Leadership

The teaching cases in this section are designed to provoke critical thinking on various domestic and international leadership challenges. Students will find themselves in the shoes of leaders from many positions—whether it be in the nonprofit or public sectors—and will have to navigate the complex reality of what it means to be an effective leader.

  • Teaching Case - Jerome Miller and the Department of Youth Services (B)

    Jerome Miller and the Department of Youth Services (B)

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 1976

    In his first two years as Massachusetts Commissioner of Youth Services, Jerome Miller initiated a number of reform measures in an effort to provide more humane treatment for the young persons in his department's care, but he became increasingly...

  • Teaching Case - Jerome Miller and the Department of Youth Services (A)

    Jerome Miller and the Department of Youth Services (A)

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 1976

    In his first two years as Massachusetts Commissioner of Youth Services, Jerome Miller initiated a number of reform measures in an effort to provide more humane treatment for the young persons in his department's care, but he became increasingly...

  • Classic Case - A Failing Agency: The Federal Trade Commission

    A Failing Agency: The Federal Trade Commission

    Free

    Publication Date: January 1, 1976

    In January 1969, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was jolted by the publication of a report by Ralph Nader that branded the agency and its staff as inadequate and incompetent, and its action to curb unfair competition and deceptive practices...

  • Classic Case - California Legal Services, Inc. (D)

    California Legal Services, Inc. (D)

    Free

    Publication Date: January 01, 1975

    This four-part case examines the efforts of California Legal Services (CLS) to provide legal aid to the poor in the late 1960s. Part A traces the origins of the legal services program. This section also presents incoming CLS Deputy Director...

  • Classic Case - California Legal Services, Inc. (C)

    California Legal Services, Inc. (C)

    Free

    Publication Date: January 01, 1975

    This four-part case examines the efforts of California Legal Services (CLS) to provide legal aid to the poor in the late 1960s. Part A traces the origins of the legal services program. This section also presents incoming CLS Deputy Director...

  • Classic Case - California Legal Services, Inc. (B)

    California Legal Services, Inc. (B)

    Free

    Publication Date: January 01, 1975

    This four-part case examines the efforts of California Legal Services (CLS) to provide legal aid to the poor in the late 1960s. Part A traces the origins of the legal services program. This section also presents incoming CLS Deputy Director...

  • Classic Case - California Legal Services, Inc. (A)

    California Legal Services, Inc. (A)

    Free

    Publication Date: January 01, 1975

    This four-part case examines the efforts of California Legal Services (CLS) to provide legal aid to the poor in the late 1960s. Part A traces the origins of the legal services program. This section also presents incoming CLS Deputy Director...

  • Classic Case - Hunger in America: 1965-1969

    Hunger in America: 1965-1969

    Free

    Publication Date: January 01, 1975

    In 1967 Senators Robert Kennedy and Joseph Clark focused national attention on hunger in America with their unscheduled and widely publicized tour of black homes in the Mississippi Delta. This case examines existing federal efforts -- as of...

  • Classic Case - Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs (Sequel)

    Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs (Sequel)

    Free

    Publication Date: January 01, 1975

    Robert Hermann, acting administrator of the State Department's Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs (1966-67), wants to liberalize the regulations governing visitor visas. He must decide whether and how to proceed in an environment still...

  • Teaching Case - Congressman Aspin and Defense Budget Cuts (Sequel)

    Congressman Aspin and Defense Budget Cuts (Sequel)

    $2.45

    Publication Date: January 01, 1975

    This case studies the efforts of Les Aspin, freshman congressman from Wisconsin, to cut defense spending. It opens with a brief outline of the problems inherent in any challenge to the defense budget, and then explores Aspin's options in...

  • Teaching Case - Congressman Aspin and Defense Budget Cuts

    Congressman Aspin and Defense Budget Cuts

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 1975

    This case studies the efforts of Les Aspin, freshman congressman from Wisconsin, to cut defense spending. It opens with a brief outline of the problems inherent in any challenge to the defense budget, and then explores Aspin's options in...