Millennium Media, Inc. and John Voorenberg

Millennium Media CEO reviews the company’s diversity report and discusses the challenges of maintaining a diverse workforce in light of the news that three people, two of whom are black, are leaving to compete.

Navigating Organizational Politics: The Case of Kristen Peters (A and B)

Columbia Business School freshman Kristen Peters hoped her summer internship at Taylor Reed (TR) would lead to a job offer in private wealth management. However, in the middle of her internship, Peters received poor feedback as TR executives mentioned her low energy and her disregard for company rules by looking at her phone during class. …

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Paula Evans and the Redesign of the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (A)

Paula Evans is a sophomore as Principal of the only high school in Cambridge, MA. When she arrived, her mission was to transform the high school to eliminate long-standing disparities in achievement rates between races and socioeconomic classes. In her freshman year she was able to obtain approval for her planned redesign and complete the …

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Mat MacGregor (B)

Describe how Mat MacGregor approached the questions posed at the end of case (A).

Jonah Creighton (A)

How do you handle yourself and your interactions with others when you feel challenged in your personal values? What should you keep in mind when it comes to sensitive ethical issues? Jonah Creighton coordinates the company’s Fasttrack training program, and when he tries to place some students in two of the company’s overseas departments, he …

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Erik Peterson at Biometra (E)

He presented the final result of the events. The Richard Jenkins case at SciMat is a description of the series of events from the perspective of the Executive Vice President as reported in the Erik Peterson cases at Biometrics (A), (B), (C) and (D). The Jenkins case at SciMat can be assigned to Erik Peterson …

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Erik Peterson at Biometra (C)

It describes the outcome of Erik Peterson’s two-day meetings with several senior executives from the parent company. Students should have read cases (A) and (B). Case (C) can be assigned to case (D). A camouflaged and updated version of the previous case 494007.

Erik Peterson at Biometra (D)

It implicitly raises the question of what Peterson should do to get out of his troubles. Should I resign, go directly to the executive vice president of his unit for relief, or try to resolve the situation within the company? A camouflaged and updated version of the previous case 494008.

Navigating Organizational Politics: The Case of Kristen Peters (A)

Columbia Business School freshman Kristen Peters hoped her summer internship at Taylor Reed (TR) would lead to a job offer in private wealth management. However, in the middle of her internship, Peters received poor feedback as TR executives mentioned her low energy and her disregard for company rules when looking at her phone during class. …

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