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Southwest Airlines
Author: Kochan, Thomas A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Rebuilding the Social Contract at Work: Lessons from Leading Cases, Institute for Work and Employment Research, MIT Sloan School of Management
Publication Year: 1999
Faculty Rating: 
[1 Faculty Rating] 30219 views
Southwest Airlines has consistently been successful in terms of profitability, good employee and union relations, and customer satisfaction – at a time when most airline carriers are struggling in all these areas. Central to the company's success is a culture of flexibility, family-orientation, and fun...
Rejuvenating Wal-Mart's Reputation
Author: Hemphill, Thomas A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Business Horizons
Publication Year: 2005
Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, was named by Fortune as the "most admired company in America" for the years 2003 and 2004. However, these and other accolades have not quieted a chorus of critics...
United Airlines
Author: Kochan, Thomas A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Rebuilding the Social Contract at Work: Lessons from Leading Cases, Institute for Work and Employment Research, MIT Sloan School of Management
Publication Year: 1999
In 1994 United Airlines became the largest employee majority-owned enterprise in the United States, with various groups of employees – most represented by unions – having purchased 55% of its stock in exchange for various concessions. The employees accepted pay cuts and made other concessions, but were also granted representation on the company's board of directors...
Collective Bargaining: The General Motors-United Auto Workers Deal
Authors: Purkayastha, D.; Faheem, Hadiya
Product Type: Cases
Source: ICMR Center for Management Research
Publication Year: 2008
Faculty Rating: [1 Faculty Rating] 4879 views
This case is about the collective bargaining agreement between one of the world's leading automobile manufacturers, General Motors Corporation (GM), and the United Auto Workers (UAW) in late 2007.
Nike's Dispute with the University of Oregon
Authors: Lawrence, A; Morris, R
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Case Research Journal
Publication Year: 2001
In April 2000, Philip Knight, Founder and Deputy Executive Officer of the athletic shoe and apparel company Nike Inc, announced that he would no longer give money to his alma mater, the University of Oregon, because the university had joined the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC). Knight was upset because Nike had helped found and was an active supporter of a different approach to establishing fair wages and working conditions in the overseas shoe and apparel industry.
The Wal-Mart Supply Chain Controversy
Authors: Smith, N. Craig; Crawford, Robert J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: London Business School
Publication Year: 2006
Having grown into one of the world's largest companies, Wal-Mart has become the object of attack from many critics. One of the principal areas of criticism concerns the manner by which the company manages its global supply chain...
People Management Fiasco in Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India Ltd.
Author: Saini, Debi S.
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Hong Kong
Publication Year: 2006
Multinationals often make judgmental errors regarding cross-cultural issues and the business environments prevailing in foreign countries. Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India Ltd. (HMSI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Honda Motor Company Limited, Japan, established its plant in India in 1999 and made mistakes in handling people-management issues.
Search of the Week Archive
Author: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
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Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2011
The following is a list of CasePlace.org’s Searches of the Week.
Adam Baxter Co./Local 190 Contract Negotiation
Authors: Medvec, Victoria; McGinn, Kathleen L.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1996
This case helps students to develop an understanding of the complexities of management/labor relations; to develop negotiation skills in ongoing team negotiations over time.
The Poletown Dilemma
Author: Nichols III, Charles A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1989
Senior management of General Motors must select a site for a new assembly plant to replace two plants located in Detroit. The economics strongly favor a site in an adjacent state. However, a relocation would have substantial, negative impacts...
Wal-Mart's Business Environment
Author: Oberholzer-Gee, Felix
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2006
In 2004, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. proposed to build a new supercenter in Inglewood, a low-income community near Los Angeles. To compete with Wal-Mart, supermarkets in California cut grocery workers' health benefits and wages. The unions ordered a strike against the supermarkets.
The Case of the Plant Relocation
Author: Musalo, Karen
Product Type: Cases
Source: Makkula Center for Applied Ethics
Publication Year: 2005
Your company can make more money for shareholders by relocating plants to a country with low costs and fewer regulations. What's your decision?
