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Managing a Task Force (Spanish version)
Ware, James P.Case HBS-407S10Leadership and People ManagementDescribes several principles for improving the effectiveness of internal task forces. Suggests a number of guidelines for starting up a task force, conducting the first meeting, managing the group's activities, and completing the project.Starting at €8.20
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Hank Kolb, Director, Quality Assurance (Spanish version)
Leonard, Frank S.Case HBS-609S11Service and Operations ManagementDesigned to introduce the systemic nature of product quality and the complexity of quality problems. Uses a new director, quality assurance, and the discovery of a quality problem. The new director has to decide if it is a real problem, what to do about it, and how to go about orienting an organization toward a better quality attitude.Starting at €8.20
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Luis Bartrina
Anzizu, J. M.; Chinchilla, NuriaCase FH-324-ELeadership and People ManagementStarting at €8.20
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Asahi Breweries Ltd. (Spanish version)
Salter, Malcolm S.; Kokuryo, JiroCase HBS-310S24StrategyFocuses on competitive repositioning, organizational renewal, and personal leadership. Describes how Asahi Breweries was faced with a major capacity expansion decision after succeeding in increasing market share dramatically in the traditionally stable Japanese beer industry. This has been done through the creation of a new product category, "Dry Beer." Information on industry economics, Asahi's organizational process, and competitive interaction...Starting at €8.20
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Xerox Corp.: Leadership Through Quality (A) (Spanish version)
Jick, Todd D.; Schlesinger, Leonard A.; Johnson, Amy B.; MacIsaac, Lori AnnCase HBS-419S18Leadership and People ManagementDescribes the "Leadership Through Quality" effort undertaken by Xerox in the 1980s. Includes the history of Xerox in the 1970s and its need to make major changes in quality by the 1980s. Most of the remainder of the case details the step-by-step process by which Xerox created and designed the strategy called "Leadership Through Quality" to change its basic culture and its performance on quality from 1983-86.Starting at €8.20
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Managing Xerox's Multinational Development Center (Spanish version)
Eisenstat, Russell A.Case HBS-419S13Leadership and People ManagementDescribes a manager's role in developing a staff group responsible for enhancing the efficiency of Xerox's worldwide logistics and inventory management systems. Illustrates a range of management strategies for upward and lateral influence in a complex organizational context, as well as the use of a number of innovative human resource management techniques. If used with John A. Clendenin it allows for the discussion of career development issues.Starting at €8.20
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Ingvar Kamprad and IKEA (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.; Nanda, AshishCase HBS-303S05EntrepreneurshipTraces the development of a Swedish furniture retailer under the leadership of an innovative and unconventional entrepreneur whose approaches redefine the nature and structure of the industry. Traces IKEA's growth from a tiny mail order business to the world's largest furniture dealership. Describes the innovative strategic and organizational changes Kamprad made to achieve success. In particular, focuses on his unique vision and values and the w...Starting at €8.20
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Singapore TradeNet: A Tale of One City (Spanish version)
Konsynski, Benn; King, JohnCase HBS-120S23Information TechnologiesDescribes the development of a new information technology-based trade document administration environment for the city-state of Singapore. A considerable effort, involving many governmental and private sector organizations, results in a new set of practices and procedures that positions Singapore for leadership as the port of preference in the Pacific Rim.Starting at €8.20
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Teaching Smart People How to Learn
Argyris, ChrisArticle HBS-91301-ELeadership and People ManagementThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. Competitive success depends on learning, but most people, including professionals in leadership positions, are not very good at it. Learning is a function of how people reason about their own behavior. Yet most people engage in defensive reasoning when confronted ...Starting at €8.20