Description: The electronics chain announced that it will close 1,100 stores. Who will fill all that space? Think burritos. Source: Fortune.com Date: Mar 05, 2014 Link: http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2014/03/05/who-will-occupy-radioshacks-retail-desert/ Questions for Discussions: Why did RadioShack business decline so dramatically? Is there a new business strategy management should consider? What sort of business is likely to fill the… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Management
‘The Internet of Everything’: Cisco Canada’s president explains why he’s moved past the telework debate
Description: For Nitin Kawale, the debate over the efficacy of telework in spurring productivity is yesterday’s news. From the vantage point of Cisco Canada‘s president, there’s no longer a debate at all; it’s a revolution that is already underway in most workplaces and is about to enter a much more comprehensive phase — a phase he… Read more »
LinkedIn drama! How to avoid it
Description: You may have heard about the professional who took heat for aggressively responding to a networking request. Here’s how to avoid such drama. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Feb 28, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2014/02/28/t-how-to-avoid-drama-on-linkedin.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: What are the lessons here for users looking to social networks like LinkedIn as a route to… Read more »
BlackBerry’s turnaround strategy
Description: BlackBerry CEO John Chen talks about the need for the struggling phone maker to keep enterprise customers. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Feb 26, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2014/02/26/t-blackberry-ceo-chen-mwc.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for discussion: What is John Chen’s turn around strategy for BlackBerry? Do you think it will succeed?
Netflix’s Reed Hastings: The man to watch
Description: With 44-million subscribers and counting, Netflix is changing the way we watch TV and movies. The man with the remote? Co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Feb 21, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2014/02/21/n-netflix-ceo-reed-hastings-business-of-being.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: Identify the key decisions taken by management that either boosted or hurt Netflix growth? What… Read more »
At Hasbro, Girls Toys Become a Big Market
Description: Shortly after joining toymaker Hasbro (HAS) as a senior executive more than a decade ago, Brian Goldner took his 5-year-old daughter, Brooke, on a tour of headquarters. She wasn’t impressed. “She put her hands on her hips and said, ‘Dad, the way I see it, you don’t have any toys for girls,’?” recalls Goldner,… Read more »
World’s Most Admired Companies
Description: Atop our annual ranking: innovators, disrupters, and companies that overcome adversity. (And a familiar No. 1.) Source: Fortune.com Date: Feb 28, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/most-admired/2014/snapshots/670.html?iid=SF_F_River Questions for Discussions: What are the characteristics shared by many of these companies? How important is the perception of the firms’ management and products in making this evaluation?
How Zappos will run with no job titles
Description: Zappos is transitioning to a new organizational structure. It’s not what you’re used to, and it’s not a democracy. Here’s a look at how a company can run as a holacracy. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Feb 21, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2014/02/17/n-zappos-holacracy-no-job-titles.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: What is this new management practice all about? Is… Read more »
WhatsApp: From food stamps to billions
Description: Facebook spent $19 billion on WhatsApp, turning its founders Jan Koum and Brian Acton into sensational Silicon Valley success stories. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Feb 20, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2014/02/20/t-whatsapp-founders-food-stamps-to-billionaires-facebook.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: What is the main lesson to entrepreneurs in this report? What lesson is there for HR department managers examining job… Read more »
Models hit runway in 3D printed clothing
Description: Designers are seeing benefits in going high tech, printing out clothing with details as precise as a tenth of a millimeter small. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Feb 21, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2014/02/20/t-3d-printing-fashion-show.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for discussion: What are the implications for design and production management as this technology grows in the fashion industry? Where… Read more »
