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5 Skills Every Leader Needs to Succeed in the Digital World
Káganer, Evgeny; Zamora, Javier; Sieber, SandraArticle ART-2412-EInformation Technologies, Leadership and People ManagementThe growing density of our digital connections is fast redrawing the boundaries of competition and reshaping the sources of customer value. This demands that we take blended approaches, not just to our business strategies, but to our organizational structures and practices. And this requires new leadership roles and digitally minded leaders. Digital leadership is more than a job title; it's an entirely new mind-set. Based on conversations with pa...Starting at €8.20
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How prepared is your business to make the most of AI?
Zamora, Javier; Herrera, PedroArticle ART-3222-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and ChangeAs a manager, you need a basic understanding of the concepts behind machine learning, so that you can communicate effectively with the experts who implement AI projects in your organization. You must also evaluate your organization's readiness and ability to undertake AI projects. To improve your chances of success, we explain the essentials and recommend which roles and profiles to develop within your organization.Starting at €8.20
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Programming Business Models Through Digital Density
Zamora, JavierArticle ART-3013-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, StrategyThe exponential growth of digital connections and data generates myriad interactions between organizations, people and things that executives can leverage to enhance their current business models or create entirely new ones. But how best to harness the power of this digital density? This article presents a framework to help senior executives tap connected data and pinpoint the programmable elements of their value proposition. The author also high...Starting at €8.20
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Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.: Designing a Supply Chain Network
Yemen, Gerry; Raz, Gal; Davidson, Martin N.Case DARDEN-OM-1406-EService and Operations ManagementSupply chain network design choices and the challenges in implementing and understanding how alternatives influence firm performance are key management skills that can be applied to the case of a global company, Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (K&S), and its expansion strategy. Suitable for the MBA, EMBA, GMBA, and executive education programs, the case explores the decision to expand the company’s tool bonding capacity in order to manage its ...Starting at €8.20
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Charles Pratt and the First Nations University (A)
Davidson, Martin N.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-0909-ELeadership and People ManagementCan you imagine stepping up to lead an organization in the midst of crisis? In the A case, a professor of business administration at the First Nations University of Canada (FNUniv) has submitted his résumé at the close of an assembly meeting to be considered along with five others to take over the role of interim president. As he waits for the decision, he thinks about the situation ahead of him. Public accusations of fiscal mismanagement and vio...Starting at €8.20
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A New Team Face
Davidson, Martin N.; Magnuson, Erin; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-0920-ELeadership and People ManagementA marketing team, asked to compile a marketing deck in response to an urgent request by the head of a business, has completed the task. Still, the team leader is concerned about the dynamics he observed during the meeting of his marketing group team. He has noticed that a recent recruit to the team, an African American, is being ignored when he contributes to the discussion, although his ideas are solid ones. The leader is left with some nagging ...Starting at €8.20
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And Now The Hard Part: Role-Plays
Davidson, Martin N.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-0965-ELeadership and People Management“The diversity lady has a label on her forehead and talks about the standard message,” one senior executive at a large corporation said. “It’s the same message we got 20 years ago. We do it annually but employees never get any of that. I’ve never had a diversity talk to my staff.” Traditional diversity initiatives generally focus on specific dimensions of difference such as gender, race, sexual orientation, able-bodiedness, or religion. This mate...Starting at €8.20
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Diversity at JPMorgan Chase: Right is Good Enough for Me (A)
Davidson, Martin N.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-0975-ELeadership and People ManagementThis first case in a two-part series offers a look at diversity recruitment in a Fortune 500 company. With a white male champion at the helm, the A case shows how competent leaders do something interesting with diversity in a hiring system that has a strong pipeline of diverse talent for future consideration. Other Fortune 500 firms ask it to share recruiting best practices. But the head of recruiting wonders if his work efforts will change JPMC ...Starting at €8.20
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Abroad in the World
Davidson, Martin N.; de Guzman, Terry S.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-1009-ELeadership and People ManagementUsed as an opening case in a second-year MBA elective on global leadership, this case is a biographic description of an immigrant’s journey in American business. The story reflects the transitions that a 24-year old immigrant experiences in her career and personal life in the United States.Starting at €8.20
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Finder, Minder & Grinder: The Charges and Rebuttal - Teaching Note
Davidson, Martin N.; Yemen, Gerry; Wiese, CatherineTeaching Note DARDEN-OB-0841TN-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product OB-0841Starting at €0.00