Publications

The conduct of doctors is guided by the Hippocratic Oath, which provides a normative framework that shapes their identity and orientation towards society. In light of the diminished public trust in business managers, is it time for management to embrace its... View Details

August 11, 2023
Article

How CEOs Can Navigate the Emotional Labor of Leadership

Although the CEO role comes with power, pay, and privilege, it also involves emotional labor, as leaders feel the toll of making divisive and unpopular decisions. This aspect of the job has become more challenging the last few years. This article offers leaders four... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Style; Work-Life Balance; Emotions

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June 2024
Case

Driving DEI in the Boardroom

Educators

June 1, 2016
Comment

Imagine an Economy Without Wall Street

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February 2004
Case

C.W. Post: An American Legacy

Keywords: Business History; United States

Educators

July – August 2005
Article

Feed R&D--or Farm It Out?

Keywords: Research and Development

June 1996
Teaching Note

Chrysler: Iacocca's Legacy TN

Teaching Note for (9-493-017). View Details

August 1993
Background Note

Managing Change: Course Overview--Introduction: Myths and Realities

Keywords: Change Management

August 1993 (Revised August 1994)
Background Note

Rhetoric of Change

Describes the ways in which managers communicate the need to change, specifically the way in which they use vision, crisis, and transition as rhetorical strategies to mobilize change. Also discusses strategies used by those trying to resist change, setting up what may... View Details

Keywords: Change; Communication Strategy

Educators

May 1992
Teaching Note

Allen-Bradley's ICCG: Repositioning for the 1990s, Teaching Note

Teaching Note for (9-491-066). View Details

Keywords: Information Technology Industry

June 1991 (Revised May 1992)
Case

Lithonia Lighting

In early 1991, Lithonia, the U.S.'s largest manufacturer of lighting fixtures, faced a major slump in the construction business that threatened to cause its first decline in revenues after over a decade of strong growth. With financial pressures from its parent company... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Structure; Industry Growth; Decision Making; Information Technology; Financial Crisis; Investment; Business Growth and Maturation; Electronics Industry; United States

February 1991 (Revised February 1991)
Case

Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos, Inc. Advertising (A)

Keywords: Advertising; Advertising Industry

July 1990 (Revised August 1995)
Case

Symantec--1982-90