Hartmann Southern Africa: Keeping Healthcare Moving Forward
CASE STUDY. How to develop an innovation strategy that aligned with global goals and values, while considering the unique context of operating in sub-Saharan Africa.
Chris van der Hoven
Visiting Fellow, Cranfield Executive Development, Cranfield School of Management. Chris joined Cranfield in 2001 having worked on a broad range of strategic corporate initiatives during a prior industrial career. His PhD at Cambridge University explored the role of innovation and technology leaders when planning or reacting to major contextual or business discontinuities. Up until early 2013 he was a Senior Lecturer on the full time faculty at Cranfield SoM and the Director of the Managing Strategic Innovation Theme on the Executive MBA.
The South African Post Office: On the Brink
CASE STUDY. Barnes had hoped to turn SAPO around and that the organisation would achieve financial self-sufficiency and be able to raise its own capital within five years. However, he and his team were already three months behind in their plan to change the Post Office’s fortunes. Barnes wondered if he needed to revise his strategy.