Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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Wausau Equipment Company: A Lean Journey (C)
Landel, Robert D.; Gruia, SorinCase DARDEN-OM-1383-EService and Operations ManagementThis file contains slides that show the elements chosen by the senior management and consultants to reengage and relaunch the lean journey at Wausau Equipment Company, following its original failed implementation and necessitated by implementation and acceptance problems at the management level. A teaching note (OM-1354TN) is available.Starting at €5.74
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Wausau Equipment Company: A Lean Journey (A)
Landel, Robert D.; Gruia, SorinCase DARDEN-OM-1354-EService and Operations ManagementA manufacturing company with a reputation for excellent service and quality and a command-and-control style of management with little communication across the organization decides to undertake a lean transformation, working closely with Lean Dynamics, a management consulting group with extensive lean-implementation experience. The challenges the company faces are examined in detail as are the lean implementation process, tools, and practices. But...Starting at €8.20
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Wausau Equipment Company: A Lean Journey (B)
Landel, Robert D.; Gruia, SorinCase DARDEN-OM-1382-EService and Operations ManagementThe lean initiative detailed in the (A) case, OM-1354, had reached a precarious stage. The machine and systems division of Wausau Equipment Company (WECO) had failed to sell several harvesting systems to customers to usually reliable buyers, and the competition was making important inroads in what was traditionally WECO country. The first wave of improvements made by the teams had not yet had any impact in the field. Enthusiasm to re-engage in th...Starting at €5.74
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The Evolution of a Practitioner to Leadership (A)
Parmar, Bidhan L.; Cohen, Will; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0463-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityWill Cohen, the case protagonist, has recently been promoted to Bank of America’s market sales executive for the mid-Atlantic region. In this position, he finds himself struggling with some of the conversations, personal interactions, and general dynamics he has had with his direct reports. Cohen had had a wildly successful decade-plus experience in wealth and investment advising for several large companies, including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan C...Starting at €8.20
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The Evolution of a Practitioner to Leadership (B)
Parmar, Bidhan L.; Cohen, Will; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0464-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThis case, which follows up on "The Evolution of a Practitioner to Leadership (A)" (UVA-E-0463), finds Will Cohen adjusting his leadership style after reflecting on the challenges he had faced in his first six months as Bank of America´s market sales executive for the mid-Atlantic region. Instead of jumping in to solve problems, he adopted a more Socratic approach, asking his employees questions such as, “How would you approach the situation/opp...Starting at €5.74
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The Evolution of a Practitioner to Leadership (A)
Parmar, Bidhan L.; Cohen, Will; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0463Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityWill Cohen, the case protagonist, has recently been promoted to Bank of America’s market sales executive for the mid-Atlantic region. In this position, he finds himself struggling with some of the conversations, personal interactions, and general dynamics he has had with his direct reports. Cohen had had a wildly successful decade-plus experience in wealth and investment advising for several large companies, including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan C...Starting at €8.20
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The Evolution of a Practitioner to Leadership (B)
Parmar, Bidhan L.; Cohen, Will; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0464Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThis case, which follows up on "The Evolution of a Practitioner to Leadership (A)" (UVA-E-0463Starting at €5.74