Description: On-demand taxi service Gett accuses Uber of ordering 100-plus cars and canceling them. CNNMoney investigates. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Jan 24, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2014/01/24/t-uber-accused-dirty-tactics-gett-car-service-taxi.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: What do you make of this accusation against Uber? Do you think it might be initiated by employees and not sanctioned by Uber management? If… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives
The 30-Year-Old Macintosh and a Lost Conversation With Steve Jobs
Description: On a late-November day in 1983, Steven Levy, then a freelance journalist for Rolling Stone, got into a car outside 10460 Bandley Drive, in Cupertino, Calif. As the vehicle sped away from the white office building, Mr. Levy looked at the driver and said hello to Steven P. Jobs, then the young, spry co-founder of… Read more »
How Steve Jobs launched a revolution in home computing and founded an army of passionate devotees
Description: “I don’t know a single person who watches the Super Bowl,” said a worried Steve Jobs, then just 28 years old. The event he was referring to commanded a television audience of more than 80 million at the time, but Jobs’ nervousness at the prospect of Apple spending $1.6m (£1m) to secure two 60-second… Read more »
Scarlett Johansson to fizz up SodaStream
Description: SodaStream named Scarlett Johansson its ‘global brand ambassador.’ But the stock tanked on poor sales of the carbonated beverage maker during the holidays. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Jan 15, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2014/01/13/n-b-sodastream-scarlett-johansson.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: Do you think the promotional effort that focused on the eco-friendly character of the product is finished?… Read more »
Mark Wahlberg’s money: Rapper to riches
Description: ‘Lone Survivor’ packed theaters over the weekend. The film’s star and producer, Mark Wahlberg, knows something about box office bucks — his career of movies have earned almost $3.4 billion. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Jan 16, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2014/01/16/n-mark-wahlbergs-money-from-marky-mark-to-lone-survivor.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: Explain Mark Wahlberg’s business successes? What does his “brand” represent… Read more »
Inside The Cheesecake Factory culture
Description: Employees who ‘ooze hospitality’ are in hot demand at The Cheesecake Factory where perks like BMWs for its general managers have helped it land on Fortune’s list of 100 Best Companies to Work For. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Jan 17, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2014/01/17/inside-the-cheesecake-factory.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: What did you learn about management… Read more »
How to Suppress the Apology Reflex
Description: Confidence, at least in the American workplace, means never having to say you’re sorry. I know that now, but early in my career I found myself apologizing over and over as my confidence and self-worth were tested on every level — from my job function to performance reviews, from networking to winning clients. Source:… Read more »
What Wi-Fi’s Popularity Means for Cell Phone Carriers
Description: David Morken holds a Moto X smartphone out for inspection. “This,” he says, “is a Wi-Fi device.” Morken runs Republic Wireless, a national carrier based in Raleigh, N.C., that offers unlimited calls and texts for $5 per month, $40 if you want unlimited data. Republic keeps its prices low by avoiding something most carriers… Read more »
NPR: Planet Money’s T-Shirt Project – ‘Our Industry Follows Poverty’: Success Threatens A T-Shirt Business
Description: NPR’s Planet Money team is making a T-shirt and following the shirt around the world as it gets manufactured — from the farms where the cotton is grown to the factories where the shirts are sewn together. NPR presents the entire series of stories about the fascinating world behind that T-shirt at http://www.npr.org/series/248799434/planet-moneys-t-shirt-project …. Read more »
Designer makes clothes in New York City
Description: Nanette Lepore preserves the apparel manufacturing tradition of the garment district in the heart of Manhattan. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Dec 27, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2013/12/27/n-new-york-city-designer-makes-clothes-in-manhattan.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: How has the clothing manufacturing business changed, according to the report? Why would domestic manufacturers still insist on importing goods produced overseas? How important… Read more »
