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Detert, James (Jim)

Roger Weeks's Big Test (B)

Detert, James (Jim); Wedo, Anthony; Edmondson, Amy

OB-1478 | Published January 15, 2025 | 2 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This disguised case, the follow-up to “Roger Weeks’s Big Test (A)” (UVA-OB-1477), reveals the reason for the managers’ unusual reaction at Roger Weeks’s product kickoff meeting. It asks students to co... Read More

Roger Weeks's Big Test (A)

Detert, James (Jim); Wedo, Anthony; Edmondson, Amy

OB-1477 | Published January 15, 2025 | 3 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This disguised case puts students in the shoes of Roger Weeks, the leader of Family Food Restaurant’s (FFR’s) South Division, which is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. RestaurantCo (RC), the corpo... Read More

Selection Sunday

Cullen, Kevin; Detert, James (Jim)

OB-1434 | Published June 26, 2023 | 5 pages. Exercise

Collection: Darden School of Business

This exercise stages a data-analysis task within the world of US men's college basketball. The National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Division 1 Men's Basketball Championship Tournament, kno... Read More

Fired Fairly?

Cullen, Kevin; Rosen, Evan; Detert, James (Jim)

OB-1368 | Published November 10, 2021 | 3 pages. Exercise

Collection: Darden School of Business

This case presents students with the issue of whether Black college football coaches are fired fairly. Students are asked to use the provided data set to think through the various prompts about buildi... Read More

The "Right" Way to Pick the "Right" Players

Cullen, Kevin; Kime, Leslie; Detert, James (Jim)

OB-1365 | Published October 25, 2021 | 3 pages. Exercise

Collection: Darden School of Business

To prepare for each year’s NFL draft, each team creates a “model” for player selection. This involves developing a holistic view of every player (especially those the team is most interested in), such... Read More

"With the First Pick...": General Manager

Taubenfeld, Britton; Cullen, Kevin; Rosen, Evan; Detert, James (Jim)

OB-1366 | Published October 25, 2021 | 8 pages. Exercise

Collection: Darden School of Business

In this exercise, students are put into the role of newly appointed general manager of an NFL team and must use the data provided to conduct draft research and make a tentative decision for their team... Read More

Free Agency (A)

Cullen, Kevin; Rosen, Evan; Detert, James (Jim)

OB-1359 | Published September 29, 2021 | 2 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This case set challenges students to consider the upcoming free agency decision-making of an NBA team by conducting some basic statistical analyses of three possible targets, all of whom are upcoming ... Read More

Free Agency (B): Negotiating as a Player's Agent

Cullen, Kevin; Rosen, Evan; Detert, James (Jim)

OB-1360 | Published September 29, 2021 | 2 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This case set challenges students to consider the upcoming free agency decision-making of an NBA team by conducting some basic statistical analyses of three possible targets, all of whom are upcoming ... Read More

Free Agency (C): Negotiating as the Nuggets' Representative

Cullen, Kevin; Rosen, Evan; Detert, James (Jim)

OB-1361 | Published September 29, 2021 | 2 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This case set challenges students to consider the upcoming free agency decision-making of an NBA team by conducting some basic statistical analyses of three possible targets, all of whom are upcoming ... Read More

(I Think) I Know Why You Did That: The Risky Business of Inferring Intentions

Taubenfeld, Britton; Detert, James (Jim)

OB-1348 | Published January 27, 2021 | 8 pages. Technical Note

Collection: Darden School of Business

Despite the important role that assumptions about intentions play in our judgments of others’ actions and how we respond to these actions, most of us haven’t thought much about the accuracy of the inf... Read More