This exercise helps AMP participants build their own personal case study. They develop a gap statement, do formal root cause analysis, and action planning. This exercise is done for each participant and each phase is shared with living group colleagues.

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Profile of Nelson Mandela designed to facilitate a discussion of the nature of enduring success. Includes both biographical data and excerpts from autobiographical records.

Set in 2007, examines the role of the Area Instruction Officer (AIO) in Chicago Public Schools (CPS). Focuses on the leadership skills and behavior needed to successfully manage a portfolio of schools with varying capacities, needs, and challenges. Also describes the role of the district and what its current development and support systems include for AIOs. Several schools and principals are profiled in order to delve deeply into "a day in the .....more

Habitat for Humanity--Egypt (HFHE), has grown in just seven years to become one of the most successful Habitat programs worldwide. The organization is at a crossroads as it attempts to reach the ambitious goal of serving 10% of the 20 million Egyptians living in poverty by 2023, while at the same time developing the local NGO capacity to serve the remaining 90%. Since its establishment in 1989, HFHE has worked in close partnership with CEOSS, a 50-yr-old .....more

Employees at King Arthur Flour purchase the company and transform the business to become examples of ESOPs in the context of organizational dynamics and profitability. Must be used with: (9-407-012) King Arthur Flour.

An abstract is not available for this product. Must be used with: (9-PEL-043) Race, Accountability, and the Achievement Gap (A); (9-PEL-045) Race, Accountability, and the Achievement Gap (B): Video Remarks by Dr. Jerry Weast, Administrative and Supervisory Staff Meeting, September 14, 2005, DVD.

In 2005, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) leadership decided to take a hard look at issues of race and institutional barriers impeding the progress of African American and Hispanic students. Examines how a large, urban public school district attempts to systemically address and eliminate the district's minority student achievement gap. The (A) case gives an overview of MCPS' past efforts to address the district's minority student .....more

Examines the ways in which a leader can create, influence, and manage a school district's organizational culture to support continuous improvement of student achievement outcomes.

In 2006, Andrea Jung, chairman and CEO of Avon Products, is in the middle of a turnaround, having suspended earnings guidance and launched ambitious restructuring programs even as Avon receives a license to resume direct sales activities in China. Provides information on the leadership development of the protagonist, tracing her youth and education, her career in high-end retail, and her leadership of Avon. Profiles Avon Products, including its major .....more