In August 2022, the training director of the Human Resource Centre of Golden Century Group, a diversified real estate company in China, was considering the implementation of the forthcoming ninth Spring Buds training program. For seven years the program had been offered offline, but with the offline course cancelled during the pandemic, the company had experimented with an online offering for the eighth program. For the transition to fully online .....more

Teaching note for product W47945.

Teaching note for product 9B14C054.

In September 2008, the CEO of Rainbow Group, a Chinese group of companies specializing in environmental protection services, was in Beijing, China, thinking about his experience that evening. A few hours ago, eight senior executives from Rainbow Group’s subsidiary in Hangzhou had come to Beijing requesting that the CEO fire their general manager, who had been appointed by the CEO only six months ago. This manager had taken control of the Hangzhou .....more

Teaching note for product 9B13M069.

The president JH Men's Apparel, a men’s apparel company in China, is considering the options available to his firm in light of the price war initiated by his competitors who are copying his company’s sweater patterns and selling the sweaters at a lower price point. Several of his biggest customers have demanded a price reduction to match the prices being offered by these competitors. In the face of such fierce competition, the president realizes .....more