Exit Strategy (C)
Complete case (B).
Developing employees
Thai Wah: Transformation and Innovation for Sustainable Growth
In October 2015, Ho Ren Hua took over as CEO of Thailand-based Thai Wah Public Company (TWPC), a family business supplying starch and starch-related foods. Since then, he has made several changes to professionalize the company, including the introduction of more independent and highly qualified directors with experience in multinational corporations (MNC), the introduction of …
What Went Wrong with Boeing’s 737 Max? (B)
Following the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on March 10, 2019 en route to Nairobi, Kenya and the accident of Lion Air Flight 610 on October 29, 2018 while taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia, the Boeing El model that flew in both cases were substantiated by the Federal Aviation Administration and regulators around the …
NAACP
In February 1995, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the largest civil rights organization in the United States, was in crisis. The manager had been fired for financial hassles for sexual harassment. Immediately afterwards, the chairman of the board was criticized. In a very close vote, Myrlie EversWilliams, a longtime board …
What Went Wrong with Boeing’s 737 Max?
This case describes the development of the Boeing 737 Max airplane model and the events that led to two tragic plane crashes in which a total of 346 people were killed: the Lion Air Flight 610 crash on October 29, 2018 in Indonesia and the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 accident on March 9, 2019 in …
Buro Happold (Abridged)
In 1996, Ted Happold, the founder of the engineering services company Buro Happold, died and Padraic Kelly became the new Managing Director (MD). One of its first initiatives was “Aim for Growth”, which was designed to help the company grow beyond its current size, where it was limited by a structure in which the founding …
Exit Strategy (B)
Briefcase accessory for 311075.
Layoffs: Effects on Key Stakeholders
From 2004 to 2009 there were nearly 40,000 mass layoffs in the United States, representing more than 7 million workers. This notice describes the impact of layoffs on employees, businesses, and communities.
Deloitte & Touche (B): Changing the Workplace
Deloitte & Touche’s Women’s Initiative changed the workplace culture at the company, solved retention issues, and brought external benefits. Now a new CEO has to decide how to go one step further, as the competition for talent was even fiercer, young people had different needs and ambitions, and the company’s global offices had yet to …
Board of Directors at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (B)
Complement case (A).