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United Parcel Service (A) (Spanish version)
Sonnenfeld, Jeffrey A.; Lazo, MeredithCase HBS-420S18Leadership and People ManagementUnited Parcel Service (UPS) in 1987 faced serious challenges to its long-standing policies of on-the-job training and promotion from within. Increased competition in its traditional business of ground transport found UPS lagging in computerization and in need of technical expertise it could not simply cull from within its ranks. Whether, when, and how the new people were to be hired and assimilated, and to what extent the UPS culture and/or the n...Starting at €8.20
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United Parcel Service (B) (Spanish version)
Sonnenfeld, Jeffrey A.; Lazo, MeredithCase HBS-420S19Leadership and People ManagementWith expansion into other countries (Germany), new areas of service (air express), and new ventures (two small acquisitions), UPS had to decide how to adjust its human resource policies to businesses and people which were substantially different from its traditional ones. The objective is to examine the tradeoffs in changing strong cultures and well established hiring, promotion, and reward practices to meet business needs.Starting at €5.74
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Henry Tam and the MGI Team (Spanish version)
Polzer, Jeffrey T.; Vargas, Ingrid; Elfenbein, Hillary AngerCase HBS-408S28Leadership and People ManagementWithin a short time frame, seven diverse team members assemble to write a business plan for a new company and struggle to define their roles, make decisions together, and resolve conflict. Henry Tam, a second-year Harvard MBA student, who joins an aspiring start-up company and a fellow classmate to enter the school's business plan contest. The founders of the company are two internationally accomplished musicians and a 1987 Harvard MBA, all Russi...Starting at €8.20
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Warner Cable (A) (Spanish version)
Sonnenfeld, Jeffrey A.; Peiperl, MauryCase HBS-416S08Leadership and People ManagementThe new general manager of Warner Cable's Medford, Massachusetts complex faces a number of turnaround challenges in 1985, including service deficiencies, customer complaints, high turnover, and low employee morale. By 1988 he has turned the situation around, but some employees and superiors question his turnaround style. Their concerns have broad implications for career systems at Warner. Teaching objectives include the understanding of human res...Starting at €8.20
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Contra ataque. Cómo los grandes líderes renacen tras un desastre profesional
Sonnenfeld, Jeffrey A.; Ward, Andrew J.Article HBS-R0701GLeadership and People ManagementEntre las pruebas de un líder, pocos son más difíciles - y más doloroso - que se recupera de una catástrofe carrera. La mayoría de los líderes caídos, de hecho, no se recuperan. Sin embargo, dos décadas de experiencia en consultoría, investigación académica, y sus propias experiencias personales han convencido a los autores que los líderes pueden triunfar sobre la tragedia - si lo hacen deliberadamente. Los grandes líderes tienen mucho en común c...Starting at €8.20
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Leadership Challenges in a Fast-Growth Industry (Spanish version)
Beer, Michael; Vargas, IngridCase HBS-412S30Leadership and People ManagementIn 2011, Celeritas is a leading data communications company in the crowded, highly competitive, and ever-evolving enterprise-network optimization market. Having experienced rapid growth since its founding in 2003, Celeritas has recently seen sales decline and has begun to lose market share along with its status as the top player. The CEO, concerned about several problems that may have contributed to this decline, engages an organizational develop...Starting at €8.20
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Gestión de una imagen pública: Rob Thomas
Ely, Robin J.; Vargas, IngridCase HBS-417S13Leadership and People ManagementRob Thomas describe algunos de los desafíos que ha enfrentado como un hombre blanco, de mediana edad que es la gestión de director de una empresa de consultoría de tamaño medio en el que se ha comprometido a aumentar el personal de género y la diversidad racial. No dispuestos a arriesgar la desaprobación de cualquier circunscripción, Thomas fue paralizada inicialmente por su deseo de aparecer como una feria y líder infalible. Cuando un consultor ...Starting at €8.20