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Powell, Elizabeth A.
Think Before You Speak
BC-0297 | Published January 02, 2024 | 5 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
The expression "think before you speak" brings up a question that this technical note answers: What should someone think about before communicating as a leader? This note recommends taking an audience... Read More
Prion Disease Contamination: Should We Disclose? (A)
Powell, Elizabeth A. Goldberg, Rebecca Nair, Nathan
BC-0269 | Published December 12, 2018 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In the A case, Rose Matthews, vice president for patient advocacy at University Hospital, must decide how to handle a startling discovery about patient risk. Weeks after a patient dies, lab results re... Read More
Prion Disease Contamination: Should We Disclose? (B)
Powell, Elizabeth A. Goldberg, Rebecca Nair, Nathan
BC-0270 | Published December 12, 2018 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In the A case, Rose Matthews, vice president for patient advocacy at University Hospital, must decide how to handle a startling discovery about patient risk. Weeks after a patient dies, lab results re... Read More
Pat Greene: From Jarhead to Egghead
Powell, Elizabeth A. Goldberg, Rebecca Zegarelli, James
BC-0271 | Published December 07, 2018 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case challenges the adage, "You can take a man out of the Marines, but you can't take the Marines out of the man." Newly transitioning as a Marine officer into his first civilian job, Pat Greene ... Read More
Worlds Collide: Work, Life, and Social Media
Powell, Elizabeth A. Goldberg, Rebecca Kumar, Sean
BC-0267 | Published November 09, 2018 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
While some cases may focus on using social media to advance the interests of a business or brand, this case is best positioned as a springboard for exploring social media as it may coexist with or be ... Read More
Regina Broadband's Earnings Conference Call (A)
Powell, Elizabeth A. Demers, Elizabeth A.
C-2367 | Published March 17, 2014 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Rhonda Magee, a new employee at Regina Broadband, was tasked to prepare slides for the company's next earnings conference call. The company had seen good growth through acquisitions, but now was pursu... Read More
Regina Broadband's Earnings Conference Call (B)
Powell, Elizabeth A. Demers, Elizabeth A.
C-2368 | Published March 17, 2014 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Within 30 minutes of releasing its Q4 and year-end earnings, Regina Broadband's stock was down by over 25%. The company's CEO and CFO realized they needed to quickly reframe and sharpen the message th... Read More
The Female Health Company (C)
Powell, Elizabeth A. Yemen, Gerry
BC-0253 | Published May 24, 2013 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
It has been nearly 30 years since Mary Ann Leeper was almost ready to give up on the female condom (as described in the A case). By 2012, FHCO had built its brand and achievements on its global reach;... Read More
Self-Assessment: Company Story Talk
BC-0241 | Published February 27, 2012 | 3 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note discusses practical considerations when evaluating presentations of an "elevator speech" or "company story" in an MC class environment. Read More
Leadership Presence and the Courage to Speak
BC-0242 | Published February 27, 2012 | 3 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note applies the concept of "leadership presence" as established by Belle Linda Halpern and Kathy Lubar to the concerns of business leaders. Read More
Project Ideas for Developing Leadership Presence
BC-0228 | Published January 20, 2012 Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note is aimed to help individuals develop projects for growing leadership presence through a self-designed project. The note offers four general types of projects, each offering a set of strategi... Read More
Philip Morris USA: Life After the Master Settlement Agreement (A)
Moore, Marian Chapman Wicks, Andrew C. Powell, Elizabeth A. Correll, Brooke
S-0157 | Published March 25, 2010 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
When Philip Morris USA (PMUSA) president and CEO Michael Symanczyk took office in 1997, he began to re-envision how to take his company forward in the midst of public outrage over the negative health ... Read More
Abiomed and the AbioCor Clinical Trials (A)
Powell, Elizabeth A. Goldberg, Rebecca
BC-0204 | Published January 25, 2010 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
To protect patient confidentiality, Abiomed, makers of the AbioCor artificial heart, adopt a 30-day "quiet period" surrounding implantations, which is construed by mainstream media as a "news blackout... Read More
Abiomed and the AbioCor Clinical Trials (B)
Powell, Elizabeth A. Goldberg, Rebecca
BC-0205 | Published January 25, 2010 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In late 2002, a sensational article in the New York Times depicting James Quinn's experience and death following implantation with the AbioCor artificial heart raises questions about Abiomed's handlin... Read More
Terri Dean at Verizon Business (A)
Powell, Elizabeth A. Yemen, Gerry
BC-0223 | Published January 20, 2009 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A senior vice president of global communications for Verizon Business reads an e-mail from an employee responding to a recent communication effort. The employee, new to Verizon, is trying to connect t... Read More
Terri Dean at Verizon Business (B)
Powell, Elizabeth A. Yemen, Gerry
BC-0224 | Published January 20, 2009 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A senior vice president of global communications for Verizon Business reads an e-mail from an employee responding to a recent communication effort. The employee, new to Verizon, is trying to connect t... Read More
Learning Teams in the MBA for Executives Program
Isabella, Lynn A. Powell, Elizabeth A.
