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Voltium, Inc.
del Potro, Eloy; Stein, Guido; Pin Arboledas, José Ramón; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosCase BE-173-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe manager at Voltium,a European company that was installing electricity in various parts of an African country, pondered whether it was justifiable to yield to the extortion of a local public official of the Dambo region, just as the company was about to finalize the project for the electrification of the area. This case was recognized by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) as the best publication in the 2012 Case Writing ...Starting at €8.20
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Union Fenosa Gas: Human Resources Start-Up
García, Pilar; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-94-ELeadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementFaced with new challenges in the energy sector, Unión Fenosa decides to enter the liquefied natural gas (LNG) business and becomes involved at every stage, from procurement to sale. The challenge is to source gas from optimal locations, create the right type of organization, build a liquefaction plant, and put together a team capable of managing the project successfully. And all this in record time (the Damietta plant went from engineering to pro...Starting at €8.20
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Management by Competencies: Theoretical Aspects & Design and Implementation Practices
Pin Arboledas, José Ramón; Stein, GuidoTechnical Note DPON-66-ELeadership and People ManagementThis note describes practical aspects of management by competencies (MBC), both in terms of design and administration. It analyzes the possible variations in the two components of MBC: a) the process (forms to fill out and the information cycle), and b) the coaching relationship between the coach (who does the evaluating) and the coachee (who is being evaluated). It pinpoints MBC as an integrating tool human resources policies can use to add valu...Starting at €8.20
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John Galliano: Defiant Success (B)
Rodríguez Fernández-Hidalgo, Enriqu; Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-288-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThe company Christian Dior decided to break definitively with John Galliano, accused of going on an anti-Semitic rant. A short video posted on the website of The Sun was what tipped the scale. The video stigmatized Galliano - who was famous among Hollywood celebrities and in the fashion world - as an anti-Semite. Natalie Portman, a Jewish American Oscar-winning actress, stated that she was disgusted after watching the videoStarting at €5.74
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Volkswagen Navarra, 8th Collective Agreement (C): Latest negotiations
Stein, Guido; Escobar, Carlos; Cuadrado, Marta; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-328-EEconomics, Leadership and People ManagementAfter more than eight months without the negotiating parties managing to reach an agreement, the unions decided to call in their German counterpart to help find a solution and make the parent company aware of why it had not been possible to reach an agreement in Spain. On the other hand, in response to the drawn out nature of the negotiating period, the management from Wolfsburg contacted Patrick and Carlos to find out what was causing the lack o...Starting at €5.74
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Volkswagen Navarra, 8th Collective Agreement (A): An agreement for the future
Stein, Guido; Escobar, Carlos; Cuadrado, Marta; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-326-EEconomics, Leadership and People ManagementIn September 2012, Carlos Escobar, director of human resources for the Volkswagen plant in Navarra (hereafter, VW Navarra), was sitting in his office reading the mail that his secretary left him on his desk each morning. That day, the first letter in the pile was from Germany, signed by Herbert Waltl, the production manager for all the European Volkswagen (VW) plants. After reading the letter, Carlos called Patrick Danau, general manager of VW Es...Starting at €8.20
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Shalim (A)
Pin Arboledas, José Ramón; Pérez Orive J. F.Case FH-315-ELeadership and People ManagementStarting at €8.20
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New Ethical Challenges in Business
Pin Arboledas, José RamónTechnical Note DPON-15-ELeadership and People ManagementThe note explains the reasons for the increase in ethical sensibility in business. The scandals and the cultural undercurrent of postmodernity, the need for a thorough understanding of a business ethics that is comprehensive and far removed from pseudoethics, and the three mechanisms for furthering this within the firm, including references to ethical codes.Starting at €8.20
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ET&T CO. Lucca's Decision (B)
Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-78-ELeadership and People ManagementThe objective of this case study is to describe the conflicts that can happen between different sectors of a company: the managers at corporate headquarters and the managers of the business units.Starting at €5.74
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Mentoring: A Key to the Development of Human Capabilities in Organizations
Pin Arboledas, José RamónTechnical Note FHN-217-ELeadership and People ManagementOver the last few years, it has become fashionable to apply scientific thought to the management of companies' human resources; a factor that is receiving increasing attention. Nevertheless, this resource is different from any other: Each person has different motivations, capacities and skills, which they learn and develop through a series of complex mechanisms. One of these is the work of the mentor, or tutor: mentoring. This note defines mentor...Starting at €8.20