Cases

Mental Health, Medicaid, and Managed Care: Building a Unified System in Massachusetts

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

This case describes the policy and management tensions which arise when the managed care approach is applied to patients cared for through the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health and formerly housed in traditional hospital settings--and...

Annie Tallent (B)

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

A school board official in South Dakota is faced with a demand by local Indian tribes to change the name of the Annie Tallent School. Annie Tallent was among the first white pioneers to arrive in the Black Hills and became a leader in education...

Annie Tallent (A)

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

A school board official in South Dakota is faced with a demand by local Indian tribes to change the name of the Annie Tallent School. Annie Tallent was among the first white pioneers to arrive in the Black Hills and became a leader in education...

All in a Family

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

A fire chief taking an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Division shift for one of his firefighters receives a call about a man with a gunshot wound. When he arrives on the scene, the chief recognizes the mother of a childhood friend. Her...

A Duty to Infuriate

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

In 1992 an Associated Press journalist in Amsterdam is assigned to write a feature article on drug policy in the Netherlands. He has been asked to write similar articles in the past, and has always been expected to convey the message that the...

Loyalty First

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

An Air Force engineer heads a team evaluating proposals from two engine manufacturers vying for a contract to build a new fighter aircraft. The engineer's project manager appears to have a casual attitude to Air Force regulations on dealings...

A Distant Command (B)

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

A Coast Guard Liaison Officer is stationed on an American protectorate in the South Pacific. His assignment is to coordinate and enforce federal marine safety, and administer a grant for a local boating safety program. Upon arriving, he learns...

A Distant Command (A)

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

A Coast Guard Liaison Officer is stationed on an American protectorate in the South Pacific. His assignment is to coordinate and enforce federal marine safety, and administer a grant for a local boating safety program. Upon arriving, he learns...

ANDA: Transforming El Salvador's Water Company

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

In 1998, most officials in El Salvador recognize that the water infrastructure and the institutions responsible for managing that infrastructure are in disrepair. Without reforms, the country would be unable to provide water and sewerage...

Getting Squeezed

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

The executive assistant to the Army Chief of Staff prepares the nomination forms for all Army officers eligible for promotion, which are then submitted to the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) for approval and later confirmation by the...

A Close Election

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

When a Republican state representative in the Midwest decides not to seek re-election, he is approached by a politically active, successful farmer about running for the seat. He thinks the farmer would represent the moderate wing of the party...

To Budapest and Beyond (Epilogue)

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

When Ukraine becomes independent following the collapse and dissolution of the Soviet Union, the nation which is suddenly Europe's third most populous finds itself almost immediately caught up in high-stakes international diplomacy and...