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Knowledge Management at Siemens Spain
Grau, Amèrica; Lara E.; Andreu i Civit, Rafael; Sieber, SandraCase SI-145-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis case describes knowledge management initiatives at Siemens Spain, with a special emphasis on building communities of practice. The case also examines how this approach fits with the global Siemens strategy, with its commitment to knowledge sharing and continuous innovation. This case won the "2005 ECCH/Business Week European Case Awards" in the category "Knowledge, Information & Communication Systems Management".Starting at €8.20
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Agilent Technologies' shared services center in Barcelona - Teaching Note
Rodríguez Porras, José MaríaTeaching Note DPOT-15-ELeadership and People ManagementThis Teaching Note deals with DPO-17, which explains the integration process of employees from 32 different nationalities in Agilent Technologies' shared services center in Barcelona.Starting at €0.00
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Changing the Role of the General Manager. An Evolutionary Perspective
Pastoriza, David; Ricart, Joan EnricTechnical Note DGN-650-EStrategyWe are constantly bombarded with news about managerial excellence and ineptitude, executives saving and destroying companies, or shareholders asking for the replacement of executives, in the search for promising new talents able to rescue a firm from awkwardness. As Mintzberg said: "No job is more vital to our society than that of the manager. It is the manager who determines whether our social institutions serve us well or whether they squander...Starting at €8.20
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The Hollinger Media Group. Lord Black: Fall of a Media Tycoon
Daniels A.; Miller, PaddyCase DPO-60-ELeadership and People ManagementThe story of how Conrad Black, son of a Canadian businessman, built a media empire starting at the age of 22 when he bought his first newspaper in rural Quebec is the stuff of legends. By 1996, Hollinger Black company owned more than 400 titles around the globe, representing the third largest publisher of newspapers in circulation in the world. In 1999, the Times paper of London ranked Black as the 55th most powerful man in Britain, ahead of cabi...Starting at €8.20
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Sony in 2006
Mitchell, Jordan; Vilà, JoaquimCase DG-1495-ECorporate Governance, StrategyThis case traces Sony's 60-year history from its humble beginnings in a burned out department store to a worldwide electronics and entertainment giant. The case allows to contrast how management uses different levers and puts in place selected drivers which contributed to make Sony a preeminent innovative company in the 20th century. Also, it opens a discussion around the extent to which this is sustainable given the situation which the company f...Starting at €8.20
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Foundations of Coaching
Poelmans, Steven; Larburu A.Technical Note DPON-32-ELeadership and People ManagementCoaching has emerged as a learning and development process aimed at closing the gap between what the company is now and what it wants to be in the future. This technical note describes the different types of coaching, the participants, and the actual coaching process.Starting at €8.20
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Building a Global Brand (Spanish version)
Quelch, John A.Case HBS-507S20MarketingAnnounced in December 2004, the $1.75 billion acquisition of IBM's PC division by Lenovo, China's largest PC maker, made headlines around the world. A relative upstart in the business, Lenovo acquired the division of IBM that invented the PC in 1981. While Lenovo was arguably the best-known brand in China, it was virtually unknown in the rest of the world. In 2004, over 90% of Lenovo's revenues came from China, but with this major deal, Lenovo ai...Starting at €8.20
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Fusplas Inc.: Appointing a New CEO (A)
Roig, Barto; Melé, DomènecCase BE-163-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityWhen the company's CEO and main shareholder dies unexpectedly, a successor has to be chosen. The CEO's widow, who inherits her husband's shares, plays a leading role in the decision. However, she is unfamiliar with the business and does not know who to choose. The case outlines the personality and behavior of various company managers and directors who are candidates for the post.Starting at €8.20
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Challenges for New Managers
Stein, GuidoTechnical Note DPON-60-ELeadership and People ManagementBecoming a manager usually means achieving a professional and social position that brings with it certain rights and privileges other jobs cannot offer. The position gives money and rank, but more importantly it also entails obligations and responsibilities. It is important to understand that these obligations and responsibilities are the essential part of management, while money and rank are just the derived benefits. As in other professional ma...Starting at €8.20
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Challenges for New Managers (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Stein Martínez, GuidoTechnical Note DPON-60-PBLeadership and People ManagementBecoming a manager usually means achieving a professional and social position that brings with it certain rights and privileges other jobs cannot offer. The position gives money and rank, but more importantly it also entails obligations and responsibilities. It is important to understand that these obligations and responsibilities are the essential part of management, while money and rank are just the derived benefits. As in other professional ma...Starting at €8.20