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Edwards, Jeffrey R.
The Department of Work and Family Life at Marriott Corporation (A)
OB-0425 | Published July 28, 1992 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Donna Klein, director of the newly founded Department of Work and Family Life at Marriott Corporation, is charged with designing a set of programs that meet the work and family needs expressed by Marr... Read More
Levi Strauss & Co.: The South Zarzamora Street Plant (A)
Edwards, Jeffrey R.; Lunday, Jason L.
OB-0427 | Published July 28, 1992 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Peter Thigpen, senior vice president of operations at Levi Strauss & Co., must decide whether to close a large plant in Texas and transfer production to the Caribbean. The case describes the company a... Read More
Johnson & Johnson: The Live for Life Program (B)
Edwards, Jeffrey R.; Greenwood, Peter D. H.
OB-0413 | Published April 23, 1992 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This follow-up case to OB-0412 describes the decision of the management team in charge of testing Live for Life to implement the program throughout J&J, presents further evidence regarding the effecti... Read More
Johnson & Johnson: The Live for Life Program (A)
Edwards, Jeffrey R.; Greenwood, Peter D. H.
OB-0412 | Published April 21, 1992 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case describes the initiation, development, and testing of Live for Life, a comprehensive employee-wellness program at J&J. The program was intended to help employees adopt healthier lifestyles, ... Read More
Action Planning: A Sequential Checklist
OB-0370 | Published April 03, 1989 | 4 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note presents a six-step sequence of points to consider when preparing an action plan, including stating objectives, generating alternatives, evaluating alternatives, selecting an alternative, im... Read More
Planning and Conducting an Effective Meeting
OB-0373 | Published April 03, 1989 | 3 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
A considerable amount of our working lives is spent in meetings. However, as most managers will attest, meetings are often inefficient and tedious and fail to accomplish their intended objectives. For... Read More
Person-Job Fit: A Self-Assessment Exercise
OB-0375 | Published April 03, 1989 | 8 pages Exercise
Collection: Darden School of Business
Person-job fit is a fundamental concern for individuals and organizations, in that good fit increases job satisfaction, reduces job stress, and enhances overall effectiveness. This note offers a self-... Read More
Assessing Your Behavior Pattern
Clawson, James G.; Edwards, Jeffrey R.
OB-0360 | Published April 03, 1987 | 11 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This technical note contains a scale measuring Type-A behavior patterns (Bortner, 1969), describes its impact on individuals and organizations, contains two short cases describing Type-A and Type-B in... Read More
Behavior Pattern Scale
OB-0363 | Published April 03, 1987 | 1 pages Exercise
Collection: Darden School of Business
This technical note contains the Bortner (1969) Type-A behavior-pattern scale, identical to the one found in "Assessing Your Behavior Pattern" (OB-0360). It may be used to assess a character in a case... Read More