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StratAFin Inc.: Auditing Change
Verity Hawarden; Margaret Sutherland; Mandla AdonisiCase IVEY-9B12C006-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThis case focuses on organizational transformation in an accounting firm in South Africa. It describes how the impact of both globalization and the transformation that the country had undergone since the advent of democracy in 1994 steered StratAFin Inc. towards a process of building a new identity. The firm’s senior management realized the need for transformation based on the many new challenges in the changing environment. Change was experience...Starting at €8.20
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The Beauty of Sorbet
Margaret Sutherland; Verity HawardenCase IVEY-9B12A039-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyHIGHLY COMMENDED CASE - African Business Cases Runner-up, 2012 European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) Case Writing Competition. This case chronicles the origins and growth of Sorbet, a chain of beauty salons targeting upper income women in South African metropolitan areas. Owner Ian Fuhr identified an opportunity to redefine the beauty salon experience in South Africa by offering customers a service unlike anything in the industry....Starting at €8.20
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SPARK Schools: Kindling Innovation in South Africa's Primary Schools - Teaching Note
Margaret Sutherland; Jeff Yu-Jen ChenTeaching Note IVEY-8B16C002-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product 9B16C002.Starting at €0.00
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Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement
Margaret Sutherland; Anthony Wilson-Prangley; Verity HawardenCase IVEY-9B13C029-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThe Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (WRHI), a South African non-government organization, played a crucial role in turning the tide in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa. The organization significantly influenced the national response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic through its credibility, research output and multiple stakeholder engagement. The collaborative multiparty relationships between WRHI's stakeholders were a key component of the o...Starting at €8.20
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SPARK Schools: Kindling Innovation in South Africa's Primary Schools
Margaret SutherlandCase IVEY-9B16C002-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementIn response to the education crisis in South Africa, two young MBA graduates start SPARK Schools, a network of low-fee, private primary schools; however, teacher candidates often lack the skills, knowledge and attitudes required in this innovative schooling system. SPARK Schools has implemented a range of human resource practices that show how an integrated, intensive, systemic approach to human resource policies and practices can help to optimiz...Starting at €8.20