Classic Cases

Cutting Back in Lakewood City Government (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1982

In early 1981, after his first few months as city administrator of Lakewood, Colorado, Bill Kirchhoff slumped to his desk and pulled from his file "Lakewood-Issues and Problems." The two-page summary had been supplied to him several months...

Cutting Back in Lakewood City Government (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1982

In early 1981, after his first few months as city administrator of Lakewood, Colorado, Bill Kirchhoff slumped to his desk and pulled from his file "Lakewood-Issues and Problems." The two-page summary had been supplied to him several months...

Consumer Affairs and the FDIC: Abridged

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

This case examines the efforts of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to establish a special "consumer affairs" office in response to the mandate of the 1975 Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act. The creation of the office...

Consumer Affairs and the FDIC

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

This case examines the efforts of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to establish a special "consumer affairs" office in response to the mandate of the 1975 Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act. The creation of the office...

Title IV-A Social Services Claims Resolution

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

The 1962 Public Welfare Amendments Act authorized HEW to grant funds to states for social services delivered to both actual and potential welfare recipients. The ambiguity of the law and the Great Society zeal of several bureaucrats who...

Age Discrimination

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

In this disguised case, Nick Werden, a 59-year-old scientist and former division head at the Kennedy Space Exploration and Research Administration, brings an age discrimination suit against his employers after he loses his bid for a new position...

Mary Anderson and the Women's Bureau: Hypothetical

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

In 1887 sixteen-year-old Mary Anderson and her sister left their native Sweden in search of better economic opportunities in the United States. This search led Anderson into the growing trade union movement in the book and shoe industries. This...

Mary Anderson and the Women's Bureau

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

In 1887 sixteen-year-old Mary Anderson and her sister left their native Sweden in search of better economic opportunities in the United States. This search led Anderson into the growing trade union movement in the book and shoe industries. This...

Merit Pay Exercise: A Case-Based Exercise For Management Education

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

In this disguised case, John Corbin arrives at the Division of Departmental Services in the Department of Health to take on the job of deputy director. At the same time, the department has directed its senior management to implement a merit pay...

Merit Pay at the Department of Health (Abridged)

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

In this disguised case, John Corbin arrives at the Division of Departmental Services in the Department of Health to take on the job of deputy director. At the same time, the department has directed its senior management to implement a merit pay...

Oversight of the Criminal Division (Supplement)

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

Philip Heymann, assistant attorney general in the criminal division of the Department of Justice, is under pressure from Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to provide them with files on several public corruption cases and to...

Oversight of the Criminal Division (C)

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

Philip Heymann, assistant attorney general in the criminal division of the Department of Justice, is under pressure from Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to provide them with files on several public corruption cases and to...