From the October 20, 2008 Issue an article by Samuel A. Culbert, PhD, Professor of management at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. In this article, Dr. Culbert lays out a compelling and thought-provoking case for abolishment of the traditional performance review and replacement with a performance preview. He makes 6 good points in his […]
Category: Leadership
Graduate School of Business, Stanford University Case Study: SAS Institute: A Different Approach to Incentives and People Management Practices in the Software Industry
The storyline for this case study goes that the SAS Institute was facing increasing competition, etc. and the question was: “Could and should the Institute maintain its unique approach to pay and other practices?” Had their success been a product of their approach or achieved in spite of their approach? Attraction and retention of talent […]
Harvard Business School Case Study: Nordstrom: Dissension in the Ranks?
The story of Nordstrom is one of a classic conflict between two competing business philosophies: 1) That one needs to do whatever is necessary to be effective and make the sale because business depends on it and 2) That employees should be able to work their scheduled hours, leave the job behind when they punch […]
Harvard Business School Case Study: Specialty Medical Chemicals
Specialty Medical Chemicals (SMC) is a specialty chemical company serving the pharmaceutical industry. In the case study, the company was plagued by poor growth performance and brought in a new CEO, Carl Burke, to ostensibly rekindle growth. Upon studying the company, Burke ascertained that the real task which lay before him was not revamping growth, […]
Personality, Perception and Attribution—Articles by Bob Sutton & Carol Dweck
From Bob Sutton’s Blog “Work Matters” There have been many studies done on the power of beliefs and how they can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Bob Sutton, in a recent blog article, has tied it into intelligence, skills and performance (on-the-job or otherwise) and raised implications for low-cost, modest interventions in helping to improve peoples’ […]
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