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Types of Processes (Spanish version)
Garvin, David A.Case HBS-606S34Service and Operations ManagementProvides a general introduction to the major types of production processes, their differences, and the implications that those differences have for management.Starting at €8.20
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Statistical Quality Control for Process Improvement (Spanish version)
Bohn, Roger E.Case HBS-616S10Service and Operations ManagementDescribes systematic methods for process debugging and improvement, based on statistical quality control. Examples are from manufacturing settings, but techniques are also useful for services and sales, and to quantity improvement as well as quality improvement.Starting at €8.20
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Don't Automate, Obliterate (Spanish version)
Hammer, MichaelArticle HBS-90406Information Technologiesabandoning old ways of working and creating entirely new ones.Starting at €8.20
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Process Control at Polaroid (A) (Spanish version)
Wheelwright, Steven C.; Bowen, H. Kent; Elliott, BrianCase HBS-606S22Service and Operations ManagementDescribes the initial efforts at a film production plant to shift from a traditional QC inspection mentality to a worker-based process control mentality. Students can prepare SPC charts, propose actions needed, and combine steps into an overall action plan.Starting at €8.20
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Managing Knowledge and Learning (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.Case HBS-308S31StrategyThis case is accompanied by a Video Short that can be shown in class or included in a digital coursepack. Instructors should consider the timing of making the video available to students, as it may reveal key case details. Describes the development of McKinsey & Co. as a worldwide management consulting firm from 1926 to 1996. In particular, it focuses on the way in which McKinsey has developed structures, systems, processes, and practices to help...Starting at €8.20
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Rich-Con Steel
McAfee, AndrewCase HBS-699133-EService and Operations ManagementOne month after "going live" with a new information system, Rich-Con Steel is in crisis. The new system was intended to give the company basic visibility and control over its business processes, but instead, visibility and control appear to have evaporated. Marty Sawyer, Rich-Con's president, must decide what action to take.Starting at €8.20
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Rich-Con Steel (Spanish version)
McAfee, AndrewCase HBS-616S09Service and Operations ManagementOne month after "going live" with a new information system, Rich-Con Steel is in crisis. The new system was intended to give the company basic visibility and control over its business processes, but instead, visibility and control appear to have evaporated. Marty Sawyer, Rich-Con's president, must decide what action to take.Starting at €8.20
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Corporate Strategy (Spanish version)
Montgomery, Cynthia A.; Gordon, Elizabeth J.Case HBS-703S43StrategyIn 1998, Newell Co., a manufacturer of low-tech, high-volume consumer goods, acquired Calphalon Corp., a high-end cookware company, and Rubbermaid, a $2 billion manufacturer of consumer and commercial plastic products. The case focuses on Newell's strategy and its elaboration throughout the organization, as well as the importance of selecting appropriate acquisitions to grow the company. Do Calphalon and Rubbermaid fit with the company's long-ter...Starting at €8.20
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How Process Enterprises Really Work (Spanish version)
Hammer, Michael; Stanton, StevenArticle HBS-99607Leadership and People ManagementMany companies have succeeded in reengineering their core processes, combining related activities from different departments and cutting out ones that don't add value. Few, though, have aligned their organizations with their processes. The result is a form of cognitive dissonance as the new, integrated processes pull people in one direction and the old, fragmented management structures pull them in another. That's not the way it has to be. In rec...Starting at €8.20
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J. Perez Foods (A) (Spanish version)
Davis, John A.; Lachapelle, KacieCase HBS-813S13EntrepreneurshipExamines the tensions that occur in family shareholder groups and how to prepare for them and manage them.Starting at €8.20