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Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE: Leading Digital Innovation with Cross-Functional Smart Evolution - Teaching Note
Caren Scheepers; Jeff Yu-Jen Chen; Nobuhle NkosiTeaching Note IVEY-8B20M154-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B20M154.Starting at €0.00
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Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE: Digital Innovation of Cross-Functional Smart Evolution
Caren Scheepers; Jeff Yu-Jen Chen; Nobuhle NkosiCase IVEY-9B20M154-EStrategyIn mid-2019, the chief regions and markets officer of the Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS) insurance company was wondering how to grow the company’s innovation culture, and how to manage resistance from other areas of the business. AGCS wasStarting at €8.20
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SABMiller South Africa: Contextual Leadership in Transforming Culture - Teaching Note
Caren Scheepers; Amy MooreTeaching Note IVEY-8B17C046-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product 9B17C046.Starting at €0.00
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SweepSouth South Africa: Contextually Intelligent Female Leadership of Entrepreneurial Domestic Services - Teaching Note
Tracey Toefy; Caren ScheepersTeaching Note IVEY-8B19C010-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product 9B19C010.Starting at €0.00
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Uber Africa: Making Cash and Alternative Payments Work in Kenya through Contextual Leadership
Caren Scheepers; Anastacia MamaboloCase IVEY-9B19M019-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyOn September 30, 2017, the general manager (GM) of Uber Technologies Inc. (Uber) for sub-Saharan Africa, arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, and paid for his Uber service with cash. This functionality of the Uber app represented a new business model for Uber. The GM had to convince global management of the business case for offering cash payment options in Africa; he did so by conducting experiments and showing data that indicated rider numbers had triple...Starting at €8.20
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Technology Driven Transformation at Comair Limited
Maxine Jaffit; Caren Scheepers; Jabu MaphalalaCase IVEY-9B15C003-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyComair Limited was South Africa’s largest private airline and consisted of British Airways SA and the low-cost airline kulula.com. After acquiring more fuel-efficient aircraft, Comair decided to adopt Sabre, a reservation and scheduling technology platform. Initially, some Comair executives thought that the Sabre implementation was an IT project, but they soon realized that all employees were affected and that a culture change was required to suc...Starting at €8.20
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Constructing the Medupi Power Station
Caren Scheepers; Schalk MaraisCase IVEY-9B12C015-ECorporate Governance, Leadership and People Management, StrategyMedupi was the first baseload project in South Africa in 20 years. It would be the largest dry-cooled, coal-fired power station in the world and was being developed by Eskom, which generated 90 per cent of Southern Africa’s power, at an estimated cost of R125 billion. In spite of the worldwide concern about greener energy, coal remained the most popular power station fuel for South Africa, due to the country’s vast resources of 224 million tonnes...Starting at €8.20
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Nedbank: Coaching Capabilities for Growth Strategy Execution
Caren Scheepers; Emme KaneCase IVEY-9B16C003-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThe chief executive officer of South Africa’s Nedbank Ltd. contemplated the dilemma of growing the bank in a mature, competitive market within his own country, as well as successfully expanding outside of South Africa’s border. Nedbank’s extensive investment in Ecobank, with its pan-African presence, was a risk, and required improvement of the capabilities of the leaders to execute Nedbank’s strategy. To achieve this, Nedbank focused on building ...Starting at €8.20
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Allergan South Africa's Merger: Contextual Leadership Sustaining Culture
Caren Scheepers; Deepa SitaCase IVEY-9B16C044-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyIn early 2016, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Allergan South Africa had been leading his team through changes resulting from a number of mergers over the past four years. Allergan Inc. (Allergan) had been the third-largest generic drug maker in the United States after it combined with Actavis plc in 2015, and the company was depicted as an example of “merger mania” in the pharmaceutical sector. Operating in 40 countries, Allergan had gone t...Starting at €8.20
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SABMiller South Africa: Contextual Leadership in Transforming Culture
Caren Scheepers; Amy MooreCase IVEY-9B17C046-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyIn March 2017, Ajay Maharaj Bachulal was starting his new position as plant manager at SABMiller plc’s (SABMiller's) plant in Polokwane, South Africa. Bachulal had successfully led change at the company's brewery in another province, and he hoped to be as successful at the new plant. His dilemma was how to approach the workforce in Polokwane, and how to adapt to and make changes within the culture specific to that plant. While both plants adhered...Starting at €8.20