...CASE STUDY APPROACH A Case study is an analytical system of examining one’s understanding. Every case study invariably consists of the following elements. (a) Introduction of the case. (b) A situation (c) Solution for the situation (d) Benefits (e) Conclusion with specific inputs (f) Issues to be discussed /addressed. How to approach a Case Study ---Student Perspective. As a case needs to be studied analytically, the approach should also be in the form of analysis. The following steps form the part of analysis. (a) Read the case carefully from the beginning till the end. (b) Underline the important features of the case which forms the fact. (c) Write the facts which are identified collectively. (d) Study the situation and identify them with the issue asked for addressing the situation. (e) Provide individual opinions on the situation based on the solution indicated. SAMPLE CASE STUDY Introduction of the Case The following case is dealing about the Tri-State Telephone Operation. Situation:- John Godwin, Chief executive of Tri—State Telephone, leaned back in his chair and looked at the ceiling. How was he ever going to get out of this mess? At last night’s public hearing. 150 angry customers had marched in to protest Tri –State’s latest rate request. After the rancorous shouting was over and the acrimonious...
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...How to Approach a Case This is not the only approach that exists, but it’s a worthwhile one to try as you get started. 1. GETTING ORIENTED It’s useful to think of a case analysis as digging deeper and deeper into the layers of a case. 1. You start at the surface, Getting Oriented and examining the overall case landscape. 2. Then you begin to dig, Identifying Problems, as well as possible alternative solutions. 3. Digging deeper, Performing Analyses you identify information that exposes the issues, gather data, perform calculations that might provide insight. 4. Finally, you begin Action Planning to outline short-, medium-, and long-term well-defined steps. Typically, you’ll need to repeat this process multiple times, and as you do, you'll discover new analytical directions, evolving your assessment of the case and conclusion. a. Case Analysis Overview Analyzing a case is not just about digging. It’s also about climbing back out to examine what you’ve unearthed, deciding what it means, determining what to analyze next, and digging some more. Often your examination of information about a problem will change your idea of what the real problem is and about what to analyze next. The process is similar to when a detective investigating a crime shifts his or her opinion about the most likely suspect as more clues come to light. Gather your materials and tools. These include the case and any other related materials to supplement your reading...
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...CASE STUDY APPROCH Case study is an analytical system of examining ones understanding. Every case study invariably consists of the following elements. A. Introduction of the case B. A situation C. Solution for the situation D. Benefits E. Conclusion with specific inputs F. Issues to be discussed / addressed. HOW TO APPROCH A CASE STUDY-STUDENT PERSPECTIVE As a case needs to be studied analytically, the approach should also be in the form of analysis. THE FOLLOWING STAPES FROM THE PART OF ANALYSIS A. Read the case carefully from the beginning till the end. B. Underline the important features of the case which forms the fact. C. Write the facts which are identified collectively. D. Study the situation and identify them with the issue asked for addressing the situation. E. Provide individual options on the situation based on the solution indicated. INTRODUCTION OF THE CASE The Following case is dealing about the Tri-State Telephone Operation. Situation:- John Godwin, chief executive of Tri-State Telephone, leaned back in his chair and looked at the ceiling. How was her ever going to get out of this mess? At last night’s public hearing. 150 angry customers had marched in to protest Tri-State’s latest rate request. After the rancorous shouting was over and the acrimonious signs put away, the protesters had presented state regulators with some sophisticated economic analysis in support of their case. Additionally, there...
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...What this approach dose ultimately seeks to do away with vital domains of difference or cultural difference. Differences which emerge from and through being socialized within the framework of a particular group. The aim of the Universal approach is to enable the psychotherapist and counselor to overlook and not to be effected by difference. This domination influences the counseling process. The advantage of the universal approach is that it reminds us that humans have many characteristic and attributes in common and that all people are unique as individuals. The Universal approach argues that any human difference can be considered cultural. Margolis and Rungta (1986) shared with other Universalist the position that “ the psychological consequences of being ‘ different’ are common across special populations, regardless of whether individual are members of an ethnic minority, homosexual or disabled” Margolis&...
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...OCCASIONAL PAPER NO 23 China in Africa Project January 2009 China in Mozambique: A Cautious Approach Country Case Study at io n al Af fai r s Paula Cristina Roque rn te f In eo t tit u . Ins hts can fr i ig ins South A l a Glob African perspectives. ABOUT SAIIA The South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) has a long and proud record as South Africa’s premier research institute on international issues. It is an independent, non-government think-tank whose key strategic objectives are to make effective input into public policy, and to encourage wider and more informed debate on international affairs with particular emphasis on African issues and concerns. It is both a centre for research excellence and a home for stimulating public engagement. SAIIA’s occasional papers present topical, incisive analyses, offering a variety of perspectives on key policy issues in Africa and beyond. Core public policy research themes covered by SAIIA include good governance and democracy; economic policymaking; international security and peace; and new global challenges such as food security, global governance reform and the environment. Please consult our website www.saiia.org.za for further information about SAIIA’s work. This paper is the outcome of research commissioned by SAIIA’s China in Africa Project. ABOUT THE CHINA IN AFRICA PROJECT SAIIA’s ‘China in Africa’ research project investigates the emerging relationship...
