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Uwa Ode: A Cultural Chameleon or Stranded between Cultural Chairs?
Lee, Yih-Teen; Reiche, SebastianCase DPO-281-ELeadership and People ManagementThe case traces the personal and professional career of Uwa Ode, a bicultural individual who was born in Nigeria and has lived the second half of her life in the United Kingdom and the United States. Having completed her executive MBA, Uwa is faced with deciding whether to continue to pursue her current career with an oilfield services company headquartered in the United States. The company would most likely relocate her every two to three years ...Starting at €8.20
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Richard Debenham in Vienna (A, B & C) - Teaching Note: Between Velvet Divorce and the Sydney Olympics
Reiche, SebastianTeaching Note DPOT-30-ELeadership and People ManagementThe teaching purpose is to explore repatriation and career issues associated with international assignmentsStarting at €0.00
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National Cultural Differences and Global Business
Ghemawat, Pankaj; Reiche, SebastianTechnical Note DPON-359-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThis note discusses the role of national cultural value differences for global business. The persistence of cultural value differences is particularly relevant for large global companies that are exposed to multiple national cultures in their daily operations. This is because it forces companies to adapt their practices and approaches to every culturally distinct context they operate in. While the concepts discussed in this note apply more broadl...Starting at €8.20
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Uwa Ode: una vida y una carrera entre culturas
Reiche, Sebastian; Lee, Yih-TeenCase DPO-760Leadership and People ManagementEl caso repasa la trayectoria personal y profesional de Uwa Ode, una persona bicultural que creció en Nigeria y vivió después en Reino Unido y Estados Unidos. Tras finalizar un MBA ejecutivo, Uwa debe decidir si continuar su carrera en una empresa de servicios petrolíferos de Estados Unidos o no. Es muy probable que la empresa le exija cada dos o tres años un traslado a otro país o una recolocación dentro del mismo país para tener éxito a largo p...Starting at €8.20
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Uwa Ode: Embracing Life and Career Across Cultures (Teaching Note)
Reiche, Sebastian; Lee, Yih-TeenTeaching Note DPOT-121-ELeadership and People ManagementThe case traces the personal and professional career of Uwa Ode, a bicultural individual who grew up in Nigeria and then lived in the United Kingdom and the United States. Having completed an executive MBA, Uwa is faced with deciding whether or not to continue a career at an oilfield services company headquartered in the United States. The company would most likely require a relocation every two to three years within and across different countrie...Starting at €0.00
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Hailing a New Era: Haier in Japan (A) (Chinese Version)
Sánchez-Runde, Carlos; Lee, Yih-Teen; Reiche, Sebastian; Chen, Yen-Tung; Kotake, YukiCase DPO-264-ZHLeadership and People ManagementFounded in 1984 by Zhang Ruimin, current CEO of the company, Haier has rapidly grown from a small refrigerator plant in Qingdao, China, to a global leader in home appliances. As one of the most valuable brands in China, Haier designs, manufactures and sells various home appliances including refrigerators, air conditioners and washing machines in over 100 countries. Since 2006, Haier has aggressively expanded its international presence, aiming to ...Starting at €8.20
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Nestlé's Alliance for YOUth (A)
Reiche, Sebastian; Liao, YuanCase DPO-438-EThe case deals with Nestlé's launch of the "Nestlé needs YOUth" initiative, whose main objective was to improve the employability of young people. The A case outlines how the initiative was launched in Europe at an overarching level, while leaving each local country operation with a lot of autonomy to decide how to carry it out. As a result, different challenges and local adaptations were necessary in each country. The B case details how the in...Starting at €8.20
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Myer y Flanagan (A): reclutamiento sénior con mucho en juego
Reiche, Sebastian; Akkan, ErenCase DPO-352Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementEsta serie de dos casos se centra en los desafíos que los grandes almacenes australianos Myer afrontaron a la hora de encontrar sustitutos para sus directivos sénior. A finales de la primavera de 2014, el equipo directivo sénior de Myer estaba inmerso en una remodelación de primer orden. Aunque durante los dos años anteriores ya habían abandonado la compañía más de veinte directivos sénior, el éxodo de algunos miembros clave del equipo directivo ...Starting at €8.20
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Haier In Japan: An Ongoing Transformational Journey
Sánchez-Runde, Carlos; Lee, Yih-Teen; Reiche, SebastianCase DPO-464-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementFor Du Jingguo, president of Haier Asia, a lot had been achieved since Haier acquired Sanyo in Japan. Compared with the beginning of 2012, the year of the acquisition, employees' morale had been restored. People were generally motivated and saw a positive future for the company and their own careers. A new organizational structure based on the principles of self-managed units (ZZJYT) and the Rendanheyi principle had been created. Some units even ...Starting at €8.20
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Myer and Flanagan (B): High-Stake Recruitment at the Top
Reiche, Sebastian; Akkan, ErenCase DPO-353-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThis two-case series focuses on the challenges of senior executive replacements at the Australian department store Myer. In the late spring of 2014, Myer was going through a major reshuffle of its senior management team. More than 20 senior managers had left the company over the previous two years, and the exodus of some key members of the executive team was continuing. The turnover had accelerated after CEO Bernie Brookes decided in February 201...Starting at €5.74