OB-0905 | Published June 29, 2007 Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
Learning teams are an integral part of the Darden experience and are featured in all the school's programs?full-time MBA, MBA for Executives, and Executive Education. Learning teams play an important ... Read More
Writing to Reflect: Mindful Leadership in the Face of Change
BC-0217 | Published March 04, 2007 | 6 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
"Writing to Reflect" introduces the use of writing as an aid to creative and critical thinking in the context of leading change. The note explains how the process of reflective writing slows thinking... Read More
"My Summer Internship" by Antar Al-Qawwee
Powell, Elizabeth A. Al-Qawwee, Antar
BC-0215 | Published March 05, 2006 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Antar Al-Qawwee describes in vivid detail his first days on the job at his summer internship in Sales and Trading and reflects on the lessons he learned through careful observation. Among the lessons ... Read More
The Female Health Company (B)
Powell, Elizabeth A. Yemen, Gerry
BC-0183 | Published August 21, 2003 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In the B case, Mary Ann Leeper gets a call from the manager of the HIV/AIDS Coordination Programme for Zimbabwe's Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, who tells Leeper that more than 30,000 Zimbabwea... Read More
The Female Health Company (A)
Powell, Elizabeth A. Yemen, Gerry
BC-0146 | Published March 01, 2003 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
As the president of the Chicago-based Female Health Company (FHCO), Mary Ann Leeper had faced many business challenges, but none had prepared her for what she now faced. As a biochemist, activist, and... Read More
The Monthly Report
Powell, Elizabeth A. Harquail, Celia
BC-0184 | Published March 24, 2002 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Anne Grey and her colleagues have been hired as consultants to help CEO Jeff Henning of Commuter Vans Company to clarify its organizational identity and strategic direction. Grey's part of the project... Read More
A Note on Management Communication: Module One
Powell, Elizabeth A. Rubin, James R.
BC-0168 | Published December 28, 2001 | 2 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note is an introduction to the first-year course Management Communication Module One. See also "A Note on Management Communication Module Two" (UVA-BC-0169). Read More
A Note on Management Communication: Module Two
Powell, Elizabeth A. Rubin, James R.
BC-0169 | Published December 28, 2001 | 2 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note is an introduction to the first-year course Management Communication: Module Two. See also "A Note on Management Communication: Module One" (UVA-BC-0168). Read More
A Note on Management Communication: Module Three
Powell, Elizabeth A. Rubin, James R.
BC-0170 | Published December 28, 2001 | 2 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note is an introduction to the first-year course Management Communication: Module Three. See also "A Note on Management Communication: Module One" (UVA-BC-0168), "A Note on Management Communicati... Read More
A Note on Management Communication: Module Four
Powell, Elizabeth A. Rubin, James R.
BC-0171 | Published December 28, 2001 | 2 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note is an introduction to the first-year course Management Communication: Module Four. See also "A Note on Management Communication: Module One" (UVA-BC-0168), "A Note on Management Communicatio... Read More
Optix Corporation
Powell, Elizabeth A. Thomas, Katherine
BC-0159 | Published December 28, 2001 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this disguised case, newly appointed Vice President for Corporate Communication Andrea Tilman must choose among different strategies to align corporate philanthropy programs with long-term corporat... Read More
Syllabus: First Year Management Communication 2003
Powell, Elizabeth A. Rubin, James R.
