The Individual and Team mini cases provide opportunities to apply content from the assigned reading to specific situations. Your recommendations should ultimately be based on best practice; research; textbook, video or related articles, not merely your opinion. Reference textbook page numbers and other sources. For all but the Soco Metal case, use the following structure:
Structure
Problem Identification (brief)
Analysis - discuss in some detail the dynamics contributing to the problem identified along with the critical variables.
Options (three, including ‘do nothing’)
Recommendation
Identify target audience – not your professor, rather, person in organization who has the authority to implement your recommended option.
Identify assumptions
Make a persuasive case for adopting one of the three reasonable options in section II.
Procedure
Case Analyses will be critiqued by your classmates and professor in a Discussion Forum.
As in all business communication, be thorough yet succinct (as few words as possible while getting the job done).
2. Responses
All students are to respond to two (2) Team submissions for each case whether or not their team is submitting. See Weekly Module assignments for due dates.