This website uses technical, customisation and analytical cookies, both first-party and third-party, to anonymously facilitate browsing and analyse statistics on use of the website. Learn more
Search results
-
Cyberpreneur's Wake-up Call: Cyber Security and Millennial Talent Crises
Nakul Gupta; Arjun Bhatnagar; Jyotsna BhatnagarCase IVEY-9B13E029-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Leadership and People Management, StrategyIt was summer of 2013, and the news of cyber-attacks and information security breaches was on the rise in India, as it was worldwide. Incidents such as the Axis bank’s cyber-crime incident and the news of the American National Security Agency’s global e-surveillance were creating consternation and dilemmas in the minds of information security consultants. One such consultant owned and operated an information security company, Percept Softech, a L...Starting at €8.20
-
Fluorescent Group: Blue Ocean Shift
Vishnu Chandar Venkatesh; Veeresh Sharma; Jyotsna BhatnagarCase IVEY-9B18M176-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyFluorescent Group (Fluorescent) was an Indian company specializing in manufacturing filament products that were used in incandescent light bulbs. It had been a market leader for over 30 years, and by 2017, it had seven group companies and over 400 employeStarting at €8.20
-
Yes Bank: AI or Human Connection for Talent Management?
Anuradha Mukherji; Jyotsna BhatnagarCase IVEY-W25367-ELeadership and People ManagementThe program head for retail talent acquisition at Yes Bank Limited needed to improve the talent acquisition process to fill vacant positions for relationship managers—a critical position within the business unit. Competition for talent was severe, with muStarting at €8.20
-
Advaith Group: Sidelined Impressions and Managing Talent Maps
Sumal Abraham Varghese; Jyotsna BhatnagarCase IVEY-9B20C034-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementIn 2017, Advaith Group was an Indian conglomerate with interests in various businesses including chemicals, infrastructure, and engineering. An advisor to the corporate communications group was employed on a contractual basis. Each year at the time of hisStarting at €8.20
-
Stockbay Partners: Proactive Flexible Work and Talent Retention
Riya Vinayak; Jyotsna BhatnagarCase IVEY-9B16C031-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyAn entrepreneur faced a dilemma regarding the flexible work policy in his start-up consulting firm. The leader of the firm struggled with the complications that arose after the implementation of flexible working arrangements, and the various situations caused him to rethink the concept of trying to help his employees to manage their own work–life balance. Since flexible working hours were granted on a role-by-role basis, a perception of unfairnes...Starting at €8.20
-
iGATE Corporation: Toxic Talent and Organizational Resilience
Nidhi S. Bisht; Jyotsna BhatnagarCase IVEY-9B17C002-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyIn May 2013, iGATE Corporation suffered a major blow after terminating its president and chief executive officer, Phaneesh Murthy, as a result of allegations of sexual harassment. Murthy had previously been forced to step down from Infosys Limited for similar reasons. After Murthy’s unceremonious exit, iGATE struggled to fill its top leadership position. Finally, in September 2013, a new chief executive took over and outlined a plan of action tha...Starting at €8.20
-
Coinmen Consultants LLP: Adopting a Technology-Based Learning Culture
Pranati Aggarwal; Jyotsna BhatnagarCase IVEY-9B17C008-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementIn 2016, the three co-founders of Coinmen Consultants LLP (Coinmen), an independent business advisory and chartered accountancy firm in New Delhi, faced a dilemma with respect to the knowledge management process at their firm. Due to the firm’s rapid growth, a change was certainly necessary, but the partners held some reservations about adopting a technological process for knowledge-sharing in their company. Would the implementation of a knowledg...Starting at €8.20
-
Kvantum Inc.: Social Media Dilemma and Talent Retention
Gaatha Gulyani; Jyotsna BhatnagarCase IVEY-9B15C039-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThe chief executive officer of Kvantum Inc. received a distressing email from the human resources manager at Data Research Services. The two companies shared office space, and Data Research Services had invested seed capital in Kvantum. However, a Data Research Services employee was now accusing one of Kvantum’s most competent junior data scientists of harassment. The Kvantum employee had apparently approached the Data Research Services employee ...Starting at €8.20
-
The Indian Greenpreneur: Management of Frenemy Talent and Coopetition
Jyotsna Bhatnagar; Neha Paliwal Sharma; Nakul GuptaCase IVEY-9B13C028-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyDuring the 2013 Indian festival of colours, a young green entrepreneur and owner of Green Horizon Consulting (GHC) faced a plethora of business growth challenges. His former employee, who had quit GHC a while back to work for a major rival, wanted to return. However, the entrepreneur could not figure it out — would rehiring an ex-employee be a sound business decision? Should he take a risk and give the former employee another chance? If he did, h...Starting at €8.20
-
Sitara: Indian Management Style — Capturing Hearts and Minds
Neha Paliwal Sharma; Jyotsna BhatnagarCase IVEY-9B12C028-ELeadership and People Management, StrategySitara was a village in India whose local governing body had 15 members headed by the gram-pradhan. In 2011, the gram-pradhan had approved a project for renovation of a large village pond as per the directives of the central government’s MNREGA scheme. However, on starting the excavation work at the project site, it was found that the area was extremely marshy. Manual labourers turned up at the site everyday but declined to work in life-threateni...Starting at €8.20