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Learning Team Muda Audit
Weiss, Elliott N.; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-OM-1688-EService and Operations ManagementThis case describes the meetings and development of a fictitious learning team at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. The purpose is to give students the opportunity to perform a waste audit on the learning processes of this team. The case gives students the opportunity to identify muda, non-value added activities, in a non-manufacturing environment. The case can be used in an operations course with the focus on process i...Starting at €8.20
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Hope for Special Hope (A)
Matherne, G. Paul; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-OM-1679-EService and Operations ManagementThis case set follows Eric and Holly Nelson, founders of Special Hope Network, a nonprofit organization providing holistic therapy services for children with intellectual disabilities and their families in Lusaka, Zambia. Eric, a pastor, and Holly, a special needs teacher, had previously adopted three children with Down syndrome and moved to Zambia to form this enterprise. They worked hard to overcome systemic obstacles to their mission, includin...Starting at €8.20
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Hope for Special Hope (C)
Matherne, G. Paul; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-OM-1681-EService and Operations ManagementThis case set follows Eric and Holly Nelson, founders of Special Hope Network, a nonprofit organization providing holistic therapy services for children with intellectual disabilities and their families in Lusaka, Zambia. Eric, a pastor, and Holly, a special needs teacher, had previously adopted three children with Down syndrome and moved to Zambia to form this enterprise. They worked hard to overcome systemic obstacles to their mission, includin...Starting at €5.74
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A Place to Call Home (A)
Thomas-Hunt, Melissa C.; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-F-1935FinanceThis case contains two roles, one for each person in a two-party negotiation. They are relatively short in length and can be read in class just prior to negotiating. This learning activity is appropriate for teaching negotiation skills to a broad audience, including undergraduate and graduate business school students, adult learners, and in corporate university settings. At first glance, there is no immediate resolution to the negotiation. A cou...Starting at €8.20
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Philly Cleans (A)
Thomas-Hunt, Melissa C.; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-F-1939-EFinanceThis case provides a minimum threshold and a range of value for a contract for janitorial services in an office building. A variety of facts are presented that negotiators can choose to pay more or less attention to when planning and conducting their negotiation. Mitchell, a shift supervisor, has been temporarily empowered to conduct the negotiation on behalf of his supervisor, Robert Eckhart, who is out sick. Jim Evans, the sales representative ...Starting at €8.20
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New Planet Music (B)
Thomas-Hunt, Melissa C.; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-OB-1090-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case contains two briefs, one for each person in a two-party negotiation. They are relatively short in length and can be read in class just prior to a mock negotiation. This learning activity is appropriate for teaching negotiations skills to a broad audience, including undergraduate and graduate business school students, adult learners in a variety of settings, and in a corporate university.Starting at €5.74
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Patagonia, Inc.
Wilcox, Ronald T.; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-M-0857-EMarketingThe marketing director of Patagonia, Inc. (Patagonia), had been tasked with considering the financial implications of a new initiative that Patagonia planned to launch within six months: Common Threads. It was envisioned as a used-clothing joint venture in which owners of Patagonia clothing could list garments for sale via an eBay-style platform. Patagonia's leadership was convinced that offering this service to its community of existing clothing...Starting at €8.20
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Six Sigma at the University of Virginia Medical Center (B): Discharge Cycle Time, 2003-04
Landel, Robert D.; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-OM-1378-EService and Operations ManagementIn this case, students are asked to evaluate the study design and determine the next steps in implementing an enterprise-wide solution to delayed patient discharge time in two units at a medical center. A second Six Sigma study is repeated in these two units with the goal of generating a set of best practices that can be expanded throughout the medical center.Starting at €5.74
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Southeastern Mills: The Eighth Element?
Landel, Robert D.; Goldberg, Rebecca; Moon, AndrewCase DARDEN-OM-1393-EService and Operations ManagementAppropriate for courses in operations management and leadership. Owners and employees of this company spent considerable time and effort developing a unique, extremely successful high-performance work-place culture based on trust and a decentralized structure. Individuals and teams managed their areas with little direct supervision from middle and upper management. Some managers, based on sales opportunities with new, large, and demanding custome...Starting at €8.20
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Southeastern Mills: The Improvement Journey (A)
Landel, Robert D.; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-OM-1419-EService and Operations ManagementAppropriate for courses in operations design and performance management. Owners and employees of this company spent considerable effort developing a unique, extremely successful high-performance work place culture based on trust and a decentralized structure and little direct supervision from middle and upper management. Now management wants to consider blending a Lean or Six Sigma program into their work-place culture. A Business Process Improve...Starting at €8.20