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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
Faculty Rating: 
[1 Faculty Rating] 736 views
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?
Vodafone Italy: Designing Solutions for Effective Human Resource Management and Career Development
Authors: Bagdadli, S.; Bizzi, L.
Product Type: Cases
Source: SDA Bocconi
Publication Year: 2009
Faculty Rating: [1 Faculty Rating] 1176 views
The objective of this case is to stimulate reflection on organisational and human resource management problems occurring in companies facing rapid change.
Teaching Module on Low-Wage Work in the Coming Economy – Expanded Version
Author: Johnson, Jennifer
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2009
Faculty Rating: [1 Faculty Rating] 2102 views
FULL VERSION of the Low Wage Work Teaching Module.
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] 4880 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.
Putting the Organization on Wheels
Authors: Wind, Yoram (Jerry); West, Alfred P., Jr.
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: California Management Review
Publication Year: 2007
Faculty Rating: [1 Faculty Rating] 1348 views
To create an environment to embody a culture of flexibility, egalitarianism, teamwork, and entrepreneurship, SEI Investments built a distinctive headquarters with open offices and desks on wheels, making it easy for teams to interact and quickly reorganize.
Microsoft: Competing on Talent (A)
Author: Bartlett, Christopher A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2005
Faculty Rating: [1 Faculty Rating] 3982 views
Describes the evolution of Microsoft's human resource philosophies, policies, and practices and how they were used as a core of the company's competitive advantage. In particular, the case focuses on how Microsoft has tried to retain its ability to recruit, develop, motivate, and retain first class talent as it grew from a start-up to a global behemoth...
Google's HR Practices: A Strategic Edge?
Authors: John, D.; Girija, P.; Nightingale, F
Product Type: Cases
Source: IBS Research Center
Publication Year: 2008
Faculty Rating: [1 Faculty Rating] 11707 views
This case helps students: (1) to analyze how employees help a company in differentiating itself from its competitors in knowledge-based industries; (2) to analyze how companies attract the best-knowledge workers and retain employees in a competitive environment; (3) to analyze the innovative HR practices and the 'Best Place to Work For' culture at Google; and (4) to analyze the future implications of Google's HR practices in the long run.
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] 30238 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...
Leading through Negotiation: Harnessing the Power of Gender Stereotypes
Author: Kray, Laura J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: California Management Review
Publication Year: 2007
Faculty Rating: [1 Faculty Rating] 1826 views
With the controversy surrounding Larry Summers' comments about innate differences between men and women as a backdrop, examines whether and when gender differences exist in the competitive negotiation arena.
SG Cowen
Authors: DeLong, Thomas J.; Vijayaraghavan, Vineeta
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2006
Faculty Rating: [1 Faculty Rating] 4017 views
This case emphasizes the role of culture in building a successful company as well as the difficulty in transforming a sense of that culture into concrete hiring decisions...
What You're Really Meant to Do: A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential
Author: Kaplan, Robert S.
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Harvard Business Review Press
Publication Year: 2013
Each of us is unique and brings distinctive skills and qualities to any situation. So why is it that most of us fail to spend sufficient time learning to understand ourselves and creating our own definition of success?
CloudFlare, Inc.: Running Hot?
Authors: Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Godden, Alex
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2013
In July 2012, the cofounders of CloudFlare, a Silicon Valley startup that protects websites and accelerates their traffic, are considering the implications of five employees' resignations over the prior three months. Was this natural attrition for a high-tech venture with a staff of 35 experiencing explosive growth, or were the resignations symptomatic of bigger issues with CloudFlare's culture and management processes?
Say on Pay at The Walt Disney Company
Authors: Gow, Ian D.; Ormazabal, Gaizka
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2013
This case focuses on the lead-up to Disney's 2012 annual meeting where Disney would face a vote on the compensation package of its CEO, Robert Iger...
