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Motivating From the Top Down
Clawson, James G.Case DARDEN-OB-0906-ELeadership and People ManagementThe CEO and other company leaders are trying to do all the right things to motivate executives. One of those things is to develop the workforce through excellent executive education. On the last day of a week-long off-site program, the head honcho shows up to motivate program participants. With one short "pep talk," he swoops in, sucks all the energy out of the room, and leaves.Starting at €8.20
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Cadmus Budgeting
Stettinius, WallaceCase DARDEN-OM-1362-EService and Operations ManagementDuring the 1970s, the William Byrd Press grew from $3 million in sales to a very profitable $40 million periodical-printing company. The growth and profitability was driven, in part, by the development of a financial management system that was state-of-the-art for the printing industry at that time. Budgeting was an important part of the new financial management system. Previously, the printing industry was a job-shop business. The cost of a job ...Starting at €8.20
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Diversity at JPMorgan Chase: Right is Good Enough for Me (A)
Davidson, Martin N.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-0975-ELeadership and People ManagementThis first case in a two-part series offers a look at diversity recruitment in a Fortune 500 company. With a white male champion at the helm, the A case shows how competent leaders do something interesting with diversity in a hiring system that has a strong pipeline of diverse talent for future consideration. Other Fortune 500 firms ask it to share recruiting best practices. But the head of recruiting wonders if his work efforts will change JPMC ...Starting at €8.20
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Diversity at JPMorgan Chase: Right is Good Enough for Me (B)
Davidson, Martin N.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-0976-ELeadership and People ManagementHow do we get a manager to recruit the best talent—and reward them for being a better manager for doing it—when we really want them to be a great banker? That was the question one of the top ranking female executives at JPMorgan Chase asked. This two part case offers an interesting and unique approach to diversity recruitment at a Fortune 500 company. With a white male champion—Jamie Dimon—at the helm, the material unfolds a view of how competent...Starting at €5.74
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M. J. Tasman (A)
Horniman, Alexander B.; Brewster, MichaelCase DARDEN-OB-0971-ELeadership and People ManagementM. J. Tasman had made the transition to his new organization, having been quite successful in a smaller one. After the first year he was shocked to see the "engagement scores" put forth by his people. He wondered how this could be and what he could do differently.Starting at €8.20
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Dont Be Seduced by Charisma
Tosi, Henry L.; van Scotter, JamesArticle ART-1864-ELeadership and People ManagementWhen a firm is not doing so well, and the board thinks about replacing the CEO, the first question is, What kind of CEO do we need? The answer is often the same: someone with lots of experience and a proven track record, but also, a highly charismatic figure. But how essential is it for the CEO to be charismatic? Do charismatic CEOs achieve better financial performance, which might justify the higher personal compensation they command? Be caref...Starting at €8.20
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Compensation: Solving the Pay Puzzle
Bourne, Mike; Contreras, Ignacio; Edmans, Alex; Franco-Santos, Mónica; Gómez López-Egea, Sandalio; Marcos, Javier; Tosi, Henry L.Dossier DOS-7-EFinance, Leadership and People Management, StrategyWith the litany of corporate failures still fresh in everyone's memory, we consider the theme of executive pay, which many blame for contributing to the crisis, and propose possible solutions to the compensation conundrum.Starting at €15.00
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Naval Air Station Kodiak
Sack, Robert J.; McCarthy, J. D.; Pottinger, JeffCase DARDEN-C-2321-EAccounting and ControlCAPT Scott “Rattler” Smithson, weeks away from being relieved of duty at an air station that had achieved a performance record of virtual perfection, has received a surprise message from his Regional Commander that he fears will disrupt everything he’d worked so hard to achieve. The message indicates that the Commander Navy Installations Command (CNIC) headquarters had just issued a directive to all Regional Commanders to propose adjustments to r...Starting at €8.20
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Bankia:el fin del modelo español de cajas de ahorros
Soley, Jorge; Sánchez de León, CarlosCase F-884Corporate Governance, Finance, StrategyEl caso analiza el proceso que ha vivido Bankia desde 2010 hasta 2013: desde la constitución de un sistema institucional de protección (SIP) hasta su conversión en una entidad nacionalizada propiedad del Fondo de Reestructuración Ordenada Bancaria (FROB). Se analizan los hechos cronológicamente, ya que en un periodo tan corto de tiempo se ha producido una gran cantidad de eventos financieros que han incidido en su naturaleza y en la estrategia fu...Starting at €8.20
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The Real Value of Say-on-Pay
Giné, MireiaArticle ART-2313-ECorporate Governance, FinanceIn light of the financial crisis, shareholder activism is growing around the globe, leading to Say-on-Pay policies, which give shareholders the opportunity to voice their opinions on executive pay, and put pressure on boards to justify and explain pay packages more clearly to shareholders, if not redesign them completely. In several high-profile cases, large companies have failed to obtain approval of pay packages for their CEOs due to such activ...Starting at €8.20