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 »
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Why it’s great to work for Google
Description: Glassdoor asked thousands of employees to rate their companies. Here’s why Google ranked the highest. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Dec 10, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2014/12/10/google-best-place-to-work.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Summarize the key reasons given for Google’s ranking. What lessons are there for other firms?
Sony exec, producer apologize after insensitive emails
Description: Sony Pictures Entertainment Chair Amy Pascal and Oscar-winning producer Scott Rudin have both issued apologies after Sony’s massive corporate hack revealed an email exchange of the two making distasteful jokes about President Obama. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Dec 11, 2014 Link: http://for.tn/1Biqvlv Questions for Discussions: What lessons should all managers take away… Read more »
Chris Rock Is Right: Hollywood Isn’t Fair to Black Films
Description: Chris Rock has made a career of being blunt, particularly about race. So when he wrote in the Hollywood Reporter last week that the movie business is “a white industry,” his appraisal was familiarly provocative. And by most measures, his remark was also right. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Dec 12, 2014 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-12-12/top-five-chris-rock-is-right-hollywood-isnt-fair-to-black-films#r=hp-ls Questions for Discussions: What… Read more »
What is “Ban The Box”?
Description: In a movement gaining steam across the country to help ex-convicts find employment, ‘Ban the Box’ prevents businesses from asking about arrests and criminal records in the first stage of a job application. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Dec 05, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2014/12/05/ban-the-box.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: What is this program about, from a… Read more »
Polaroid’s Cube camera takes on GoPro
Description: Polaroid’s retro resurgence is getting a modern makeover. It’s launching the Cube, which is a 35mm video camera that aims to appeal to a broad demographic. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Dec 04, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2014/12/04/polaroid-cube.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Do you think this product can revitalize the Polaroid brand image, especially with younger… Read more »
Three Chinese Proverbs Expose Gaps in U.S. Business Education
Description: Having taught in MBA programs and worked for many years in China, I have found that most Western business students have little insight into the mindset of an economic power that is on a path to surpass the U.S. in the near future. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Dec 05, 2014 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-12-05/business-school-doesnt-prepare-mbas-to-compete-with-china#r=most%20popular Questions for Discussions:… Read more »
Gratitude In Business: The Appreciation That Inspires Employees
Description: Of every kind of gratitude that matters in business, one of the most vital is a company’s appreciation for its great employees. Source: Forbes.com Date: Nov 25, 2014 Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/cherylsnappconner/2014/11/25/gratitude-in-business-the-appreciation-that-inspires-employees/ Questions for Discussions: What does Dan Caffee have to say about leadership and employee motivation? How would you describe the corporate culture at Neutron… Read more »
Shops on Wheels, but the Goods Aren’t Sold From the Trunk
Description: Most weekday mornings, Jessie Goldenberg can be found driving around the Flatiron district or Lower Manhattan searching for just the right parking space for her truck. And Black Friday will be no different, as competition for consumer dollars heats up for the holiday season. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Nov 26, 2014 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/27/business/smallbusiness/more-start-up-retailers-opt-for-the-freedom-and-lower-costs-of-selling-from-a-truck.html?ref=smallbusiness Questions for… Read more »
PandoDaily’s Sarah Lacy responds to Uber
Description: PandoDaily Founder and Editor-In-Chief Sarah Lacy discusses Uber executive Emil Michael’s journalist comments. Lacy speaks on “Bloomberg West.” Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Nov 20, 2014 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/video/pandodaily-s-sarah-lacy-responds-to-uber-tFzq09hvSiGVd0W3LW5_Yw.html Questions for Discussions: Summarize the managerial issues facing Uber as a result of this controversy? How should the board of directors respond to this situation?
