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Cuidado con las trampas de su mente
Baucells Alibés, Manel; Weber, MartinArticle ART-1447Decision AnalysisEn los negocios, como en el resto de las facetas de la vida, la incertidumbre acecha detrás de cada esquina. ¿Qué pasará en el futuro? ¿Podemos estar preparados para lo imprevisto? ¿Cuál es la decisión correcta en momentos así? Los seres humanos hemos desarrollado una serie de mecansimos inconscientes que ayudan a sobrellevar esa inseguridad. Son útiles para no sentirnos abrumados e impiden que nos paralicemos, pero también pueden inhibir nuestra...Starting at €8.20
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Mind Your Mind Traps
Baucells Alibés, Manel; Weber, MartinArticle ART-1447-EDecision AnalysisIn business, as in other areas of life, uncertainty lurks around every corner. What does the future hold? How can we prepare for the unexpected? What is the right decision at times like this? We humans have developed a repertoire of unconscious mechanisms to help us cope with insecurity. While these mechanisms may assuage feelings of helplessness and paralysis, they can also cloud our judgment. The authors explain how three such mind traps work: ...Starting at €8.20
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Objectives Are SMART, Missions Are WISE
Rey, Carlos; Chinchilla, Nuria; Pitta, NunoArticle ART-3015-ELeadership and People ManagementFar from staying at the corporate level, missions are increasingly playing a cross-organizational role in companies. Entire divisions, teams and individual workers are setting their own missions across a growing number of firms. Welcome to management by missions (MBM), in which objectives stop being an end in and of themselves and are put to the service of a greater purpose. As the authors argue, while objectives are SMART (Specific, Measurable, ...Starting at €8.20
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The Purpose of Makon USA (B)
Cardona Soriano, Pablo; Chinchilla, Nuria; Rey, CarlosCase DPO-747-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case focuses on implementing a purpose and missions-based management approach in order to change a company's culture and boost performance. A new general manager has taken charge of Makon USA, a company that produces and markets machinery for the construction industry. The Management Committee is tasked with overseeing the development of the purpose and missions of the company's three departments (sales, technical and production) and two sup...Starting at €5.74
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Language Exchange Club (LEC)
Baucells Alibés, Manel; de Santiago, Rafael; Malagrida, SergioCase AD-320-EService and Operations ManagementThe case deals with assigning people to jobs. It focuses particularly on how to streamline team creation as effectively as possible. Although the case deals specifically with forming groups in one of IESE's clubs, the methodology may be easily applied to any other type of team.Starting at €8.20
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El propósito de Makonsa (E)
Almandoz, John; Cardona Soriano, Pablo; Chinchilla, Nuria; Rey, CarlosCase DPO-772Leadership and People ManagementEste ejercicio sirve para aprender a utilizar la dirección por objetivos y misiones como metodología de implantación de la misión en la empresa. Los participantes se dividen en cuatro equipos, que representan cuatro departamentos básicos de la empresa. Cada equipo tiene que desarrollar las misiones participadas, los indicadores y los objetivos para contribuir a la misión de la empresa. Este caso está basado en "La misión de Makonsa (B)" , DPO-429...Starting at €5.74
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Liderar en tiempos de incertidumbre
Álvarez de Mon Pan de Soraluce, Santiago; Baucells Alibés, Manel; Gunther McGrath, Rita; Hunter, Richard; Weber, Martin; Westerman, GeorgeDossier DOS-1Decision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Leadership and People ManagementCuatro visiones sobre lo que necesitamos saber cuando desconocemos qué nos depara el mañana.Starting at €15.00
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Las preferencias de riesgo y el papel de la intuición en la incertidumbre
Baucells Alibés, Manel; Heukamp, FranzTechnical Note ADN-287Decision Analysis, EconomicsLos directivos suelen tomar decisiones con muchas presiones (tiempo, recursos, emociones y capacidad para procesar toda la información), lo cual limita su "racionalidad". De ahí que a menudo confíen en la intuición. Este documento describe algunos de los errores más frecuentes asociados a la toma de decisiones intuitiva. Conocer dichos errores no los elimina, pero ayuda a reconocer las situaciones en las que es más probable que cometamos un error...Starting at €8.20
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Subjective Decisions, Perception and Time
Baucells Alibés, Manel; García-Castro, RobertoTechnical Note ADN-288-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsRecently, the way people commonly deal with decisions involving time has become an important research topic for economists and psychologists alike. This note offers a summary of some of the main results, which have applications in understanding consumer behavior and also in everyday life to help us make better decisions. This note is based on the note "Time, Perception and Decision-Making" from Manel Baucells and Lucy Chatburn, ADN-264-E.Starting at €8.20
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A Walk Through the United States
Bardolet Urgellès, David; Baucells Alibés, Manel; Ariño, Miguel AngelCase AD-374-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsThe case presents the well-known traveling salesman problem in the context of having to visit 48 U.S. State Capitals.Starting at €8.20