...org/user/houser/advancedwebdesign/Tips_on_Writing_the_Case_Study.html HOW TO WRITE A CASE STUDY by Charles Warner There are two types of case studies: (1) factual ones depicting real organizations, people, and situations and (2) fictional ones that, although usually based loosely on actual people and events, do not use real organization's or people's names. The advantages of factual case studies are that they can provide a wealth of detail, give credibility to situations and problems, and, most important, provide real outcomes. Actual results give those who analyze a case real-world solutions: How did the organization or manager solve the problems? Did the solutions work? Although factual cases furnish concrete, not theoretical, solutions, they also have some drawbacks. Often students or case discussants get hung up debating the details of the case as they may remember them. Some discussants claim inside information or refer to later outcomes that bring the organization's solutions into question. When discussing factual cases, analysts tend to focus on the accuracy of the details rather than on the appropriateness of the solutions. Factual cases tend to become outdated as organizations, strategies, problems, and people change over time. Also, if a factual case portrays real organizations or people in a negative way, questions of taste, fairness, and even libel can arise. Finally, in a factual case writers must obviously stick to the facts, which means that they are limited...
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...heavy read, and it may prove useful for your preparation. The book starts with general information about the CFA program – the basics of the program, benefits of attending it, the complexity of the program in whole etc. In the second chapter we will provide you with some general advice in preparation – how to organize your time, what strategy elements to use, how to find time for studying and also an overview of the various prep tools that can help you. The following three chapters of the book are each related to one of the levels of the CFA Exam – here you can read various useful information regarding study materials, types of questions that appear on the exam, articles regarding the review phase etc. The sixth chapter gives you advice regarding your learning process in general, as well as handling one of the tougher periods of your life with your close ones. The book ends with our tips that will enhance your learning process and prepare you for the exam. i Guide for the CFA exam by TimePrep And who are we? We are a group of...
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...on International Business In Assignment 1, you are required to do a case analysis of Sharp Corporation, a Japanese company. If you haven’t already done so, review the Assignment Tips and Requirements and the Note on Case Analysis (links are on the instructions page for this assignment). The objective of the case study for Assignment 1 is to expose students to globalization and its impact on operational decisions of companies. Faced with major losses, Sharp Corporation is forced to question its long-standing operating model and to develop a new approach that is more suitable to the environment it now competed in. Completing this assignment will enable you to see how the key concepts presented in Lessons 1 through 3—globalization, culture, and political and economic risk—are interconnected. You will be able to evaluate interrelationships among issues related to (i) the role of globalization in investment decisions and company operations; (ii) the role of economic environment in creating global companies; (iii) the importance of property rights in international business; and (iv) the role of national culture in company operations. The Case To read the case, click the link below (will open in new window). Sharp Corporation: Beyond Japan One-time permission to reproduce granted by Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation on Oct. 13, 2011. This permission will expire six months from Jan. 1, 2012. Case Analysis Questions The following questions are just a starting point...
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...‘Marketing Essentials’ module is a walk in the park. But be warned: this is not the case. As the first module usually studied when pursuing a Professional Certificate in Marketing, its three-hour exam demands preparation. The exam is broken into two parts. Part A requires candidates to answer 10 short questions, each carrying four marks. Part B includes three questions based on a case study, each carrying 20 marks. The following tips tell you how to successfully approach and complete all of them. Tip 1: Be concise. It is important to take note of the answer length you need to provide based on the marks awarded for it. In Part A, candidates are asked to provide short answers. In fact, try not to write more than five to six lines for a two-mark question. Addressing the requirements is all that is needed. Tip 2: Understand the questions. Part B requires a very different approach. They are designed to test your ability to apply theory to a given context. They always raise key points and students are required to identify these points to contextualise the answers. For example, a question could be as follows: “As a marketing manager of a newly formed manufacturing company in the fashion industry, you are required to recommend a suitable pricing strategy that will help the company to grow.” In this question, the key words are “newly formed”, “manufacturing company”, “fashion industry” and “grow”. Tip 3: Allocate your time. The exam being set for three hours (180 minutes), it implies...
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...Conor Glettenberg English 101 Professor Turner 23 July 2014 Lightning Rod Attraction: Blunt Tip vs. Pointed Tip Abstract: This paper explores the effects that lightning rod tip geometry has on lightning. To determine the most effective tip geometry various types of rods including pointed, concave, blunt, flat, and conical were tested with electric pulses in a lab and in real lightning situations. It was observed that the blunt shaped rod was the most efficient shape for creating a path for lightning to the ground. In real lightning situations a smaller surface area generates far more corona emissions than a larger area. The increased corona emission almost prevents lightning from traveling the directed path. In the case of the blunt rod, the lesser emissions provided a desired path for the lightning to travel down. A lot of research was put in to find the ideal tip shape for lightning rods, and it was determined that the increased surface area directly correlates to how strong the electric field is at the tip of the lightning air terminal (LAT). Introduction: It is a beautiful and deadly natural occurrences. With a shock of several million volts per strike, and the capability to reach temperatures between fifteen-thousand and sixty-thousand degrees, lighting is one of the most powerful forces known to man. With all of that power lightning can cause a lot of damage. In North America lightning damage to equipment results in losses exceeding twenty-six billion dollars...
