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Teaching notes, sometimes called an instructor's manual, are routinely required to accompany written teaching cases that are submitted to case journals and case writing conferences. Although the content and organization of these notes have become fairly standardized, the literature on the case method contains relatively little discussion concerning the merits and limitations of case notes. It seems widely assumed by case writers that case notes are both essential and positively useful. This article is a modified transcript of an interactive presentation debating the merits of case notes that typically accompany teaching cases. (Contains 2 tables.)

Many college-level management and organizational behavior courses create and use small, ongoing student groups. Group work offers team members an opportunity to learn about small-group dynamics and development. Frequently, instructors' efforts to help students learn from their own experience is thwarted by students' reluctance to face up to group realities. Team analysis activities can ameliorate this problem. (MLH)

This article suggest that change be taken seriously; that we accept environmental change as ubiquitous, as more differentially defined perceptually. A classification of contextual changes is offered which, since it includes discontinuous change, goes beyond conventional thinking. For each type of contextual change the associated archetypical organizational forms and thematic managerial concerns and competencies are outlined. We suggest that organizations in the future should be configurations of forms because of multiple contextual circumstances, and that such configurations will require a mix of managerial competencies and the meta-competency be termed managerial artistry.

Building a Chain of Customers How often have you picked up a book whose title obviously indicates something of importance, read the promotional blurbs on the dust jacket, and thought, [...]

The article reports on personnel management and methods utilized at the Reynolds Corporation, a materials handling organization. The author focuses on styles of human resources management used to facilitate organizational change. It is suggested that the most successful management strategies work hand in hand with the corporate culture, by taking into consideration organizational goals. Ways in which work environment affects personnel management strategies are discussed in detail. A brief history of the Reynolds Corporation is also presented.