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Before coming into academia, he spent 13 years in retailing with the predecessor of Kmart (S. S. Kresge). J.C. Penney, and Dayton-Hudson and its Target Subsidiary. Positions held included store management, central busying, and merchandise management.
His first textbook, Marketing: Management and Social Change, was published in 1972. It was ahead of its time in introducing social and environmental issues to the study of marketing, Other books, Marketing Fundamentals, Retailing, Sales Management , and Marketing Research, followed.
In 1976, the first Marketing Mistakes book was published, and it brought a new approach to case studies, making them student-friendly and more relevant to career approach to case studies, making them student-friendly and more relevant to career enhancement than existing books. In 1983, Management Mistakes was published. These books are now in the tenth and ninth editions respectively, and have been widely translated. In 1992, Professor Hartley wrote Business Ethics: Violations of the Public Trusts, and Business Ethics Mistakes and Successes was published in 2005. He is listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World.
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Part I Managing Ebbing Performance and Crisis.
Chapter 2 Tough Love -- Dunlap's Approach to Troubled Companies.
Chapter 3 Perrier -- Overreacting to a Crisis.
Chapter 4 Ford Explorers with Firestone Tires: Ill-Handling a Killer Scenario.
Part II Great Comebacks.
Chapter 5 Continental Air -- Salvaging From the Ashes.
Chapter 6 Harley-Davidson -- A Long-Overdue Revival.
Chapter 7 IBM -- A Fading Giant Rejuvenates.
Part III Merger Pitfalls.
Chapter 8 Snapple: Quaker's Reckless Acquisition.
Chapter 9 Newell's Acquisition of Rubbermaid Becomes an Albatross.
Chapter 10 DaimlerChrysler -- Blatant Misrepresentation.
Part IV Planning.
Chapter 11 Euro Disney -- Bungling a Successful Format.
Chapter 12 Boeing -- Losing, Then Regaining, Dominance vs. Airbus.
Chapter 13 Vanguard -- Success in Taking the Road Less Traveled.
Chapter 14 A Hedge Fund Manager Finds Opportunity in Two Faltering Firms -- Kmart and Sears.
Part V Leadership and Execution.
Chapter 15 Hewlett-Packard Under Carly Fiorina, and After Her.
Chapter 16 Wal-Mart -- A Tottering Giant.
Chapter 17 Southwest Airlines: "Try to Match Our Prices".
Chapter 18 Herman Miller: A Beleagured Role Model in Leadership.
Part VI Controlling.
Chapter 19 UnitedWay -- A Not-for-Profit Also Needs Controls and Oversight.
Chapter 20 Maytag -- Incredibly Loose Supervision Over a Foreign Subsidiary.
Chapter 21 MetLife -- Poorly Controlled Sales Practices.
Part VII Entrepreneurial Adventures.
Chapter 22 Boston Beer: Is Greater Growth Possible?
Chapter 23 OfficeMax -- To the End.
Chapter 24 Gateway Computer's Efforts to Stay Alive.
Chapter 25 Conclusions -- What Can Be Learned?
