Cases

Community Development in Gainesville (C)

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

This case traces the experience of Gainesville, Georgia, with federal grants for community development. Part A describes the genesis and development of Gainesville's Model Cities program from 1967 until 1973. The city, generally conservative and...

Community Development in Gainesville (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

This case traces the experience of Gainesville, Georgia, with federal grants for community development. Part A describes the genesis and development of Gainesville's Model Cities program from 1967 until 1973. The city, generally conservative and...

Mike Pertschuk and the Federal Trade Commission

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

In 1977 President Carter, pursuing his policy of appointing liberal public interest advocates to subcabinet posts, named Mike Pertschuk as chairman of the FTC. Pertschuk assumed command of a recently revitalized, aggressive bureaucracy. This...

Mike Pertschuk and the Federal Trade Commission (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

In 1977 President Carter, pursuing his policy of appointing liberal public interest advocates to subcabinet posts, named Mike Pertschuk as chairman of the FTC. Pertschuk assumed command of a recently revitalized, aggressive bureaucracy. This...

Mike Pertschuk and the Federal Trade Commission (Abridged)

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

In 1977 President Carter, pursuing his policy of appointing liberal public interest advocates to subcabinet posts, named Mike Pertschuk as chairman of the FTC. Pertschuk assumed command of a recently revitalized, aggressive bureaucracy. This...

Audrey Simmons and the FAA

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

The National Aviation Facilities Experimental Center (NAFEC), a facility of the FAA located in a community afflicted with high unemployment, particularly among minorities, was reputed to be reluctant to hire local residents. After five months on...

Malcolm X

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

This case traces the life of Malcolm X, a leader of the Black Muslims and a powerful voice for black pride, from his birth as Malcom Little in 1925 to his break with the Muslims in 1964. It shows how his philosophy was shaped by his long...

Martin Luther King

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

This case traces the life of civil rights leader Martin Luther King from his birth into a black middle class family in Atlanta in 1929 to his receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. It shows how his family background, his mentors, and his...

Equal Employment Opportunity

Publication Date: January 01, 1980

In this disguised case, a senior manager in a federal agency must decide whether to approve the promotion of a secretary. The agency's personnel officer and chief administrative officer have argued that he should okay the promotion, even though...

Eastern Tennessee University (C)

Publication Date: January 01, 1980

In this disguised case, the union representing maintenance, food service, and custodial workers at Eastern Tennessee University votes to go on strike after the administration, led by President Alan Carswell, refuses to make any further...

Eastern Tennessee University (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1980

In this disguised case, the union representing maintenance, food service, and custodial workers at Eastern Tennessee University votes to go on strike after the administration, led by President Alan Carswell, refuses to make any further...

Eastern Tennessee University (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1980

In this disguised case, the union representing maintenance, food service, and custodial workers at Eastern Tennessee University votes to go on strike after the administration, led by President Alan Carswell, refuses to make any further...