Description: Some of the biggest complaints about corporate life concern co-workers—and what self-interested jerks they can be. Turns out there’s something to the complaints. People at work act more calculating, are more cynical about favors, and are less likely to reciprocate good deeds to co-workers than they are to acquaintances outside work, Stanford researchers say in a forthcoming Academy of Management Discoveries paper.

Source: Bloomberg.com

Date: Feb 13, 2015

Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-13/your-coworkers-are-mean-to-you-for-a-reason

Questions for Discussions:

• Summarize the highlights of worker behavior as reported in this study.
• Do you think these interpretations are fair, given the experimental design?
• What do these results suggest to management that wish to encourage greater team collaboration?

Description: The company posted $479 million in quarterly revenue, up a meteoric 97 percent from this time last year. However, the social media giant’s user growth has slowed to a crawl.

Source: Fortune.com – video report

Date: Feb 06, 2015

Link: http://for.tn/1C1nKnj

Questions for Discussions:

• What are the concerns with Twitter that are related to management?
• How should Twitter organize so as to capture viewers of its content through other media?

Description: Your 20s are a time for figuring out your place in the world. Mistakes are unavoidable, but the truly successful learn from these setbacks and move on all the wiser.

Source: FinancialPost.com

Date: Jan 30, 2015

Link: http://business.financialpost.com/2015/01/30/15-successful-entrepreneurs-share-the-most-important-lesson-they-learned-in-their-20s/?__lsa=e08e-ac8e

Questions for Discussions:

• Summarize the managerial lessons presented for entrepreneurs in this report.
• What stands out in your mind as a key point in today’s business environment?

Description: When the term microbrewery had scarcely entered the vocabulary, Rich Doyle saw possibilities. Almost three decades ago, he became a co-founder of the Boston-based Harpoon Brewery, which has grown into the 12th-largest craft beer maker in the country.

Source: NYTimes.com

Date: Feb 05, 2015

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/05/business/smallbusiness/betting-on-the-growth-of-microbreweries.html?ref=smallbusiness&_r=0

Questions for discussion:

• How have most microbrewers financed their growth?
• What are the warning messages to managers as they grow their businesses?
• How would employee ownership change the management of the firm?