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...the issues or problems, the researcher should take into account the purpose of the study, the relevant background information is needed, and how it will be used in decision making. Step 2-Designing the Research Project: This step is focused on created a research plan or overall approach on how you are going to solve the issue or problem identified. A research plan or approach is a framework or blueprint for conducting the marketing research project. It details the procedures necessary for obtaining the required information, and its purpose is to design a study that will test the hypothesis of interest, determine possible answers to the research questions, and provide the information needed for decision making. Research Design Involves the Following steps : [2] Secondary data analysis Qualitative research Methods of collecting quantitative data {survey, observation, and experimentation}. Definition of the information needed Measurement and scaling procedure Questionnaire design Sample process and sample size Plan of data analysis Step 3. Collecting Data: This step revolved around obtaining the information that you will need to solve the issue or problem identified. Data collection involves a field force or staff that operates either in the case of personal interviewing { in-home, mall intercept, or computer-assisted personal interviewing}...
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...to bring up their profession in another level. The CPA examination is designed to test the entry-level knowledge and skills necessary to protect the public interest. This examination is one of many screening devices to assure the competence of those licensed to perform the attest function and to render professional accounting services. Passing the CPA examination or being a Certified Public Accountant means you are in the forefront of your profession. You are capable enough to render professional service in any of the major fields of work in a business like an auditor, tax consultant, controller and the like. A CPA serves many clients as an objective outsider or in an advisory capacity. Statement of the Problem This study aims to help and give some effective tips on how a budding accountant ca pass the CPA exam. Thus, there are five important questions to be answered: 1. What is the importance of passing the CPA exam? 2. What are the effective ways on passing the CPA Exam? 3. What are the things to...
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...Case Study – Royal Hotel 1. Briefly (2 paragraphs or less) describe the facts of the case. In order to improve the performance, Royal Hotel (RH) became one of the clients of Fancy Consultants& Company (FC). Blake Cantera was an intern and he was in charge of this case. According to the General Manager (GM), the level of the service in RH was unacceptable based on the discerning guests and RH’s self-positioning. Blake recommended RH to purchase and install M-tech’s Espresso after some short interview with some related people. Blake also gave four main advantages of the proposed information system as followed: Rapid response, Quaility control, Preventive maintenance, and Reporting. This system allow housekeepers to report problems as soon as possible without waiting so that it can reduce the chance of “slippage through the cracks” if the housekeeper forgot to communicate the problem. This system also can avoid the same problem occurred again and the manager can reward the employees according to their performance based on the data which showed by the system. While Blake got another account, so, his classmate Jack took over this case. After one month and a half, Blake was told that his solution was failed. It was useless and it just wasted money. When he came back to RH, he found that the Espresso was sitting in a corner, nobody cares about it, and every employee thought the older manual system was better than the new one. When Blake prepared to find a solution to make...
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...Case Study: Treadway Tire Company 1 Case Study: Treadway Tire Company Case Study: Treadway Tire Company S. LaDuew GB520: Strategic Human Resource Management Case Study: Treadway Tire Company 2 Treadway Tire Company When Ashley Wall had just finished attending a meeting at work, the plant manager Brandon Bellingham stated “we have a serious problem” (Skinner & Beckham, 2008, p.1). Wall had just presented the figures for the plants projected turnover rates for foremen the year ending in 2007. Bellingham was not happy because they had 50 foremen at their Lima Plant and in 2007 23 of those positions were turned over. When the Treadway plant closed in Greenville, South Carolina in 2006 Ashley Wall was transferred to the plant in Lima where her position was going to be the Director of Human Resources, since she already had over 10 years of work experience in the Human Resource department with Treadway Company. Wall had decided to make it her top priority to do what she could to reduce the foremen turnover rate at the Lima Plant since it had the highest foremen turnover rate out of all of the other Treadway plants in their division. Wall planned...
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...Kettering University The Management of Technology and Innovation Prof. Juel M. Bjerke Discovering a new product Concept using TIPS By: Nada W. Alrumaih February 28th, 2014 The Problem: In Saudi Arabia automobile vehicles are the main means of transportation, and unfortunately the main case of death as well! During the period between 1971 and 1997; the Kingdom’s General Directorate of Traffic has revealed that 564 762 people died or were hurt in traffic accidents, which is equal to 3.5% of the total population in Saudi Arabia. During the same period 66 914 people have died in Saudi Arabia due to traffic accidents, amounting to one person killed and four get hurt every hour. More than 20% of hospital beds in Saudi Arabia are occupied by traffic accidents victims, mainly adult males aged 16 to 36. (1) If we are to investigate the causes behind this horrifying issue, we find that the increased number of vehicles, and the expansion of road networks within and between cities contribute mainly to the high rate of accidents in Saudi Arabia. This is in addition to the increased number of emigrants from different countries who are unacquainted with local driving conditions and requirements. Nonetheless, most accidents happen specifically as a result of drivers’ error. Over 50% of the traffic accidents are due to over speed and violation of signals at intersections. Signal violation accidents in Saudi Arabia are 4.5 times more common than in the USA. (1) “The report found...
