Ivey Business School (Canada)
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PeopleFirst Inc: A Star Employee but a Terrible Manager - Teaching Note
Atul TeckchandaniTeaching Note IVEY-8B20C042-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product 9B20C042.Starting at €0.00
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EcoWash: A Business Opportunity Worth Pursuing - Teaching Note
Atul TeckchandaniTeaching Note IVEY-8B15M079-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyTeaching note for product 9B15M079.Starting at €0.00
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Goodjobz: Challenges in Creating a Giver Culture - Teaching Note
Atul TeckchandaniTeaching Note IVEY-8B14C038-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product 9B14C038Starting at €0.00
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EcoWash: A Business Opportunity Worth Pursuing
Atul TeckchandaniCase IVEY-9B15M079-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyEcoWash is an all-in-one system that can be used to clean the interior and exterior of a vehicle in an environmentally friendly manner. A soon-to-be business school graduate has been approached by the inventor of EcoWash to embark on a partnership and to market the product. The opportunity looks promising, but a careful examination of the product and the market place — specifically through the lens of the lean start-up methodology — is needed bef...Starting at €8.20
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Distribution Management at World Peace Industrial Group
Chris J. Piper; Shwu-Min HorngCase IVEY-9B16D024-EService and Operations Management, StrategyIn November 2005, World Peace Industrial Group was at an important milestone as it prepared to join two other major electronics components distributors to form the WPG Holdings and become a dominant player in its industry. As its chief executive officer prepared for the merger, it became apparent that the company’s financial position was threatened by inventory management and forecasting problems. Although sales and market share were increasing, ...Starting at €8.20
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Alara Agri: Fresh Cherry Production
Chris J. Piper; Jordan MitchellCase IVEY-9B09D004-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyAlara Agri, based in Bursa, Turkey, is one of the world's foremost cherry and fig producers. The president and chief executive officer (CEO) was concerned about a recurring capacity problem at the end of the process where cherries were packed. On some of the plant's conveyor belts, piles of cherries of one size waited to be packed while other belts had too few cherries to keep workers busy, and thus delayed order fulfillment. Diverting excess che...Starting at €8.20
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Real Labour-management Teamwork: An Idea whose Time is due
Chris J. PiperArticle IVEY-9B09TC01-ELeadership and People ManagementIf the participation of labour in management decisions leads to a more responsive, better-run GM and Chrysler, then this economic recession will have yielded a proud legacy, proof that management-labour cooperation really does work. This author believes that the time has come for such cooperation to roll down the assembly line. He also suggests tried and true work practices that will create efficiencies, and in the end, build an enduring trust.Starting at €8.20
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Jamie's Market: Challenges Hiring and Onboarding Temporary Workers
Atul Teckchandani; Trey Alvarez; Huiling Chen; Nicole Chen; Andrew Davidas; Kevin Le; Edrees ShalemiCase IVEY-9B21C009-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2020, the flagship location of Jamie's Market, a specialty supermarket retailer in California, struggled to hire enough temporary workers to meet the increased staffing demand resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The new assistant manager, who had been recently transferred to the company's flagship store, was tasked with figuring out what had gone wrong and recommending changes to ensure that the store would have enough qualified workers for ...Starting at €8.20
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Goodjobz: Challenges in Creating a Giver Culture
Atul Teckchandani; Nathaniel Fischer; Gregory LaRosa; Rebecca Monroy; Rishi Patel; Rana Toudiee; Aurelia ZylbermineCase IVEY-9B14C038-ELeadership and People ManagementGoodJobz was a non-profit organization that funded its job training and education programs by re-selling donated goods through its retail stores. The organization helped train over 11,000 people in 2012 and hoped to double that number within five years. To do so, the vice-president of marketing and community development believed that the organization should adopt a “giver” culture. After making significant progress in instilling a giver culture w...Starting at €8.20
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Belle Fleur: Buying an Existing Business or Starting Fresh - Teaching Note
Atul Teckchandani; Jana HammoudTeaching Note IVEY-8B18M029-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B18M029.Starting at €0.00