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Posted November 13th, 2022 by Brahm Canzer & filed under Control, Decision Making, Strategy.

Description: Shares of Carvana were briefly halted Monday morning due to volatility, down by as much as 24% at one point to below $7 per share — its lowest point on record.

Source: CNBC.com

Date: Nov 07, 2022

Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/07/carvana-stock-tanks-in-continued-sell-off.html

Questions for discussion:

Explain the company’s rapid decline in stock value, from a marketing point of view?
What are the primary factors that determine demand and supply for this market?
What would you advise the firm do to deal with the situation?

Posted November 6th, 2022 by Brahm Canzer & filed under Communication, Control, Decision Making, Ethics & Social Responsibility, Management, Organizational Behavior.

Description: In this episode of the Leading Diversity at Work podcast, Wharton’s Stephanie Creary and two guest experts tackle the thorny issue of microaggressions.

Source: knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu – podcast

Date: Nov 01, 2022

Link: https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/navigating-microaggressions-at-work/?utm_campaign=KatW2022&utm_medium=email&utm_source=kw_campaign_monitor&utm_term=11-2-2022&utm_content=Navigating_Microaggressions_at_Work

Questions for discussion:

How would you define the term – microaggression?
Do you view the issue as problematic in the same way as those in this conversation?
What are the remedies suggested for microaggressions?
What others suggestions would you add?

Posted November 6th, 2022 by Brahm Canzer & filed under Control, Decision Making, Ethics & Social Responsibility, Management, Organizational Behavior.

Description: Despite growing economic uncertainty, employers are still waging a war for talent, and employees are coming out ahead. Now, more businesses are expanding their benefit offerings with free college programs to attract and retain workers.

Source: CNBC.com – video report

Date: Nov 03, 2022

Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/03/fidelity-is-latest-employer-to-offer-free-college-education-to-workers.html

Questions for discussion:

Do you think that this approach to recruitment is a good one for the firm?
What sort of employee takes advantage of this benefit?

Posted November 6th, 2022 by Brahm Canzer & filed under Decision Making, Ethics & Social Responsibility, Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior.

Description: Child care has never been more expensive or difficult to obtain. Bobbie co-founder Sarah Hardy explains how her company tries to shoulder some of that burden for employees.

Source: INC.com

Date: Nov, 2022

Link: https://www.inc.com/magazine/202211/diana-ransom/bobbie-affordable-child-care.html?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IncThisMorning-Nov%2002,%202022&leadId=261346&mkt_tok=NjEwLUxFRS04NzIAAAGH3D4kHFTaxc9Ca-KdxAMh5w3flsvz–GS0wQPSjcON12rfLza6cJN_F2HtTKmJtOcgcR3Aq7bKetYEaipwEuwuoOeleTBp_QwtWSNwA

Questions for discussion:

What are some of the issues facing organizations and parents that Sarah Hardy is addressing?
What are the benefits to organizations that step up with solutions to allow for parenting and career development for their employees?
Why do you suppose there is reluctance of governments to support more support?
What do you think is the proper balance between the needs of families and organizations?

Posted November 6th, 2022 by Brahm Canzer & filed under Communication, Control, Decision Making, Ethics & Social Responsibility, Management, Strategy.

Description: During the pandemic, takeout and delivery options for restaurants tripled to as high as 36% of sales

Source: FinancialPost.com

Date: Nov 04, 2022

Link: https://financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/british-columbia-caps-food-delivery-fees

Questions for discussion:

How does this legislation affect operations of the businesses involved?
What are the pros and cons of this decision?
How would you advise management of the firms involved to respond to this legislation?

Posted November 6th, 2022 by Brahm Canzer & filed under Communication, Control, Decision Making, Ethics & Social Responsibility, International Business, Leadership, Management, Strategy.

Description: Their lucrative Yeezy collaboration accounted for more than an estimated 40% of the shoe giant’s profits. But the partners had been bickering for years.

Source: Bloomberg.com

Date: Nov 01, 2022

Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-01/kanye-west-adidas-split-was-brewing-for-years?leadSource=uverify%20wall

Questions for discussion:

What are the lessons to be learned from this partnership between Ye and Adidas?
Can Adidas ever afford to again become so dependent on a single celebrity?
Should the company keep selling Yeezy-designed shoes, under the Adidas brand?
If so, will consumers still want to buy the sneakers?
How can Adidas win back customers in China?

Posted November 6th, 2022 by Brahm Canzer & filed under Communication, Control, Decision Making, Ethics & Social Responsibility, International Business, Leadership, Management, Strategy.

Description: A decade ago, Twitter’s future was looking bright. The company was benefiting from a flood of funding into the social-networking space, eventually leading to an IPO in 2013 that raised $1.8 billion.

Source: CNBC.com

Date: Oct 29, 2022

Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/29/a-brief-history-of-twitter-from-its-founding-in-2006-to-musk-takeover.html

Questions for discussion:

Why do you think Musk bought Twitter?
Do you think there are revenue models that have yet to be tried on the platform?
Do you think Musk bought Twitter with expectations of generating profits one day or reselling the brand?

Posted October 30th, 2022 by Brahm Canzer & filed under Communication, Control, Decision Making, Management, Organizational Behavior.

Description: The Goal . Halve the time and double the impact of your meetings.

Source: knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu

Date: Oct 26, 2022

Link: https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/the-25-minute-meeting/

Questions for discussion:

Do you think this model is a good one for most business related work?
What are your positive and negative comments about the guidance and recommendations for running meetings?

Posted October 30th, 2022 by Brahm Canzer & filed under Communication, Control, Decision Making, Ethics & Social Responsibility, Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior.

Description: More effort has been made to help people cope with burnout, rather than on preventing burnout from happening in the first place

Source: INC.com

Date: Oct 28, 2022

Link: https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/burnout-challenge-book-reveals-what-causing-workplace-burnout.html?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IncThisMorning-Oct%2027,%202022&leadId=261346&mkt_tok=NjEwLUxFRS04NzIAAAGHvVd8sHu8o54XOE9NPo27sXHXderFCk9ms8AVMwNpZC3TiAjIyUEtGPXGoHdRVsgGiml50dYqtTdDgrSTaVq1gVbfhg_MTR0nwCLfZw

Questions for discussion:

What does the article say about burnout and how to prevent it?
Do you agree with this analysis and strategy?
What are your thoughts on solutions to burnout?

Posted October 30th, 2022 by Brahm Canzer & filed under Communication, Decision Making, Ethics & Social Responsibility, Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior.

Description: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy violated federal labor laws when he remarked in recent interviews that employees could be negatively affected by unions, a federal labor agency said.

Source: CNBC.com

Date: Oct 27, 2022

Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/27/nlrb-says-amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-violated-labor-laws.html

Questions for discussion:

What are the issues involved here?
Do you think there was a violation of the law or anything unethical?
How should the players involved deal with this situation, in your opinion?

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