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.

  • Teaching Case - Civil War Shoulder Arms (B Sequel)

    Civil War Shoulder Arms (B Sequel)

    $2.45

    Publication Date: January 01, 1987

    At the outbreak of the Civil War, the Union army faced the task of supplying the growing numbers of Union conscripts with shoulder arms. Existing government stockpiles were inadequate, and the chief of ordnance was forced to consider the...

  • Teaching Case - Civil War Shoulder Arms (B)

    Civil War Shoulder Arms (B)

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 1987

    At the outbreak of the Civil War, the Union army faced the task of supplying the growing numbers of Union conscripts with shoulder arms. Existing government stockpiles were inadequate, and the chief of ordnance was forced to consider the...

  • Teaching Case - Civil War Shoulder Arms (A)

    Civil War Shoulder Arms (A)

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 1987

    At the outbreak of the Civil War, the Union army faced the task of supplying the growing numbers of Union conscripts with shoulder arms. Existing government stockpiles were inadequate, and the chief of ordnance was forced to consider the...

  • Classic Case - Middlesex County Jury System (Sequel)

    Middlesex County Jury System (Sequel)

    Free

    Publication Date: January 01, 1986

    Until the late 1970s, counties in much of the US summoned citizens to jury service for one-month terms. This meant that, for the most part, jurors had to attend court every working day for a given month. This system automatically exempted major...

  • Classic Case - Middlesex County Jury System

    Middlesex County Jury System

    Free

    Publication Date: January 01, 1986

    Until the late 1970s, counties in much of the US summoned citizens to jury service for one-month terms. This meant that, for the most part, jurors had to attend court every working day for a given month. This system automatically exempted major...

  • Teaching Case - Mayor Evan Sweeney

    Mayor Evan Sweeney

    $3.95

    Publication Date: July 01, 1986

    This series of hypothetical cases, written for executive training programs for new mayors, frame the quintessential problems faced by municipal chief executives. These include labor relations and negotiations with a public employees union, the...

  • Classic Case - Note on the EPA Under Administrator Anne Gorsuch

    Note on the EPA Under Administrator Anne Gorsuch

    Free

    Publication Date: January 01, 1984

    In February 1981, newly inaugurated President Ronald Reagan nominated Anne Gorsuch to become administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Her charter was to bring the Reagan Revolution to environmental policymaking. To the career...

  • Classic Case - Surviving at the EPA:  Bill Hedeman

    Surviving at the EPA: Bill Hedeman

    Free

    Publication Date: January 01, 1984

    In February 1981, newly inaugurated President Ronald Reagan nominated Anne Gorsuch to become administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Her charter was to bring the Reagan Revolution to environmental policymaking. To the career...

  • Classic Case - Surviving at the EPA:  David Tundermann

    Surviving at the EPA: David Tundermann

    Free

    Publication Date: January 01, 1984

    In February 1981, newly inaugurated President Ronald Reagan nominated Anne Gorsuch to become administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Her charter was to bring the Reagan Revolution to environmental policymaking. To the career...

  • Classic Case - Surviving at the EPA:  Gary Dietrich

    Surviving at the EPA: Gary Dietrich

    Free

    Publication Date: January 01, 1984

    In February 1981, newly inaugurated President Ronald Reagan nominated Anne Gorsuch to become administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Her charter was to bring the Reagan Revolution to environmental policymaking. To the career...