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Bidwell Training Center, Inc. and Manchester Craftsmen's Guild: Preparation in Pittsburgh
Authors: Heskett, James L.; Hallowell, R.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1993
Bill Strickland, executive director of both Bidwell Training Center and Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, has built a highly successful training organization to enable underprivileged minorities in Pittsburgh to escape the cycle of poverty. His success has led to questions of expansion, focus, and core competencies.
Zappos.com 2009: Clothing, Customer Service and Company Culture
Authors: Frei, Frances X.; Ely, Robin J.; Winig, Laura
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
On July 17, 2009, Zappos.com, a privately-held online retailer of shoes, clothing, and other soft line retail categories, learned that Amazon.com, a $19 billion multinational online retailer, had won its Board of Directors' approval to offer to merge the two companies.
Jieliang Phone Home! (A, B, C)
Authors: Shih, Willy; Bernstein, Ethan S.; Bilimoria, Nina
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2009
At Precision Electro-Tek's mobile phone manufacturing facility in southern China, thousands of operators - bright and capable young men and (mostly) women like Jieliang Hao are motivated to improve line productivity through small innovations for faster assembly and have discovered many ways to increase their performance. The case frames the role of the general manager in setting up work structures and compensation systems in a very traditional and explicit setting, one where linkages should be clearly visible yet assumptions are often deeply buried and implicit.
Managing Without Managers
Author: Semler, Ricardo
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 1989
Semco S/A is a manufacturing company in Brazil where workers make corporate decisions, set their own hours, and have access to monthly financial figures. The company's management philosophy is antihierarchical and perhaps unorthodox, but its profits are handsome. The company operates on the basis of three key principles: work force democracy, profit sharing, and free access to information.
ABB Secheron
Author: Weeks, J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: IMD - International Institute for Management Development
Publication Year: 2008
With the future of its power transformer business looking grim, the leaders of ABB Secheron had three choices.
Whole Foods, Whole People, Whole Planet
Author: Weatherhead School of Management
Product Type: Mini-Cases
Source: Case Western Reserve University
Publication Year: 2005
When John Mackey founded Whole Foods Market it was one small store in Austin, Texas, committed to sustainable agriculture and battling the industrialization of the food supply.
Who Has a Better Idea? Innovation, Shared Capitalism, and HR Policies
Authors: Blasi, Joseph; Kruse, Douglas; Harden, Erika E.
Product Type: Cases
Source: National Bureau of Economic Research
Publication Year: 2008
This paper investigates the relationship of "shared capitalist" compensation systems—profit/gain sharing, employee ownership, and stock options—to the culture for innovation and employees’ ability and willingness to engage in innovative activity.
The Culture of Employee Ownership at Herman Miller
Authors: Goodman, Josh; Staubus, Martin
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2008
Best known for its extremely popular Aeron chairs, Herman Miller, Inc. has built a culture of employee ownership and participative management that has helped drive its worldwide success. This article describes how the company has maintained an organizational culture that encourages innovation, participation, and a sense of ownership.
Every Employee an Owner. Really.
Authors: Rosen, Corey; Case, John; Staubus, Martin
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2005
Study after study proves that broad-based ownership, when done right, leads to higher productivity, lower workforce turnover, better recruits, and bigger profits. "Done right" is the key.
The Lincoln Electric Company, 1996
Authors: Seeger, John; Sharplin, A
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Case Research Journal
Publication Year: 1997
This case examines the implications of public ownership for the firm's famous incentive system.
Societal Ethics and Taxes
Author:
Product Type: Syllabi
Source: Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead School of Management
Publication Year: 2006
Develop students' managerial awareness of societal issues and ethics in dealing with low income workers. Understand the basic structure of the U.S. tax system and how it affects taxpayers at all wage levels.
SnugAdapt: Organizational Change Initiatives
Authors: Woodilla, J; Trefry, M
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Case Research Journal
Publication Year: 2004
This disguised case describes actions taken at SnugAdapt, a mid-sized manufacturing firm, to increase quality and to address problems with worker morale.
