Principle and Politics: Washington State Health Secretary Mary Selecky and HIV Surveillance

Publication Date: January 20, 2000

When Mary Selecky, a long-time county health official in Washington state, is named by Governor Gary Locke to be acting state health commissioner, she finds herself in the midst of a pitched battle related to the public health treatment of those...

Give and Take: Philanthropy and the Central Park Children's Zoo

Publication Date: January 14, 2000

This case tells the story of one of the most difficult situations which a non-profit organization's management can face: the withdrawal, by its donor, of what had appeared to be a major gift. At issue here is the Wildlife Conservation Society...

The Oregon Benchmarks Program: The Challenge of Restoring Political Support (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 10, 2000

The concept of "benchmarking" as applied to the public sector, seeks to use quantitative measures and comparison over time to encourage progress toward social and efficiency goals. This case describes the origin and implementation of one of the...

The Oregon Benchmarks Program: The Challenge of Restoring Political Support

Publication Date: January 10, 2000

The concept of "benchmarking" as applied to the public sector, seeks to use quantitative measures and comparison over time to encourage progress toward social and efficiency goals. This case describes the origin and implementation of one of the...

"No Prison in East L.A.!": Birth of a Grassroots Movement (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 03, 2000

This advocacy strategy case describes the special challenges faced and techniques employed by a poor, minority (Mexican-American) neighborhood group seeking to draw public attention to its concern about the proposed siting of a state prison...

"No Prison in East L.A.!": Birth of a Grassroots Movement

Publication Date: January 03, 2000

This advocacy strategy case describes the special challenges faced and techniques employed by a poor, minority (Mexican-American) neighborhood group seeking to draw public attention to its concern about the proposed siting of a state prison...

The Hattie M. Strong Foundation: Change Within Tradition

Publication Date: January 1, 2000

 This nonprofit management case describes the evolution of a small, Washington DC-based family foundation from its origins in the 1920s, when it served mainly as the vehicle for the personal giving of its founder and namesake, to its...

Managing the Underground City: The New York City Transit Authority Reclaims its Subway Stations (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 01, 2000

This epilogue to the text-based case (1275.0) continues the history of the origins and hopes for the station manager program described in the CD-ROM case (1275.9), "The New York City Transit Authority Station Manager Program: The Problem at...

The NYPD Takes on Crime in New York City (C)

Publication Date: January 01, 2000

This abridgement is based on the case "Assertive Policing, Plummeting Crime: The NYPD Takes on Crime in New York City" (1530.0). The abridgement of the case divides the story of the change in the New York Police Department into three, roughly...

The NYPD Takes on Crime in New York City (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 2000

This abridgement is based on the case "Assertive Policing, Plummeting Crime: The NYPD Takes on Crime in New York City" (1530.0). The abridgement of the case divides the story of the change in the New York Police Department into three, roughly...

The NYPD Takes on Crime in New York City (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 2000

This abridgement is based on the case "Assertive Policing, Plummeting Crime: The NYPD Takes on Crime in New York City" (1530.0). The abridgement of the case divides the story of the change in the New York Police Department into three, roughly...

Women in Philanthropy: Madam C.J. Walker

Publication Date: January 01, 2000

This collection of cases written for the Hauser Center on Nonprofit Management provide essential histories of the lives and philanthropic motivations and choices of some of the most significant women philanthropists in American history. They...