Description: Stephanie Sonnabend, CEO of her family’s hotel business, gives advice to women looking to have both a career and a family. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 01/13/2011 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2011/01/13/n_ceo_moms.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: What did this report teach you about women striving to reach senior management levels? Do you agree with the tone of… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives
The Robot in the Next Cubicle
Description: The new wave of robots for sale is aimed squarely at the office market. Source: Businessweek.com  Date: 01/14/2011 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_04/b4212069774202.htm Questions for discussion: What is driving the use of robotics? How different is the introduction of robots in an office environment to other technologies such as computers? Do you think there can be… Read more »
Inside one of Amazon’s busiest days
Description: 1,500 extra workers help Amazon.com handle the extra holiday orders at its Fernley, Nevada fulfillment center. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 12/16/2010 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2010/12/16/n_amazon_fulfillment_center.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: How does Amazon design its order fulfillment operations to be more efficient? Were you surprised by any of the sights or comments presented in the report? Why… Read more »
Tech Sector Adds 47,000 Jobs So Far in 2010
Tech Sector Adds 47,000 Jobs So Far in 2010 Description:  Tech jobs are making a comeback in the U.S. as global demand increases. The metro area with the biggest gain? Oklahoma City. Source: Businessweek.com Date: 12/07/2010 Cat ñTags:  3, 4: Production and Operations Management (p354, Customer-Driven Marketing (p388), Product and Distribution Strategies (p420), Promotion and… Read more »
Unions Yield on Wage Scales to Preserve Jobs
Description: Organized labor appears to be losing an important battle in the Great Recession. Source: NYTimes.com  Date: 11/19/2010 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/20/business/20wages.html?ref=business Questions for discussion: According to the report, how have unionized workers adapted to the economic conditions at their places of employment? Do you think this change will impact aspects in the workplace such as… Read more »
Jobs Outlook Looking Better
Description: Rebecca Jarvis and Barrons associate editor Michael Santori discuss the recent increase in private sector jobs and what we can expect in the future. Source: BNET.com – video report Date: 11/12/2010 Link: http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/video/jobs-outlook-looking-better/481539/ Questions for discussion: Summarize the reasons companies are starting to hire back more workers now? What does this say about these… Read more »
Pogue: Six Factors for Highly Unsuccessful Products
Description: At the FailCon 2010 conference in San Francisco, New York Times technology columnist David Pogue identifies the stumbling blocks to success. Source: BNET.com – video report  Date: 10/27/2010 Link: http://www.bnet.com/videos/pogue-six-factors-for-highly-unsuccessful-products/479076 Questions for discussion: Do you agree with the explanations provided in the video? Provide one additional example that illustrates each of the errors… Read more »
digits: Steve Jobs Jabs at Competition
Description: On yesterday’s earning call, Apple CEO Steve Jobs issued a string of criticisms about Apple’s rivals from Research in Motion and Google to unnamed companies making seven-inch tablets. Plus: what analysts have to say this morning about Apple’s growth overriding concerns. Peter Kafka and Jennifer Valentino-DeVries discuss on Digits. Source: Marketwatch..com – video report… Read more »
7 Ways Companies Miss Out on Huge Opportunities
Description: More often than not, companies manage to lock themselves into unnecessarily narrow market segments and, in so doing, lock themselves out of huge growth opportunities. It’s so prevalent it’s like an epidemic out there. I see it all the time. Source: BNET.com  Date: 10/21/2010 Link: http://www.bnet.com/blog/ceo/7-ways-companies-miss-out-on-huge-opportunities/5848?promo=713&tag=nl.e713 Questions for discussion: Do you agree with… Read more »
A day with Stan Lee at Comic Con
Description: The comics legend is still going strong, and still spends entire days promoting his new products and meeting his fans. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report  Date: 10/15/2010 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2010/10/15/n_cmr_stan_lee_comiccon.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: How important is Stan Lee as a leader for his company and industry? Why do you suppose there is such reverence… Read more »
