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StrataGem Consultants: Different Strokes for Different Folks
AUTHOR(S) : Priya Nair Rajeev, Assistant Professor, IIM Kozhikode and Jatin Pandey, Assistant Professor, IIM KozhikodePUBLISHED DATE: 05/11/2018PUBLISHER: IIM KozhikodeCATEGORY: ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIORPRODUCT: CASELETCASE ID: OB-2-0074, OB-2-0074ACASE LENGTH: 4 PagesDESCRIPTION:Founded in 1967, StrataGem entered India in 2000 with a modest office in Mumbai. It positioned itself as a niche provider of research and consultancy in the sustainability sector. Dr. Singh, a senior associate has been in the know of a Government project on electronic waste collection, disposal and management as it was posing a public health problem in the state. He has to take a series of decisions on whether to bid for the project, who to include in the project team and how to manage them. Drawing ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Juniper Products Company – Politics in Teams
AUTHOR(S) : Prof. Jatin Pandey, Asst. Professor and Arijit Goswami, PGP Student - Indian Institute of Management KozhikodePUBLISHED DATE: 13/07/2018PUBLISHER: IIM KozhikodeCATEGORY: ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIORPRODUCT: CASE STUDYCASE ID: OB-1-00067, OB-1-00067ACASE LENGTH: 11 PagesDESCRIPTION:This case introduces the concept of organizational politics and what are the factors that promote political behaviours in organizations. The core issues of the case are the individual and team level factors that promote political behaviours in organizations. The case describes in detail how a project team, formed under a self-serving manager, initially performs well but how the team dynamics change over the course of time as groupism develops within the team. It further delves into the nuances of ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Rajanna’s Ethical Dilemma
AUTHOR(S) : Dr. G. Sridhar, Associate Professor, IIM KozhikodePUBLISHED DATE: 31/03/2017PUBLISHER: IIM KozhikodeCATEGORY: BUSINESS ETHICSPRODUCT: CASELETCASE ID: BE-2-0002, BE-2-0002ACASE LENGTH: 3 PagesDESCRIPTION:This Caselet highlights a typical ethical dilemma of Gudigantala Rajanna. On one side, he had to uphold the values that his parents nurtured in him since childhood and on the other he had to keep his promises to the voters. After becoming a ward councillor and after an incessant pursuit of getting drinking water facility to his ward, he was in a dilemma to consider the bribe from the person who was awarded the contract.read more
Pedagogical Objective The objective of this case is to help understand and ...SHOW DETAILS -
‘AASU’ Mallesham: Scaling Blues
AUTHOR(S) : Guda Sridhar - Associate Professor - IIM Kozhikode, Chintakindi Mallesham - Social Entrepreneur, Teidor Lyngdoh - Persuing Fellow Program - IIM Kozhikode and Vaibhav Chawla -Assistant Professor - IIT ChennaiPUBLISHED DATE: 06/12/2016PUBLISHER: IIM KozhikodeCATEGORY: ENTREPRENEURSHIP & STARTUPSPRODUCT: CASE STUDYCASE ID: ENTP-1-0019, ENTP-1-0019ACASE LENGTH: 10 PagesDESCRIPTION:read more
Chinthakindi Mallesham (Mallesham) invented a machine (Lakshmi AASU machine) to substitute the physical labor involved in the AASU process, a critical stage in weaving a Pochampally saree. He developed two variants – one with a microcontroller (electronic) and the other a microcontroller (mechanical). Since he invented the machine in 2001, Mallesham sold about 760 units and affected several weaver families and their livelihoods. Mallesham now wanted to reach-out to weaver communities in ...SHOW DETAILS -
Vidita Cleaning Products vs Rainbow Market Research Services
AUTHOR(S) : Prof. Jayasankar Ramanathan - IIM Indore, Prof. Keyoor Purani, IIM KozhikodePUBLISHED DATE: 01/12/2016PUBLISHER: Indian Institute of Management KozhikodeCATEGORY: MARKETING RESEARCHPRODUCT: CASE STUDYCASE ID: MR-1-0024, MR-1-0024ACASE LENGTH: 9 PagesDESCRIPTION:read more
Malini Ahuja (Malini), Partner and Marketing Manager at Vidita Cleaning Products (Vidita), was mulling the launch of a new product for which she needed to find the pulse of consumers to decide further. She designed a survey for collecting data from people in Mumbai and engaged the services of Rainbow Market Research Services for executing the fieldwork. However, she found the agency to be non-cooperative and found the data supplied to be fudged. The case describes the legal battle between Vidita ...SHOW DETAILS -
Making IT Happen @ BPCL Kochi Refinery: Defining New Paradigms of Operational Excellence through IT Transformation
AUTHOR(S) : L L Ramachandran (BPCL), R Radhakrishna Pillai(Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode), M P Sebastian (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode)PUBLISHED DATE: 19/08/2015PUBLISHER: IIM KozhikodeCATEGORY: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYPRODUCT: CASE STUDYCASE ID: IT-1-0001, IT-1-0001ACASE LENGTH: 20 pagesDESCRIPTION:read more
Petroleum products touch the lives of people in many ways. From energizing the two wheelers that ride down the narrow lanes to fueling airplanes that cut across the skies making distances closer; from lighting homes in remote places of illuminating modern ones; and from charging industrial furnaces to lubricating a labyrinth of gears, the list is endless and over billions of lives are energized by petroleum products in one form or the other. Playing a pivotal role in energizing the life of Indians, ...SHOW DETAILS