Management

Whether overseeing people or projects—and often both—an effective manager must be prepared to handle complexity. Set in numerous agencies and organizations across many different sectors, the teaching cases in this section allow students to refine the essential skills of management, from organizing and problem-solving to budgeting and planning.

  • Classic Case - Mary Anderson and the Women's Bureau

    Mary Anderson and the Women's Bureau

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    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...

  • Teaching Case - Bill White and the Veterans Administration

    Bill White and the Veterans Administration

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1981

    In this disguised case, Jack Goldman, director of the Illiana Veterans Administration Hospital, and his assistant for administrative services, Bill White, are requested by the new VA administration in Washington, DC to offer a position in the...

  • Teaching Case - Office Confrontation

    Office Confrontation

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1981

    In this disguised case, Colonel Orin Starr, the manager of the Centurion missile system in Materiel Command, learns that Seymour Swope, a civilian acting branch chief, and Colonel John Harrison, Starr's deputy, recently tangled in a heated...

  • Classic Case - MBTA: Agenda Setting (A)

    MBTA: Agenda Setting (A)

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1979

    This series of cases on the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, the mass transit agency serving the Boston metropolitan area, examines the management of an urban service delivery agency. Each case, as well as the series as a whole, is designed...

  • Classic Case - MBTA: Labor Relations (A)

    MBTA: Labor Relations (A)

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1979

    This series of cases on the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, the mass transit agency serving the Boston metropolitan area, examines the management of an urban service delivery agency. Each case, as well as the series as a whole, is designed...

  • Classic Case - Note on the MBTA

    Note on the MBTA

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1979

    This series of cases on the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, the mass transit agency serving the Boston metropolitan area, examines the management of an urban service delivery agency. Each case, as well as the series as a whole, is designed...

  • Classic Case - MBTA: Rail Equipment Budgeting (A)

    MBTA: Rail Equipment Budgeting (A)

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1979

    This series of cases on the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, the mass transit agency serving the Boston metropolitan area, examines the management of an urban service delivery agency. Each case, as well as the series as a whole, is designed...