The "Living Wage" Debate
Author: Friedland, Julian
Product Type: Cases
Source: Leeds School of Business
Publication Year: 2006
Should retail chains keep their workers well above the poverty line?
Low-Wage / Frontline Workers Teaching Materials Portal
Author: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Product Type: Reading Collections
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2011
This collection is part of our business faculty network on Low-Wage / Frontline Workers. It is designed to provide a repository of teaching materials that incorporate issues of low-wage workers into a business’s core decision-making process.
Texas Contractors Say Playing By The Rules Doesn't Pay
Author: Goodwyn, Wade
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Multimedia
Source: NPR
Publication Year: 2013
Homes in Texas are cheap, but that affordability comes at a price...
Construction Booming In Texas, But Many Workers Pay Dearly
Author: Goodwyn, Wade
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Multimedia
Source: NPR
Publication Year: 2013
Homebuilding and commercial construction may be an economic driver for the state, but it's also an industry riddled with hazards. Years of illegal immigration have pushed wages down, and accidents and wage fraud are common.
The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table
Author: McMillan, Tracie
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Scribner
Publication Year: 2012
What if you can’t afford nine-dollar tomatoes? That was the question award-winning journalist Tracie McMillan couldn’t escape as she watched the debate about America’s meals unfold, one that urges us to pay food’s true cost—which is to say, pay more. So in 2009 McMillan embarked on a groundbreaking undercover journey to see what it takes to eat well in America. For nearly a year, she worked, ate, and lived alongside the working poor to examine how Americans eat when price matters. From the fields of California, a Walmart produce aisle outside of Detroit, and the kitchen of a New York City Applebee’s, McMillan takes us into the heart of America’s meals.
The Voices of China’s Workers
Author: Chang, Leslie T.
Product Type: Multimedia
Source: TED
Publication Year: 2012
In the ongoing debate about globalization, what's been missing is the voices of workers -- the millions of people who migrate to factories in China and other emerging countries to make goods sold all over the world...
For Deliverymen, Speed, Tips and Fear on Wheels
Author: Goodman, J. David
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2012
On the front lines: restaurant delivery workers brave weather, traffic, and low wages to make a living...
Business Value and Human Impact: Flexible Workplaces for Low Wage Workers
Authors: Swanberg, Jennifer; Kiss, Betsy
Product Type: Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: Institute for Workplace Innovation, University of Kentucky and Marriott International
Publication Year: 2011
This presentation by Jennifer Swanberg, Associate Professor and Director of the Institute for Workplace Innovation at the University of Kentucky, and Betsy Kiss, Senior Director for Workplace Strategies at Marriott International, outlines ways that flexible workplaces for low wage workers can create human impact and business value.
Mercadona
Authors: Ton, Zeynep; Harrow, Simon
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
This case presents the predicament of a company trying to do right by its customers and its employees as the economic crisis of 2008 hits home.
TeaBox (A, B)
Authors: Au, Kevin; Tsoi, Mingles
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2009
TeaBox was a small, food-selling retail shop located in secondary schools in Hong Kong. It was considered a bold enterprise as it was ran by a non-governmental organization using social workers to test social enterprise as a way of servicing the community.
Empowerment or Else
Author: Frey, Robert
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1993
Nine years ago, the author bought a small manufacturing company with marginal profits, poor union relations, nit-picking work rules, and high labor costs. After a year of bickering, Frey decided he wanted to implement profit sharing.
Haier: Management Control on a Tactical Level
Authors: Lau, Amy; Ho, Emily; Han, Jun
Product Type: Cases
Source: The University of Hong Kong
Publication Year: 2008
This case study examines: (1) the establishment of Haier's management control system and how it was adapted into the company's internationalisation strategies; (2) how it motivated employees to reach high performance goals; and (3) how it structured the business units to obtain optimal operational efficiency.
Costco's Employee Loyalty Strategies
Authors: John, D.; Punithavathi, S.; Vasanthi, V.
Product Type: Cases
Source: ICFAI
Publication Year: 2008
Costco tries to develop program and employee benefits that motivate its employees and strives to create an environment that fosters employee loyalty.
