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Friday, 1 June 2018
In 2017, Gwen Jones, founder and owner of VIP Home Care Services, a local UK home care company, began reviewing her company's monthly financial reports, as well as employee recruitment and retention plans for the coming months. Recent legislation and the increasing budget squeeze for social care…
Monday, 30 April 2018
The case presents Bence Kovacs, a long-term assistant of the CEO of Gyermely Zrt., was contemplating an acquisition proposal from a private equity group. The Acquisition proposal provides the educational vehicle to evaluate the the key social, technological and managerial-organizational innovations…
Monday, 16 April 2018
Electronic Arts (EA), a premier publisher of computer video games and software, was founded in 1982 by three former Apple Computer managers with a small team of 11 people and USD5 million dollars. The company had a vision: to inspire the world to play its video games not simply because they were…
Friday, 30 March 2018
This case highlights the long-term effects of major technological changes on a manufacturing organisation and on the motivation and innovative potential of its employees. The case describes a 'lean' facility, which emphasises Science and Technology-driven (STI) innovations, as opposed to…
Friday, 30 March 2018
In October, 2017, Henry Novak, Plant Manager for MPT (Moulded Plastic Technologies), a mid-sized, family-owned, European automotive supplier, walked across the shop floor during his regular 'caravan' morning tour with his senior team. Since the global financial crisis, when MPT's family-owners had…
Friday, 30 March 2018
Flying Parts, a mid-sized European component parts manufacturer for the aerospace industry, implemented a range of new technologies in the early 2000's when it become a Tier 1 subcontractor. The implementation of these new technologies triggered an organisational transformation: jobs and roles were…
Friday, 30 March 2018
In September 2017, Nicolas Weber, a web designer and manager for Bank in My Pocket (BMP), a former fintech start-up acquired by a large commercial bank, assessed the evolution of the company he had helped to build. Over the course of the start-up's development and repetitive acquisitions and…
Friday, 30 March 2018
In 2015, Robert Dalman, head of manufacturing facility #1 (MF1) for PlaneSpace, a large European aerospace OEM, decided to transform his facility into an innovative workplace. In the prior 15 years, the facility had introduced major technological and process innovations, which had to led stagnant…
Concord Credit Union: Evolving Employees Roles in the Post-Crisis, Digitally-Driven Banking Industry
Friday, 30 March 2018
In May, 2017, Paul Beaumont, CEO of Concord Credit Union, one of the largest Euorpean credit unions, or mutualist banks, reflected on how the current evolution of the banking industry would affect his institution. Faced with increased regulation, the need for cost-cutting, industry overcapacity,…
Friday, 30 March 2018
With the introduction of new machining technologies in his workplace, 50-year-old machine operator Paul Sandberg is confronted with the realisation that the skills and experience that he's gained on the job over the course of his career are now mostly worthless. He has learned new skills in…