Xerox Corporation
Author: Kochan, Thomas A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Rebuilding the Social Contract at Work: Lessons from Leading Cases, Institute for Work and Employment Research, MIT Sloan School of Management
Publication Year: 1992
This cases focuses on the relationship between the company and its approximately 4,000 unionized workers near Rochester, New York. These workers are represented by the union, UNITE, with which the company has had an extraordinarily good collaborative relationship for over twenty years...
The Box Tree
Authors: Corsun, D.; Young, C.; Shinnar, R.
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Case Research Journal
Publication Year: 2007
After managing the operation through a four year labor strike, the longest in New York restaurant history, Baruch became the owner / operator of the Box Tree in order to save it from sure death.
Adam Baxter Co./Local 190: 1985 Negotiation, Baxter Management Confidential Information
Authors: Medvec, Victoria; McGinn, Kathleen L.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1996
This case helps students to develop an understanding of the complexities of management/labor relations; to develop negotiation skills in ongoing team negotiations over time.
Hard Line State: Big Labor's War on Wal-Mart Claims Casualties Among Poor Marylanders
Authors: Hanke, Steve H.; Walters, Stephen
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Publication Year: 2006
The authors argue that the legislation passed in Maryland, the Fair Share Health Care Act which requires Wal-Mart to pay a fixed percentage of payroll for workers' health care undermines economic development in the state...
Clayoquot Controversy: A Stakeholder Dialogue Simulation
Authors: Lawrence, Anne T.; Svendsen, Ann
Product Type: Exercises
Source: CoreRelation Consulting
Publication Year: 2002
This simulation exercise is designed to teach the skills of stakeholder engagement and dialogue. Through an experiential exercise, students are taught to find common ground when facing complex conflicts involving business firms and their stakeholders. The particular situation involves a leading forest products company in Canada, MacMillan Bloedel.
Labor Unrest At Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (Private) Limited
Authors: Purkayastha, D.; Faheem, Hadiya; Mikkilineni, P.
Product Type: Cases
Source: ICMR Center for Management Research
Publication Year: 2008
The case study focuses on the human resources (HR) problems faced by Honda Motor Cycle & Scooters India (HMSI). The case discusses the various reasons which led to the dispute between the management and employees of HMSI.
Haier Hefei Electronics Co. (A, B, C)
Author: Paine, Lynn S.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2007
When Haier takes over the Yellow Mountain television factory in the distant Hefei province at the behest of Hefei's government, workers strike against the Haier culture and what it stands for.
Lucent Technologies
Author: Kochan, Thomas A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Rebuilding the Social Contract at Work: Lessons from Leading Cases, Institute for Work and Employment Research, Sloan School of Management, MIT
Publication Year: 1999
Lucent was created in 1994 as part of AT&T's tri-vestiture. This case focuses on the dilemma faced by a new company that inherited a labor-management consultation structure developed by AT&T, a structure that has broken down in many respects, and that does not seem adequate to the challenges of the new company in a new and highly competitive market...
American Airlines (A, B, C)
Author: Loveman, Gary W.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1990
After having signed a very expensive new contract with its pilots' union in early 1991, American is now faced with the challenge of increasing productivity and controlling costs for its other employee groups.
Vancom Transportation, Inc. (A, B)
Author: Barnes, Louis B.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1994
Describes the history and evolution of a school/public bus transit company that has grown rapidly and successfully by (gradually) pushing...
Restructuring at Delphi Corporation
Authors: Gilson, Stuart C.; Abbott, Sarah L.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2008
To understand the complex issues involved in restructuring a distressed company in Chapter 11, including the treatment of pensions and other post-employment labor claims, and to understand how such a business should be valued.
Walt Disney and the 1941 Animator's Strike
Authors: Nohria, Nitin; Mayo, Anthony J.; Gurtler, Bridget
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2005
An ambitious creative genius, Walt Disney masterfully pursued emerging technological advantage and uniquely grasped and personified American social mores, but was reckless and naive about strategic business issues, especially concerning intellectual property and human resources management.
Accounting for Pensions and Employee Benefits at Ford and Toyota
Authors: Miller, Gregory S.; Skinner, Douglas J.; Donohue, Laura E.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2005
Uses Ford's and Toyota's financial statements to familiarize students with the information provided in pension footnotes.
