Description: In a global push, the carmaker will open its third plant in China and introduce four new vehicles before 2012. Source: CNNMoney – video report  Date: 9/25/2009 Keys: International business, management, marketing, strategic planning Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/markets/2009/09/25/mkts_asia_ford_china_u3x.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Why do you think Ford is building new plants in China? Explain your thinking…. Read more »
Posts Tagged: Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives
Study shows U.S. bank CEO pay dwarfs rest of world
Description: You wouldn’t know it by his pay stubs, but Jiang Jianqing heads the world’s largest bank. Jiang, chairman of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, made just $234,700 in 2008. That’s less than 2 percent of the $19.6 million awarded to Jamie Dimon, chief executive of the world’s fourth-largest bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co…. Read more »
Xerox: A smooth CEO transition
Description: Outgoing chief Anne Mulcahy and incoming head Ursula Burns discuss their historic CEO handoff. Source: CNNMoney – video report  Date: 9/16/2009 Keys: Management, HR, strategic planning Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/fortune/2009/09/16/f_mpw_xerox_transition.fortune/ Questions for discussion: Summarize the similarities and differences you can observe about these two CEOs. Do you find it strange that their educational backgrounds are… Read more »
Marchionne Managing Chrysler Means 5 Mobile Devices in Backpack
Description: To save Chrysler Group LLC, Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne has to create a mid-size sedan that can compete with the world’s best. It’s a three- to five-year job, and he may have two years to do it. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: 9/14/2009 Keys: Management, investing, marketing Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=awHymjXNOYdI Questions for discussion: Summarize the strategies… Read more »
Steve Jobs is back
Description: Apple’s CEO makes his first public appearance in a year to unveil iPod upgrades. Source: CNNMoney – video report  Date: 9/09/2009 Keys: Management, marketing Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2009/09/09/f_tt_apple_steve_jobs.fortune/ Questions for discussion: Why is the return of Steve Jobs so important to Apple and the industry in general? Do you think Apple’s new product features will… Read more »
Skype founders’ Joost ousts chairman Mike Volpi
Description: Web TV firm Joost, owned by the founders of Skype, removed its high-profile chairman Mike Volpi by shareholder vote, it said in a statement late on Friday. Source: Reuters News Date: 9/12/2009 Keys: Management, investing, marketing Link: http://www.reuters.com/article/ousivMolt/idUSTRE58B0UZ20090912 Questions for discussion: Why do you think the same people keep emerging as top managers? Explain… Read more »
Pfizer whistleblower’s ordeal reaps big rewards
Description: Taking on corporate giants can feel like tilting at windmills, but John Kopchinski’s six-year legal battle against Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) just made him a rich man. The Gulf War veteran and former Pfizer sales representative will earn more than $51.5 million as a result of his whistleblower lawsuit against the world’s biggest drugmaker and… Read more »
More questions than answers on Google Books
Google’s Dan Clancy had patiently answered question after question regarding Google’s’ Book Search settlement with publishers and authors until late in the afternoon Friday, when he was finally left speechless. A young man from the University of California at Berkeley’s School of Information asked Clancy what kind of message was sent when Google decided to… Read more »
The birth of Costco
Costco CEO Jim Sinegal on how the wholesale retailer went from concept to $1 billion in just three years. Source: CNNMoney – video report  Date: 8/17/2009 Keys: Management, marketing, small business Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/smallbusiness/2009/08/17/sbiz.hwgs.costco.sinegal.smb/ Questions for discussion: Summarize the small business developmental history of Costco into the firm that exists today? What were some of… Read more »
Reader’s Digest to File Chapter 11 to Reduce Debt (Update2)
Reader’s Digest Association Inc., the publisher of the pocket-sized magazine, will likely file a Chapter 11 bankruptcy under an agreement with a majority of its secured lenders to reduce debt by 75 percent. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: 8/17/2009 Keys: Marketing, management, finance, bankruptcy Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=asX0oQc5YBZc Questions for discussion: Do you think there is a market for… Read more »