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...1.2 Case Study: Whither an MBA at Strutledge By: Ashley Tinkham 1.2 Case Study: Whither an MBA at Strutledge Tinkham, 1 President of Strutledge, After reviewing the Board of Regents’ plan and reasons behind the desire to implement an MBA program at Strutledge I have determined there to be a lack of information to make a decision at this time. The information to make a supportive decision on whether to implement an MBA program is not sufficient enough and increases the risks of failure of the program. Failure or an unsuccessful implementation of an MBA program at Strutledge can be catastrophic to the reputation of the school. Thus making the situation of rising costs and decreasing enrollment worse. The Board of Regents could be on the right track of implementing a MBA program to attract more students but this can only be determined through data. The question that truly needs to be answered is if the area needs or desires a MBA program and only if the answer is yes to that question should the idea of implementing an MBA program be explored as an option. My suggestion is that the Board of Regents organize their thoughts around why they think an MBA program would be beneficial to Strutledge. From what I can gather an MBA program would help to attract students who have already graduated from their undergraduate studies and are looking for more, but how else would it benefit Strutledge? When considering implementing...
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...Group Outline General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform our audience that stress is a consistent problem amongst Purdue students, the dangers of stress, and how to cope with stress. Thesis Statement: Right now, the factors of stress play a big role at Purdue University and causes stress to a majority of the student population. Many students spend hours upon hours doing homework and studying for exams. The rigorous curriculum, demanding social life, and psychological issues create an environment that causes students to experience extreme stress. Providing tips and advice on how to deal with stress could potentially help solve the problem of stress on Purdue University campus. INTRODUCTION: Attention Getter: Palo Alto, California is home to one of the most prestigious and competitive school districts in the country, which is located near Stanford University. The school district is made up of twelve primary schools, three middle schools and two high schools. Since 2009, there have been 4 reported student suicides due to the intense school environment and rigorous workload. The domino effect of suicides started in particular with high schooler Jean-Paul Blanchard. Jean-Paul was known for his kindness, compassion, and social skills. He worked hard to keep a balance between school work, his social life, and mental health but it became too much for him to handle. He needed a break and had trouble finding a proper escape, which caused him to jump in front of...
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...Case Study 1 Level A Effective Room Arrangement Kelby Cooper Liberty University Online Abstract Teachers’ responsibilities to their students not only include teaching them, but also giving them an environment that they can learn in. Edward is a student who is having trouble completing his work. This paper’s purpose is to identify what is exactly distracting him and how we can help him focus on completing his work through effective room arrangement. Minimizing Distractions Edward is a little over eight years old, is in the third grade, and continually has trouble keeping focus on his work. This leads him to being unable to complete his work and can be caused by three possible distractions. The Iris Center Star Sheet says, “Items (windows, doors, aquariums, etc.), equipment (computer, overhead projectors, etc.), and individuals (reading groups, adjacent peers, etc.) can be distracting (Evertson, Emmer, & Worsham, 2003)” (Evertson & Poole, n.d.). The first distraction that Edward encounters is the window. With many different grades and classes, in addition to weather changes, Edward can easily be distracted seeing a gym class outside the window or younger students having their recess at the time. An easy way to solve this distraction is to get blinds for the windows (unless they already have some) and pull it over so he cannot see the other students outside. With Edward in his current position, the second distraction he is facing would be the computer. He could...
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... | | | | | | | | | | | |Chapter Summary/Lecture Organizer | I. INTRODUCING PSYCHOLOGY A. What is Psychology? - The scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Psychology values empirical evidence - information acquired by direct observation and measurement using systematic scientific methods and critical thinking – the process of objectively evaluating, comparing, analyzing, and synthesizing information. Studying psychology offers practical solutions to everyday problems and develops an appreciation for scientific methods of research, as opposed to pseudo psychologies (“false psychologies”) that pretend to discover psychological information through nonscientific methods. B. Psychology’s Goals -The four goals of psychology are: (1) Description - to describe particular behaviors by careful scientific observation, (2) Explanation...
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...WHAT ARE THE TEACHING METHODS INVOLVED IN THIS MANUAL This training manual outlines a program that uses a range of teaching methods; Presentations that are given by the facilitators or a resource specialist to convey information, theories or principles. Case studies that provide descriptions of real-life situations to be used for group discussions. Small group participatory activities in which participants share experiences and ideas or solve problems together, and then make a presentation to the larger group to stimulate further discussion. Participatory role plays which participants assume roles to demonstrate and reinforce the learning. TIPS FOR THE FACILITATORS It is useful to set some simple ground rules for the training at the beginning of the program and in collaboration with the...
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