Description: Award-winning designer, Karim Rashid, joins BNN to discuss the growing importance of design in business. Find out why brands like 3M, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Audi and Sony have turned to Rashid’s design sense to reinvent their brand identities. Source: BNN.ca– video report Date: Dec 23, 2014 Link: http://www.bnn.ca/Video/player.aspx?vid=518948 Questions for Discussions: What are the… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Organizational Behavior
McDonald’s New Turnaround Plan Is So 1990s
Description: In a period of lasting difficulty for McDonald’s, with U.S. same-store sales dropping over consecutive quarters, executives turn to regionalized menus, made-to-order burgers, and speed to bring the world’s largest burger chain out of a multi-quarter slump. Sound familiar? Source: Businessweek.com Date: Jan 07, 2015 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2015-01-07/mcdonalds-new-turnaround-plan-is-so-1990s#r=hpt-lst Questions for discussion: What is the company’s operational strategy for change? Do you… Read more »
Ditching the cubicle can boost productivity
Description: Employees at Zurich Insurance are crowdsourcing the design of their new offices. Source: Fortune.com Date: Jan 07, 2015 Link: http://fortune.com/2015/01/07/office-space-productivity/ Questions for discussion: What does this report say about the participation of employees in the design of work environments? Using any motivational model, explain the affect of workplace design on productivity.
Here’s what working will look like in 2030
Description: Tremendous forces are radically reshaping the world of work. Source: FinancialPost.com Date: Jan 05, 2015 Link: http://business.financialpost.com/2015/01/05/heres-what-working-will-look-like-in-2030/ Questions for discussion: Summarize the changes predicted in this report. How do you think management will change as a direct result? What conflict do you foresee, if these changes come to pass?
How Disney went digital
Description: Fortune’s Michal Lev-Ram goes to Disney World and explores the many ways the happiest place on earth has become more digital. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Dec 29, 2014 Link: http://for.tn/13BzWkG Questions for Discussions: How can this technology provide new information to management? How might it change operations and HRM?
How Royal Caribbean is using tech to get back on top
Description: Royal Caribbean’s newly redesigned cruise “Quantum of the Seas” is jam packed with new features for the tech lovers dream, including: wifi, robot bartenders and indoor skydiving. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Dec 29, 2014 Link: http://for.tn/13OTP7L Questions for Discussions: Describe the operational changes on board this ship? Do you think they will… Read more »
The Farm-to-Table Restaurant Chain
Description: Spoken aloud, the business plan sounded about as viable as planting citrus groves in the Bakken oil fields. Seeking a way to sell directly to consumers, a group of North Dakota farmers banded together about a decade ago to start an upscale, farm-to-table restaurant chain on the East Coast. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Dec 30,… Read more »
The promotions (and demotions) of America’s most powerful women execs
Description: Fortune’s 2014 Most Powerful Women in Business list has seen a lot of change since it was published in September. Source: Fortune.com Date: Jan 02, 2015 Link: http://fortune.com/2015/01/02/most-powerful-women/ Questions for discussion: What does this report say about these women and their respective organizations? Does this report suggest that these women executives have done well?
White Castle Now Serves Veggie Sliders, but Will Anyone Eat Them?
Description: Late-night burger chain White Castle announced this week that it will start offering a 99¢ veggie slider, essentially a vegetarian version of the mini beef burgers the chain is known for. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Jan 02, 2015 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2015-01-02/white-castle-introduces-veggie-sliders Questions for discussion: How does this decision makes sense from an operations point of view? What… Read more »
Delta baggage handler wants his job back
Description: Kip Hedges worked as a baggage handler for Delta for 26 years. He was fired after speaking out about employees’ low wages. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Dec 11, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2014/12/11/fired-delta-worker.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: What are the issues in this case? Do you think Delta managers have handled this situation properly? What… Read more »
