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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Adam Root, MD (A)
Horniman, Alexander B.; Josephs, Scott T.Case DARDEN-OB-0992-ELeadership and People ManagementAdam Root, for as long as he could remember, wanted to be a doctor like his father. As a single parent, his father raised four children. Root idolized his father. Root was an outstanding student in high school and in medical school. After completing his residency, he joined a small private primary care practice in the Boston area. The practice grew because of Root's significant contribution. After a 10-year period, the practice had grown in exces...Starting at €8.20
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Adam Root, MD (B)
Horniman, Alexander B.; Josephs, Scott T.Case DARDEN-OB-0993-ELeadership and People ManagementAdam Root was faced with the problem of burning out because of his work. His wife wanted him to give up the role of medical director, a role he did enjoy though he believed at times it demanded too much of him, and it was causing him to miss out on his family. In the end, he decided to leave his group practice, but he left it without plans of what he would do next. This is the B case in a series of three cases (A case: UVA-OB-0992 and C case: UVA...Starting at €5.74
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Adam Root, MD (C)
Horniman, Alexander B.; Josephs, Scott T.Case DARDEN-OB-0994-ELeadership and People ManagementAfter leaving his practice, Adam Root spent time looking at options. He decided to join a national medical company as a medical director, this time on the managed care side of medicine. He had initially been inspired to take the position by the senior medical director, who left that position nine months later. Root became the new senior medical director and enjoyed the new position. This is the C case in a series of three cases (A case: UVA-OB-09...Starting at €5.74
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Conflicting Loyalties: Friends Helping Friends? (A)
Gentile, Mary; Lopez-Jimenez, Liliana; Guevara-Zuluaga, Manuela; Aguilar-Pulido, JulietteCase DARDEN-OB-1375-ELeadership and People ManagementAs a senior project manager for the Colombian office of a consulting services firm, Lucia is responsible for hiring decisions regarding junior consultants. During a recent recruitment process, Lucia found out that a candidate who achieved a perfect score on the written test had cheated, with the help of Lucia’s subordinate and close friend. She further learned that this candidate was motivated to commit fraud because of the medical needs of his y...Starting at €8.20
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Conflicting Loyalties: Friends Helping Friends? (B)
Gentile, Mary; Lopez-Jimenez, Liliana; Guevara-Zuluaga, Manuela; Aguilar-Pulido, JulietteCase DARDEN-OB-1376-ELeadership and People ManagementAs a senior project manager for the Colombian office of a consulting services firm, Lucia is responsible for hiring decisions regarding junior consultants. During a recent recruitment process, Lucia found out that a candidate who had achieved a perfect score at the written test had cheated, with the help of Lucia’s subordinate and close friend. She further learned that this candidate had been motivated to commit fraud because of the medical needs...Starting at €5.74
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Conflicting Loyalties: Friends Helping Friends? (A) and (B) - Teaching note
Gentile, Mary; Lopez-Jimenez, Liliana; Guevara-Zuluaga, Manuela; Aguilar-Pulido, JulietteTeaching Note DARDEN-OB-1375TN-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product OB-1375Starting at €0.00