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Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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Leading with Vulnerability
Belmi, Peter; Thomas-Hunt, Melissa C.Exercise DARDEN-OB-1398Leadership and People ManagementThis exercise helps students practice bringing vulnerability, compassion, and curiosity to a discussion. Over two rounds, groups of students are asked to both answer questions about themselves and listen as others answer, sharing in an environment of confidentiality and care.Starting at €8.20
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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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Getting Started (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Thomas-Hunt, Melissa C.; Goldberg, RebeccaTeaching Note DARDEN-OB-1085TNLeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note of Product OB-1085 and OB-1086Starting at €0.00
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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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News Corporation and Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
Bourgeois, L. J. III; Hammaker, Paul M.; Kapur, Divyaksh; Mussio, MichaelCase DARDEN-BP-0534-ECorporate GovernanceBillionaire Rupert Murdoch, CEO of News Corporation, has purchased the Dow Jones & Company, which includes the Wall Street Journal, from the Bancroft family after many family discussions about the sale. At issue is whether Murchoch, known for his involved and hands-on management style, will impose his will on the editorial personnel and policies of the WSJ and risk destroying the very intellectual capital he has just acquired.Starting at €8.20
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Integration of Wachovia and Golden West (B)
Bourgeois, L. J. III; Hammaker, Paul M.; Jackson, Matt; Maher, Dave; Schwarzschild, AdamCase DARDEN-BP-0535-ECorporate GovernanceThe integration team had planned and implemented the changes. The two goals to maintain momentum and keep the core value of Golden West operations in place were accomplished. From the time the deal was announced, Wachovia and Golden West had been cross-selling each other’s products. Much time was invested early on in getting all parties up to speed. But everything fell apart only months after the integration when in July of 2007 Wachovia took a h...Starting at €5.74
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Building the New Bosco-Zeta Pharma (B)
Bourgeois, L. J. III; Hammaker, Paul M.; Powers, John; Mathur, Sudeep; Bose, NandiniCase DARDEN-BP-0536-ECorporate GovernanceThe Bosco chairman realizes that Bosco and Zeta have different work cultures and to make the integration a success, it was imperative to create a new unique identity for the new company Bosco-Zeta Pharma. He decides that the goal is to retain the best elements of the existing social capital from the two separate organizations while improving the new company’s responsiveness to customers, competitors, and the market environment. He requests that a...Starting at €5.74
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The CS Robinson–Ford Merger - Teaching Note
Bourgeois, L. J. III; Hammaker, Paul M.Teaching Note DARDEN-BP-0481TN-ECorporate GovernanceTeaching note for product BP-0481Starting at €0.00
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Integration of Wachovia and Golden West (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Bourgeois, L. J. III; Hammaker, Paul M.; Jackson, Matt; Maher, Dave; Schwarzschild, AdamTeaching Note DARDEN-BP-0532TN-ECorporate GovernanceTeaching note for product BP-0532Starting at €0.00