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Cross-Functional Challenges in the Mobile Division (Spanish version)
Beer, Michael; Shelton, RachelCase HBS-415S03Leadership and People ManagementRoger Cahill has spent less than a year as head of the Mobile Division of BoldFlash, a flash memory component maker. On the corporate level, BoldFlash has adapted to an evolving and difficult marketplace, but the Mobile Division is struggling. The four groups within the unit refuse to work together, and the unit recently failed to capitalize on an important new product opportunity. To address the problems, Cahill has made a number of organization...Starting at €8.20
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Why Leadership Training Fails--and What to Do About It
Beer, Michael; Finnstrom, Magnus; Schrader, DerekArticle HBS-R1610C-EU.S. corporations spend enormous amounts of money--some $356 billion globally in 2015 alone--on employee training and education, but they aren't getting a good return on their investment. People soon revert to old ways of doing things, and company performance doesn't improve. To fix these problems, senior executives and their HR departments should change the way they think about learning and development: Because context is crucial, needed fixes i...Starting at €8.20
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Becton Dickinson: Innovation and Growth (A)
Sadun, Raffaella; Beer, Michael; Weber, JamesCase HBS-717419-EStrategyIn late 2015, CEO Vince Forlenza was reviewing Becton Dickinson's transformation efforts designed to enable the company to innovate and grow in a changing environment. Becton Dickinson had been a successful medical device company for over 100 years. In recent years, cost pressures were causing its major customers to consolidate, and also to rethink their purchasing practices-moving from looking for products to looking for cost-effective solutions...Starting at €8.20
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Comcast New England: A Journey of Organizational Transformation
Beer, Michael; Arun, AnitaCase HBS-908405-EThis case describes how Kevin Casey, Comcast's New England Region general manager, transformed a low commitment and performance organization. When he took charge of this Comcast region he inherited an organization that was bureaucratic, had low customer satisfaction, and was performing poorly. The case describes the transformation journey from 2003 to 2006. The case describes the changes in the senior team, structure and processes of the organiza...Starting at €8.20
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United Stationers: Enabling our Partners to Succeed
Beer, Michael; Eisenstat, Russell A.Case HBS-912407-EThe case depicts a mission- and values-driven company. It describes the development of the firm over time, its leadership and challenges it faces to sustain its culture.Starting at €8.20
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Conflict and Communication on Project Aerial (Spanish version)
Beer, Michael; Yong, SunruCase HBS-210S18Leadership and People ManagementWhen students have the English-language PDF of this Brief Case in a coursepack, they will also have the option to purchase an audio version. TerraCog, a successful privately held high-tech firm that develops GPS (global positioning system) and similar products for consumer markets, has recently been caught off-guard by a competitor's new product that makes novel use of satellite imagery. When TerraCog pursues development of a directly competing p...Starting at €8.20
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Motivating in Good Times and Bad (Spanish version)
Beer, Michael; Collins, ElizabethCase HBS-214S08Leadership and People ManagementWhen students have the English-language PDF of this Brief Case in a coursepack, they will also have the option to purchase an audio version. In May 2007, the Engstrom Auto Mirrors plant, a relatively small supplier based in Indiana, faces a crisis. The business was in the second year of a downturn. Sales had started to decline in 2005; a year later, plant manager Ron Bent had been forced to lay off more than 20 percent of the work force. Plant pr...Starting at €8.20
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A Destination-for-a-Day Spa (Spanish version)
Beer, Michael; St. Clair, LyndaCase HBS-913S07Leadership and People Managementtips are lower than expected, reducing expected compensation; scheduling issues create bottlenecks; and the level of commitment varies among PWCs. The result is a high employee turnover rate, and departing employees take an average of 35% of their client base with them when they go. Now, with financials for the spa's second year completed, the VP of spa operations, the VP of business operations, and the CEO must evaluate what is and what isn't w...Starting at €8.20
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Southfield Packaging (Spanish version)
Beer, Michael; Zalosh, AlisaCase HBS-917S16Leadership and People ManagementSouthfield Packaging provides packaging materials and services to medical device manufacturers. The case examines the relationship between a corporate vice president, Mark Sanders, and one of his direct reports, Regional Manager Frank Belby. Sanders' preparation for Belby's annual performance review provides a foundation for discussing the common challenges and difficulties associated with performance reviews. Specific issues include the need to ...Starting at €8.20
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Becton Dickinson: Innovation and Growth (B)
Sadun, Raffaella; Beer, Michael; Weber, JamesCase HBS-717504-EStrategyThis (B) case supplements the (A) case by providing additional information and update through early 2016.Starting at €5.74