Volvo Construction Equipment: Managing a Plant Closure (A, B, C)
Authors: Weil, Mary; Mark, Ken
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2013
The vice-president and general manager of the Canadian operations of a multinational vehicle manufacturer learns that the plant he supervises will be shut down in 15 months…
Rethinking Underemployment and Overqualification in Organizations: The Not so Ugly Truth
Authors: Thompson, Katina W.; Shea, Thomas H.; Sikora, David M.; Perrewe, Pamela L.; Ferris, Gerald R.
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Business Horizons
Publication Year: 2013
By combining practical experiences from an outplacement firm (Right Management, headed by our second author) and what we have learned from academic research, we herein describe five types of underemployment, discuss widely held assumptions about the issue, and offer suggestions regarding ways that organizations might harness the power of this economy-wide phenomenon.
Sustainable Pay: How TSX 60 Companies Compensate Executives for Sustainability Performance
Author: Strandberg, Coro
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: Strandberg Consulting
Publication Year: 2013
Sustainability is an important global business driver and is making its way into corporate boardrooms. Mounting evidence shows firms that invest in improved sustainability practices outperform their competitors. There is growing awareness that emerging sustainability risks can have a material impact on company performance. Recognizing these links, companies increasingly integrate sustainability performance objectives and targets into their performance management systems.
He Hasn’t Had It All Either
Author: Winerip, Michael
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2013
A father discusses his experiences as primary caregiver, and how his choices around work affected his family and career trajectory.
Governance Curricula for Employee-Ownership Companies
Author: The Beyster Institute
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Beyster Iinstitute
Publication Year: 2013
The Beyster Institute is proud to announce the launch of the complete picture for employee ownership governance education, the Governance Curricula for Employee Ownership Companies.
Ten Ways to Get the Most from a 360-Degree Leadership Assessment
Author: Levy, David
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2013
Ten top tips for getting the most value from a 360-degree leadership assessment.
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Author:
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Knopf
Publication Year: 2013
Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women’s voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives. In Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg examines why women’s progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains the root causes, and offers compelling, commonsense solutions that can empower women to achieve their full potential.
Tailoring a Book Program for Managers: Why and How
Authors: Gelb, Betsy D.; McKee, Rob Austin
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Business Horizons
Publication Year: 2013
Offering testimonials from a range of sources, we assert that managers' book programs benefit participants and their organizations. To demonstrate how a book program tailored for an organization might work, we initiated a prototype among working master of business administration students, each of whom read one book as well as another book read by all. Thus, critical thinking became a component of the undertaking as well as familiarity with a variety of authors' ideas on a range of topics pertinent to managers.
TED Talks: Video Collection
Author:
Product Type: Reading Collections
Source: TED
Publication Year: 2013
This video collection of TED Talks highlights social, environmental and ethical issues related to business and can be used as an introduction to this varied video library on fascinating ideas by remarkable people.
Women's Careers and Power: What You Need to Know
Author: Pfeffer, Jeffrey
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
This case reviews the literature on women's careers, career disadvantages and their sources, and women's reactions to power, negotiations including salary negotiations and competition.
The Value of ESOPs in Engineering Firms
Author: Roback, Thomas, Jr.
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2012
While all kinds of businesses become employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) companies, there is a large percentage of engineering firms that have chosen the ESOP structure. Why so?
California Center for Employee Ownership (CCEO)
Author:
Product Type: Web Sites
Source: CCEO
Publication Year: 2012
The California Center for Employee Ownership provides information and resources to promote a better understanding of employee ownership in California...
REDF Box Set — Social Purpose Enterprises and Venture Philanthropy in the New Millennium
Author:
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: REDF
Publication Year: 1999
REDF and its Portfolio members produced this three volume set to answer questions about practitioner perspectives, investor perspectives, and practitioner profiles.
Why Women Still Can’t Have It All
Author: Slaughter, Anne-Marie
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Atlantic
Publication Year: 2012
It’s time to stop fooling ourselves, says a woman who left a position of power: the women who have managed to be both mothers and top professionals are superhuman, rich, or self-employed. If we truly believe in equal opportunity for all women, here’s what has to change.
A Note on Trust
Authors: Sharpe, James M.; Green, Charles H.
Product Type: Notes
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
The effective manager and leader understands and appreciates trust at both the personal and the organizational levels. Most managers focus more on being trusted than on trusting. The best way to be trusted is to be worthy of trust - to be trustworthy.
