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?
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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 »
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 »
Coffee Following Upward Trend of Luxury Goods: Illy
Description: Andrea Illy, chairman & CEO at Gruppo Illy, discusses the growing market for premium coffee, his company’s partnerships with Coca-Cola and Samsung, and offers his view of Italy’s economy on Bloomberg Television’s “Market Makers.” Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Feb 14, 2014 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/videos/2014-02-14/coffee-following-upward-trend-of-luxury-goods-illy Questions for Discussions: What does this report tell you… Read more »
Why Would Comcast Improve When It Could Buy Time Warner Cable Instead?
Description: Cable companies can’t sign up any more people. In fact, they’re losing them to the Internet. So the only way to survive is to monopolize more of the market and up-sell subscribers just as Comcast-Time Warner Cable will do. Source: TheDailyBeast .com Date: Feb 14, 2014 Link: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/13/why-would-comcast-innovate-or-cut-prices-when-it-could-buy-time-warner-cable-instead.html Questions for discussion: What is happening… Read more »
Super-rich CEOs are mad as hell, and not gonna take this anymore
Description: As the insensitive comments and sky-high salaries add up, it’s easy to start thinking that CEOs and other execs have completely lost touch with the lives of everyday Americans. Sadly, that’s likely the case. Source: Fortune.com Date: Feb 14, 2014 Link: http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2014/02/14/out-of-touch-ceos/ Questions for discussion: Summarize the basic argument presented in this report. Do… Read more »
Has social media helped your career?
Description: From company branding to recruitment, New Yorkers sound off on how social media sites like Twitter and Facebook have helped them professionally. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Feb 06, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2014/02/06/money-twitter-facebook-professional-career-job-social-media.moneymag/index.html Questions for Discussions: What does this report have to say about the way some people use social media? Do you think… Read more »
Who is John Thompson?
Description: Microsoft’s new chairman brings focus and an even keel to its board of directors. Source: Fortune.com Date: Feb 07, 2014 Link: http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2014/02/07/who-is-john-thompson/ Questions for discussion: Summarize the description of John Thompson presented in the report. Do you believe he is a good choice for the company?
10 Ways Companies Drive Away Talent
Description: If there’s one word that’s almost certain to appear somewhere on every business’s website, that word is talent. Companies of every size love to talk about talent! They can talk about talent all day long. Source: Forbes.com Date: Feb 01, 2014 Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2014/02/01/ten-ways-companies-drive-away-talent/ Questions for discussion: Summarize the recommendations to managers who are concerned… Read more »
