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Volkswagen Navarra, 8th Collective Agreement (C): Latest negotiations
Stein, Guido; Escobar, Carlos; Cuadrado, Marta; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-328-EEconomics, Leadership and People ManagementAfter more than eight months without the negotiating parties managing to reach an agreement, the unions decided to call in their German counterpart to help find a solution and make the parent company aware of why it had not been possible to reach an agreement in Spain. On the other hand, in response to the drawn out nature of the negotiating period, the management from Wolfsburg contacted Patrick and Carlos to find out what was causing the lack o...Starting at €5.74
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Volkswagen Navarra, 8th Collective Agreement (A): An agreement for the future
Stein, Guido; Escobar, Carlos; Cuadrado, Marta; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-326-EEconomics, Leadership and People ManagementIn September 2012, Carlos Escobar, director of human resources for the Volkswagen plant in Navarra (hereafter, VW Navarra), was sitting in his office reading the mail that his secretary left him on his desk each morning. That day, the first letter in the pile was from Germany, signed by Herbert Waltl, the production manager for all the European Volkswagen (VW) plants. After reading the letter, Carlos called Patrick Danau, general manager of VW Es...Starting at €8.20
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Andrew Ryan at VC Brakes (Spanish version)
Cespedes, Frank V.; Yong, SunruCase HBS-915S01Leadership and People ManagementAn aftermarket brake component manufacturer, VC Brakes, is bought out by a global automotive parts corporation after the 2008 financial crisis. Unlike its previous parent company, the new owner attempts to change VC Brakes' autocratic management style and finger-pointing culture with a Total Quality Management (TQM) program. Andrew Ryan is a senior manager at VC Brakes. With the guidance of a strong mentor and a reputation as a successful change ...Starting at €8.20
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Volkswagen Navarra, 8th Collective Agreement (B): The Germans are coming
Stein, Guido; Escobar, Carlos; Cuadrado, Marta; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-327-EEconomics, Leadership and People ManagementAfter more than eight months without the negotiating parties managing to reach an agreement, the unions decided to call in their German counterpart to help find a solution and make the parent company aware of why it had not been possible to reach an agreement in Spain. On the other hand, in response to the drawn out nature of the negotiating period, the management from Wolfsburg contacted Patrick and Carlos to find out what was causing the lack o...Starting at €5.74
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Volkswagen Navarra VIII Convenio Colectivo (C): Últimas negociaciones
Stein, Guido; Escobar, Carlos; Cuadrado, Marta; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-328Economics, Leadership and People ManagementDespués de más de ocho meses en los que las dos partes negociadoras no conseguían llegar a un acuerdo, los sindicatos decidieron llamar a su homónimo de Alemania para intentar buscar una solución y poner a la matriz al corriente de porque en España no se conseguía pactar un convenio. Por otro lado, la dirección de Wolsfburg dada la extensión del periodo de la negociación, se puso en contacto con Patrick y Carlos para averiguar las causas del desa...Starting at €5.74
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Robin Ash and Printzhof Press (Spanish version)
Cespedes, Frank V.; St. Clair, LyndaCase HBS-917S06Leadership and People Managementtransform Printzhof into an aggressively competitive 21st century educational publisher while maintaining its close-knit and collaborative culture. Because of new technologies changing how information is delivered and used in higher education, the need for the company to evolve along with the publishing industry is obvious to Ash and other company leaders. However, Printzhof's history of success has resulted in resistance to organizational chang...Starting at €8.20
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Andrew Ryan at VC Brakes
Cespedes, Frank V.; Yong, SunruCase HBS-913552-ELeadership and People ManagementAn aftermarket brake component manufacturer, VC Brakes, is bought out by a global automotive parts corporation after the 2008 financial crisis. Unlike its previous parent company, the new owner attempts to change VC Brakes' autocratic management style and finger-pointing culture with a Total Quality Management (TQM) program. Andrew Ryan is a senior manager at VC Brakes. With the guidance of a strong mentor and a reputation as a successful change ...Starting at €8.20
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Robin Ash and Printzhof Press
Cespedes, Frank V.; St. Clair, LyndaCase HBS-913554-ELeadership and People ManagementRobin Ash has just been promoted to Chief Operating Officer of Printzhof Press and Vice President of its parent company, Education and Entertainment Holdings, Inc. Her first objective is to create an action plan that will achieve two seemingly contradictory corporate objectives: transform Printzhof into an aggressively competitive 21st century educational publisher while maintaining its close-knit and collaborative culture. Because of new technol...Starting at €8.20
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Volkswagen Navarra VIII Convenio Colectivo (D): Referendum
Stein, Guido; Escobar, Carlos; Cuadrado, Marta; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-329Economics, Leadership and People ManagementLos sindicalistas habían conseguido que no se aplicara la reforma laboral que acababa de aprobar el Gobierno de España, mientras que la Dirección de VW había conseguido mantener la relación con los sindicatos y la paz social, diseñando un convenio que prometía un futuro prometedor para la fábrica y sus empleados. A las tres de la madrugada del 23 de octubre finalizó el Referéndum sobre el preacuerdo del VIII Convenio Colectivo para la factoría V...Starting at €5.74
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Volkswagen Navarra VIII Convenio Colectivo (A): Un convenio para el futuro
Stein, Guido; Escobar, Carlos; Cuadrado, Marta; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-326Economics, Leadership and People ManagementEn septiembre de 2012, sentado en su despacho, Carlos Escobar, director de Recursos Humanos de la fábrica de Volkswagen de Navarra (en adelante VW Navarra) leía la correspondencia que su secretaria le dejaba cada mañana encima de la mesa. Aquel día la primera carta del montón provenía de Alemania, firmada por Herbert Walt, director de Producción para todas las plantas de Europa de Volkswagen. Tras finalizar de leer su contenido, llamó a Patrick D...Starting at €8.20