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...SYSTEMS THINKING APPROACH AS A UNIQUE TOOL FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY IN THE CAT BA BIOSPHERE RESERVE OF VIETNAM Thanh Van Mai Bosch O.J.H School of Integrative Systems, The University of Queensland, QLD 4343, Australia Corresponding author (thanh.mai@uqconnect.edu.au) ABSTRACT Tourism is not simply an industry, but is an open, dynamic and complex system. The system consists of many interacting components and involves many different stakeholders. The development of tourism in a sustainable way impinges on and is subject to many factors. The limitation of traditional approaches to tourism research has become evidently in many cases. These approaches have usually looked at a particular issue or issues of the whole tourism picture. As a result, it has become difficult to manage tourism toward sustainability. This paper provides an overview of the systems thinking approach and its application in the study of the tourism system in the Cat Ba Biosphere Reserve of Vietnam. This study shows that systems thinking has proved to be an effective and powerful tool to explain the complexities of the tourism system. It has helped to simplify, clarify and integrate isolated problems associated with the industry, and provided a mechanism for group learning and decision making to achieve desirable outcomes. The paper proposes systems thinking be used as an appropriate tool for sustainable tourism development. Key words: complexity, dynamics, sustainability, systems thinking...
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...Case Analysis 1. Would Enterprise’s approach to human resource management work in other industries? a. I think that Enterprise’s approach to human resource management would very well work in a lot of industries. One example of an industry that would benefit from this type of human resource management would be fast food industries. It allows people who may not have graduated in the top of their class and who may not have had the best GPA in school to still qualify to enter the company with a degree. They can show off their good work ethic and dedication by starting off at the bottom and working their way to the top. Having said that, job loyalty is greatly promoted in industries that perform in this way. 2. Does Enterprise face any risks from its HR strategy? b. Of course Enterprise faces risks from its HR strategy, as well as any other industry hiring brand new employees. There is always the struggle of teaching new employees the rules and strategies of the industry they are working for. They have to go through a training session to tell them what is expected of them and how they should go about doing their job. One good thing to note about Enterprise’s HR strategy is that they like to hire former athletes and former people who have been in a club of some sort so that they at least know they are hiring someone who has been dedicated to something at some point, and hopefully they can be just as dedicated to their job. 3. Would you want to work for Enterprise...
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...Running head: CASE STUDY 1 1 There are many methods to case analysis to include the Brenau University method, the Marketing Management (MK715) method and the Hitt, Ireland & Hoskisson’s method. Each approach has its advantages and disadvantages. This paper discusses those advantages and disadvantages and offers a hybrid approach to thoroughly analyze cases for the duration of the Strategic Management capstone course. Brenau University Approach The three goals of this case analysis are to analyze complex situations; to differentiate significant data from interesting data, and to practice decision-making based on generating alternatives. In this approach, students are encouraged to read the case three times to (1) understand the overall situation; (2) to integrate the reading with associated data tables and spreadsheets, and (3) to categorize thinking. This approach has five sections: analysis of the current situation; alternative solutions; recommended alternative; implementation of the plan, and consideration of other factors related to the results (Case analysis and presentation, 2010). Marketing Management Approach In Brenau’s Marketing Management course, students are taught another way to analyze cases as it applies to marketing. Although the process is geared towards analyzing marketing cases, it is applicable to other business scenarios. Seven steps define this approach, which begins with a summary of the background and facts. Students are then...
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...Second Order Moment Approach to Real Options Analysis Submitted as a Component of Required Courses for the Award of Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) Honours School of Civil Engineering University of New South Wales Author: Ariel Hersh October 2010 Supervisor: Professor David G. Carmichael i ORIGINALITY STATEMENT ‘I hereby declare that this submission is my own work and to the best of my knowledge it contains no materials previously published or written by another person, or substantial proportions of material which have been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma at UNSW or any other educational institution, except where due acknowledgement is made in the thesis. Any contribution made to the research by others, with whom I have worked at UNSW or elsewhere, is explicitly acknowledged in the thesis. I also declare that the intellectual content of this thesis is the product of my own work, except to the extent that assistance from others in the project's design and conception or in style, presentation and linguistic expression is acknowledged.’ Signed …………………………………………….............. Date …………………………………………….............. ii 1. ABSTRACT Real options analysis can be used by investors to determine the value of potential investments that offer an owner the right but not the obligation to exercise a strategic decision at a predetermined time and price. Tools which are popular for valuing financial ...
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...of Care is the legal liability or responsibility of a defendant to a plaintiff, which is based on the defendant’s non-fulfillment to obligation or duty owed to the plaintiff. Under duty of care we have the Neighbour Principle, which arose in the case of Donoghue v Stevenson in which lord Atkins was well known for his speech on Neighbour principle is as stated A owes B a duty of care necessarily requires a consideration of whether A ought to take care after B interest. Lord Atkins personal view help to explain that every individual owes a Duty of Care to his or her neighbour There are two starting element to Duty of Care • Proximity • Reasonable...
