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Canonical Decision Making Situations - Exercise
Lewis A.; Heukamp, FranzExercise ADE-31-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsThis note regroups four typical decision situations that help to exercice DA techniques.Starting at €8.20
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Millway Fabrics Canada
James A. Erskine; Erin DonovanCase IVEY-9B07C010-ELeadership and People ManagementThe director of operations for Millway Fabrics Canada walked into her office and one of the customer service agents was waiting for her in tears. The customer service agent (agent) needed a week off to take care of her son who was about to have surgery to have his tonsils removed. The agent had already taken all her vacation and sick time due to her son's illness. The agent was a strong performer and was well-liked by her co-workers. The director...Starting at €8.20
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Carmen García (B): A Problematic Dismissal
López-Cotarelo, Juan; Quintanilla, JavierCase DPO-124-ELeadership and People ManagementAfter the events described in the first part of the case, the company decides to fire Carmen García. What seemed to be a mere administrative procedure gets complicated when García refuses to negotiate an unfair dismissal and claims that she was a victim of mobbing.Starting at €5.74
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Carmen García (A): Managing a Dismissal
López-Cotarelo, Juan; Quintanilla, JavierCase DPO-119-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThis case illustrates some of the effects that periods of severe organizational stress can have on individual employees and the people management challenges that can arise in such situations. Carmen García is an employee who is highly valued by her organization. After the bank where she works is acquired by another entity, the changes that follow erode her commitment and lead to very high absenteeism. Carmen?s supervisors push for a disciplinary ...Starting at €8.20
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Motores Rivero S.A. (MORSA)
Ribera, Jaume; Lago, AlejandroExercise PE-74-EService and Operations ManagementThis exercise presents the decisions to be made by a manager related to the management of inventories of an engine part. It is well suited as an introduction to inventory management as it presents different evolving situations and allows the professor to discuss batch inventory, safety inventory, as well as the impacts of uncertainty in the values and the availability of financing in the final decisions.Starting at €8.20
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Motores Rivero S.A. (MORSA) (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Ribera, Jaume; Lago, AlejandroExercise PE-74-PBService and Operations ManagementThis exercise presents the decisions to be made by a manager related to the management of inventories of an engine part. It is well suited as an introduction to inventory management as it presents different evolving situations and allows the professor to discuss batch inventory, safety inventory, as well as the impacts of uncertainty in the values and the availability of financing in the final decisions.Starting at €8.20
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A Cross Cultural Crash and Labour Conflict: Sài nóng Restaurant (B)
Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Galan, Veronica; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-204-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementCase B tells us how the company decided to fired the 14 Chinese cooks leading the strike. Another 10 decided to leave the company in solidarity and the unions supported the Chinese arguing the dismissals were unsuitable.Starting at €5.74
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Making Waves London
John S. Haywood-Farmer; Hayden BielawskiCase IVEY-9B12D001-ELeadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementAfter spending two years as the vice president internal for Making Waves London (MWL), Brianna Murphy was ready to assume her elected position of president for the 2011-2012 year. MWL had a mandate to provide affordable and accessible swimming instruction to children with special needs. Her time spent as vice president had convinced her that changes were needed — MWL had grown in recent years and faced a multitude of service issues, from capacity...Starting at €8.20
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Attrition at Silver Spark Apparel Ltd.
Shiji Lyndon; S. VenkateshCase IVEY-9B17D004-EService and Operations Management, StrategySilver Spark Apparel Ltd. (SSAL), established in 2004 near Bangalore, India, was a wholly owned subsidiary of Raymond Ltd. The plant had significant expertise in the manufacturing of jackets. SSAL faced a significant challenge when it came to the attraction and retention of workers, with the predominantly female workers often citing family issues as a reason for quitting. In order to combat attrition, SSAL’s head of human resources had initiated ...Starting at €8.20
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Lessons from sports to compete with AI
Larrañaga P.; Bielza C.Article 74863Information TechnologiesSports teams are increasingly leveraging the power of artificial intelligence to enhance their performance. Here are five things companies can learn from them to achieve winning results.Starting at €8.20