Classic Cases

Iowa State Legislative Computer (C)

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

This case focuses on the Iowa State Legislature during the process of acquiring a $1 million computer system. The system was intended to handle bill processing, update the state's code of laws, and allow quick and efficient budget analysis. Part...

Iowa State Legislative Computer (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

This case focuses on the Iowa State Legislature during the process of acquiring a $1 million computer system. The system was intended to handle bill processing, update the state's code of laws, and allow quick and efficient budget analysis. Part...

Iowa State Legislative Computer (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

This case focuses on the Iowa State Legislature during the process of acquiring a $1 million computer system. The system was intended to handle bill processing, update the state's code of laws, and allow quick and efficient budget analysis. Part...

Cornwall County School District

Publication Date: January 02, 1985

In 1985, the school board of Cornwall County, New York, was confronted with the recurring issue of maintenance and cleanliness. There was tremendous variety between schools, some were well maintained while others remained covered in graffiti and...

Public-Private Partnerships

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

The newly-elected mayor of a midwestern city receives an invitation to an informal lunch with several top local CEOs. In formulating his agenda for the meeting, he wonders whether he should consider initiating a public-private partnership and...

Goals For Dallas (C): The Program

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

This series of cases focuses on three related phenomena: "Goals for Dallas," a program that engaged a cross-section of Dallas leadership in assessing the state of the city and establishing goals for the community; Erik Jonsson, a founder and...

Goals For Dallas (B): Background

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

This series of cases focuses on three related phenomena: "Goals for Dallas," a program that engaged a cross-section of Dallas leadership in assessing the state of the city and establishing goals for the community; Erik Jonsson, a founder and...

Goals For Dallas (A): Setting the Scene

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

This series of cases focuses on three related phenomena: "Goals for Dallas," a program that engaged a cross-section of Dallas leadership in assessing the state of the city and establishing goals for the community; Erik Jonsson, a founder and...

Managing the Boston Housing Authority: The Receivership Begins

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

In 1980, Lewis Spence was named receiver of the Boston Housing Authority (BHA), the fourth largest public housing authority in the US. After over five years of litigation in a class action suit brought by tenants, Massachusetts Superior Court...

Managing the Boston Housing Authority: Note on Federal Public Housing Policy (1937-1980)

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

In l980, Lewis Spence was named receiver of the Boston Housing Authority (BHA), the fourth largest public housing authority in the US. After over five years of litigation in a class action suit brought by tenants, Massachusetts Superior Court...

Shrinking the Policy Process: The Press and the 1980 Love Canal Relocation

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

This case tells the story of the decision of the Carter administration to relocate 710 families from the area in and around an abandoned canal that had been used as a dumping ground for toxic wastes in the 1940s and 1950s. It focuses on the...

Oak View Memorial Hospital

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

Carol Sawyer, who has a master's degree in nursing, has recently been hired as director of nursing at the (fictionalized) Oak View Memorial Hospital. Her new boss, the executive director of the hospital, is interested in bringing innovation to...