Search results
-
Cinco estrategias para sumar en las negociaciones
Mehta, KandarpArticle ART-2273Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeDe los pasillos del poder político a los consejos de administración, es fundamental saber manejar bien una negociación. En parte, el fracaso de muchas de ellas se debe a la incapacidad para poner sobre la mesa ofertas creativas e integradoras. La investigación existente muestra que esta habilidad es muy importante para cerrar un trato satisfactorio para ambas partes. Tras analizar 207 negociaciones diádicas realizadas durante un juego de rol, el ...Starting at €8.20
-
Five Essential Strategies for Creative Negotiations
Mehta, KandarpArticle ART-2273-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeFrom the corridors of political power to the boardroom, the ability to hold your own around the negotiating table is a vital element of success in today's world. Unfortunately, many negotiations end in deadlock. This is partly because many negotiators are unable to come up with creative, integrative deals, which research shows are a significant variable in reaching a conclusion satisfactory to both parties. Using a role-play-based experiment, the...Starting at €8.20
-
Consejos para resolver conflictos en la empresa
Mehta, Kandarp; Ripol, IgnacioArticle ART-3056Leadership and People ManagementMuchos líderes creen ser expertos negociadores por el mero hecho de negociar con frecuencia. Pero negociar mucho no significa necesariamente hacerlo de forma eficaz y, en muchas ocasiones, las dificultades que se presentan durante el proceso pueden impedir llegar a un acuerdo cuando se carece de las habilidades adecuadas. Dado que la mediación es un recurso muy útil para superar estos momentos de bloqueo, conocer las capacidades propias de un med...Starting at €8.20
-
5 Ways Managers Can Enhance Their Mediating Skills
Mehta, Kandarp; Ripol, IgnacioArticle ART-3056-ELeadership and People ManagementNegotiating is a skill that every manager needs to master, not only because it can help to solve problems and create value, but because thwarted negotiations undermine value, sap morale, waste resources and even escalate into greater conflict. But there is more to negotiation than just wearing down the other side. The use of mediation in corporate settings yields useful lessons for every manager in resolving disputes and negotiating positive outc...Starting at €8.20
-
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
-
Managing Change in Operations
Landel, Robert D.; Goldberg, RebeccaTechnical Note DARDEN-OM-1376-EService and Operations ManagementThis note's focus is how the robustness of an organization may be due in large part to its ability to build a continuous-improvement cycle solidly into the infrastructure of its culture and operations. Students will learn that when internal or external pressures cause a company to undertake an operational improvement process such as Six Sigma or Lean, managing the human aspects of implementation is critical and utilizing the appropriate tools and...Starting at €8.20
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in 2009: Transformation at the Site Level (B)
Landel, Robert D.; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-OM-1429-EService and Operations ManagementAppropriate for general management courses emphasizing lean operations strategy implementation and large-scale change management across a network of global manufacturing facilities. In the (A) case, OM 1402, students critique the progress of Operational Transformation Excellence at three first-wave sites in New York and Puerto Rico and offer suggestions for a continuation of the rollout across other Wyeth sites. In this (B) case, the head of TO&P...Starting at €5.74