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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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Johnsonville Sausage Co. (A) (Spanish version)
Roberts, Michael J.Case HBS-308S50EntrepreneurshipDescribes the evolution of Johnsonville Sausage through a generation of management and from a small operation to a large concern of over 500 employees. Describes how each of the functional areas in the firm has evolved, and how its structure and systems have changed over the years.Starting at €8.20
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Texas Instruments: Cost of Quality (A) (Spanish version)
Kaplan, Robert S.; Ittner, Christopher D.Case HBS-119S19Accounting and ControlTexas Instruments implements a Cost of Quality (COQ) system as part of a company-wide "Total Quality Thrust." After several years of operation, group management questions whether or not the COQ system should be updated to make it more useful in identifying areas for quality improvement. The case documents the current system and asks students to analyze the role it played in the quality control process and areas in which it could be improved.Starting at €8.20
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Texas Instruments: Cost of Quality (B) (Spanish version)
Kaplan, Robert S.; Ittner, Christopher D.Case HBS-119S20Accounting and ControlA division questions whether to retain, modify, or abandon its cost of quality system now that more direct measures of quality have been adopted. Discusses the role of quality cost measurement in a mature quality management system.Starting at €5.74
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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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John M. Case Co. (Spanish version)
Hayes, Samuel L.Case HBS-206S05FinanceThe owner of a small, privately held company decides to sell out, and a group of the company's top managers structures a leveraged buyout. A rewritten version of an earlier case.Starting at €8.20
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Honda Motor Co. (B): Views of Senior Management (Spanish version)
Sorenson, Ralph Z.Case HBS-320S09Provides a follow-up to Honda Motor Co. and Honda of America (A). Describes the memos of Nobuhico Kawamoto, newly appointed Honda president, and Shoichiro Irimajiri, newly appointed executive vice president, with respect to the challenges facing Honda in the 1990s. Contains their thoughts on what is likely to happen to the automotive industry as a whole and also discusses the priorities of Honda's senior management team.Starting at €5.74
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Managing Your Team (Spanish version)
Hill, Linda A.Case HBS-404S21Leadership and People Managementmanaging the team's boundary, and managing the team itself (including designing the team and facilitating the team's process). Also contains a brief appendix on managing transnational teams as well as substantial bibliographic references for further reading.Starting at €8.20
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The Team That Wasn't (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Wetlaufer, Suzy; Katzenbach, Jon R.; Hackman, J. Richard; Segol, Genevieve; Baard, Paul P.; Musselwhite, Ed; Hurson, Kathleen; Garber, MichaelArticle HBS-94612-ELeadership and People ManagementEric Holt had one responsibility as FireArt's director of strategy: to put together a team of people from each division and create and implement a comprehensive plan for the company's strategic realignment within six months. It seemed like an exciting, rewarding challenge. Unfortunately, the team got off on the wrong foot from its first meeting. Randy Louderback, FireArt's charismatic and extremely talented director of sales and marketing, seemed...Starting at €8.20
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Empowerment Effort That Came Undone (HBR Case and Commentary)
Rothstein, Lawrence R.; Hackman, J. Richard; Pascual, Elios; Gelinas, Mary V.; James, Roger G.; Randolph, W. AlanArticle HBS-95111-ELeadership and People ManagementGeorge Marlow, a manufacturing vice president at SportsGear, had been looking forward to this month's companywide meeting. Martin Griffin, SportsGear's CEO, was going to announce a new era of empowerment at the company. And as Martin gave his speech, he seemed to fill the entire auditorium with his enthusiasm. But Harry Lewis, a SportsGear veteran of more than 20 years, was not so sure. "What in the world does empowerment mean?" he asked. And ind...Starting at €8.20