Three Lessons of Ownership
Author: Carleton, Tamara
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: National Center for Employee Ownership
Publication Year: 2012
Can your company truly build and sustain that early founding feeling, in which everyone continues to feel vested as the scale of the organization changes? Drawing from a research study funded by the Foundation for Enterprise Development, the author discovered that federal government contractor Science Applications International Corporation, known as SAIC, provides an astounding example of ownership culture at work three decades after its inception.
LGBTA at Toronto-Dominion Bank in 2012
Authors: Maurer, Cara C.; Cornies, Andrew
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
This case concerns the implementation and strategic direction of LGBTA (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and ally) initiatives at TD Bank Financial Group...
License to Cheat: Voluntary Regulation and Ethical Behavior
Authors: Gino, Francesca; Krupka, Erin L.; Weber, Roberto A.
Product Type: Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
One powerful tool, at least in theory, that policymakers can rely on to stem cheating is regulation through monitoring and sanctions. But regulation does not really help when individuals and firms who are supposed to be regulated may have the ability to determine how much regulation they face, or even whether they face it at all. This paper studies what happens when individuals can avoid or circumvent regulation and monitoring intended to curb unethical conduct.
Equal Exchange: Doing Well by Doing Good© – Case Notes
Authors: Harris, Benita W.; Manz, Karen P.; Shipper, Frank; Manz, Charles C.
Product Type: Notes
Source: Foundation for Enterprise Development
Publication Year: 2012
Case notes to accompany the case "Equal Exchange: Doing Well by Doing Good©."
Equal Exchange: Doing Well by Doing Good©
Authors: Harris, Benita W.; Manz, Karen P.; Shipper, Frank; Manz, Charles C.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Foundation for Enterprise Development
Publication Year: 2012
In 1983, Rink Dickinson, Jonathan Rosenthal, and Michael Rozyne were all recent college graduates and working for a food co-op warehouse in the Boston area. They began to question the system, asking “What if food could be traded in a way that is honest and fair, a way that empowers both farmers and consumers? What if trade supported family farms' use of organic methods rather than methods that harm the environment?” It became apparent to them that if they were going to pursue their vision, they were going to have to develop an organization...
Practitioner Conduct: The Need for Open Debate
Author: Hoffmire, John
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: The Journal of Employee Ownership Law and Finance, vol. 2, no. 2
Publication Year: 1990
This paper addresses the topic of ESOP practitioner conduct in the hopes of raising some issues and providing food for thought...
Practice Note: Questions and Answers Regarding ESOPs for Family Businesses
Authors: Hoffmire, John; Willis, James; Gilbert, Ronald
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Family Business Review, 5:173-180
Publication Year: 1992
Assessing the applicability of employee stock ownership plans for a family firm requires a basic understanding of their characteristics, followed by a careful analysis of the costs and benefits in the specific case. This note provides general information and offers guides for the critical, specific questions an adviser or owner should ask.
ESOP Implementation in Socialist Countries: Experience from the U.S.S.R. and Yugoslavia
Authors: Ellerman, David P.; Hoffmire, John
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Employee Stock Ownership Plans: 1990 Yearbook, pp. Y22-1-Y22-21
Publication Year: 1990
Translating the ESOP concept to socialist countries is much more difficult than, say, just translating American laws into Russian. The concept of employee ownership has to be reduced to its essentials and then creatively reapplied in the context of the legal and institutional environment of socialist countries.
Using Earn-Outs to Implement ESOPs in Emerging Market Economies
Author: Hoffmire, John
Product Type: Notes
Source: The ESOP Association 13th Annual Convention
Publication Year: 1990
Earn-outs can be an important tool in the development of ESOPs in the international community.
Employee Ownership Indices and Investment Funds in the U.S. 1992–Present
Author: Hoffmire, John
Product Type: Multimedia
Source: Sixth European EO Conference
Publication Year: 2006
Provides a detailed slide presentation related to the history and experience os employee ownership indices and mutual funds in the United States.
