Case B focuses on the year of transformation. In January 2018, Anna interrupted that success story and told RDB that she needed to transform. The case describes the critical decisions and actions Anna has taken to drive the transformation, engage customers and employees, and address the concerns of the management team. The focus on culture …
This case tells how Richard finally decided to take on the great challenge and put together an integration team of experts in different functions and prepared for all the aspects that he might consider. However, during his trip to Indonesia, Richard was informed of a death threat email from someone at the Batam factory. Should …
Lenovo’s origins date back to 1984 in China. Over time, it became the world’s leading PC company. It is now striving to transform itself and become not just a PC manufacturer, but a solution provider for companies in digital transformation. The hiring manager must decide how to ensure that Lenovo has enough trained leaders to …
SAS: Leadership in Business Intelligence, set in 2007, tells the story of a large analytics software company that sees itself as a leader in an area loosely called business intelligence. The company is one of the world’s largest privately held companies, a world leader in business intelligence and analytics, and the 33rd largest software company …
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Supplement to the IN1040 case. The case of Alcatel’s Access Systems Division highlights the problems and challenges, mainly related to product development and innovation, within a multinational organization that has traditionally been organized according to a specific unit structure of each country. The case focuses on strategic organizational and management issues for the development of …
This case is about Sabina, one of the leaders in the Thai lingerie market, and her proactive adaptation to changes in her business environment over two decades. The company first took advantage of the devaluation of the Thai baht in the late 1990s to expand its export business and become a reliable OEM supplier for …
In 2015, Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd (Mapletree), a Singapore-based capital and real estate management company, was due to launch its new five-year growth plan. The key decisions the company had to make were: Should Mapletree expand its reach geographically outside of Asia? Should you also consider moving into any of the new college dorms, corporate …
The second in a five-part series on Bell Atlantic Corp.’s education-technology partnership with the Union City, NJ, school system. It assesses the educational reform efforts planned and implemented in the school system that coincided with the alliance and facilitated the integration of telecommunications and information technology in the classroom. Video 9399501 is a short version …
Evan Siddall, newly appointed CEO of Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation, a government agency focused on the housing market, is tasked with leading organizational change. The case follows this process of change step by step and sheds light on the challenges Siddall faces. After two years of leading change, Siddall asks: Should he continue to push …