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 - Office for Civil Rights (B: Sequel)

    Office for Civil Rights (B: Sequel)

    Free

    Publication Date: January 01, 1982

    This case examines attempts made in the late 1970s to revitalize the much-maligned Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Part A puts the student in the position of David Tatel, recently appointed director of...

  • Classic Case - Office for Civil Rights (B)

    Office for Civil Rights (B)

    Free

    Publication Date: January 01, 1982

    This case examines attempts made in the late 1970s to revitalize the much-maligned Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Part A puts the student in the position of David Tatel, recently appointed...

  • Classic Case - Office for Civil Rights (A)

    Office for Civil Rights (A)

    Free

    Publication Date: January 01, 1982

    This case examines attempts made in the late 1970s to revitalize the much-maligned Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Part A puts the student in the position of David Tatel, recently appointed director of...

  • Classic Case - Cutting Back in Lakewood City Government (Sequel)

    Cutting Back in Lakewood City Government (Sequel)

    Free

    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...

  • Classic Case - Cutting Back in Lakewood City Government (B)

    Cutting Back in Lakewood City Government (B)

    Free

    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...

  • Classic Case - Cutting Back in Lakewood City Government (A)

    Cutting Back in Lakewood City Government (A)

    Free

    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...

  • Teaching Case - Sexual Harassment in the Office (Sequel)

    Sexual Harassment in the Office (Sequel)

    $2.45

    Publication Date: January 01, 1982

    On a Friday afternoon, Tina Wallinsky, a secretary in a Technical Information Unit of a federal agency, asked to speak privately with the unit director, Dan Newcomb. In a state of some agitation, Wallinsky related a conversation she had had with...

  • Teaching Case - Sexual Harassment in the Office

    Sexual Harassment in the Office

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 1982

    On a Friday afternoon, Tina Wallinsky, a secretary in a Technical Information Unit of a federal agency, asked to speak privately with the unit director, Dan Newcomb. In a state of some agitation, Wallinsky related a conversation she had had with...

  • Classic Case - Age Discrimination

    Age Discrimination

    Free

    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...

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

    Mary Anderson and the Women's Bureau: Hypothetical

    Free

    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...

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

    Mary Anderson and the Women's Bureau

    Free

    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...