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Tough Guy
Clawson, James G.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-0913-ELeadership and People ManagementHow would you react if you were faced with a humiliating interaction with an abrasive colleague, boss, coworker, or direct report? What if that person is a rainmaker? Most students have found themselves in a difficult situation they thought they had no power to change. This case describes the interaction among four associates at an investment bank and their confrontational team leader—who is also a vice president. Deciding what to do about the vp...Starting at €8.20
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Todd Williams: Finance in the Middle (B)
Davidson, Martin N.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-0981-ELeadership and People ManagementA finance manager at a large pharmaceutical company is on loan to a new subsidiary, leading to ambiguity in his reporting obligations. When an executive three levels above him wants information his other supervisor has deemed confidential, his career appears to hang on what he does next. Developed for use in an MBA organizational behavior course, this case would work well in an executive education class on organizational design, career developmen...Starting at €5.74
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Todd Williams: Finance in the Middle (A)
Davidson, Martin N.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-0980-ELeadership and People ManagementA finance manager at a large pharmaceutical company is on loan to a new subsidiary, leading to ambiguity in his reporting obligations. When an executive three levels above him wants information his other supervisor has deemed confidential, his career appears to hang on what he does next. Developed for use in an MBA organizational behavior course, this case would work well in an executive education class on organizational design, career developmen...Starting at €8.20
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A Six-Part Module on Lift: Becoming a Positive Force in Any Situation
Quinn, Ryan W.Technical Note DARDEN-OB-0987-ELeadership and People ManagementThis document is a summary of a course module that instructors can use to teach the concepts in "Lift: Becoming a Positive Force in Any Situation." It describes the six classes that are part of this course module, their accompanying assignments, and how they fit together. This module is designed for use in classes on leadership, power and politics, or change management.Starting at €8.20
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Global Protection Corporation: Message from the Middle
Isabella, Lynn A.; Decker, Rachel; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-1001-ELeadership and People ManagementA middle manager at a large company is unable to get her engineering customers and corporate bosses to see eye to eye on a public relations decision, and now her corporate boss seems to have totally misinterpreted her intentions. Suitable for MBA or executive education classes, this field case is a composite of actual experiences and fabricated elements. The case addresses a scarcity of material on the unique dilemmas faced by middle managers.Starting at €8.20
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Wells Fargo: Solar Energy for Los Angeles Branches (A)
Ovchinnikov, Anton S.; Hvaleva, AnastasiyaCase DARDEN-QA-0800-EDecision AnalysisIn the first case of a two-part series, a strategic finance manager at Wells Fargo with experience installing solar panel systems on bank branches crunches the numbers for a similar project in the Los Angeles area given the uncertain future of a government rebate.Starting at €8.20
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Visualizing Your Social Network
Ferraro, Fabrizio; Tortoriello, MarcoTechnical Note SMN-687-EStrategyThe technical note provides different options for visualizing one's social network. Drawing a picture of your social network, and of the broader social network in your company, might help you go beyond a simplistic view of what your contacts are (Who do you know?) and think about how the people in your company are connected to each other (your indirect contacts).Starting at €8.20
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Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement
Margaret Sutherland; Anthony Wilson-Prangley; Verity HawardenCase IVEY-9B13C029-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThe Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (WRHI), a South African non-government organization, played a crucial role in turning the tide in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa. The organization significantly influenced the national response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic through its credibility, research output and multiple stakeholder engagement. The collaborative multiparty relationships between WRHI's stakeholders were a key component of the o...Starting at €8.20
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Think You Have Power? Check Your Perceptions
Brion, SebastienArticle ART-2453-EDecision Analysis, Leadership and People ManagementThough talk of power makes some people uncomfortable, there's no doubt that it is vitally important in organizational contexts to influence others, perform your job and attain goals. Drawing upon extensive research from the field of organizational behavior and psychology, the author identifies six steps to gain power -- meaning control over some valued resource upon which others depend -- and then use that power for good, or for "pro-social ends....Starting at €8.20
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How to Prepare Effective Process of Taking Charge: First Phase
Stein, Guido; Cuadrado de Madariaga, MartaTechnical Note DPON-114-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThis technical note seeks to identify the characteristics that define the first stage of taking charge when an executive is appointed to a new position. Just as no two executives are alike, there are no two identical processes of taking charge. Still, many similarities can be found in the first stage of settling in. Preparation for a new position differs in some respects according to where the candidate worked beforehand: if the applicant to fill...Starting at €8.20