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GTSI Corporation: Mission Impossible? (A)
Horniman, Alexander B.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-0966-ELeadership and People ManagementThis undisguised case is appropriate for graduate-level organizational behavior, strategy, and leadership courses. Readers will be put in the shoes of a seasoned change agent hired to transform a publicly owned company on the brink of bankruptcy. With a 50% attrition rate, low employee morale, stock market delisting notice, failed ERP system, bank default, new credit facility search, forbearance agreements, and a going-concern opinion, the new CE...Starting at €8.20
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M. J. Tasman (C)
Horniman, Alexander B.; Brewster, MichaelCase DARDEN-OB-0973-ELeadership and People ManagementM. J. Tasman follows the feedback he was given, and changes his day-to-day behaviors. A year later, the results are quite improved. Although Tasman only changes some external behaviors, his internal structure seems to have been affected in a positive manner.Starting at €5.74
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Reflecting on Multiple Intelligences: Choice or Chance?
Horniman, Alexander B.Technical Note DARDEN-OB-0995-ELeadership and People ManagementThanks to the work of Howard Gardner, the notion of multiple intelligences is better understood. Instead of thinking primarily of IQ, the other intelligences have been well articulated and given greater status in contemporary thinking. These intelligences all are reflected by activities within our structures. The more we are aware of and to some extent understand these multiple intelligences, the more choices we have. Because we behave consistent...Starting at €8.20
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Influencing Others Without Formal Authority
Horniman, Alexander B.Case DARDEN-OB-1058-ELeadership and People ManagementThis technical note provides suggestions for influencing others when the person doing the influencing does not have formal power or authority.Starting at €8.20
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Dow Chemical Polyolefins and Elastomers R&D: Sustaining High Performance
Horniman, Alexander B.; Cross, TomCase DARDEN-OB-0813-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case is about the highest performing R&D department in the chemical industry. It illustrates how a 650-person group was transformed from a low performing department in a poor performing business about to be sold off to the highest performing technical group in Dow Chemical. It is a superb example of sophisticated change management. The case sets up the question of what next? How can Dow Chemical continue the high performance of this critical...Starting at €8.20