United Airlines: Employee Buyout
Author: Chaplinsky, Susan J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Virginia, Darden Graduate School of Business Administration
Publication Year: 1998
This case focuses on a large-scale corporate restructuring that involves changes to United Airlines' (UAL) operating strategy and financing. Through a recapitalization of the company, UAL's pilots, machinists, and salaried workers become majority shareholders of the firm.
Johnson Controls and Protective Exclusion from the Workplace (A, B)
Author: Lawrence, Anne T.
Product Type: Cases
Source: North American Case Research Association, Case Research Journal, Winter 1993; The Laurier Institute
Publication Year: 1993
Johnson Controls, a leading manufacturer of automotive batteries, decided to exclude fertile women from production jobs because of possible hazards of lead exposure to the fetus...
Corruption in Germany
Authors: Abdelal, Rawi; Di Tella, Rafael; Schlefer, Jonathan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2008
Why do managers become corrupt? Does corruption ever pay? When do friendly relations cross into bribery? How can CEOs manage and prevent outbreaks of corruption? These and other questions are raised by three short case studies of corruption in Germany.
Treadway Tire Company: Job Dissatisfaction and High Turnover at the Lima Plant
Authors: Wickham Skinner, C.; Beckham, Heather
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2008
Treadway Tire's plant in Lima, Ohio must confront strong job dissatisfaction and high turnover among its line foremen.
Clayton Industries, Inc.
Authors: Bartlett, Christopher A.; Barlow, Benjamin H.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
Clayton Industries, a sixty-year-old U.S.-based firm in the HVAC industry (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning), with nearly $1 billion in revenues, has gradually built a presence in a number of countries, including several in Europe. Peter Arnell, previously Clayton's successful country manager for the U.K., has been asked to take over the Italian subsidiary, which has recently been struggling on several fronts.
Labour and Service Market Liberalization in the Enlarged EU (A, B)
Author: Webber, D
Product Type: Cases
Source: INSEAD
Publication Year: 2007
With growth in the membership of the European Union following the collapse of communism in several countries, conflicts have emerged as the Union struggles to enact market liberalization, due in part to income disparities among member states.
Strike at British Airways: Unavoidable or Set Up to Fail?
Authors: Barsoux, J.; Manzoni, J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: IMD - International Institute for Management Development
Publication Year: 2008
This case covers Bob Ayling's efforts to cut costs at British Airways even as the airline was reporting record profits. The case considers the steadily deteriorating relationship between BA's top management and its cabin crew union - and highlights the self-fulfilling and self-reinforcing nature of the dysfunctional dynamic that develops between the three key parties.
Nestle: Divesting Perrier?
Authors: Furrer, O.; Koostra, R.; Meijer, T.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Publication Year: 2008
The case describes Nestle and Nestle Waters' social conflict with trade unions at the Perrier plant in France in 2005 and its consequences for the future of the brand within Nestle Waters' portfolio.
Nordstrom: Dissension in the Ranks? (A, B)
Authors: Simons, Robert L.; Weston, Hilary A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2009
In 1989, the performance measurement systems and compensation policies of Nordstrom Department Stores unexpectedly came under attack by employees, unions, and government regulators...
Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball Club, Inc.
Authors: Merchant, Kenneth A.; Palepu, Krishna G.; Mulloy, Joseph P.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1996
Describes a dispute between the owners of the major league baseball teams and the players' union about the profitability of the baseball teams. The issue is important because of the ongoing collective bargaining negotiations.
The Introduction of a Works Council at SAP
Authors: Holtbruegge, D; Dietrich, T; Gerner, G; Merkl, W; Pertsch, P; Zellerhoff, M
Product Type: Cases
Source:
Publication Year: 2007
The case is devoted to the conflicts of co-determination in a globalised business environment with a high capital mobility.
AFL-CIO
Authors: Khurana, Rakesh; Weber, James
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2007
The AFL-CIO Office of Investigation advocates for improved corporate governance at public companies, focusing on the problems of excessive chief executive compensation, improperly backdated stock options, insufficiently independent corporate board members, poor responsiveness to shareholders concerns, and a lack of transparency in the activities and decisions of boards. To advance its cause, the Office targeted Home Depot. This case illustrates how activist investors are affecting corporate boards by questioning the quality and practices of their governance practices.
