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United Breaks Guitars
Vaccaro, Antonino; Ramus, TommasoCase BE-202-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Knowledge and Communication, Service and Operations ManagementUnited Continental Holdings, generally referred to as United for short, is one of the largest airlines in the world. Although it has its headquarters in Chicago (Illinois, United States), it operates nine different hubs, the other eight being Denver, Guam, Houston, Los Angeles, Newark (New Jersey), San Francisco, Tokyo (Japan) and Washington D.C. Like many companies in the transport sector, United claims: ?Our goal is to make every flight a posit...Starting at €8.20
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What Does It Mean Being a Decent Boss (A)
Ramus, Tommaso; Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-189-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Knowledge and CommunicationThis case analyzes a pre-crisis situation experienced by René Obermann, while he was serving as CEO of Deutsche Telekom. He received a letter from a technician, who complained about the top management style being focused on short-term results instead of on the company's long-term stability.Starting at €8.20
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Mútua de Terrassa: Rollout of the Health Care Information System (HCIS)
Mitchell, Jordan; Ribera, Jaume; Rosenmöller, MagdaCase P-1087-EKnowledge and Communication, Service and Operations ManagementAs of autumn 2006, a major Spanish hospital outside of Barcelona, Grup Mútua de Terrassa (MT), is implementing the second major phase of a new Health Care Information System (HCIS) along with Hewlett-Packard (HP) at eight centers for primary care. The HCIS project is a multi-year and multi-phase initiative which is the first in many steps towards a "paper-less" hospital. The hospital's management are wondering how the HCIS will change the way peo...Starting at €8.20
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United rompe guitarras
Vaccaro, Antonino; Ramus, TommasoCase BE-202Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Knowledge and Communication, Service and Operations ManagementUnited Continental Holdings, llamada generalmente por la forma abreviada United, es una de las mayores aerolíneas del mundo. A pesar de tener la sede central en Chicago (Illinois, Estados Unidos), opera en ocho aeropuertos más: Denver, Guam, Houston, Los Ángeles, Newark (Nueva Jersey), San Francisco, Tokio (Japón) y Washington, D.C., lo que supone un total de nueve aeropuertos diferentes. Como muchas compañías del sector del transporte, United af...Starting at €8.20
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CISM - Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça Manhiça Health Research Centre: Managing Research & Development
Rosenmöller, Magda; Gago, Fernando; Jaiswal, NikiCase P-1149-EInnovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementAn error has been discovered in a clinical trial undertaken at CISM, a Mozambican health research center focused on endemic diseases and their treatment. In recent years, CISM has carried out sophisticated clinical trials for promising drugs and vaccines against malaria and other illnesses with high incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa. Were errors such as the one in the clinical study a one-off human slip or were there systemic flaws in their process...Starting at €8.20
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¿Qué significa ser un buen jefe? (A)
Ramus, Tommaso; Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-189Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Knowledge and CommunicationEste caso analiza la situación anterior a la crisis que René Obermann experimentó como CEO de Deutsche Telekom (DT). El gestor recibió la carta de un técnico que se quejaba del estilo utilizado por la alta dirección, centrado en los resultados a corto plazo en lugar de en la estabilidad a largo plazo de la compañía.Starting at €8.20