Nucor Corporation (A, B)
Author: Govindarajan, Vijay
Product Type: Cases
Source: Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College
Publication Year: 2001
This case examines several strategies advocated by various actors in the Nucor Corporation, a major producer of steel.
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.
E. Rachel Hubka (A, B)
Authors: Wattenberg, Laura M.; Meyer, Kathleen A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Business Enterprise Trust
Publication Year: 1996
E. Rachel Hubka, general manager of a Chicago school bus company, has the opportunity to start her own bus business. Hubka hopes to tap a new labor pool and help her community by locating her business in an inner-city neighborhood that most business has abandoned.
Xilinx, Inc. (A, B)
Authors: DeLong, Thomas J.; Darwall, Christina
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2006
Is it possible to create a great business and a company? Wim Roelandts sets out, in the context of Xilinx, to create a high-performance organization without sacrificing the human dimension...
Judy Wicks (A, B)
Authors: Meyer, Kathleen; Bollier, David
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Business Enterprise Trust
Publication Year: 1996
Entrepreneur Judy Wicks has built The White Dog Cafe from a carry-out muffin shop into a full-service restaurant. But she has ambitions to provide her diverse clientele with more than an acclaimed dining experience. She also wants to incorporate broader community concerns into her restaurant's operations...
King Arthur Flour
Authors: DeLong, Thomas J.; Holian, James; Weiss, Joshua
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2006
The success of King Arthur Flour could be attributed both to the quality of the product and to the company culture, which treated employee-owners with respect and allowed them to meaningfully contribute to the future direction of the company.
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Authors: Bohmer, Richard M.J.; Ferlins, Erika M.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2008
In 2000, Dr. Gary Kaplan became CEO of the Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. The hospital was facing significant challenges: It was losing money for the first time in its history, staff morale had plummeted, and area hospitals presented ardent competition. Considerable change was imminent...
"Employees First, Customers Second": Wegmans' Work Culture
Authors: George, S; Regani, S
Product Type: Cases
Source: ICMR Center for Management Research
Publication Year: 2007
This case examines some of the elements of Wegmans' work culture, and how they contributed to making Wegmans a great place to work.
Cascade Engineering: Building Frontline Employee Programs for Triple Bottom Line Impact
Authors: Hu, Jennifer; Lowenberg, Melanie; Chojnacki, Rohini
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Aspen Institute Business and Society Program
Publication Year: 2012
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Fred Keller stepped down from the podium at a local park in Grand Rapids, Michigan and stared at the Lifetime Achievement Award for Innovation in his hands. Under his watch as Founder and CEO of Cascade Engineering, the manufacturing company had blossomed into a successful and diversified enterprise. Keller considered Cascade’s future strategy: How could his company continue enabling success while maintaining the proper balance across its Triple Bottom Line mission?
School House
Author: Leipziger, Deborah
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Aspen Institute Business and Society Program
Publication Year: 2012
Rachel Weeks knew that she had what it takes to be an entrepreneur. She had the vision, guts, intelligence, and ability to work hard. Most of all she had a very good idea: to create School House, a clothing company that would pay workers a living wage. After several years of partnership with suppliers in Sri Lanka, School House faced severe challenges. Rachel decided to manufacture all of the School House product line in the United States. Will School House be able to continue its policy of paying a living wage in U.S.-based factories?
Homeboy Industries Reboots the Lives of Tattooed Former Gangbangers, and Even One CEO
Author: McGray, Douglas
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Fast Company
Publication Year: 2012
Homeboy Industries, the passion project of an L.A. priest, has brought life reboots to hundreds of former criminals, including onetime gang members and the fallen CEO of mega-construction company KB Home.
Foxconn Technology Group (A, B)
Authors: Eccles, Robert G.; Serafeim, George; Cheng, Beiting
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
The case focuses on the challenges that Foxconn faced after a series of suicides took place at its plants.
NetApp's Corporate Culture and HR Practices
Authors: Gupta, V.; Chatterjee, P.
Product Type: Cases
Source: ICMR Center for Management Research
Publication Year: 2009
US-based NetApp Incorporated, founded in 1992, was a leading company in the network storage solutions industry. The company practiced an open door policy, allowed flexible working hours and offered several other benefits to its employees. The company's employee friendly policies were recognised by renowned magazines as one of the best companies to work for.
