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DuroVac (A): Responsible Leadership and Governance for Human Flourishing

Elena Antonacopoulou, R. Chandrasekhar

Product #:W33855
Supplier:Ivey
Discipline:Human Resource Management, Sustainability
Setting:Canada, 2021
Details:Case (PDF) • 5 pages • 2023-10-20

Subjects:

LeadershipPersonal resiliencePersonal purpose and valuesOrganizational cultureLeadership and managing peopleOrganizational behaviorManagement

Geography:

North AmericaCanada
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A business world characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) presents many leadership and governance challenges to businesses large and small. Smaller family firms, in particular, need to demonstrate resilience both in navigating changes that arise from VUCA conditions and in staying firm on the core purpose with which their enterprises were founded.

Cases A and B present the approach of a family firm based in Toronto, Canada, that manufactures and markets industrial vacuum systems. The cases provide an opportunity for instructors to convey the trials and tribulations faced by the founder and his successor in building a purpose-driven organization and in staying on the committed path of responsible leadership and governance.

Learning Objectives

Instructors can use these two case studies to support courses and programs in strategy, leadership, governance, entrepreneurship, human resource management, and organizational behaviour. By working through the case and assignment questions, students will have the opportunity to do the following:

  • Move from decisions and judgments to action choices.
  • Foster new ways of practising responsible professional conduct.
  • Extend organizational resilience through readiness and renewal.
  • Enable governance through consistency and continuity.
  • Rethink leadership beyond competence to include character, conscience, and the power of choice.
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