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Electronic Testing Operations (Spanish version)
Cooper, Robin; Turney, Peter B.B.; Ittner, Christopher D.Case HBS-106S03Accounting and ControlExplores the obsolescence of a cost system when technology changes. In particular, it asks students to increase the number of cost center and allocation bases. The firm moves from a one-center, direct labor-hour system to a three-center, direct labor-hour and machine-hour systems.Starting at €8.20
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Vision Thing (Spanish version)
Jick, Todd D.Case HBS-412S32Leadership and People ManagementDescribes the challenge of creating, communicating, and committing to a "vision" for an organization. Visions are characterized as a critical building block for stimulating a successful major change in an organization. Considers characteristics of a good vision, an effective visionary, and a process for giving commitment to a vision.Starting at €8.20
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Xerox Corp.: Leadership Through Quality (A) (Spanish version)
Jick, Todd D.; Schlesinger, Leonard A.; Johnson, Amy B.; MacIsaac, Lori AnnCase HBS-419S18Leadership and People ManagementDescribes the "Leadership Through Quality" effort undertaken by Xerox in the 1980s. Includes the history of Xerox in the 1970s and its need to make major changes in quality by the 1980s. Most of the remainder of the case details the step-by-step process by which Xerox created and designed the strategy called "Leadership Through Quality" to change its basic culture and its performance on quality from 1983-86.Starting at €8.20
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Don't Automate, Obliterate (Spanish version)
Hammer, MichaelArticle HBS-90406Information Technologiesabandoning old ways of working and creating entirely new ones.Starting at €8.20
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John Smithers at Sigtek (Spanish version)
Jick, Todd D.Case HBS-404S16Leadership and People Managementlack of corporate commitment, overly formalized programs, inflated expectations, lack of initial successes, etc.Starting at €8.20
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Appex Corp. (Spanish version)
Nohria, Nitin; Gladstone, JulieCase HBS-408S29Leadership and People Management1990 Business Week named Appex Corp. the fastest growing high-technology company in the United States. Appex provided management information systems and intercarrier network services to cellular telephone companies. During its rapid growth, the company went through several structural changes. At first, there was essentially no structure and no control systems. The atmosphere at Appex eventually became chaotic. As the new CEO, Shikhar Ghosh realiz...Starting at €8.20
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Note (Spanish version)
Jick, Todd D.Case HBS-415S22Leadership and People ManagementHighlights the challenges of implementing major change in an organization. It first describes the common pitfalls so that implementors will be "forewarned." Next, it characterizes the guidelines for successful implementation as the "ten commandments", while offering a step-by-step approach for managers. Also concludes that implementation is a combination of science and art, of planning and flexibility. The role of the middle manager as implemento...Starting at €8.20
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Hilton Manufacturing Co. (Spanish version)
Bruns, William J., Jr.Case HBS-102S42Accounting and ControlA professional manager is hired by a small manufacturing company after the president discovers he made poor decisions. One product appears to be unprofitable, whereas the product sold in highest volume is under competitive price pressure. A crude cost accounting system fails to reveal appropriate actions to correct problems.Starting at €8.20
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Amelia Rogers at Tassani Communications (A) (Spanish version)
Hill, Linda A.; Conrad, Melinda B.Case HBS-418S18Leadership and People ManagementDescribes a conflict that has arisen between an account manager and a creative director at Tassani Communications, a Chicago-based advertising agency which is making the transition from entrepreneurial to professional management. The client, the marketing director of a muffler repair chain, has called the account manager to complain about the creative director's behavior. The account manager must figure out what to do. The object is to provide st...Starting at €8.20
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Process Control at Polaroid (A) (Spanish version)
Wheelwright, Steven C.; Bowen, H. Kent; Elliott, BrianCase HBS-606S22Service and Operations ManagementDescribes the initial efforts at a film production plant to shift from a traditional QC inspection mentality to a worker-based process control mentality. Students can prepare SPC charts, propose actions needed, and combine steps into an overall action plan.Starting at €8.20