begin for the next new console, the Playstat...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