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Rebecca S. Halstead: Steadfast Leadership
Groysberg, Boris; Bell, DeborahCase HBS-411050-ELeadership and People ManagementReviews Rebecca Halstead's career history, detailing how, through her personal attributes, skills, experiences, challenges, and organizational practices she developed into a successful leader and commander in the U.S. Army. The case profiles her leadership style and philosophy. It examines her career strategies and rise through the ranks; strategies she used to deal with challenges faced as a woman in the military; how she turned around a trouble...Starting at €8.20
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Who Moved My Cube
Fayard, Anne-Laure; Weeks, JohnArticle HBS-R1107H-EService and Operations ManagementManagers once discouraged casual interaction among employees, viewing it as a distraction from "real work." Today we know that chance encounters on the job promote cooperation and innovation, and companies craft their floor plans and cultures with this in mind. So why do their careful, well-intentioned efforts often go awry? Common sense, it turns out, is a poor guide when it comes to designing for interaction. Work spaces inspire informal enco...Starting at €8.20
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Creating Sustainable Performance
Spreitzer, Gretchen; Porath, ChristineArticle HBS-R1201F-ELeadership and People ManagementWhat makes for sustainable individual and organizational performance? Employees who are thriving--not just satisfied and productive but also engaged in creating the future. The authors found that people who fit this description demonstrated 16% better overall performance, 125% less burnout, 32% more commitment to the organization, and 46% more job satisfaction than their peers. Thriving has two components: vitality, or the sense of being alive an...Starting at €8.20
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Maersk Line and the Future of Container Shipping
Reinhardt, Forest L.; Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Nellemann, FrederikCase HBS-712449-EStrategySupplements the (A) case.Starting at €8.20
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Barbara Norris: Leading Change in the General Surgery Unit, Teaching Note
Groysberg, Boris; Nohria, Nitin; Bell, DeborahTeaching Note HBS-413028-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 409090.Starting at €0.00
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Australia: Commodities and Competitiveness
Alfaro, Laura; Vietor, Richard H.K.; Russell, William; White, Hilary; Sheldahl-Thomason, HavilandCase HBS-713015-EEconomicsFor the past few decades, Australia has dealt with the benefits and costs of repeated mining booms-inflation, a housing bubble, a current account deficit and growing dependence on China. Between 1996 and 2007, however, Australia had most of these issues under control and grew at impressive rates, becoming one of the richest of developed countries. Yet competitiveness in its non-mining sectors declined. Since the financial crisis, additional chall...Starting at €8.20
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Inkaterra
Comin, Diego; Gopaldas, Rohan; Rehder, DiegoCase HBS-713022-EEconomicsThe case presents the unique business model of Inkaterra, a leading eco-tourism organization in Peru, and the different strategies the company can pursue to grow. Through the experience of Inkaterra the case studies two general issues. First, it discusses the potential barriers that exist for the development of the tourism sector. Second, it presents the debate of whether governments may want to use tourism as an engine of growth, and if so, what...Starting at €8.20
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W.R. Grace & Co: Dealing with Asbestos Torts
Gilson, Stuart C.; Abbott, Sarah L.Case HBS-213046-EFinanceA manufacturer of building products and specialty chemicals, W. R. Grace & Co. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2001 in response to a flood of lawsuits alleging that its products contained asbestos, and had caused hundreds of thousands of people to contract asbestos-related diseases such as mesothelioma and lung cancer. Nine years later, Grace is poised to emerge from bankruptcy with a plan of reorganization that provides for the establishment ...Starting at €8.20
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The Third Wave of Virtual Work
Johns, Tammy; Gratton, LyndaArticle HBS-R1301D-ELeadership and People ManagementIn three major waves of change over the past 30 years, employers and workers have converged on new arrangements for getting knowledge work done. First, home computers and e-mail spawned an army of freelancers, offering both workers and employers new flexibility. Next, mobile technology and global teamwork gave the same kind of work-anywhere, work-anytime flexibility to full-time employees, without asking them to forsake career progress and develo...Starting at €8.20
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How Culture Shapes the Office
Congdon, Christine; Gall, CatherineArticle HBS-F1305Z-ELeadership and People ManagementA new study by researchers at Steelcase, the office furniture company, uncovers six dimensions of workplace culture that shape an office's social dynamics. Due to the highly graphical nature of the Vision Statement, we offer this reprint in color, PDF format only. We recommend printing it out in color to maximize its effectiveness.Starting at €8.20