Author: Jane Dutton, Jeff Mirmelstein
Product Type: Mini-Case
Product #: 1-428-852
Publication Date:09/2009
Length: 3
Keywords: Human Resource Management, HRM, Management and Organization, Management, Education, Individual Resilience; Leadership; North America, Career Management; POS; The Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship
| Discipline: | Human Resource Management
Management and Organizational Behavior |
| Industry: | Education |
| Region: | North America |
| Topic: | Leadership |
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This three-part case describes the reaction and attitudes demonstrated by B. Joseph White upon hearing that he was not chosen to be president of the University of Michigan in May of 2002. Joe White responded to this news resiliently by helping the University make a smooth transition to a new president. The case elaborates on Joe White’s beliefs about resilience and why he believes resilience is a desirable quality among individuals. Part 1 sets the stage with the case background.
Teaching objectives of the case include enabling an understanding of resilience; exploration of the benefits of being resilient in the face of adversity and disappointment; and elaboration on the conditions and beliefs that foster resilience in individuals.
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