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Schuberg Philis
DeLong, Thomas J.; Beyersdorfer, DanielaCase HBS-412092-ELeadership and People ManagementThe Dutch professional service firm Schuberg Philis has within a few years grown into a well-known player in the Dutch IT outsourcing market and regularly wins high customer satisfaction marks. The growing workload and 100% promise to customers have increased the pressure on its non-hierarchical teams of engineers, as well as the hiring speed, which some fear could dilute their corporate culture. The three owner-directors must decide whether it i...Starting at €8.20
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Ericsson: Leading in Times of Change
Narayandas, Das; Beyersdorfer, DanielaCase HBS-507074-ELeadership and People ManagementTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. After its dramatic corporate turnaround, the Swedish telecom infrastructure company Ericsson hires a new CEO to bring the former Swedish flagship company back on track. Puts students in the shoes of Carl-Henric Svanberg, an industry outsider and CEO of locks group Assy Abloy, who does not hesitate a moment when he gets the call in early 2003. Looks back on the reasons for Er...Starting at €8.20
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Reinventing Ericsson
Narayandas, Das; Beyersdorfer, DanielaCase HBS-507075-ELeadership and People ManagementTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Carl-Henric Svanberg, CEO of the Swedish telecom infrastructure company Ericsson, has to reorganize the recovering company in late 2003 after a major industry downturn. He is convinced that only a more market-orientated and customer-focused organization will be able to remain competitive in this maturing, high-technology focused industry. Presents his change project, in whic...Starting at €8.20
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Innovation and Growth at Actelion Ltd.
Pisano, Gary P.; Beyersdorfer, Daniela; Dittrich, RuthCase HBS-611065-ELeadership and People ManagementIn late 2010, Jean-Paul Clozel, CEO of the Swiss biotech pharmaceuticals firm Actelion, looks back on a successful decade. The small venture that he had started with a few of his scientist colleagues in the late 1990s to discover novel medicine in a research-driven organisation had grown into one of Europe's largest biotech firms by revenues. Their success was mainly founded on their orphan indication drug Tracleer, which Actelion sold and market...Starting at €8.20
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Bonuses in Bad Times (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Beyersdorfer, Daniela; Dessain, Vincent; Ton, ZeynepArticle HBS-R1207R-ELeadership and People ManagementIt's 2008 and Spanish food retailer Superado is on course to miss its financial targets. According to company policy, this means that Superado should withhold all bonuses for the year. But the company has an unbroken tradition of paying out bonuses and treating its workforce well--and it enjoys low staff turnover and high productivity as a result. In this fictionalized case study, based on a Harvard Business School case by Zeynep Ton and Simon Ha...Starting at €8.20
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Decision-Making and Leading through Crisis
James, Erika Hayes; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-0904-ELeadership and People ManagementDuring a discussion, a physician once pointed to the name on his lab jacket and said, “MD—makes decisions!” One of the greatest challenges we face in cultivating leadership competence is being centered and skillful in the midst of difficult and upsetting situations, or during times of crisis. Each of the three vignettes in this case offers an opportunity to practice decision-making in challenging situations. The material helps students focus on d...Starting at €8.20
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Giving and Receiving Feedback Evaluation
James, Erika Hayes; Clawson, James G.Technical Note DARDEN-OB-0916-ELeadership and People ManagementThis chart can be used to help students reflect on and document their feedback conversations. In the course of giving or receiving feedback, we often become so embroiled in what we are saying or in what is being said to us that we fail to reflect on the quality and impact of the communication. Though intended to accompany the technical note “Feedback” (UVA-OB-0746), the chart is useful with many other materials on assessing performance.Starting at €8.20
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InvestCo: Ranking and Promotion Redesign
James, Erika HayesCase DARDEN-OB-1024-ELeadership and People ManagementTo retain competitive advantage in uncertain times, a leading investment bank aligns HR practices with its corporate values and mission through a new 360-degree assessment system. Rolled out among officer-level employees, the Performance Management System is put to the test at promotion time. This case supports the exploration of unconscious bias in decision making.Starting at €8.20
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LIVESTRONG: Cycling Around Lance Armstrong
James, Erika Hayes; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-OB-1047-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case can be used in Leadership and Organizational Behavior courses or in any course dealing with challenges faced by nonprofit organizations experiencing crisis. In early 2013, the ongoing controversy involving cyclist Lance Armstrong’s use of performance-enhancing drugs was taking its toll on the nonprofit foundation Livestrong, which Armstrong himself had founded years before after being diagnosed with cancer. Armstrong had already been st...Starting at €8.20
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StarPower: Managing With Power - Teaching Note
Clawson, Donna C.; Davidson, Martin N.; James, Erika Hayes; Quinn, Ryan W.; Yemen, GerryTeaching Note DARDEN-OB-0903TN-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product OB-0903Starting at €0.00