Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Kenexa
Joerg Dietz; Chetan JoshiCase IVEY-9B07C004-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case describes the measurement and evaluation of high performance principles of people management in a retail bank by a consulting company. This case serves as a platform for students to deliberate on what is involved in an organization's quest to achieve competitive success through its workforce. A unique strength of the case is that students are asked to quantitatively test their arguments with data provided in an Excel spreadsheet that ac...Starting at €8.20
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SYIT: Changing the Corporate Culture
Maria Khan; Khurram Rehman Alvi; Zunaira SaqibCase IVEY-9B18C004-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyOn February 1, 2013, the managing director of software development firm SYIT, sat in his office and gathered his thoughts on his new organization. Based in Islamabad, Pakistan, SYIT was a new entrant in the offshore software development industry. Its managing director had expended months of effort to move the entire project team from his previous employer to his newly formed company, but the real challenge lay ahead. SYIT needed to reduce the cul...Starting at €8.20
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Medical Equipment Inc. in Saudi Arabia
Joerg Dietz; Ankur Grover; Laura GuerreroCase IVEY-9B07C042-ELeadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyA recently hired U.S.-trained sales account manager at Medical Equipment Inc. (Medical Equipment) returned to his office after meeting with the head of the cardiology department at a specialist hospital and research center in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He had worked very hard to secure his first sale of US$725,000 for healthcare equipment, but was disheartened when the head of cardiology told him that the hospital's purchasing director intended to giv...Starting at €8.20
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SYIT: Changing the Corporate Culture - Teaching Note
Maria Khan; Khurram Rehman Alvi; Zunaira SaqibTeaching Note IVEY-8B18C004-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product 9B18C004.Starting at €0.00
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Street Child Europe: Growing a Charity
Joerg Dietz; Anna ZampaCase IVEY-9B19C029-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyAt the end of March 2018, the director of the Barcelona office of Street Child, a charity organization with headquarters in the United Kingdom, was looking back at the changes he had introduced in 2017. The Barcelona office was responsible for growing StrStarting at €8.20
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Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation: The Scaling Decision
Joerg Dietz; Candice WhiteCase IVEY-W27836-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyIn January 2020, Philippe Isler, director of the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation (Alliance), was preparing for the Alliance’s steering group meeting that spring. He needed to set forth a plan on how to scale Alliance operations to deliver on current and proposed projects. The Alliance had only three years left in its current funding cycle, and a long list of projects to complete. Isler knew that meeting the funding governments’ expectation...Starting at €8.20
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Liip: The Path to Holacracy
Joerg Dietz; Adina DortheCase IVEY-W25066-ELeadership and People ManagementOn April 5, 2017, the lead link at Liip AG, in Lausanne, Switzerland, was reflecting on the past seven years. The digital services organization had gone through a rapid development, from a company with a team-based structure led by a top management team tStarting at €8.20
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Street Child Europe: Growing a Charity - Teaching Note
Joerg Dietz; Anna ZampaTeaching Note IVEY-8B19C029-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product 9B19C029.Starting at €0.00
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Jinnah Foundries: A Lesson in Change Management and Human Resources Restructuring
Zunaira Saqib; Maria Khan; Asfia ObaidCase IVEY-9B20M021-EStrategyJinnah Engineering Works and Foundries had been a prominent foundry and machining business in Pakistan since its inception in 1950. In early 2018, it was struggling with internal inefficiencies caused by a lack of formal workforce planning. The company hired temporary workers almost daily—with no long-term planning and a high attrition rate—and the company’s board was worried about the mounting inefficiencies and financial costs. The company had ...Starting at €8.20
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Pak Sweets: Managing a Diverse Workforce - Teaching Note
Maria Khan; Zunaira Saqib; Nataliya Farrukh; Fatima Tanvir; Kahaf PashaTeaching Note IVEY-8B16C017-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for product 9B16C017.Starting at €0.00