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Las dudas de un joven directivo aventurero
Smith, Thomas; Ribera, AlbertoCase DPO-91Service and Operations ManagementDespués de seis años como oficial en el ejército (incluyendo dos años en Irak, trabajando en la unidad de desarrollo económico del Gobierno Interino establecido en 2003), Thomas Smith decide orientar su carrera profesional hacia un empleo más ajustado a sus planes personales y expectativas de salario. Por esta razón, empieza un MBA; pero poco antes de terminar el 2º año, mientras se encuentra inmerso en varios procesos de selección en distintas e...Starting at €8.20
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Jordan Cohen en Pfizer Works: construyendo la oficina del futuro
Wedell-Wedellsborg, Thomas; Miller, PaddyCase DPO-187Service and Operations ManagementJordan Cohen es director de Eficacia Organizativa en la importante compañía farmacéutica Pfizer. Ha establecido un sistema denominado pfizerWorks mediante el cual se externalizan tareas como la preparación de documentos Excel y PowerPoint o la investigación. En el caso se analiza su evolución a lo largo de un periodo de cinco años en el que se crea pfizerWorks partiendo de cero y se incorpora el sistema a la corporación.Starting at €8.20
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Unión Fenosa Gas: "start up" de recursos humanos desde cero
García, Pilar; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-94Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementAnte los nuevos retos planteados en el sector energético, Unión Fenosa decide apostar estratégicamente por el negocio del gas licuado (GNL), entrando en él de forma integral, desde el aprovisionamiento hasta la comercialización. El reto supone buscar el gas en emplazamientos óptimos, crear una organización adecuada, levantar una planta de licuefacción y disponer del equipo humano necesario para llevar a cabo con éxito el proceso. Y todo ello en u...Starting at €8.20
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Union Fenosa Gas: Human Resources Start-Up
García, Pilar; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-94-ELeadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementFaced with new challenges in the energy sector, Unión Fenosa decides to enter the liquefied natural gas (LNG) business and becomes involved at every stage, from procurement to sale. The challenge is to source gas from optimal locations, create the right type of organization, build a liquefaction plant, and put together a team capable of managing the project successfully. And all this in record time (the Damietta plant went from engineering to pro...Starting at €8.20
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Jordan Cohen at PfizerWorks: Building the Office of the Future
Wedell-Wedellsborg, Thomas; Miller, PaddyCase DPO-187-EService and Operations ManagementJordan Cohen is the Manager of organisational effectiveness within Pfizer, the large pharmaceutical company. He sets up a system called pfizerWorks that outsources tasks such as preparation of Excel, PowerPoint and research. This case follows his progress over a five year period as he sets it up from scratch to embedding pfizerWorks throughout the corporation.Starting at €8.20
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A Catalyst Journey During Corona Times (A)
Elvira, Marta; Villamor, MartaCase DPO-733-ELeadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementThe case introduces Cristina Ventura, Chief Catalyst Officer at Asian luxury goods retailer Lane Crawford Joyce Group (LCJG). She is in NY when U.S. President Donald Trump announced the government's decision to close international air traffic due to the worldwide spread of COVID-19. Though based on Hong Kong, Cristina had spent the last three months in the United States, considering next career steps and developing her social network. The pandemi...Starting at €8.20
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Cómo el diseño puede mejorar la rentabilidad y el impacto social
Sosa, Manuel E.Article ART-3169Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementMuchos directivos enfocan los problemas con la mentalidad de un ingeniero: hacer bien un producto y asegurarse de que funciona. Los diseñadores, en cambio, se preguntan primero si el producto en cuestión es el más adecuado. En este artículo, el autor expone cómo las empresas pueden crear una cultura del diseño y pone como ejemplos el EGGS Design de Oslo y el ArtCenter College of Design de Pasadena. También explica que la clave para conseguirlo es...Starting at €8.20
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Magazine Luiza: Expanding Horizons: The role of ecommerce in the post-IPO growth strategy
Rocha e Oliveira, Paulo; Bullara, Cesar; Sauerbronn Jacinto, RodrigoCase M-1275-ELeadership and People Management, Marketing, Service and Operations ManagementIn May 2011, Brazilian retailer Magazine Luiza successfully raised R$926 million (¿400 million) from its initial public offering (IPO) on the São Paulo stock exchange. The firm was immediately confronted with the challenge of accelerating growth beyond its already remarkable growth rate. The case is centered on the role e-commerce should play in the company's future. On the one hand, the market potential seems to be very interesting and the compa...Starting at €8.20
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Supply chain management: A practical view
Garrido Martinez, E.Technical Note IIST-PIN-27-E-EService and Operations ManagementIncreasingly competitive markets and customers with greater information and choice possibilities raise the need to design and manage an excellent supply chain. For this, it is necessary that all the processes are oriented towards the final consumer, that the main agents of the chain collaborate in their optimization and that they have a long-term vision. The objective of this note is to provide a practical vision of the main concepts related to S...Starting at €8.20
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Industry 4.0, a practical view
Garrido Martinez, E.Technical Note IIST-PIN-30-E-EService and Operations ManagementThis note will try to provide ideas and method to those managers interested in operational challenges for 21st century and, in particular, in the concept of industry 4.0. Managers will be helped to reflect on some questions that they may ask themselves: Can the industry 4.0 concepts help to maintain my competitive advantage? How to face the technological transformation in the company? What are the key levers? How to update the strategic plan acco...Starting at €8.20