Description: Randi Zuckerberg, Mark’s sister, talks about her Bravo reality series, ‘Start-ups: Silicon Valley’ and why tech is so hot right now. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Nov 09, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2012/11/09/t-zuckerberg-reality-show.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Who do you suppose these programs will draw for an audience? Do you think watching these sorts of programs… Read more »
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Hot Wheels turns toys into real cars
Description: How Mattel’s Hot Wheels turns their beloved children’s toys into a real car capable of death-defying stunts. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Nov 07, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/pf/2012/11/06/pf-how-hot-wheels-are-made.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Describe the Hot Wheels design process. How important is the ability to create a real car at the end of the process? How… Read more »
Make Room for Deals After Turkey This Year
Description: There was an outcry last year when some retailers opened at midnight on Thanksgiving, with workers and shoppers saying the holiday should be reserved for family, not spent lining up for the start of the Christmas shopping season. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Nov 09, 2012 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/10/business/make-room-for-deals-after-turkey-this-year.html?ref=business Questions for Discussions: What does this article have… Read more »
Google Ventures ups fund to $300m a year
Description: Google Ventures announced in a tweet yesterday it has increased its fund by 50 percent to $300 million a year and plans to invest $1.5 billion in startups through 2017. Source: Smartplanet.com Date: Nov 09, 2012 Link: http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/google-ventures-ups-fund-to-300m-a-year/5174?tag=header;header-sec Questions for Discussions: Explain the rationale for Google’s Venture fund? What primary benefit can Google receive… Read more »
Salary negotiation: Everything you’ve been told is wrong
Description: Asking for a million-dollar salary in jest can actually increase your pay package, according to a recent study. Here’s how. Source: Fortune.com Date: Nov 09, 2012 Link: http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2012/11/09/salary-negotiation/?iid=SF_F_River Questions for Discussions: What does this study suggest about the psychological influences on salary negotiations? Are you surprised by the results? Do you think they would… Read more »
Improving Medtronic’s execution
Description: CEO Omar Ishrak discusses his efforts to improve Medtronic’s execution shortly after taking the helm of the medical technology company. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Nov 02, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/magazines/fortune/2012/11/02/ldrshp-medtronic-3.fortune/ Questions for Discussions: Summarize the reorganizing efforts undertaken by incoming CEO Omar Ishrak. Why are “goals” always at the center of this effort?… Read more »
Get paid to play video games
Description: A video game designer at Riot Games in Los Angeles explains what his job entails and how he landed his dream gig. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Nov 01, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/pf/2012/11/01/pf-video-game-designer-best-jobs.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: How would you write the job description for a game designer? What criteria would you think an HR… Read more »
For Some After the Storm, No Work Means No Pay
Description: Chantal Sainvilus, a home health aide in Brooklyn who makes $10 an hour, does not get paid if she does not show up. So it is no wonder that she joined the thousands of people taking extreme measures to get to work this week, even, in her case, hiking over the Williamsburg Bridge. Source: … Read more »
As New York City Marathon Sponsor, ING Comes Under Fire
Description: ING’s (ING) sponsorship of the New York City Marathon turned into a branding disaster this week as a divided city debated whether the city should hold the ING New York City Marathon on Sunday. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Nov 02, 2012 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-11-02/as-sponsor-of-new-york-city-marathon-ing-comes-under-fire#r=hpt-lst Questions for Discussions: What are the public relations lessons to be learned… Read more »
Is Apple starting to unravel without Jobs?
Description: Apple Inc.’s shares are now down nearly 15% since they briefly passed the $700 mark in mid-September. Source: Marketwatch.com Date: Nov 01, 2012 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/is-apple-starting-to-unravel-without-jobs-2012-11-01?siteid=nwtwk Questions for Discussions: What does this report suggest is the reason for Apple’s stock performance? Do you agree with this assessment? Do you see a managerial solution or is… Read more »
