Description: New Yahoo! (YHOO) Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer gave birth to a boy on Sept. 30. When Yahoo hired her in July, she was already in her third trimester. “My maternity leave will be a few weeks long, and I’ll work throughout it,” Mayer said at the time. Now that the kid is here,… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Organizational Behavior
The future of rechargeable batteries
Description: Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory are developing car and smartphone batteries that can hold 50 percent more energy. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Oct 10, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2012/10/10/t-lithium-battery-volt.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: How do you think the development of this new technology will change the transportation and communications industries? Which other industries are likely… Read more »
The Car From Google That Drives Itself
Description: See one of Google’s self-driving cars, which the Internet giant has been developing since 2009. While the self-driving technology won’t be available for years, the company hopes such vehicles will revolutionize the way humans get around. (Photo & Video: Google) Source: Marketwatch.com – video report Date: Oct 11, 2012 Link: http://on.wsj.com/SUMHjd Questions for Discussions:… Read more »
For Some Drivers, an Electric Motorcycle Could Be the Best of Both Worlds
Description: Zipping around on a motorcycle can be fun, but being in a downpour or an accident on one is not. Driving a car is safer and more comfortable, but traffic and parking can be annoying. What if you got rid of the bad parts of both? Source: NYTimes.com Date: Oct 10, 2012 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/technology/start-ups/for-some-drivers-electric-motorcycle-could-be-the-best-of-both-worlds.html?ref=business… Read more »
In Praise of Micro-Managers
Description: Apple has been without Steve Jobs for one year now, and it has become clear that what the company misses most is not Jobs’s innovative thinking, but his micro-management. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Oct.11, 2012 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-10-11/in-praise-of-micromanagers#r=hpt-fs Questions for Discussions: Summarize the points made in the article about micro-managers. Do you agree with these sentiments?
3D printing buttons, jewelry and shoes
Description: 3D printers are becoming more powerful and more mainstream, with a retail store opening up to sell them. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Oct 03 , 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/innovation/2012/10/03/3d-printing-buttons-jewelry-shoes.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Why do you think this technology would be appealing to customers? What consumer and small business applications do you think this… Read more »
Carol Bartz’s advice to Marissa Mayer
Description: Ex-Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz’s advice to the current CEO Marissa Mayer – ‘changing culture is not a sprint, it’s a marathon.’ Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Oct 03, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/magazines/fortune/2012/10/02/f-mpw-carol-bartz-advice-to-mayer.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Summarize the views presented by Carol Bartz. What is your opinion of these positions?
How a Dashboard Can Set You Free
Description: Creating value in a business often starts with a change in the behavior of the owner. See if this sounds like you: Source: NYTimes.com Date: Oct 04, 2012 Link: http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/how-a-dashboard-can-set-you-free/?ref=smallbusiness Questions for Discussions: What is the Dashboard concept and how is it supposed to help managers? Describe the specific problems faced by the author of… Read more »
Japan Tries Cars That Make the Mini Look Maxi
Description: Japan, always huge in the business of making compact cars, is thinking even smaller. The so-called ultracompact—picture a street-legal golf cart—this month is set to become Japan’s first new vehicle niche to win government approval in 50 years. That’s drawn the attention of both established automakers and a new generation of startups eager to… Read more »
H-P’s services meltdown offers no easy fix
Description: The magnitude of the meltdown of Hewlett-Packard Co.’s services business has surprised many analysts and is a major reason why the tech giant has stretched its turnaround plan into at least the next two fiscal years. Source: Moneywatch.com Date: Oct 04, 2012 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/h-ps-services-meltdown-offers-no-easy-fix-2012-10-04 Questions for Discussions: Explain the reasons for HP’s situation. What… Read more »
