Posts Categorized: Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives

Do Big Businesses Make Sense Anymore?

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Description: Just look at Airbnb, Uber, and Facebook. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Mar 18, 2016 Link: http://for.tn/1Rn5rqf Questions for Discussions: What does this report say about the future management structures of large organizations? Do you think this democratization will grow? How important is entrepreneurship in this debate?

You Can Get Free Chips and Guac at Chipotle

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Description: It’s a new kind of hunger game. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Mar 24, 2016 Link: http://for.tn/1pJPkXV Questions for discussion: What are your evaluations of the items presented – flop or fly? Explain your decisions?

Would You Pay 25 Cents to Read an Article? Blendle Certainly Thinks So

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Description: BLENDLE IS A Dutch media startup that lets you pay a few cents for individual news articles online—the much chattered-about micropayments model that’s one of many on a long list of strategies destined to save the business of journalism (or not). And now it’s available in the US. Source: Wired.com Date: Mar 23, 2016… Read more »

Rise of the robots: How retailers are planning on using cutting-edge technology to get customers into stores

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Description: People show seven clear emotions on their faces: joy, surprise, disgust, sadness, fear, anger and neutrality. You might run through all of them waiting in a long line at Walmart on a Saturday morning. Source: FinancialPost.com Date: Mar 16, 2016 Link: http://business.financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/rise-of-the-robots-how-retailers-are-planning-on-using-cutting-edge-technology-to-get-customers-into-stores Questions for Discussions: How will technology, and robots in particular, affect retail… Read more »

Coke Thinks Designer Milk Could Be a Billion-Dollar Brand

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Description: In its quest to slake the world’s thirst, Coca-Cola is intent on making milk a billion-dollar brand. But not just any kind of milk. Coke has joined forces with a dairy cooperative to create Fairlife, which produces a filtered, high-protein, low-sugar, lactose-free designer milk also called Fairlife. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: Mar 17, 2016 Link:… Read more »

Here’s How to Foster Originality Within a Big Company

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Description: It’s not all about cultural fit. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Mar 11, 2016 Link: http://for.tn/1UYVdMm Questions for discussion: What does Adam Grand say about the culture of start-ups? Why and how does this culture change as the number of employees grows? How can organizations control their culture?

The Epic Story of Dropbox’s Exodus From the Amazon Cloud Empire

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Description: IF YOU’RE ONE of 500 million people who use Dropbox, it’s just a folder on your computer desktop that lets you easily store files on the Internet, send them to others, and synchronize them across your laptop, phone, and tablet. Source: Wired.com – video report Date: Mar 14, 2016 Link: http://www.wired.com/2016/03/epic-story-dropboxs-exodus-amazon-cloud-empire/ Questions for discussion:… Read more »

How Snapchat Built A Business By Confusing Olds

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Description: On a Wednesday in early February, Khaled Khaled, a 40-year-old record producer from Miami, stepped into the garden of his temporary residence at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: Mar 16, 2016 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-how-snapchat-built-a-business/ Questions for Discussions: How is Snapchat different from other social media? Do you think it is a… Read more »

‘Fickle’ millennials blamed for Chipotle’s downward spiral

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Description: Chipotle downgrade to rare underperform rating at Jefferies, which cited weak February trends and rising marketing costs Source: MarketWatch.com Date: Mar 18, 2016 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/chipotle-stock-drops-after-rare-bearish-call-at-jefferies-2016-03-17 Questions for Discussions: Why has Chipotle stock been down-graded by this analyst? Do you agree with the assessment and predictions for recovery?

This Is What It’s Like to Be a First-Time Female CEO

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Description: In a male-dominated field Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Mar 11, 2016 Link: http://for.tn/1Rcw1My Questions for Discussions: Are you surprised by any of the answers to questions posed in this interview? What impresses you most about Debbie Sterling’s character? What does she have to say about the need for managers to be creative?