Vision and Strategy: Paul H. O'Neill at OMB and Alcoa (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

Whether as analyst or deputy director at the federal Office of Management and Budget, or as the chief executive of Alcoa, Paul O'Neill has sought to inspire those working for him to approach their tasks with vision and without preconceptions. In...

Addressing a Fractious Constituency: Andrew Mecca and California's Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

When Andrew Mecca arrives as the new director of the California state agency responsible for disbursing funds to drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs, he finds his plans for the agency stymied by demands he hadn't anticipated. A hodgepodge...

Unocal Corp.'s SCRAP: Crushing Old Cars for Credit

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

Under increasing regulatory pressure to reduce air pollution emissions from its oil refineries, the southern California-based Unocal Corporation comes up with what it believes is a different approach to the same clean air goal: it begins a...

Unocal Corp.'s SCRAP: Crushing Old Cars for Credit (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

Under increasing regulatory pressure to reduce air pollution emissions from its oil refineries, the southern California-based Unocal Corporation comes up with what it believes is a different approach to the same clean air goal: it begins a...

The Regulation of Mud Flaps (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

When Congress calls for new regulations governing the size and effectiveness of truck mud flaps, small companies which had dominated the mud flap market suddenly find themselves in trouble. Failure to adapt their products to the new regulations...

Reorganizing the Defense Logistics Agency (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

This government re-engineering case focuses on the agency responsible for procuring goods and services (other than weapons) for the Department of Defense (DLA). New leadership at the DLA must deal with a sharply changed system. Rather than...

Reorganizing the Defense Logistics Agency

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

This government re-engineering case focuses on the agency responsible for procuring goods and services (other than weapons) for the Department of Defense (DLA). New leadership at the DLA must deal with a sharply changed system. Rather than...

Mountaineer Habitat for Humanity and the West Virginia Housing Development Fund: The Prospect of Partnership (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

When a local chapter of the Habitat for Humanity organization learns that a state-chartered development fund might be able to provide it with financial help, the non-profit organization faces a decision. Should it accept funds from a public...

Mountaineer Habitat for Humanity and the West Virginia Housing Development Fund: The Prospect of Partnership

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

When a local chapter of the Habitat for Humanity organization learns that a state-chartered development fund might be able to provide it with financial help, the non-profit organization faces a decision. Should it accept funds from a public...

Beyond "Mama Management": Redefining the Role of the Nursing Administrator in the Operating Room of the Southern California Multispeciality Center

Publication Date: January 01, 1991

This is a case about retrenchment forced upon an institution--a premier specialty hospital--whose staff had thought itself virtually immune from economic pressures. A battle is joined specifically as a result of the decision by a new...

Financing Environmental Improvements in Slovakia: The Slovak Environmental Revolving Investment Fund (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

The fall of the Iron Curtain revealed previously unimagined environmental degradation in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. In the newly-independent Slovak Republic, untreated waste flowed into the rivers, heavy industry clouded...

Financing Environmental Improvements in Slovakia: The Slovak Environmental Revolving Investment Fund

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

The fall of the Iron Curtain revealed previously unimagined environmental degradation in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. In the newly-independent Slovak Republic, untreated waste flowed into the rivers, heavy industry clouded...