Business management

Advice for tackling one of the toughest parts of the job-hunting process.

Strategies for leaders to align all three.

The biggest liability could be how policymakers respond in the next few months.

There are other ways to promote a healthy, supportive culture.

It’s no longer enough to keep your board happy and appease shareholders.

More than ever, companies need leaders who are good with people.

To stand out, look for areas where your competitors aren’t investing.

For many women, feeling like an outsider isn't an illusion - it's the result of systemic bias and exclusion.

What you measure is what you get. Senior executives understand that their organization’s measurement system strongly affects the behavior of managers and employees. Executives also understand that traditional financial accounting measures like return-on-investment and earnings-per-share can give misleading signals for continuous improvement and innovation—activities today’s competitive environment demands. The traditional financial performance measures worked well […]

Without adjusting workloads, a schedule change can make burnout worse.

For more than 30 years, the TED conference series has presented enlightening talks that people enjoy watching. In this article, Anderson, TED's curator,...

Managers, it’s not as hard as you think.

Employee stress levels are at an all-time high, according to Gallup’s new “State of the Global Workforce” report.

When terrorists attacked the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008, employees of the Taj Mumbai hotel displayed uncommon valor. They placed the safety of guests...

Debunking three common misconceptions.

Despite their reputation in the 1980s as corporate raiders, most private equity firms attempt to improve the performance of their portfolio companies...

Resignations are at an all-time high, and companies desperate to fill vacancies are trying everything from pay raises to trendy perks. But those interventions...

Over the years, as teams have grown more diverse, dispersed, digital, and dynamic, collaboration has become more complex. But though teams face new challenges,...

Continuous improvement programs are proliferating as corporations seek to better themselves and gain an edge. Unfortunately, however, failed programs...

How to manage the eight critical elements of organizational life

Deals with the logistics and incentives at Tong Yang Cement Corp.

This case study describes the journey of "El Sistema", a classical music education programme in Venezuela that illustrates the transformative power of...

Addresses demand forecasting and globalization at Tong Yang's Cement Corp.

In this visionary book, C. K. Prahalad and Venkat Ramaswamy explore why, despite unbounded opportunities for innovation, companies still can't satisfy...

In March 2005, CEO Michael Eskew has asked the Corporate Strategy Group to recommend changes to the strategic process to ensure it allows United Parcel...

Manville Corp.'s senior managers must decide how to respond to a new scientific study suggesting that fiberglass, the source of 75% of the company's profits,...

Case B reveals that Ford chose an attitudinal segmentation and presents initial sales results. The change in the segmentation approach made it difficult...

Shurgard, a U.S.-based firm that rents storage facilities to consumers and small businesses, is considering financing options for rapid expansion of its...

As of 2005, over 10 million people were using peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing networks to swap music, movies, and software for free. P2P software programs...

In November 2006, Harry Sloan, chairman and CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. (MGM) offers movie star Tom Cruise and his business partner Paula Wagner a...

With ChotuKool, an innovative cooler, Gopalan Sunderraman, Executive Vice President at Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing and his team were able to profitably...

A major sports league has decided to run its season opening game in Mexico City. When the teams arrive in the country four days before the event, two...

WGSN is the world's largest fashion trend forecasting agency, supplying services to 95% of the Fortune 500 fashion brands. The case examines the global...

Pep Guardiola is often hailed as one of the most successful football managers in the world. He frequently appeals to players' individual emotions to motivate...

This case follows a team of founders--recent graduates from the Graduate School of Business (GBS)--from the earliest phase of company formation to the...

Microlending, defined as very small loans advanced to very low-income entrepreneurs, has attracted wide attention as a potentially effective means to...

"This case study serves to discuss a class of risk management strategies in supply chains. It underlines the importance of seeing supply risk management...

The Wikimedia Foundation is responsible for supporting Wikipedia and various other projects through administration, technical and financial support....

The president and chief operating officer of Chick-fil-A is a devout Christian who publicly operates his restaurants according to Biblical principles....

Microsoft Office was facing an uphill task in engaging the undergraduate student community. Attracting this audience-the most tech-savvy generation ever-was...

Advice for tackling one of the toughest parts of the job-hunting process.

Strategies for leaders to align all three.

The biggest liability could be how policymakers respond in the next few months.

There are other ways to promote a healthy, supportive culture.

It’s no longer enough to keep your board happy and appease shareholders.

More than ever, companies need leaders who are good with people.

To stand out, look for areas where your competitors aren’t investing.

For many women, feeling like an outsider isn't an illusion - it's the result of systemic bias and exclusion.

What you measure is what you get. Senior executives understand that their organization’s measurement system strongly affects the behavior of managers and employees. Executives also understand that traditional financial accounting measures like return-on-investment and earnings-per-share can give misleading signals for continuous improvement and innovation—activities today’s competitive environment demands. The traditional financial performance measures worked well […]

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