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Karen Leary (A) (Spanish version)
Hill, Linda A.; Elias, JaanCase HBS-403S05Leadership and People ManagementDescribes the evolution of the working relationship of Karen Leary, a new manager of a Merrill Lynch retail branch, and Ted Chung, a new financial consultant in the branch. Leary has some concerns about her working relationship with Chung and with his performance. Chung makes what Leary perceives to be an unreasonable request for a private office. Leary must respond to this request, taking into account the implications of her decision for her amb...Starting at €8.20
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The Money Back Guarantee (A) (Spanish version)
Hart, Christopher W.L.Case HBS-604S08Discusses a large overnight express company, which guarantees its service, and which has created a major headache for one of its customers. The problem exposes deficiencies in its service and in the guarantee it has advertised heavily. A formal complaint is made to the CEO. From the CEO's perspective, students must confront a variety of issues related to the problem.Starting at €8.20
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A New Paradigm for Managing Diversity (Spanish version)
Thomas, David A.; Ely, Robin J.Article HBS-96510Leadership 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. Diversity efforts in the workplace have been undertaken with great goodwill, but, ironically, they often end up fueling tensions. They rarely spur the leaps in organizational effectiveness that are possible. Two paradigms for diversity are responsible, but a new t...Starting at €8.20
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Note on Team Process
Hill, Linda A.; Farkas, Maria T.Case HBS-402032-ELeadership and People ManagementWhen tasks are highly complex, demand a diversity of skills, or require a commitment from the involved parties, teams are usually the most effective way to approach them. But a group of people working together does not automatically equally a team, and grStarting at €8.20
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Paula Evans and the Redesign of the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (A) (Spanish version)
Hill, Linda A.; Doughty, Kristin C.; Pruyne, EllenCase HBS-404S18Leadership and People ManagementPaula Evans is in her second year as principal of the only high school in Cambridge, MA. Her mandate when she arrived was to redesign the high school so that long-standing inequities in academic achievement rates across race and socioeconomic class were removed. In her first year, she succeeded in obtaining approval for her proposed redesign and completing the physical and administrative restructuring of the high school. Now in her second year, t...Starting at €8.20
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New Recruits (Spanish version)
DeLong, Thomas J.; Vijayaraghavan, VineetaCase HBS-404S10Leadership and People ManagementThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). Chip Rae, director of recruiting at SG Cowen, must decide which recruits to keep after the final interview process for new outside associate hires. Along with team captains assigned to each school, he reviews the criteria used to make hiring decisions. Their new strategy is to look beyond the top 10 co...Starting at €8.20
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Dear White Boss... (Spanish version)
Caver, Keith A.; Livers, Ancella B.Article HBS-R0211ELeadership 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. It's easy for white managers to assume that their colleagues of color face the same basic challenges they do. On one level, that's true--the work itself is the same. But on another level, African-American managers often contend with an atmosphere of tension, instab...Starting at €8.20
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Implementing the Nissan Renewal Plan (Spanish version)
Yoshino, Michael Y.; Egawa, MasakoCase HBS-305S10StrategyCarlos Ghosn, a former executive vice-president of Renault, became the COO of Nissan Motor Co., a troubled auto company in Japan when Renault bought 38% of the company in 1999. This case deals with how Ghosn turned the company around. Examines in considerable detail how he went about successfully energizing and mobilizing the demoralized employees after a decade of failed efforts. A rewritten version of an earlier case.Starting at €8.20
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Henry Tam and the MGI Team (Spanish version)
Polzer, Jeffrey T.; Vargas, Ingrid; Elfenbein, Hillary AngerCase HBS-408S28Leadership and People ManagementWithin a short time frame, seven diverse team members assemble to write a business plan for a new company and struggle to define their roles, make decisions together, and resolve conflict. Henry Tam, a second-year Harvard MBA student, who joins an aspiring start-up company and a fellow classmate to enter the school's business plan contest. The founders of the company are two internationally accomplished musicians and a 1987 Harvard MBA, all Russi...Starting at €8.20
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Finding Ideas (Spanish version)
Anderson, Chris; Fryer, Bronwyn; Morse, GardinerArticle HBS-F0311BLeadership and People ManagementA homogeneous workforce can be a hindrance when it comes to innovation. In this interview, Chris Anderson--the chairman and host of the annual Technology, Entertainment, and Design brainfest--argues for more diversity in the workplace.Starting at €8.20