Reference No: OB0245Pages: 49Published on: 22, March, 2021
Abstract: Headquartered in France, founded in 1976, a family firm with professional management Decathlon started retail operations in India in 2009 in B2B format and in B2C format in 2013. Decathlon India was the first country among 55 other countries where Decathlon operated to earn profit within five years of its selling directly ... More
Reference No: P&IR0037(E)Pages: 4Published on: 1, January, 1973
Abstract: This case follows Parts A to D of the case; describes the role of the state government's labour administration in the long drawn struggle between management and union described earlier; and provides some insights into the working of the labour administration in relation to the task of conflict resolution at ... More
Reference No: CMA0773EXPages: 14Published on: 1, January, 1998
Abstract: This case deals with the paradox that the multipurpose activities enable some PACS to be viable and utility oriented, while others are neither viable nor utility oriented. This case seeks to find out whether differences in management, infrastructure, size and nature of the operation, etc. of the two PACS, could ... More
Reference No: F&A0138(A)Pages: 9Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: Describes the formation of an employees' union in a large bank in which the management had adopted personal and social acquaintance as an important basis for recruitment at the clerical level. Management was at first indifferent to the union but recognized it after an agitation. Subsequently, meetings were held between ... More
Reference No: P&IR0021(B)Pages: 11Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: Case (B) P&IR0021(B) describes an incentive scheme launched by the management apparently to provide higher job satisfaction to workers. This can be discussed in relation to the philosophy and practices of wage incentives in industry. ... More
Reference No: STR0458(C)Pages: 2Published on: 16, March, 2021
Abstract: This case describes the transformation of the HR organisation of Mahindra’s AFS sector from 2013 to 2017. The CHRO and his team designed and implemented a blueprint aimed at enhancing the strategic role of HR. The migration from a traditional to a strategic role entailed anticipating and allaying apprehensions related to ... More
Reference No: OB0253(A)Pages: 26Published on: 1, July, 2026
Abstract: On August 7, 2020, Air India Express Flight AXB 1344 overran the tabletop runway at Kozhikode, killing 21 of the 190 people on board. The accident echoed the 2010 Mangalore disaster, occurring under strikingly identical circumstances. This case examines why organisations fail to learn from catastrophic failures. The cockpit is the starting point, not the explanation: ... More
Reference No: OB0253 (B) Pages: 3Published on: 1, July, 2026
Abstract: On August 7, 2020, Air India Express Flight AXB 1344 overran the tabletop runway at Kozhikode, killing 21 of the 190 people on board. The accident echoed the 2010 Mangalore disaster, occurring under strikingly identical circumstances. This case examines why organisations fail to learn from catastrophic failures. The cockpit is the starting point, not the explanation: ... More
Reference No: BP0351Pages: 10Published on: 1, October, 2013
Abstract: This case provides an opportunity to identify and discuss issues in sustenance of an incumbent's strategy in the changing environment. The context is the practice of Nadi Nidan (pulse diagnosis) and treatment of disorders based on this according to Ayurveda, the ancient system of Indian medicine. It describes the functioning ... More
Reference No: COMM0006(B)Pages: 12Published on: 26, February, 2010
Abstract: The case deals with the steps taken to strengthen the internal communication channel in order to bring about employee engagement during the branding exercise of the bank in 2005 and to make it a deep change of style of business rather than only a change in logo and colours. ... More
Reference No: F&A0138(B)Pages: 11Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: This case can be discussed in light of the students' expectations at the end of the discussion of Case (A). The union- management relations strain further in spite of the apparent rapport emerging at the end of Case (A). Describes the various facets of the conflict and provides some understanding ... More
Reference No: BP0289Pages: 39Published on: 23, January, 2003
Abstract: This case describes the steps taken by the top management of Cosmo Films Limited, a company in the business of packing films, to turnaround the company. It provides an opportunity to develop an integrated scheme for evaluating the turnaround of Cosmo Films Limited. The company had been losing around Rs. ... More
Reference No: PSG0091Pages: 17Published on: 24, September, 2003
Abstract: The management of the Vadodara Halol Toll Road Company Limited (VHTRL) was worried about the toll revenues. The actual revenues as a proportion of the projected revenues had declined from 63 percent to 34 percent over the three financial years of operation. Given the cash flows, the VHTRL could run smoothly only ... More