Teaching Module on Low-Wage Work in The Coming Economy
Author: Johnson, Jennifer
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2009
This Teaching Module addresses key issues around low-wage work in the American economy. Its purpose is to introduce the theme of low-wage work and discuss competing sides of the issues it raises for managers, as well as provide examples of solutions businesses have used to address some of the challenges raised by low-wage work.
Keller Williams Realty
Authors: Baron, James N.; Tayan, Brian
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2007
Describes the economic and cultural models that have led to the success of Keller Williams Realty. Evaluates the interaction of a company's corporate strategy, culture, and organizational practices as a source of competitive advantage.
Increasing Market Opportunities
Authors: Rochlin, Stephen A.; Boguslaw, Janet
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College, The Wallace B. Carroll School of Management, Boston, MA
Publication Year: 2004
For over thirty years, Turner Construction has offered a Construction Management Training Program benefiting minority and women owned construction businesses...
Candy Land
Author: Nancy F. Koehn, Erica Helms
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2005
Investigates the broader contributions that Milton Hershey made to a sustainable, mutually beneficial social contract between business and community. Discusses the business and social contributions of the creative, inspirational, and influential entrepreneur Milton Hershey.
Homeboy Industries: An Incubator of Hope and Businesses
Authors: Choi, David Y.; Kiesner, Fred
Product Type: Cases
Source: Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 31(5): 769-786.
Publication Year: 2007
This case presents the story of Homeboy Industries, which was founded by Father Greg Boyle, S.J. to offer employment opportunities to former gang members in East Los Angeles. Homeboy Industries has successfully launched several businesses to hire and train “homies” who otherwise may not have found jobs.
Iggy's Bread of the World
Authors: Gendron, Alexis; Valley, Kathleen
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2000
In January 1994, Igor and Ludmilla Ivanovic opened the doors of their bakery, Iggy's Bread of the World. This case describes their unusual mission statement and the way in which they try to bring a social consciousness mentality to a for-profit business...
McKay Nursery Company (A, B)
Authors: Meyer, Kathleen A.; Pochop, Laura; Weiss, Stephanie
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Business Enterprise Trust
Publication Year: 1996
McKay Nursery Co., founded in 1897 in Waterloo, WI, had a longstanding history of commitment to employees. The close-knit organization was a pioneer in the agricultural industry of several employee-friendly policies. But in the early 1980s, as McKay's owners grew older and senior management neared retirement, the next generation of managers feared for the future of the profitable, debt-free company...
Jack Stack (A, B)
Authors: Hanson, Kirk O.; Bollier, David
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Business Enterprise Trust
Publication Year: 1993
Describes Jack Stack's efforts to revive a diesel engine remanufacturing plant owned by International Harvester. Stack engineers a leveraged buyout of the factory by its managers. He then implements a radical system for managing the company, through which every employee is trained to read complete financial reports of the company and given weekly operating data...
Donna Klein and Marriott International (A, B)
Authors: Bollier, David; Pochop, Laura; Meyer, Kathleen A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Business Enterprise Trust
Publication Year: 1997
In the early 1990s, Donna Klein, Director of Work/Life programs for Marriott International, surveyed hotel and resort managers and found they increasingly were relied upon to help employees cope with the stresses of their personal lives. Immigration, child custody, spousal abuse--numerous personal issues were requiring up to 50% of managers' time and fueling extremely high turnover among the company's over 100,000 lower-wage workers...
Rick Surpin (A, B, C)
Authors: Hanson, Kirk O.; Bollier, David; Rowlands, Penelope
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Business Enterprise Trust
Publication Year: 1992
A long-time community development worker creates hundreds of jobs for low-income women and minorities by forming a for-profit home health care cooperative, Cooperative Home Care Associates...
Southwest Airlines (A, B)
Authors: O'Reilly, Charles A.; Pfeffer, Jeffrey
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford University
Publication Year: 2006
In 1994, both United Airlines and Continental Airlines launched low-cost airlines-within-an-airline to compete with Southwest Airlines...
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