Leadership

The General and the "War" on Drugs: Barry McCaffrey and the Office of National Drug Control Policy

Publication Date: June 01, 1998

When General Barry McCaffrey, a decorated war hero, agrees to take command of the U.S. office of National Drug Control Policy, he encounters an office in such disarray that some in Congress doubt whether it should continue to exist. He boasts...

Going Against the Grain: A "Conservative" Think Tank in Massachusetts

Publication Date: June 01, 1998

When a retired Massachusetts oil company executive decided, in the mid-1980s, to establish a free market-oriented public policy think tank, he faced daunting obstacles. Massachusetts had historically been one of the nation's most politically...

Discussing Disaster: Picking up the Pieces (D)

Publication Date: April 01, 1998

This is both a crisis management communication case and a case about the relationship between civil servants and local government in a fledgling democracy. Set in Hong Kong, the case describes the confluence of events which lead to what is...

Discussing Disaster: Apology? (C)

Publication Date: April 01, 1998

This is both a crisis management communication case and a case about the relationship between civil servants and local government in a fledgling democracy. Set in Hong Kong, the case describes the confluence of events which lead to what is...

Discussing Disaster (A)

Publication Date: April 01, 1998

This is both a crisis management communication case and a case about the relationship between civil servants and local government in a fledgling democracy. Set in Hong Kong, the case describes the confluence of events which lead to what is...

Capitalization: The Politics of Privatization in Bolivia

Publication Date: January 01, 1998

In this case, the president of Bolivia and a team of officials grapple with questions of how to set up a model for privatizing a number of state-owned enterprises. In the 1980s, Bolivia, like most other Latin American countries, embraced a more...

McCaffrey Takes Command (Epilogue)

Publication Date: September 01, 1997

In late 1995, General Barry McCaffrey--a hero of the Persian Gulf and Vietnam Wars and head of the US Army's Southern Command--was approached by the Clinton Administration to "consider" the job of "drug czar"--officially known as the head of the...

A Czar Among Bureaucrats: General Barry McCaffrey Considers a Role in the War on Drugs

Publication Date: September 01, 1997

In late 1995, General Barry McCaffrey--a hero of the Persian Gulf and Vietnam Wars and head of the US Army's Southern Command--was approached by the Clinton Administration to "consider" the job of "drug czar"--officially known as the head of the...

Mano Dura Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 02, 1997

Chaos and disorder in the public housing system of San Juan, Puerto Rico (second largest in the US) prompt the newly-elected governor Pedro Rosello to consider an unprecedented new approach: using the island's national guard troops to patrol the...

Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico

Publication Date: January 02, 1997

Chaos and disorder in the public housing system of San Juan, Puerto Rico (second largest in the US) prompt the newly-elected governor Pedro Rosello to consider an unprecedented new approach: using the island's national guard troops to patrol the...

Case of Missing Shoe-Import Option: 1977 Footwear Import Decision

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

This description by Washington Post columnist David Broder, chosen to be paired with The 1976 Footwear Import Decision case, describes the decision-making process of the Carter Administration as related to the same issue described in the...

1976 Footwear Import Decision

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

This case about decision-making at the Presidential level focuses on a question before the Ford Administration in early 1976: whether to provide some sort of relief for the beleaguered U.S. footwear (shoe) industry, then buffeted by increasingly...