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Objectives Are SMART, Missions Are WISE
Rey, Carlos; Chinchilla, Nuria; Pitta, NunoArticle ART-3015-ELeadership and People ManagementFar from staying at the corporate level, missions are increasingly playing a cross-organizational role in companies. Entire divisions, teams and individual workers are setting their own missions across a growing number of firms. Welcome to management by missions (MBM), in which objectives stop being an end in and of themselves and are put to the service of a greater purpose. As the authors argue, while objectives are SMART (Specific, Measurable, ...Starting at €8.20
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The Purpose of Makon USA (B)
Cardona Soriano, Pablo; Chinchilla, Nuria; Rey, CarlosCase DPO-747-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case focuses on implementing a purpose and missions-based management approach in order to change a company's culture and boost performance. A new general manager has taken charge of Makon USA, a company that produces and markets machinery for the construction industry. The Management Committee is tasked with overseeing the development of the purpose and missions of the company's three departments (sales, technical and production) and two sup...Starting at €5.74
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Field Italia, S.p.A (B)
Chinchilla, Nuria; Ribera, AlbertoCase DPO-435-ELeadership and People ManagementAbstract A: A new regional manager in the telecommunications sector has to take a decision about a former technician who became a salesman who, according to the previous manager, should be fired. Abstract B: This case explains what the regional manager did to integrate him into the sales team. Caso basado en caso "Field Iberia" de los mismos autores FH-541.Starting at €5.74
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Laia Bertran (B): Time to Go Home
Brossa, Jordi; Chinchilla, Nuria; Moragas Freixa, MarujaCase DPO-141-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThe story of Laia and Jordi, a young expat couple who operate as a team and adapt to successive changes they must make to pursue their respective careers, relocating together when necessary. Laia, an industrial engineer, decides to leave her company to follow her husband to Paris, where his new job is based. She finds a position in the city with one of Europe's biggest steel producers. Years later, the careers of both partners, their family plans...Starting at €5.74
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Ana Llopis (C): A Race to the Top
Jiménez, Esther; Chinchilla, NuriaCase DPO-358-ECorporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, StrategyOver the years, Ana Llopis has made decisions at different points in her professional career and personal life. Her good work and her good relationships with headhunters have helped her to open doors to become chairwoman of the Board at Dia.Starting at €5.74
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Ana Llopis (A): A Race to the Top
Jiménez, Esther; Chinchilla, NuriaCase DPO-356-ECorporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementOver the years, Ana Llopis has made decisions at different points in her professional career and personal life. Her good work and her good relationships with headhunters have helped her to open doors to become chairwoman of the Board at Dia.Starting at €8.20
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Field Iberia, S.A. (C)
Chinchilla, Nuria; Ribera, AlbertoCase FH-543-ELeadership and People ManagementThe events from the salesman's perspective.Starting at €5.74
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Field Iberia, S.A. (A)
Chinchilla, Nuria; Ribera, AlbertoCase FH-541-ELeadership and People ManagementA new regional manager in the telecommunications sector has to take a decision about a former technician who became a salesman who, according to the previous manager, should be fired.Starting at €8.20
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Innovative Automation: Coping with COVID-19
Mary Weil; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B21C004-ELeadership and People ManagementIn early April 2020, COVID-19 began impacting trade, commerce, and industry globally. The founder and president of Innovative Automation Inc., a custom machine builder in the small and medium enterprise sector in Ontario, Canada, was facing two main dilemmas. First, how should he ensure that the internal channels of communication at the company remain open as its employees-like everyone in the rest of the province and indeed the rest of the world...Starting at €8.20
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An Influencer Strategy for Budweiser in Canada
Mary Weil; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B19A014-EMarketingIn January 2018, a senior manager at Labatt Breweries of Canada, headquartered in Toronto, was thinking of how to launch an influencer strategy for the Budweiser brand in Canada. The manager needed a strategy to connect with a group of influential bloggers and other influencers in Canada. These influencers’ opinions affected the way different brands were viewed. Getting the influencers on-side would require finesse as Budweiser was typically seen...Starting at €8.20