Artemis Sportswear Company (Case Study)
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This 10 page paper looks at this fictitious firm and provides recommendations. The primary issues are downsizing, cost cutting and employee morale. Various theories are discussed and applied. An annotated bibliography is available for the sources contained in this paper and may be purchased separately (SA416bib.rtf) Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: SA417Art.rtf

"Armies, Prisons and Schools"
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This 3 page paper discusses an article in which the author gives examples of drastic changes in three major types of organizations: armies, prisons and schools. The paper summarizes the article's weaknesses and strengths, and concludes that while the examples are compelling, the author has failed to sufficiently explain the mechanism for change.
Filename: HVArPrSc.rtf

"Leadership 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know" by John C. Maxwell
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This 3 page report discusses what John C. Maxwell has to say in his short (96 page) book on leadership in the workplace. Bibliography lists only the primary source.
Filename: BWmax101.rtf

"Managing from the Heart"
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This 14 page paper discusses the book "Managing from the Heart" by Bracey, Hyler, Rosenblum and Trueblood. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: HVManHrt.rtf

"Organizing for Effective New Product Development: The Moderating Role of Product Innovativeness"
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A 4 page review of the article by Eric M. Olson, Orville C. Walker, Jr. and Robert W. Ruekert. Design, development, and marketing are all critical factors in company profitability. As independent as these factors may seem, they are really quite interconnected. They explore the effectiveness of the teamwork concept in the design, development and marketing of company products to come up with a somewhat surprising conclusion. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPbusAna.rtf

"Partners Health Care System, Inc.,(B): Cardiac Care Improvement"
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A 5 page review of a 2001 article by Gary Pisano (Harvard Business School) detailing the changes made at a Massachusetts hospital that allowed the simultaneous reduction of costs for caring for cardiac patients, the reduction of resource utilization and patient length of stay, and improved patient outcome. The author details the process the organization went through and concludes that although several problems still remained, the processes that had been put in place to resolve costs and patient outcome in the restrictions levied by capitated insurance contracts could be expected to be successfully utilized to overcome those problems as well. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPmedEf2.rtf

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