Preventing Pollution in Massachusetts: The Blackstone Project

Publication Date: January 01, 1993

This case examines the origins and follows the implementation of a radical restructuring of the way the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection conducts inspections of industrial facilities. Specifically, it tells the story of a...

Reproducing an Innovation in Tennessee: Dr. Barbara Levin and the Monroe Maternity Center, Inc. (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1993

In the late 1970s, anti-smoking efforts in the United States had stalled. The effects of the landmark 1964 Surgeon General's report linking smoking and lung cancer appeared to have leveled off. Officials at the Department of Health, Education...

Reproducing an Innovation in Tennessee: Dr. Barbara Levin and the Monroe Maternity Center, Inc.

Publication Date: January 01, 1993

In the late 1970s, anti-smoking efforts in the United States had stalled. The effects of the landmark 1964 Surgeon General's report linking smoking and lung cancer appeared to have leveled off. Officials at the Department of Health, Education...

Robert Little & the Kinship Fostercare Program in NYC (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 01, 1993

When the "crack" cocaine epidemic of the mid- and late 1980s leads to vast increases in the numbers of abandoned and neglected children, New York City officials move to create a new program to provide foster care. Rather than using only...

Robert Little & the Kinship Fostercare Program in NYC

Publication Date: January 01, 1993

When the "crack" cocaine epidemic of the mid- and late-1980s leads to vast increases in the numbers of abandoned and neglected children, New York City officials move to create a new program to provide foster care. Rather than using only...

Disability Issues in the Workplace

Publication Date: January 01, 1993

This composite case explores the managerial, ethical, and logistical issues that arise when a federal employee is diagnosed with breast cancer and has difficulty dealing with her job responsibilities and co-worker reactions. The case ends with...

Senator Kennedy and the Civil Aeronautics Board: Part I Abridged

Publication Date: January 01, 1992

In 1974, Senator Edward Kennedy, in his role as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedures of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was looking for an issue on which to focus. Kennedy contacted Harvard law professor Stephen...

The Ladder and the Scale: Commitment and Accountability at Project Match

Publication Date: January 01, 1992

Located in one of the most troubled housing projects in Chicago, the job training program known as Project Match has an unusual approach to the task of bringing welfare recipients into the world of work. Rather than trying to broker a simple job...

Meeting for a Need: Jerry Abramson and CityWork in Louisville, Kentucky

Publication Date: January 01, 1992

This is a public sector total quality management (TQM) case. Louisville, Kentucky Mayor Jerry Abramson, early in his second term, finds himself dissatisfied with what is ostensibly a significant string of accomplishments--among them economic...

Profit Sharing for the Public Sector: The Shared Savings Program in Pittsburg, California

Publication Date: January 01, 1992

Under pressure to save money and improve efficiency, the head of the public works department of the small city of Pittsburg, California develops a novel approach: if key members of his department are able to perform specific tasks in ways such...

How to Bite the Bullet: Baltimore Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke and Fire Station Closings (B Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1992

The newly elected mayor of Baltimore, faced with both serious budget problems and a campaign pledge to increase funding for the city's school system, decides to save money by doing what previous mayors have tried to do and failed: close several...

How to Bite the Bullet: Baltimore Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke and Fire Station Closings (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1992

The newly elected mayor of Baltimore, faced with both serious budget problems and a campaign pledge to increase funding for the city's school system, decides to save money by doing what previous mayors have tried to do and failed: close several...