Hewlett-Packard’s battered culture
August 16, 2010 by Brahm Canzer
Filed under Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives
Description: Founders’ folksy approach became guiding principle for other companies
Source: Marketwatch.com
Date: 08/09/2010
Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/h-p-known-for-its-culture-in-yet-another-scandal-2010-08-09?siteid=nwtwk
Questions for discussion:
- Why do you think H-P has had so much trouble with its recent CEOs?
- Do you think H-P will be hurt by this recent problem in terms of management recruitment of other employees, motivation, control, and so forth?
- Is there something that H-P could do to prevent any future damage by executives?
Mad Man
August 2, 2010 by Brahm Canzer
Filed under Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives
Description: Why did Alex Bogusky, the most celebrated adman of his era, turn his back on the business?
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: 07/29/2010
Link: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_32/b4190060449252.htm
Questions for discussion:
- Summarize the probable reasons for Alex Bogusky`s decision.
- What do think about his decision?
- What do you think about his criticism about the advertising industry?
What Mad Men Gets Right About Innovation
July 26, 2010 by Brahm Canzer
Filed under Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives
Description: A scene from the Sterling Cooper ad agency offers a lesson about how leaders can foster creativity.
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: 07/23/2010
Link: http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/jul2010/ca20100723_186913.htm
Questions for discussion:
- Summarize the main findings of the research report.
- Are you surprised by any of them?
- What message is there here for managers and for employees?
CEO Pay Breaks Glass Ceiling as Bartz Gets $47.2 Million in ‘09
May 17, 2010 by Brahm Canzer
Filed under Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives
Description: Chief executive officers’ pay is shattering the glass ceiling. Boosted by a $47.2 million package for Carol Bartz of Yahoo! Inc. and $26.3 million for Irene Rosenfeld of Kraft Foods Inc., compensation for woman CEOs at the biggest U.S. companies is booming.
Source: Bloomberg.com
Date: 05/13/2010
Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aM3CXlOJRBcs
Questions for discussion:
What does this report have to say about the pay earned by CEO women executives?
On Her Team, It’s All About Bench Strength
May 10, 2010 by Brahm Canzer
Filed under Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives
Description: This interview with Sharon Napier, chief executive of Partners + Napier, an ad agency based in Rochester, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant.
Source: NYTimes.com
Date: 05/07/2010
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/business/09corner.html?ref=business
Questions for discussion:
- What lessons did you learn by reading this article?
- Which comment do you think was the most insightful?
- What would add to the commentary about the relationship between sports and management?
Innovation, by Order of the Kremlin
April 12, 2010 by Brahm Canzer
Filed under Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives
Description: AROUND the time that Apple Computer was making it big in California, Andrey Shtorkh was getting a first-hand look at the Soviet approach to high tech: he guarded the fence keeping scientists inside Sverdlovsk-45, one of the country’s secret scientific cities, deep in the Ural Mountains.
Source: NYTimes.com
Date: 04/10/2010
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/business/global/11russia.html?ref=business
Questions for discussion:
- What does this article suggest about changing attitudes towards business and entrepreneurialism in Russia?
- Do you believe the movement described here is genuine and sustainable?
Bargain Rates for a C.E.O.?
April 5, 2010 by Brahm Canzer
Filed under Part 1 Business in a Global Environment, Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives
Description: LAST year may have been unnerving for chief executives accustomed to all of the familiar ornaments of corporate life: eight-figure pay packages, corporate jets, memberships in select clubs, and on and on.
Source: NYTimes.com
Date: 04/02/2010
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/business/04comp.html?ref=business
Questions for discussion:
- Do you think CEOs are fairly paid?
- How would you set compensation for CEOs?
GM’s chief gets $9 million
February 22, 2010 by Brahm Canzer
Filed under Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives
Description: General Motors chairman and chief executive, Ed Whitacre, Jr. will receive a compensation package worth $9 million, the automaker said Friday.
Source: CNNMoney.com
Date: 02/19/2010
Link: http://money.cnn.com/2010/02/19/news/companies/GM_salary/index.htm
Questions for discussion:
- Do you believe this compensation is appropriate in light of GM’s history and connection to TARP?
- Do you believe there can be negative reaction from employees or customers because of the compensation?
More top job changes at GM
December 7, 2009 by Brahm Canzer
Filed under Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives
Description: Lutz taken out of marketing role, head of engineering becomes president of GM North America.
Source: CNNMoney.com
Date: 12/04/2009
Link: http://money.cnn.com/2009/12/04/autos/gm_management_changes/index.htm
Questions for discussion:
- What do you think is motivating the many management changes taking place at GM? Explain your thinking.
- Do you think the changes are seen as positive developments for the firm by customers or investors? Explain your thinking.
