Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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Circadian Advantage in Major League Baseball
Pfeifer, Phillip E.; Winter, W. ChristopherCase DARDEN-QA-0780-EDecision AnalysisSleep researcher Chris Winter, MD, had just finished compiling “jet lag” and game outcome data for 22,855 Major League Baseball games over a nine-year span. His interest was to see whether jet lag affected which team won/lost professional baseball games. Was the win percentage higher for the team that was less jet lagged? And if it was higher, was the difference significant enough to warrant publication? Students are given an Excel spreadsheet wi...Starting at €8.20
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Maxine Hall at Northwest Middle School (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Hernandez, Morela; Guggenheimer, ScottTeaching Note DARDEN-OB-1271TN-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product OB-1271Starting at €0.00
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Justin Thomas at Shining Star Academy (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Hernandez, Morela; Guggenheimer, ScottTeaching Note DARDEN-OB-1269TN-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product OB-1269Starting at €0.00
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Justin Thomas at Shining Star Academy (A)
Hernandez, Morela; Guggenheimer, ScottCase DARDEN-OB-1269-ELeadership and People ManagementWhen Justin Thomas began as principal of Shining Star Academy, an elementary school in Alabama, the school had been failing for eight years and was in serious risk of state takeover. One of Thomas’s innovations was to implement data-driven instruction, but teachers struggled to change their routines. As hard as everyone was working, progress was minimal after a year. Thomas was heartbroken, and he didn’t know what else to try. This case is used a...Starting at €8.20
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Justin Thomas at Shining Star Academy (B)
Hernandez, Morela; Guggenheimer, ScottCase DARDEN-OB-1270-ELeadership and People ManagementWhen Justin Thomas began as principal of Shining Star Academy, an elementary school in Alabama, the school had been failing for eight years and was in serious risk of state takeover. One of Thomas’s innovations was to implement data-driven instruction, but teachers struggled to change their routines. As hard as everyone was working, progress was minimal after a year. Thomas was heartbroken, and he didn’t know what else to try. The B case follows ...Starting at €5.74
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Maxine Hall at Northwest Middle School (A)
Hernandez, Morela; Guggenheimer, ScottCase DARDEN-OB-1271-ELeadership and People ManagementMaxine Hall, the new principal at Northwest Middle School, knew when she started that the school was suffering from a sense of distrust between teachers and administration, as well as a high degree of student disengagement and absenteeism. To unlock student achievement and instill much-needed consistency and alignment across the school, Hall implemented data-driven instruction, but her efforts were stymied by an unwillingness to change among staf...Starting at €8.20
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Maxine Hall at Northwest Middle School (B)
Hernandez, Morela; Guggenheimer, ScottCase DARDEN-OB-1272-ELeadership and People ManagementMaxine Hall, the new principal at Northwest Middle School, knew when she started that the school was suffering from a sense of distrust between teachers and administration, as well as a high degree of student disengagement and absenteeism. To unlock student achievement and instill much-needed consistency and alignment across the school, Hall implemented data-driven instruction, but her efforts were stymied by an unwillingness to change among staf...Starting at €5.74