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Charles Pratt and the First Nations University (A)
Davidson, Martin N.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-0909-ELeadership and People ManagementCan you imagine stepping up to lead an organization in the midst of crisis? In the A case, a professor of business administration at the First Nations University of Canada (FNUniv) has submitted his résumé at the close of an assembly meeting to be considered along with five others to take over the role of interim president. As he waits for the decision, he thinks about the situation ahead of him. Public accusations of fiscal mismanagement and vio...Starting at €8.20
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Dow Chemical Polyolefins and Elastomers R&D: Sustaining High Performance (Abridged)
Horniman, Alexander B.; Cross, TomCase DARDEN-OB-0918-ELeadership and People ManagementOnce considered a candidate for divesture, Dow Chemical Polyolefins and Elastomers has had 12 successful years in a row. The company has set the standard of excellence for new-product innovation, having launched an average of one new-product line each year with 10 of the 11 launches being a success. After winning awards and receiving recognition for his speed in developing and launching chemical products, the company’s COO now had a new concern t...Starting at €8.20
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A New Team Face
Davidson, Martin N.; Magnuson, Erin; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-0920-ELeadership and People ManagementA marketing team, asked to compile a marketing deck in response to an urgent request by the head of a business, has completed the task. Still, the team leader is concerned about the dynamics he observed during the meeting of his marketing group team. He has noticed that a recent recruit to the team, an African American, is being ignored when he contributes to the discussion, although his ideas are solid ones. The leader is left with some nagging ...Starting at €8.20
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Smoke and Mirrors (A)
Cross, TomCase DARDEN-OB-0948-ELeadership and People ManagementThe CEO of Exhaust Tech, the worldwide leader in exhaust systems, has directed the newly appointed head of marketing to advertise and market a new product that is less expensive to manufacture but has no real consumer benefits other than the lifetime guarantee that no longer offers any competitive differentiation. The head of marketing prefers another product and feels he is being pressured into inventing something out of nothing to launch this n...Starting at €8.20
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And Now The Hard Part: Role-Plays
Davidson, Martin N.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-0965-ELeadership and People Management“The diversity lady has a label on her forehead and talks about the standard message,” one senior executive at a large corporation said. “It’s the same message we got 20 years ago. We do it annually but employees never get any of that. I’ve never had a diversity talk to my staff.” Traditional diversity initiatives generally focus on specific dimensions of difference such as gender, race, sexual orientation, able-bodiedness, or religion. This mate...Starting at €8.20
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James Madison and "The Business of May Next" (B)
Cross, Tom; Newell, Terry; Rice, PeterCase DARDEN-OB-0969-ELeadership and People ManagementOn May 30, 1787, the second day of the Convention held in the Pennsylvania State House, six states voted “aye” and one “nay” to the proposal to establish “a national Government … consisting of a supreme Legislative, Executive and Judiciary.” In that moment, delegates who had gathered merely to revise the Articles of Confederation agreed to abolish it. In that moment, James Madison earned the title of Father of the Constitution, although he had no...Starting at €5.74
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Diversity at JPMorgan Chase: Right is Good Enough for Me (A)
Davidson, Martin N.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-0975-ELeadership and People ManagementThis first case in a two-part series offers a look at diversity recruitment in a Fortune 500 company. With a white male champion at the helm, the A case shows how competent leaders do something interesting with diversity in a hiring system that has a strong pipeline of diverse talent for future consideration. Other Fortune 500 firms ask it to share recruiting best practices. But the head of recruiting wonders if his work efforts will change JPMC ...Starting at €8.20
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Abroad in the World
Davidson, Martin N.; de Guzman, Terry S.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-1009-ELeadership and People ManagementUsed as an opening case in a second-year MBA elective on global leadership, this case is a biographic description of an immigrant’s journey in American business. The story reflects the transitions that a 24-year old immigrant experiences in her career and personal life in the United States.Starting at €8.20
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Finder, Minder & Grinder: The Charges and Rebuttal - Teaching Note
Davidson, Martin N.; Yemen, Gerry; Wiese, CatherineTeaching Note DARDEN-OB-0841TN-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product OB-0841Starting at €0.00
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StarPower: Managing With Power - Teaching Note
Clawson, Donna C.; Davidson, Martin N.; James, Erika Hayes; Quinn, Ryan W.; Yemen, GerryTeaching Note DARDEN-OB-0903TN-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product OB-0903Starting at €0.00