Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

During her study at Mount Holyoke in the early twentieth century, Frances Perkins, daughter of the Yankee middle class, learned about the horrors of industrial America and decided to devote her life to social reform. This case offers a brief...

Mary Anderson and the Women's Bureau: Hypothetical

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

In 1887 sixteen-year-old Mary Anderson and her sister left their native Sweden in search of better economic opportunities in the United States. This search led Anderson into the growing trade union movement in the book and shoe industries. This...

Mary Anderson and the Women's Bureau

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

In 1887 sixteen-year-old Mary Anderson and her sister left their native Sweden in search of better economic opportunities in the United States. This search led Anderson into the growing trade union movement in the book and shoe industries. This...

Merit Pay Exercise: A Case-Based Exercise For Management Education

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

In this disguised case, John Corbin arrives at the Division of Departmental Services in the Department of Health to take on the job of deputy director. At the same time, the department has directed its senior management to implement a merit pay...

Merit Pay at the Department of Health (Abridged)

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

In this disguised case, John Corbin arrives at the Division of Departmental Services in the Department of Health to take on the job of deputy director. At the same time, the department has directed its senior management to implement a merit pay...

Oversight of the Criminal Division (Supplement)

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

Philip Heymann, assistant attorney general in the criminal division of the Department of Justice, is under pressure from Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to provide them with files on several public corruption cases and to...

Oversight of the Criminal Division (C)

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

Philip Heymann, assistant attorney general in the criminal division of the Department of Justice, is under pressure from Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to provide them with files on several public corruption cases and to...

Oversight of the Criminal Division (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

Philip Heymann, assistant attorney general in the criminal division of the Department of Justice, is under pressure from Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to provide them with files on several public corruption cases and to...

Oversight of the Criminal Division (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

Philip Heymann, assistant attorney general in the criminal division of the Department of Justice, is under pressure from Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to provide them with files on several public corruption cases and to...

New Jersey Growth Policy (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

In 1978 Governor Brendan Byrne began his second term by making the revitalization of New Jersey's decaying cities a top priority of his administration. This case examines attempts by the Byrne administration to put together an economic...

New Jersey Growth Policy (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

In 1978 Governor Brendan Byrne began his second term by making the revitalization of New Jersey's decaying cities a top priority of his administration. This case examines attempts by the Byrne administration to put together an economic...

Quality Control (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

Under pressure from President Carter to gain control of her agency's budget, Carol Tucker Foreman, assistant secretary of agriculture for food and consumer services, introduced new, less labor intensive methods of quality control into the Meat...