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• Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | 2008

  The Treadway Tire Company: Trouble at the Lima Tire Plant (Brief Case)

  C. Wickham Skinner and Heather Beckham

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  Keywords: Superior ＆ subordinate; Labor relations; Work force management; leadership; change management; human resource management; hiring; Job satisfaction; organizational culture;

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  Skinner, C. Wickham, and Heather Beckham. "The Treadway Tire Company: Trouble at the Lima Tire Plant (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 082-190, June 2008.

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | 2008

  Treadway Tire Company: Job Dissatisfaction and High Turnover at the Lima Plant

  C. Wickham Skinner and Heather Beckham

  Treadway Tire's plant in Lima, Ohio must confront strong job dissatisfaction and high turnover among its line foremen. The foremen are caught in the middle of an adversarial relationship between the union and management, and they must cope with the needs and interests of both. They also perceive limited opportunity for career advancement. Solving the problem requires rethinking the philosophy that guides workforce management and changing the Treadway culture that has grown up around that philosophy. Facing mounting pressure to reduce costs and increase productivity, director of human resources Ashley Wall must work quickly to analyze the root causes of the problem and provide an action plan to reduce turnover of the line foreman segment.

  Keywords: Superior ＆ subordinate; Labor relations; Work force management; leadership; change management; human resource management; hiring; Job satisfaction; organizational culture; Management; Leadership; Retention; Rank and Position; Organizational Culture; Change Management; Selection and Staffing; Satisfaction; Personal Development and Career; Labor and Management Relations; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Ohio;

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  Skinner, C. Wickham, and Heather Beckham. "Treadway Tire Company: Job Dissatisfaction and High Turnover at the Lima Plant." Harvard Business School Brief Case 082-189, June 2008.

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | 2006 (Revised from original 2003 version)

  Elizabeth Parker (A)

  Tiziana E. Casciaro, Wickham Skinner and David Krackhardt

  A new political appointee with years of volunteer experience takes over a highly responsible job in the state government and is met with bureaucratic inertia. Describes a successful strategy to overcome organizational resistance to change.

  Keywords: Public Sector; Leading Change; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Conflict and Resolution; Power and Influence;

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  Casciaro, Tiziana E., Wickham Skinner, and David Krackhardt. "Elizabeth Parker (A)." Harvard Business School Case 404-043, May 2006. (Revised from original August 2003 version.)

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