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Basic Job Interviewing Principles
Poelmans, StevenTechnical Note FHN-337-ELeadership and People ManagementAlmost all organizations use the interview in hiring for almost all positions. Moreover, many recruiters still consider the information gathered during an interview as decisive. Taking into account the weight of the interview in the selection process, it is strongly recommended for an interviewee to prepare well and perform outstandingly during the interview. This technical note highlights a series of basic principles that can help the candidate ...Starting at €8.20
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Union Fenosa Gas: Human Resources Start-up - Teaching Note
García, Pilar; Pin Arboledas, José RamónTeaching Note DPOT-22-ELeadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementAt the end of the 1990s, in response to new challenges and opportunities in the energy sector, Unión Fenosa made a strategic decision to enter the gas market. Its strategy was to diversify its sources of gas and become actively involved in all stages of supply. The start-up of the Damietta plant (Egypt) was a huge challenge not only in technical terms (it was completed in record time: just three years), but also in terms of human resources. Unión...Starting at €0.00
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Jordi Viñolas: Recruitment for New Spin-Off (A)
Campos Capelastegui, Joseba; Lee, Yih-TeenCase DPO-133-ELeadership and People ManagementJordi Viñolas, General Manager of CEIT, had to find a specific person to start a new company. He had to clearly define the profile of the person, and select the candidates so as to make sure the new company could run smoothly. Information about the company, its products and the nature of its work are provided so that readers may help Jordi make the right decision.Starting at €8.20
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Pentagram: The Craft of Design - Teaching Note
Mitchell, Jordan; Prats, Mª JuliaTeaching Note ET-14-EEntrepreneurshipPentagram a multi-disciplinary design firm with 19 partners in five offices (London, Berlin, New York, San Francisco and Austin) is considered to be the "Rolls-Royce of Design" by its peers. The company¹s growth is based on adding well-known designers who in turn bring in business under the Pentagram name. The group is facing tremendous competitive pressure from integrated advertising conglomerates such as WPP, Omnicom and Interpublic. Twenty...Starting at €0.00
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Management of International Staff
García, Clara; Reiche, Sebastian; Harzing, Anne-WilTechnical Note DPON-79-ELeadership and People ManagementOver the last few decades, Western multinational corporations (MNCs) have shifted their focus beyond the industrialized world, attempting to capitalize on the growing business opportunities in developing and emerging markets. At the same time, many MNCs from emerging economies have expanded their activities beyond their domestic markets, with companies such as Haier, Embraer, Lenovo, Tata, Vale and Cemex successfully operating on an international...Starting at €8.20
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LIPA (A): Impact of a Merger
Rábago, Eduardo; Stein, GuidoCase DPO-172-ECorporate GovernanceThe human resources director of OLTRA, a leading Spanish manufacturer that has recently acquired one of the largest Argentinean companies, LIPA, must decide how to approach the task of integrating LIPAs existing employees. As far as the top-level executives are concerned, he feels that assessment results hardly count, as the decisions will be made elsewhere and for other reasons. How can the experience gained in Spain be combined with the chall...Starting at €8.20
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LIPA (B): Decisions about People
Rábago, Eduardo; Stein, GuidoCase DPO-173-ECorporate GovernanceOLTRA, a leading Spanish manufacturer, has acquired the Argentinean firm LIPA. Before any other measures are taken, the acquirer wishes to carry out an assessment of the second-level executives at LIPA. OLTRAs human resources director decides to use assessment centers, which reveal significant differences between the two companies and call for decisions to be made about specific individuals.Starting at €5.74
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EKM Group Human Capital
Agulles, Remei; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-111-EEntrepreneurshipAs Jaume Sanabras left a regular meeting of the Carlemany Forum, of which he was chairman, he shared with Eric Paredes, an entrepreneur and a great personal friend, the highlights of its development. In eleven years and starting from scratch, he and his team had managed to build a company with 100 employees invoicing 30 million euros, always faithful to a unique philosophy. But faced with what appeared to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, he p...Starting at €8.20
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SAP's Transformation from a Product to a Service Provider: The Business Transformation Academy
Fischer, Marco; Reiche, Sebastian; Cardona Soriano, PabloCase DPO-215-ELeadership and People ManagementThe case discusses the strategic talent and stakeholder management issues that SAP faces as it transforms itself into a service provider. In 2000, SAP first decides to establish business consulting to assist customers in implementing software solutions. After long and controversial discussions about the core competencies of SAP, the company finally sets up a unit on Business Transformation Services that aims to support companies to successfully t...Starting at €8.20
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SAP's Transformation from a Product to a Service Provider: The Business Transformation Academy (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Fischer, Marco; Reiche, Bjoern Sebastian; Cardona Soriano, PabloCase DPO-215-PBLeadership and People ManagementThe case discusses the strategic talent and stakeholder management issues that SAP faces as it transforms itself into a service provider. In 2000, SAP first decides to establish business consulting to assist customers in implementing software solutions. After long and controversial discussions about the core competencies of SAP, the company finally sets up a unit on Business Transformation Services that aims to support companies to successfully t...Starting at €8.20