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- November 1986 (Revised June 1987)
- Case
Fieldcrest Division of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.: Compensation System for Field Sales Representatives
Focuses on the compensation plan for Fieldcrest sales representatives. Management is reviewing the structure of the plan and must decide how to establish compensation goals and guidelines for the following year so that sales efforts are allocated among products and/or... View Details
- October 1986 (Revised July 2010)
- Case
Karen Leary (A)
By: Linda A. Hill
Describes the evolution of the working relationship of Karen Leary, a new manager of a Merrill Lynch retail branch, and Ted Chung, a new financial consultant in the branch. Leary has some concerns about her working relationship with Chung and with his performance.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1985
- Conference Presentation
Risk Sharing and Corporate Pension Policy
By: André Perold and Jay O. Light
- May 1985
- Supplement
Milford Industries (A1)
By: Robert J. Dolan
Presents the salesforce performance data of the Milford (A) case in a format suitable for spreadsheet analysis using a personal computer. View Details
- March 1985 (Revised July 1986)
- Case
Springs Industries: Textile Manufacturing--1983 (B)
By: Kim B. Clark
- January 1985 (Revised March 2003)
- Case
Conex do Brasil
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and John Young
Describes interactions between Brazilian local, Latin American regional, and USA headquarters staff during the three years after establishing a manufacturing subsidiary in Sao Paulo. In a highly protected national environment, a market entry plan is developed to meet... View Details
- 1985
- Chapter
Corporatewide Transformations in Human Resource Management
By: Michael Beer and Bert Spector
- September 1983 (Revised July 1998)
- Case
Heather Evans
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts
Focuses on the efforts of Heather Evans, a second-year MBA student, and her attempts to start her own dress business. Examines the business plan and the process of acquiring control over the financial and human resources necessary to implement the plan. View Details
- September 1983
- Article
A Longitudinal Study of the Effects of Boundary Spanning Supervision on Turnover and Promotion in Research and Development
By: Michael Tushman and R. Katz
- August 1983 (Revised May 2007)
- Case
Milford Industries (A)
By: Robert J. Dolan and Benson P. Shapiro
The new district sales manager for a tool company must determine how to get his district "back on track." The case presents various qualitative and quantitative information on the salespeople. Teaching objectives include the specification of the tasks of a district... View Details
- August 1983 (Revised June 1985)
- Supplement
Milford Industries (B)
By: Robert J. Dolan and Benson P. Shapiro
Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of part of an earlier series. View Details
- August 1983 (Revised June 1985)
- Supplement
Milford Industries (C)
By: Robert J. Dolan and Benson P. Shapiro
Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of part of an earlier series. View Details
- 01 Jan 1983
- Conference Presentation
Frontiers for Strategic Human Resource Planning and Management
By: R. M. Kanter
- December 1982 (Revised December 1984)
- Case
Hi-Tech Corp.
By: Fred K. Foulkes and William E. Fruhan Jr.
Hi-Tech examines the financial implications of a reduction in the work force via a voluntary severance program which offers up to two and a half times annual pay if an employee voluntarily terminates employment. View Details