eBay China: Reshaping Leadership

He Peng; Chunyi Zhang

Product #:FDC-19003-2X-CE

Supplier:School of Management at Fudan University

Discipline:Human Resource Management, Organizational Behaviour/Leadership

Setting:China, United States, 2020

Details:Case (PDF) • 15 pages • 2023-05-15 (Rev: 2024-02-04)

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Information technology and telecom sector

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eBay China Technology Center of Excellence (CCOE) is a vital overseas research hub in eBay. Ms. Wei Tian, the General Manager of CCOE, was appointed by headquarters to relaunch the platform migration project that saw several failures previously at headquarters. She must consider an ideal candidate and right approaches to lead the project successfully, despite with a team of temporary employees who were comparatively weaker in technical and professional skills. This case is well-suited for courses in leadership, teamwork, employee motivation, organizational behavior and human resource management.

Learning Objectives

This case is about how to promote transformational leadership. The goal is to let students better understand the process of leadership building. In this case, discussions focus on building leadership in dynamic change. According to existing literature and theories, discussions about leadership often occur regarding leadership characteristics, competencies, and person-environment fit. However, few theories or frameworks have explored how one builds leadership in a new environment step by step. This case intends to show the framework of dynamic leadership formation, which makes leadership teaching down-to-earth. The detailed learning objectives are as follows. 1. To learn the dynamic formation of leadership through analyzing classical power and leadership theories. 2. To analyze the challenges cross-border parachuting leaders face and how to break through and build their leadership. 3. To analyze the elements of transformational leadership. 4. To analyze the characteristics, styles, and barriers that women leaders face in creating effective leadership. 5. To analyze the difficulties and keys to building leadership in knowledge-based organizations (KOB).