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Social Salary Setting at Spiber, Teaching Note
Whillans, Ashley V.; Beshears, JohnTeaching Note HBS-921014-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case tells the story of Spiber, a Japanese technology start-up company. To reflect the company's values, the leadership team implemented a new and unique salary-setting process: each employee had the authority to choose their own salary. In the couStarting at €0.00
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France Telecom (C): An Unprecedented Trial
Montgomery, Cynthia A.; Whillans, Ashley V.Case HBS-721422-ELeadership and People ManagementA landmark legal case holds corporate leaders responsible for Institutional harassment of employees during restructuring In the C case we learn that former CEO Didier Lombard, Deputy Chief Executive Louis-Pierre Wenes, Human Resources Head Olivier Barberot and France Telecom itself were charged for institutional harassment by French authorities, a first for a CAC 40 company. In December 2019 they were found guilty in a landmark ruling. Each was ...Starting at €5.74
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The What Works Centre: Using Behavioral Science to Improve Social Worker Well-being (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Whillans, Ashley V.Teaching Note HBS-921021-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for cases 921020 and 921022.Starting at €0.00
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The What Works Centre: Using Behavioral Science to Improve Social Worker Well-being (A)
Whillans, Ashley V.; O'Flaherty, ShibealCase HBS-921020-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case describes the experiences of Michael Sanders-the Chief Executive of the What Works Center for Children's Social Care-as he led the design and implementation of a program of research aimed at improving the social care system in the United Kingdom (UK) at the national level. In the course of discussing the case, students are asked to consider the challenges of improving wellbeing for social workers and to debate the merits and challenges ...Starting at €8.20
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Peerless Potato Chips
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Jones, Liz IvaniwCase DARDEN-OB-1370-ELeadership and People ManagementThe Peerless Potato Chip Company (Peerless) is a private-label, family-owned-and-operated, national potato chip manufacturer specializing in organic chips. The CEO, Kate Kelly, had been with the company from the beginning—since her uncle had first started making chips more than 25 years earlier on his farm in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia. In fact, she’d been the primary architect of its growth and expansion. For the first time since ...Starting at €8.20
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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Marcus? - Teaching Note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Kane, Mary BridgetTeaching Note DARDEN-OB-1310TN-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for product OB-1310Starting at €0.00
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Peerless Potato Chips - Teaching Note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Jones, Liz Ivaniw; Goldberg, RebeccaTeaching Note DARDEN-OB-1370TN-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for product OB-1370Starting at €0.00
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Peerless Potato Chips
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Jones, Liz IvaniwCase DARDEN-OB-1370Leadership and People ManagementThe Peerless Potato Chip Company (Peerless) is a private-label, family-owned-and-operated, national potato chip manufacturer specializing in organic chips. The CEO, Kate Kelly, had been with the company from the beginning—since her uncle had first started making chips more than 25 years earlier on his farm in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia. In fact, she’d been the primary architect of its growth and expansion. For the first time since ...Starting at €8.20
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France Telecom (A): A Challenging Restructuring
Montgomery, Cynthia A.; Whillans, Ashley V.Case HBS-721420-ELeadership and People ManagementThese cases explore the impacts of industry shocks, resulting corporate actions that had a devastating impact on employees, and the legal conviction of corporate leaders for "institutional harassment. This case series follows the evolution of France Telecom from a national telephone monopoly to a private company facing two severe challenges: (1) The company's competitive advantage as a land-line carrier is being challenged by mobile carriers and...Starting at €8.20
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France Telecom (B): A Wave of Staff Suicides
Montgomery, Cynthia A.; Whillans, Ashley V.Case HBS-721421-ELeadership and People ManagementIn the B case we learn that at least 19 France Telecom employees took their own lives between 2006 and 2009, 12 others attempted suicide, and eight suffered from serious depression for reasons reportedly related to work. Some of these deaths occurred in public places, others on company grounds. Labor inspector Sylvie Catala conducted an investigation and found that the "lack of consideration or psychosocial risks in the restructuring is the res...Starting at €5.74