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The Leader's Guide to Corporate Culture (Spanish version)
Groysberg, Boris; Lee, Jeremiah; Price, Jesse; Cheng, J. Yo-JudArticle HBS-R1801BLeadership and People Management"What's Your Organization's Cultural Profile?" "How to Shape Your Culture," "Convergence Matters," and "Context, Conditions, and Culture."Starting at €8.20
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Roaring Dragon Hotel: A Second Attempt at Modernization
Stephen GraingerCase IVEY-9B12C055-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThe Roaring Dragon Hotel (RDH), a Chinese state-owned enterprise (SOE), was under pressure to become a profit generating 5-star hotel due to the continued development of the Chinese market economy. As for many SOEs, the RDH was overstaffed, filled with archaic work practices, internal cliques, unsystematic production systems and a dysfunctional motivation system unrelated to performance. During modernization, a number of human resource management...Starting at €8.20
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Roaring Dragon Hotel: Problems Adapting to the Chinese Market Economy
Stephen GraingerCase IVEY-9B17C049-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyBetween 1999 and 2017, the Roaring Dragon Hotel (RDH) evolved from a state-owned enterprise (SOE) into a modern, market-driven 5-star accommodation provider, experiencing a combination of market economy and privatization forces. Its initial operations under the new status progressed from the poor performance and management practices of China’s planned economy to a portfolio of operational and strategic reforms that saw it become semi-privatized i...Starting at €8.20
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The Leader's Guide to Corporate Culture
Groysberg, Boris; Lee, Jeremiah; Price, Jesse; Cheng, J. Yo-JudArticle HBS-R1801B-ELeadership and People ManagementExecutives are often confounded by culture, because much of it is anchored in unspoken behaviors, mindsets, and social patterns. But when properly managed, culture can help them achieve change and build organizations that will thrive in even the most trying times. In "The Leader's Guide to Corporate Culture," the authors describe eight distinct culture styles: caring, focused on relationships and mutual trust; purpose, exemplified by idealism and...Starting at €8.20
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CEO Succession at Cisco (A): From John Chambers to Chuck Robbins
Groysberg, Boris; Cheng, J. Yo-Jud; Lobb, AnnelenaCase HBS-417031-ELeadership and People ManagementA smooth transition from former CEO John Chambers to new CEO Chuck Robbins had put Cisco in a position of strength. Looking back, the board reflected on what they had done well and what they might have done differently, and pondered whether another company might be able to implement a similar CEO transition process. This case reviews the specific steps taken by the board of directors and other stakeholders during the selection process. Particip...Starting at €8.20
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Swine Flu Tour
Stephen GraingerCase IVEY-9B09C021-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyAn Australian business professor has just arrived in China with a group of students, when one of the group members comes down with the H1N1 virus. The entire group is hospitalized or quarantined. The professor, who is also the tour director, must determine how to deal with the crisis, and quickly. This case is designed for use in a crisis management course, or in an early class in an international management course to illustrate the sorts of diff...Starting at €8.20
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CEO Succession at Cisco (C): Chuck Robbins' First 100 Days
Groysberg, Boris; Cheng, J. Yo-Jud; Lobb, AnnelenaCase HBS-417033-ELeadership and People ManagementSupplements the (A) case (417-031). This case supplement describes new CEO Chuck Robbins' earliest days after being announced as Cisco's new chief executive. During this time, Robbins focused on building a leadership team featuring people with complementary skills and the disclosure of top executive departures during the transition period. Chambers also assumed his new role as executive chairman during this time frame. This case is accompanied...Starting at €5.74
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Roaring Dragon Hotel: Problems Adapting to the Chinese Market Economy - Teaching Note
Stephen GraingerTeaching Note IVEY-8B17C049-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product 9B17C049.Starting at €0.00
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Fassler Gourmet Singapore: Innovation from a Crisis
Stephen GraingerCase IVEY-9B13C016-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyMartin Fassler’s dynamic entrepreneurial and innovative skills were evident when he saw an opportunity in the smoked marlin market and started his now-successful company, Fassler Gourmet (FG). After coping with the initial challenges that every new entrepreneur faces, he found success in supplying airlines flying out of Singapore, Bangkok and Seoul with original seafood dishes. Airline travel — and FG’s revenues — were decimated by the Asian Fina...Starting at €8.20
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Recruitment at China Sunwah Bank: Guanxi versus Talent
Stephen GraingerCase IVEY-9B14C010-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThe human resources department at China Sunwah Bank had to decide on 22 new appointments — only 12 of which were officially advertised — to Sunwah Bank’s 28 branches. More than 4,000 applications had been received and the final list of candidates based on merit had been reduced to 48. The department members had spent many hours reading applications and conducting interviews; however, some members had been coping with specific endorsements for cer...Starting at €8.20