IG Metall – A Trade Union in Crisis?
Authors: Rajiv, Fernando; Tejomoortula, Soorya
Product Type: Cases
Source: ICMR Center for Management Research
Publication Year: 2006
Over the years, IG Metall has made significant contributions to the industrial relations climate in Germany. But it has also been accused of improper protection and harming the interests of workers and employees...
NAV Canada (A, B)
Authors: Sexty, Robert W.; Frew, David
Product Type: Cases
Source: NACRA, North American Case Research Journal / The Laurier Institute
Publication Year: 2006
Canadian governments are privatizing many of their operations, a process that has implications for business. This case describes the approaches to transferring Canada's Air Navigation System (ANS) to the private sector and outlines the consequences for stakeholders, in particular, government, airlines, employees, and air travelers.
Modern Manors
Author: Jacoby, Sanford M.
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 1998
In Modern Manors, author Sanford M. Jacoby takes on an interesting and little-discussed subject: the corporation as the core social welfare system in modern times.
Integrated Packaging Corp. (A, B, C)
Authors: Leonard, Herman B.; Watson, Orson
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2006
Using his understanding of inner-city life, Fuller employed discipline-based strategies to empower his employees and turn the failing plants into engines of community revitalization. Examines entrepreneurial company revitalization strategies in a difficult community setting, with a double bottom line.
Follow the Renminbi
Author: Yaghmaian, Behzad
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2010
Beijing is using currency revaluation as a part of a larger strategy to change from being a producer of low-value-added exports to a leader in high-tech, green production.
Shaking Up the Labor Movement: An Interview with the Head of the Service Employees International Union
Author: Mendonca, Lenny T.
Product Type: Interviews
Source: McKinsey Quarterly
Publication Year: 2006
Last July, in Chicago, Andy Stern broke up the AFL-CIO's 50th-anniversary celebration by leading 4.6 million workers in three dissident unions out of the largest US labor organization...
Hitting the Wall: Nike and International Labor Practices
Authors: Spar, Debora L.; Burns, Jennifer
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2000
After years of high-profile media attention as the company that can "just do it," Nike is suddenly being portrayed as a firm that relies on low-cost, exploited labor in its overseas plants...
China's Evolving Labor Laws (A, B)
Authors: Paine, Lynn Sharp; Sesia, Aldo
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2009
The case describes key provisions of the new labor contract law proposed by China's National People's Congress in 2006.
To Union or Not to Union
Author: Friedland, Julian
Product Type: Cases
Source: Leeds School of Business
Publication Year: 2006
Employees of Brighton Books are unhappy about their working conditions; should management fight attempts to introduce a union?
Compensation Reform at Denver Public Schools
Authors: Beaulieu, Nancy Dean; Suesse, Jennifer M.; Moore-Johnson, Susan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2004
Focuses on using compensation as a lever for organizational improvement.
Managing Industrial Unrest: A Caribbean Conundrum
Authors: Ferdinand, J.; Norman, R.
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Australia and New Zealand School of Government
Publication Year: 2004
On 10 September 2000, Michael Adams, the General Manager of Mesopotamia Brewery Ltd, was convinced that he had serious industrial unrest on his hands.
Changing Course: The Chrysler Deal, Rising Gas Prices and Other Car Talk
Author: Knowledge@Wharton
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Knowledge @ Wharton
Publication Year: 2007
Cerberus Capital Management bought 80.1% of Chrysler Group from German auto maker Daimler-Chrysler, effectively ending a nine-year marriage between the two that never quite worked out...
Market and the Mountain Kingdom: Change in Lesotho's Textile Industry
Authors: Abdelal, Rawi; Maurer, Noel; Musacchio, Aldo; Abrami, Regina M.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2006
In Maseru, the capital of the Kingdom of Lesotho, the stirrings of industrialization and modernization were promising, and more than 50,000 workers, mostly women, were employed in the textile sector; the figure reflected more than a threefold increase in just a few years.
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