Vivek Paul was hired to run the IT division of a global company that originally sold cooking oil. A native of India, he was educated and had worked in the United States for many years. Paul was brought on board to develop Wipro Technologies into a leading provider of software services to the...

Vivek Paul was hired to run the IT division of a global company that originally sold cooking oil. A native of India, he was educated and had worked in the United States for many years. Paul was brought on board to develop Wipro Technologies into a leading provider of software services to the...

How does the new president of an IT division of a global company that originally sold cooking oil attract, develop, and retain key talent in the quickly changing high-tech business? This story illustrates the cultural challenges of transforming an Indian company in order to enhance its global...

This case and the A case (UVA-OB-0691) explore the challenges facing an African American executive trying to manage organizational responses to diversity problems. Jeff Fairbanks, vice president for Strategic Human Resources at MOEX Corporation, had received a call the previous day from Jeri...

How do you facilitate changing a long-held mission into a new vision during an organizational restructuring? Ernesto Gomez, organizational development director for Lotz of Food, a leading grocery retailer headquartered in California, was asked to help the perishable team transition from a...

Discover the power of the graphic approach this case takes to present material on managing conflict in an organization. This version of the print case Alvarez [OB-00660, OB-0661, OB-0662] offers images to convey problems at an international company. Canalven was a Venezuelan aluminum...

Discover the power of the graphic approach this case takes to present material on managing conflict in an organization. This version of the print case Alvarez [OB-00660, OB-0661, OB-0662] offers images to convey problems at an international company. Canalven was a Venezuelan aluminum...

Vivek Paul was hired to run the IT division of a global company that originally sold cooking oil. A native of India, he was educated and had worked in the United States for many years. Paul was brought on board to develop Wipro Technologies into a leading provider of software services to the...

Vivek Paul was hired to run the IT division of a global company that originally sold cooking oil. A native of India, he was educated and had worked in the United States for many years. Paul was brought on board to develop Wipro Technologies into a leading provider of software services to the...

This series of cases (see also UVA-OB-0758 through UVA-OB-0760) concerns Cambridge Technology Partners (CTP), which consults on information-technology matters to global corporations and emerging dotcoms. The firm has made its name by giving clients guarantees on how much services will cost and...