Management

Sexual Harassment in the Office (Sequel)

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...

Sexual Harassment in the Office

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...

Age Discrimination

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...

Mary Anderson and the Women's Bureau: Hypothetical

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...

Mary Anderson and the Women's Bureau

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...

Merit Pay Exercise: A Case-Based Exercise For Management Education

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

In this disguised case, John Corbin arrives at the Division of Departmental Services in the Department of Health to take on the job of deputy director. At the same time, the department has directed its senior management to implement a merit pay...

Merit Pay at the Department of Health (Abridged)

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

In this disguised case, John Corbin arrives at the Division of Departmental Services in the Department of Health to take on the job of deputy director. At the same time, the department has directed its senior management to implement a merit pay...

Bill White and the Veterans Administration

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...

Office Confrontation

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...

Bill White and the Veterans Administration: Federal Version

Publication Date: January 1, 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...

Labor/Mgt Relations & Civil Service Reform Act

Publication Date: January 01, 1980

The Civil Service Reform Act, which was signed into law by President Carter in 1978, constituted the first comprehensive revision of the civil service system since its inception in 1883. The case examines the reorganization of a military base,...

Job Enrichment (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1980

In Part A, management of a federal claims processing division decides to restructure the operation in order to promote employee morale and efficiency. Organizational restructuring is based on the concept of "semi-autonomous task teams,"...