Shrinking the Policy Process: The Press and the 1980 Love Canal Relocation

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

This case tells the story of the decision of the Carter administration to relocate 710 families from the area in and around an abandoned canal that had been used as a dumping ground for toxic wastes in the 1940s and 1950s. It focuses on the...

Oak View Memorial Hospital

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

Carol Sawyer, who has a master's degree in nursing, has recently been hired as director of nursing at the (fictionalized) Oak View Memorial Hospital. Her new boss, the executive director of the hospital, is interested in bringing innovation to...

Environmental Protection Agency: Ruckelshaus Returns

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

This case summarizes the plethora of problems William Ruckelshaus faced when he returned to EPA in 1983 after the controversial Gorsuch years. Budget, personnel, organizational and program-related issues are outlined as well as assessments by...

Marie Nicole Thompson

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

Marie Nicole Thompson has recently joined the planning department in the small city of Southport. Although the new job is well-suited to Thompson's talents and she works well with her superiors in the department, she has encountered series...

Recruiting Policies for the US Army

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

This case offers a (fictionalized) look at the responsibilities of a staff officer in the office of the Army deputy chief of staff for personnel as that office prepares for the advent of the all-volunteer Army. The all-volunteer Army raised...

Great Engine War (Abridged)

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

This case provides a detailed account of a competition between Pratt and Whitney and General Electric fostered by the US Air Force for a $17 billion contract to build fighter engines. The case presents background on the Air Force's contractual...

Great Engine War

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

This case provides a detailed account of a competition between Pratt and Whitney and General Electric fostered by the US Air Force for a $17 billion contract to build fighter engines. The case presents background on the Air Force's contractual...

Policy Advocacy: The Case of the Family Assistance Program (Part B: Abridged)

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

On August 8, 1969, President Nixon announced a plan to revamp the nation's public welfare system by abolishing the 35-year-old AFDC program and replacing it with his Family Assistance Plan, which would guarantee a $1,600 annual income for a...

Shaping the National Military Command Structure: Command Responsibilities for the Persian Gulf

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

The fall of the Shah of Iran in February 1979 brought to the fore long-standing dissatisfaction with the adequacy of US military power in the Persian Gulf region. Among military leaders and advisers there were two principal sources of concern:...

Overcoming Police Corruption in Hong Kong (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

This two-part case outlines the efforts of the Hong Kong government in the past fifteen years to reduce the widespread corruption within its ranks, particularly in the police force. Part A begins with background information on police corruption...

Overcoming Police Corruption in Hong Kong (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

This two-part case outlines the efforts of the Hong Kong government in the past fifteen years to reduce the widespread corruption within its ranks, particularly in the police force. Part A begins with background information on police corruption...

Corrections Corporation of America

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

This case is designed to raise issues having to do with privatization of public services. It describes the early history of Corrections Corporation of America, a Nashville, Tennessee company devoted to the ownership (or leasing) and management...