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The Voice Improvement Team at InnovaCo
The Voice Improvement Team at InnovaCo
Collection: Darden School of BusinessTim Lincoln, Director of Organizational Leadership and Learning at InnovaCo, a mature, high-tech multinational company, had been excited to be appointed the lead of a task force called the Voice Improvement Team (VIT). The VIT's mandate had been to investigate employee voice: upward communication of improvement ideas from employees to higher-ups who were in a position to address those ideas. Innov
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Diversity versus Inclusion
Diversity versus Inclusion
Collection: Darden School of BusinessThis exercise puts students into the role of an associate at a marketing and sales agency. They are asked to develop specific recommendations to present to some senior leaders about how the firm can and should become more truly inclusive and just. They also must be specific about the objectives and metrics they believe must be agreed to, and who should be accountable for them, in order to insure p
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Fired Fairly?
Fired Fairly?
Collection: Darden School of BusinessThis case presents students with the issue of whether Black college football coaches are fired fairly. Students are asked to use the provided data set to think through the various prompts about building the model they would test, including considering the dependent and independent variables and their initial hypothesis.
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"With the First Pick...": Head Coach
"With the First Pick...": Head Coach
Collection: Darden School of BusinessIn this exercise, students are put into the role of head coach of an NFL team and must use the data provided to conduct draft research and make a tentative decision for their team’s first four picks in the NFL draft. The data show the team’s prospect analysis and include each prospect’s grade on the 1–100 scale (and thus tier) and ranking among other prospects that play the same position. Their ta
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"With the First Pick...": General Manager
"With the First Pick...": General Manager
Collection: Darden School of BusinessIn this exercise, students are put into the role of newly appointed general manager of an NFL team and must use the data provided to conduct draft research and make a tentative decision for their team’s first four picks in the NFL draft. The data show the team’s prospect analysis and include each prospect’s grade on the 1–100 scale (and thus tier) and ranking among other prospects that play the sa
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The "Right" Way to Pick the "Right" Players
The "Right" Way to Pick the "Right" Players
Collection: Darden School of BusinessTo prepare for each year’s NFL draft, each team creates a “model” for player selection. This involves developing a holistic view of every player (especially those the team is most interested in), such that it can compare two different players. In this exercise, students are tasked with building and operationalizing (but not actually collecting the data or testing) a model for player selection in t
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Should We Go For It?
Should We Go For It?
Collection: Darden School of BusinessThis case follows Sarah Johnson, who has just accepted the position as an intern in the offensive analytics division for the Dallas Cowboys. After gathering all the data she could find for the NFL between 2000 and 2016, she works to analyze the best option for the team when it comes to deciding what to do on a fourth down.
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Are We Sacrificing by Sacrificing?
Are We Sacrificing by Sacrificing?
Collection: Darden School of BusinessThe game of baseball offers a team’s manager relatively few tactical decisions to affect their team’s chances of winning on any given day. The manager chooses the batting lineup and where the fielders are positioned; the pitchers who start the game and appear in relief, and to some extent what pitches are thrown; and if or when to attempt a stolen base or sacrifice bunt. Those decisions comprise a
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Free Agency (C): Negotiating as the Nuggets' Representative
Free Agency (C): Negotiating as the Nuggets' Representative
Collection: Darden School of BusinessThis case set challenges students to consider the upcoming free agency decision-making of an NBA team by conducting some basic statistical analyses of three possible targets, all of whom are upcoming unrestricted free agents—Danny Glover, David Bowie, and Mike Meyers. Each of these players could potentially fit the team’s need to find a shooter and versatile defender at the forward position. Stude
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Free Agency (B): Negotiating as a Player's Agent
Free Agency (B): Negotiating as a Player's Agent
Collection: Darden School of BusinessThis case set challenges students to consider the upcoming free agency decision-making of an NBA team by conducting some basic statistical analyses of three possible targets, all of whom are upcoming unrestricted free agents—Danny Glover, David Bowie, and Mike Meyers. Each of these players could potentially fit the team’s need to find a shooter and versatile defender at the forward position. Stude
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Free Agency (A)
Free Agency (A)
Collection: Darden School of BusinessThis case set challenges students to consider the upcoming free agency decision-making of an NBA team by conducting some basic statistical analyses of three possible targets, all of whom are upcoming unrestricted free agents—Danny Glover, David Bowie, and Mike Meyers. Each of these players could potentially fit the team’s need to find a shooter and versatile defender at the forward position. Stude
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Four Factors
Four Factors
Collection: Darden School of BusinessThis case follows Shane Harris, who has just been hired as an assistant coach for the NBA's new franchise, the Honolulu Hammerheads. In order to aid team management in using basketball analytics, Harris turns to Dean Oliver's Four Factor method.
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