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Unleashing the Power of Purpose
Almandoz, John; Lee, Yih-Teen; Ribera, AlbertoArticle ART-3171-ELeadership and People ManagementWhat's the main purpose of your business? If it's just to make money, you may find yourself coming up short, as that is generally not what inspires workers or generates lasting impact. Your business should be oriented toward some other-centered goal, in addition to making money, which will not only guide but inspire the behaviors and motivations of company actors toward some end that is primarily concerned with the organization's beneficiaries, i...Starting at €8.20
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Cinco pasos para motivar a tus empleados
Almandoz, John; Lee, Yih-Teen; Ribera, AlbertoArticle ART-3171Leadership and People Management¿Cuál es el propósito más importante de tu empresa? Si se reduce a ganar dinero, podría ser insuficiente; en general, ni inspira a los trabajadores ni genera un impacto duradero. Además del económico, deberías tener otro objetivo. Este debería estar centrado en los demás y regir e inspirar el comportamiento y la motivación de los actores de la empresa en pos de una finalidad ligada sobre todo a sus beneficiarios, incluidos los clientes y la socie...Starting at €8.20
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El arte y la ciencia de fijar objetivos
Franco-Santos, Mónica; Marcos, Javier; Bourne, MikeArticle ART-1866Leadership and People ManagementLa reciente crisis económica y la quiebra de muchas instituciones financieras dan fe de los peligros de combinar unos objetivos de rendimiento excesivamente ambiciosos con bonus abultados. Los objetivos, en el mejor de los casos, pueden motivar positivamente a los empleados, pero, en el peor, empujarles a comportamientos disfuncionales, con resultados tan nefastos como los que hemos visto. ¿Qué pueden hacer las empresas para acertar con su...Starting at €8.20
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Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts: Alternative Futures
Radell, Coleman; Grossman, Allen S.Case HBS-311099-ELeadership and People ManagementRen Levy took over Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts when it was a group of warring constituents and has successfully brought a diverse group of arts organizations together.Starting at €8.20
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The Art and Science of Target Setting
Franco-Santos, Mónica; Marcos, Javier; Bourne, MikeArticle ART-1866-ELeadership and People ManagementThe recent economic crisis and the collapse of many financial institutions stand as living proof of the dangers of overly ambitious targets coupled with fat bonuses. Targets, at their best, can motivate people to succeed; at their worst, they induce employees to engage in dysfunctional behavior, leading to detrimental outcomes like those recently witnessed. How can companies get it right? The authors studied target-setting practices involving sal...Starting at €8.20
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Margaret Jefferson: Performance Issue at a Performing Arts Company (B)
Lyn Purdy; James O'BrienCase IVEY-9B12C025-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThis case is a supplement to Margaret Jefferson: Performance Issue at a Performing Arts Company (A).Starting at €5.74
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Seven Keys to Creativity: Lessons From Art
López-Remiro, Miguel; Stein, GuidoTechnical Note DPON-90-EInnovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementThis study aims to analyze creativity and propose models for creating points of contact between artistic creativity and business creativity. The idea is to approach innovation from a unique standpoint, providing a fresh perspective from a discipline that employs innovation at its very core, the discipline of art. The intention is not to define categories, but to link two worlds that in principle are vastly different: business and art. It follow...Starting at €8.20
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Margaret Jefferson: Performance Issue at a Performing Arts Company (A)
Lyn Purdy; James O'BrienCase IVEY-9B12C024-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThis case series describes a general manager’s decision of whether to fire an employee at a performing arts company. The scope of the case includes the organization of the company, the decision to hire the employee, his performance, and the decision to end the employment relationship. The general manager’s selection practices are described, and two role-playing exercises are included.Starting at €8.20
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Logos: The Art of Arguing for Consent
Leggett, Brian O'ConnorTechnical Note DPON-6-ELeadership and People ManagementAristotel distinguished three modes of persuasion, "the first depends on the personal character of the (ethos); the second on putting the audience into a fit state of mind (pathos); the third on the proof, or apparent proof, provided by the of the speech itself". This note discusses the third of these: logos or the art of argumentation.Starting at €8.20
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The Art of Social Entrepreneurship: Dakshina Chitra and Madras Crafts Foundation (MFC) in India
Oana Branzei; Sonia MehrotraCase IVEY-9B12C005-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThe case traces the milestones of a 26-year history of a social entrepreneur creating a social enterprise, Madras Craft Foundation (MCF). The story leads up to a three-decade retrospective on the role social ventures play in our lives. Based on the entrepreneur’s critical reflection, the case shows how the paths of the social entrepreneur and the social enterprise became closely interwoven. After MCF had been self-sufficient for three years, the ...Starting at €8.20