Employee Ownership as a Competitive Strategy
Author: Hoffmire, John
Product Type: Notes
Source: Országos MRP Konferencia, Budapest
Publication Year: 1993
This table provides a summary of employee ownership as a competitive strategy. In it, the relationship between a company's strategic imperatives, such as productivity and cost control, and specific ESOP strategies are detailed.
Acknowledging Religious Diversity: Opportunities and Challenges
Authors: Gelb, Betsy D.; Longacre, Teri Elkins
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Business Horizons
Publication Year: 2012
Because federal law protects an employee's right to religious accommodation, managers cannot ignore the issue of religious diversity. The matter is far broader than simple legal compliance, though...
A Culture of Ownership: What Is It, and How Is It Implemented in Modern Business?
Author: Mathews, Anthony
Product Type: Syllabi
Source: Rady School of Management, UC San Diego
Publication Year: 2011
After completing the course, students will have an understanding of the numerous techniques of information sharing and participative management which seem to define an ownership culture.
Sustaining Employee Ownership: Factors That Affect Its Effect and Its Future
Author: Mathews, Anthony
Product Type: Syllabi
Source: Rady School of Management, UC San Diego
Publication Year: 2011
After completing the course, students will have an understanding of the factors that affect the long and short term lifespan of an employee owned company.
Broad-based Ownership and Governance: Who’s Running This Company Anyway?
Author: Mathews, Anthony
Product Type: Syllabi
Source: Rady School of Management, UC San Diego
Publication Year: 2011
After completing the course, students will have an understanding of the governance structures that control modern corporations, the relationship between ownership of equity of a corporation and its control.
Business Planning, Financing, Law and Taxation in Equity Ownership
Author: Mathews, Anthony
Product Type: Syllabi
Source: Rady School of Management, UC San Diego
Publication Year: 2011
After completing the course, students will have the capacity to understand and evaluate the various tools and techniques available under current law and practice for applying corporate equity as a compensation and motivation vehicle for employees as well as a tax and cost effective vehicle for assisting in business succession and capital expansion.
Theories of Employee Ownership: A Look at Underpinnings and Ideas
Author: Mathews, Anthony
Product Type: Syllabi
Source: Rady School of Management, UC San Diego
Publication Year: 2011
After completing the course, students will have an understanding of the philosophical and theoretical bases for broadening access to capital among wider ranges of the population as a way of strengthening the capitalist model.
The Foundation of Employee Ownership: A Brief History
Author: Mathews, Anthony
Product Type: Syllabi
Source: Rady School of Management, UC San Diego
Publication Year: 2011
Employee Ownership 101 is designed as a concept exploration two unit elective course. After completing the course, students will have an understanding of the role of private capital in the development of wealth and the evolution of private capital from its earliest forms to our modern capitalist system.
Intrapreneuring in Action: A Handbook for Business Innovation
Authors: Pinchot, Gifford; Pellman, Ron
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Publication Year: 2000
Based on the authors' experience helping companies launch over 400 new products and businesses, Intrapreneuring in Action gives managers at all levels examples and instructions on how to identify people within their organizations who behave like entrepreneurs.
Employee Engagement and CSR: Transactional, Relational, and Developmental Approaches
Author: Mirvis, Philip
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: California Management Review
Publication Year: 2012
This article looks at the relevance of corporate social responsibility for engaging employees, including its impact on their motivation, identity, and sense of meaning and purpose...
Somewhere Between Complacency and Fear
Author: Rodgers, Loren
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2012
Cecil Ursprung, the former CEO of Reflexite Corporation, once described his ideal organizational culture as being a permanent "state of mild dissatisfaction." You may not agree with the word "dissatisfaction," but I expect you would agree that innovation flourishes when employee owners are constantly seeking ways to improve the company and that happens when employees are not satisfied with the status quo. Creative energy flows when people refuse to walk away from situations that are "good enough.”
The Age of Autonomy
Author: Mathews, Anthony
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2012
Why is Southwest so uniquely able to succeed where others can’t? The thing that makes Southwest employees a powerful force for success is that they are autonomous workers working toward a common goal...
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