ADDITIONAL CASE ASSIGNMENT –
HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
1). PREPARE A 1-PAGE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
THAT ADDRESSES THE MAJOR ISSSUES IN THIS CASE USING THESE QUESTIONS AS A GUIDE.
2). NO
ASSIGNMENT LONGER THAN 1-PAGE IN LENGTH WILL BE ACCEPTED.
QUESTIONS:
·What happened before the
Wall Street Journal article appeared and who was involved?
·How do you think the
decision was made to pay faculty in this way?
Do you think more people were involved than just Dean Hasler?
·Why was there a need, or
at least a perceived need, to make these sorts of supplemental payments?
·What was the nature of the
dilemma that Dean Hasler faced?
Specifically, did he need to either find a way to make the payments or
to begin to watch the school decline in the rankings?
·Assume, now that you’re
Dean Hasler, and that (a). a cadre of highly talented faculty is necessary for
the Haas School to achieve and maintain its
top-20 national ranking, (b). paying market-level salaries is essential for you
to be able to attract and retain highly talented faculty, (c). your best
faculty currently are at the top of the university-allowed pay scale, which is
approximately 25% below market-level salaries for competing business schools,
and (d). these faculty will go elsewhere unless they are paid market
rates. What options are available to
you?
·Which options are the most
feasible? Which options are not
feasible?
·Does it matter what was
the source of the funds that were used to make these payments? Assuming it wasn’t from a grant or restricted
financing source, does it matter whether these funds were to be used for other
programs?
·Assume that (a).
compensation was for program and curriculum development, (b). the faculty
members in question completed no additional work to earn this compensation, and
(c). it is not possible to determine which programs or individuals have
received less benefits as a result.
Determine accountability and responsibility for the following:
-Dean Hasler for creating the
idea.
-Faculty members for voting in
favor of this idea.
-University administrators for
approving the idea.
-Faculty members who accepted
this type of compensation.
·Now, you’re Dean Hasler
and Marc Lifsher appears on your doorstep.
What is his agenda?
