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Caso HBR: El "tres" de caballeros
Hall, Brian J.; Wasynczuk, AndrewArticle HBS-R1107RLeadership and People Management¿Cómo se puede reducir la plantilla, cuando casi todo el mundo tiene las mismas puntuaciones en evaluaciones de desempeño? vicepresidente de recursos humanos Nils Ekdahl se enfrenta a esa pregunta en Circale Corporation, una de ficción-componentes electrónicos distribuidor que acaba de completar una serie de adquisiciones. Ekdahl quiere hacer los recortes de personal objetivamente, pero los nuevos rendimientos del sistema de evaluar el desempeño ...Starting at €8.20
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Performance Pay at Safelite Auto Glass (A) (Spanish version)
Hall, Brian J.; Madigan, Carleen; Lazear, EdwardCase HBS-808S09Accounting and ControlDescribes a company's changing of its compensation and incentive plan. In particular, it shows how a change from hourly pay to piece rate pay (for windshield installers) affected productivity, pay, and turnover.Starting at €8.20
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Performance Pay at Safelite Auto Glass (B) (Spanish version)
Hall, Brian J.; Madigan, Carleen; Lazear, EdwardCase HBS-808S10Accounting and ControlSupplements the (A) case.Starting at €5.74
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Incentives Within Organizations (Spanish version)
Hall, Brian J.Case HBS-917S28Leadership and People ManagementServes as a brief introduction to incentive design and implementation. The analysis first locates incentive strategy within the larger structure of organizations and markets and then helps to define the central components and difficulties of incentive design. Focuses on the principal difficulties in implementing incentive systems, including the tradeoff between objective and subjective performance metrics, how to design incentive systems in team ...Starting at €8.20
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Recruiting Andrew Yard (A) (Spanish version)
Hall, Brian J.; Bennett, Nicole; del Nido, SaraCase HBS-920S04This case describes a compensation negotiation between a global HR director and a candidate for a high-level executive position. The situation becomes awkward when the candidate feels insulted because he is given a monetary incentive to join the company more quickly than originally planned. The case provides an opportunity to analyze negotiation strategy and the importance of emotional intelligence and effective interpersonal communication during...Starting at €8.20
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Recruiting Andrew Yard (C) (Spanish version)
Hall, Brian J.; Bennett, Nicole; del Nido, SaraCase HBS-920S06This case describes a compensation negotiation between a global HR director and a candidate for a high-level executive position. The situation becomes awkward when the candidate feels insulted because he is given a monetary incentive to join the company more quickly than originally planned. The case provides an opportunity to analyze negotiation strategy and the importance of emotional intelligence and effective interpersonal communication during...Starting at €5.74
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Allianz: The Iberian Project
Lago, Alejandro; Moscoso, PhilipCase P-1107-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementIn December 2007, the Allianz Group created a special taskforce to study the possible integration of the subsidiaries in Spain and Portugal. The different alternatives to be analyzed ranged from a complete merger of the two companies to sharing only some key back-office operations. Although companies in both countries had similar products and structures, their operational philosophies were rather different, since Spain had decentralized many acti...Starting at €8.20
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The "la Caixa" Foundation: Art Exhibitions
Moscoso, PhilipCase P-1103-EService and Operations ManagementWith a 2009 budget of 500 million euros, Fundación "la Caixa" is Europe's third largest private foundation. Through this foundation the "la Caixa" savings bank manages its Obra Social community projects. The founding objective of Fundación "la Caixa" is to finance and promote activities in the fields of social welfare, education, culture and science. The case focuses on the cultural aspect and illustrates the foundation's production of art exhibi...Starting at €8.20
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The Gentleman's "Three" (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Hall, Brian J.; Wasynczuk, AndrewArticle HBS-R1107Z-ELeadership and People ManagementHow do you reduce headcount when almost everyone gets the same scores on performance reviews? HR vice president Nils Ekdahl confronts that question at Circale Corporation, a fictional electronic-components distributor that has just completed a series of acquisitions. Ekdahl wants to make the personnel cuts objectively, but the company's new performance-review system yields disappointing results: On a five-point scale, virtually every employee get...Starting at €8.20
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Fundamental Concepts and Parameters of Operations Management (Chinese Version)
Moscoso, Philip; Lago, Alejandro; Sachon, MarcTechnical Note PN-458-ZHService and Operations ManagementThis technical note introduces the fundamental parameters and terminology for analyzing an operations system from a general management perspective. The aim is to provide managers with the precise, practical terminology they need.Starting at €8.20