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...2014). As such, organisational change can be described as the movement over time from a current state to an emerging and uncertain future state which is sometimes planned and managed with the desire to secure set objectives and sometimes unplanned (Dawson et al, pg 90). In the hyper competitive and turbo charged changing business environment of today, managers strive to find stability within the uncertainties using planned change methods while conscious of the need for adaptability, flexibility and agility to leverage processual change methods in order to survive. This paper seeks to address the dilemma between the desire for the stability of the planned approach and the flexibility of the processual approach. To examine this dilemma, this paper contrasts the planned approach to organisational change with the processual approach to organisational change. Accordingly, the paper is structured as follows. The first section defines and contrasts...
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...Change at DuPont The case of Change at DuPont did not involve a particular problematic scenario. Change was constant at the plant and it was part of doing business hence the lack of change management as a rubric. More change was anticipated regardless of any formal change management practices. In order to guide the anticipated changes, the plant manager, Tom, was seeking new business insights from the academic community. Tom’s main focus was to educate managers on new ideas to apply them for further development and expansion of the plant. Furthermore, Tom was not looking for assistance in solving particular problems at the plant but was interested in improving the plant’s overall efficiency as he was under pressure to deliver results. 1. Using specific examples from the story, describe the extent to which each of the three approaches to change are evident in the DuPont case. a. OD The OD approach is quite evident in the DuPont case with the exception of the post-action data gathering and evaluation step. Tom, the plant manager, realized the need to improve the organizational effectiveness and consulted a university professor, Gib Akin, to shed new light on his business operations. Gib took the initiative for collecting the data by physically attending the plant and interviewing employees and managers. In addition, Gib advised leadership on how to introduce change to their employees. Managers and supervisors were advised on what actions they need to take, for example as Palmer...
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...Module 3: Ethics Case Analysis UMUC UCSP-615A_9055 28 July 2015 Amy L. Pancio TurnItIn Score - 9% Introduction The case title, Quality Management – Signing off on a Substandard Product from Santa Clara University, is the basis for the following analysis. This case is based on Lauren who is a newly employed quality engineer whose job it was to make certain that the specifications of the customer’s needs are met based on a product her company was supplying. The technology company that Lauren is employed by was chosen because they had a good reputation for getting the job completed in a timely manner and producing quality work. Lauren faces an ethical dilemma when the testing of a product proves to be substandard and upper management wants to deliver the product so as to not to risk losing the contracted work with the customer. The report proved this product was just under substandard quality when placed in extreme conditions and so the managers felt this situation would be minimal and could pursue production without further costs or testing. This case will be analyzed to determine the ethical dilemma that Lauren faces in approving the substandard product and moving forward with production. Ethics To determine the ethics for this case study it is best to establish and understanding of ethics. The simple definition for ethics from the Oxford Dictionary (2015), states that they are “moral principles that govern a person’s or group’s behavior.” These principles...
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...Case Study Paper by mvp007202 Psychology Student Liberty University Online for PSYC 255, Research Psychology Professor Jesse Winn April 21, 2014 Case Study Paper A case study provides valuable scientific information that enables researchers to further advance the world around us. There are various methods researchers use to perform case studies and each method serves its own purpose. There are advantages and disadvantages of conducting a case study, and various ways to collect the data needed. What is a Case Study A case study is an in-depth analysis of someone’s complete life history where the researcher seeks causes and patterns for behavior. Case studies can be both qualitative and quantitative, depending on the method used to gather information. A case study could also be done on a group, community, or an event. The goal of a case study is to find how one’s case can be a generalization for others, to find common ground per se, and to advance research previously conducted. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to generalize these subjective studies to a large population of people. (Case study as a research method, 1997) Case studies can be both qualitative and quantitative, depending on the method used to gather information. The most known case studies came from Sigmund Freud. He conducted detailed investigations into the lives of his patients, attempting to provide insight to their illnesses and help them overcome the challenges their illnesses brought....
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...research question has been crystallized: Exploratory study. It is just a study to gain insights on the topic. The method of data-collection: Monitoring or interrogation/communication, It really depends on how they want to approach the situation. I think the method of interrogation and communication is the best, as the workers on the site probably know best where the dangers are to the safety on the construction site. The power of the researcher to influence the variables under study: Experimental, the researcher shouldn’t influence the variables since then the conclusions taken from the research will be false or biased. The purpose of the study: causal. We want to learn the causes of working accidents so the chances that these situations occur can be reduced to a minimum. The time dimension: ? The topical scope – breadth and depth – of the study: this really depends on whether we want to collect information over multiple construction sites, or just one construction site. If we want to learn general ideas about all construction sites in a certain region or from a certain company it would be best to use a census or sample type approach. If we want to gain information about a particular site, a case study seems the most efficient and cost effective way to approach the situation. The research environment: Field setting. It is impossible to study this in a laboratory or in a simulation. The variables that are most likely decisive for the possible outcomes (# accidents) will be too...
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