BC-0160 | Published December 12, 2001 | 3 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This syllabus outlines Darden's innovative first-year management-communication curriculum. Its purpose is to provide a model for other educators who are looking for a comprehensive introduction to ess... Read More
Narrative Presentation: Telling the Company Story
Powell, Elizabeth A. Rubin, James R.
BC-0163 | Published December 12, 2001 | 2 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
The Narrative Presentation Assignment offers students an opportunity to gain firsthand experience with an essential managerial communication skill: storytelling. The assignment gives guidelines for de... Read More
Peer Feedback Assignment
Powell, Elizabeth A. Rubin, James R.
BC-0164 | Published December 12, 2001 | 3 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
The Peer Feedback Assignment is based on the fact that giving feedback is an essential managerial communication skill. The assignment suggests guidelines for matching feedback to its timing and commun... Read More
Triad Conference with Instructor
Powell, Elizabeth A. Rubin, James R.
BC-0165 | Published December 12, 2001 | 2 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
The assignment ensures that students review their own work, review their peer feedback, and discuss it with their peers before a conference with their instructor. The conference takes place with the i... Read More
Point of View Assignment
Powell, Elizabeth A. Rubin, James R.
BC-0166 | Published December 12, 2001 | 3 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
The Point of View Assignment asks students to develop a persuasion message on a current business and society issue. The assignment makes suggestions about developing a topic for an oral presentation a... Read More
Mall of America
BC-0129 | Published June 18, 2001 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The Mall of America's public relations manager considers whether to institute an escort policy aimed at curbing the disruptive behavior of some teenagers who frequent the Mall. Support for the policy ... Read More
The Third Battle of Bull Run: The Disney's America Theme Park (A)
Powell, Elizabeth A. Stover, Sarah
BC-0177 | Published January 29, 2001 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In the A case, Disney CEO Michael Eisner pondered whether to go forward with his plans for a U.S. history theme park called Disney's America, located in Prince William County, Virginia. The case depic... Read More
The Third Battle of Bull Run: The Disney's America Theme Park (B)
Powell, Elizabeth A. Stover, Sarah
BC-0178 | Published January 29, 2001 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In the A case, Disney CEO Michael Eisner pondered whether to go forward with his plans for a U.S. history theme park called Disney's America, in Virginia. The case depicts the origins of the Disney i... Read More
Shorebank and Indecorp (A)
Werhane, Patricia H. Powell, Elizabeth A. McMillen, Sheila
E-0120 | Published October 02, 1998 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Shorebank, owner of the Chicago community-development bank South Shore Bank, must decide whether to acquire another Chicago institution, Indecorp. The A case reviews the history of white-owned South S... Read More
Shorebank and Indecorp (B)
Werhane, Patricia H. Powell, Elizabeth A. McMillen, Sheila
E-0121 | Published October 02, 1998 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The B case (see also the A [E-0120] and C [E-0122] cases) opens with Shorebank's decision not to pursue Indecorp, though by the end of the case Shorebank is reconsidering its decision. In the meantime... Read More
Shorebank and Indecorp (C)
Werhane, Patricia H. Powell, Elizabeth A. McMillen, Sheila
E-0122 | Published July 23, 1998 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The C case (see also the A [E-0120] and B [E-0121] cases) opens with Shorebank's announcement that it will acquire Indecorp. From Shorebank's perspective, the merger affords an opportunity to further ... Read More
How Normal is Normal? The Mitsubishi Motors Sexual Harassment Case
Powell, Elizabeth Alsheimer, J. Dowling, P. Pivar, B.
BC-0128 | Published January 27, 1998 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case illustrates Mitsubishi Motors Manufacturing of America's (MMMA) responses to allegations of sexual harassment in 1996 at its Normal, Illinois, facility. The majority of the case focuses on m... Read More