A Framework for Case Analysis Case analysis is a problem solving process. You are demonstrating in a systematic way how you have defined a key problem/issue, identified plausible, realistic alternatives (not necessarily limited by those suggested in the case), analyzed these alternatives using common criteria, and finally developed a complete set of recommendations. This process challenges your organizational and communication skills as much as your analytical and quantitative skills. Step 1. Situation
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Schilling, Melissa A.; STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT of TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 4th Edition, 2013 ISBN 978-0-07-802923-3 Cases* Hewlett-Packard Merced Division SAP America VMware Inc., 2008 IBM and Eclipse (A) Oracle vs. salesforce.com Enterprise IT at Cisco (2004) Google Inc. *All Cases are from the Harvard Business Review and are available at the SCU Bookstore Course Objectives: • To develop an awareness of the range, scope, and complexity
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✓ Materials Needed Performance Measurement & Control Systems for Implementing Strategy: Text and Cases, by Simons, Robert. Prentice Hall, ISBN #0-13-234006-2 Cases in Management Accounting & Control Systems 4th Edition, by Allen, Brownlee, Haskins and Lynch, Pearson-Prentice Hall, ISBN #0-13-570425-1 Freakonomics: A Rouge Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, Harper Collins, ISBN#0-06-073132-X ✓ University Communication with Students
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learn tools and concepts for putting some structure into your analysis of strategic issues. But most strategic choices require judgment. Case studies enable us to test our judgment and learn vicariously from successful and unsuccessful managers in a variety of situations. Hence, class discussion of the cases is a central part of your learning experience. Methods: We will combine cases, lectures, individual and group papers and presentations. Pre-requisites: First semester of Core. Textbook: Jay Barney
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FAKULTI PERAKAUNAN UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA 40450, SHAH ALAM LESSON PLAN Semester: September 2013 – January 2014 PROGRAM NAME : Bachelor In Accountancy PROGRAM CODE : AC220 COURSE NAME : Integrated Case Study COURSE CODE : MAF 680 LECTURE : 2 hrs/ wk TUTORIAL : 1 hrs /wk LECTURER : PM Dr Mohd Ismail Ramli 0355442874/ 0192188156/01116727408 Email: ismailmr@salam.uitm.edu.my PLAN STRUCTURE
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Cases are the next best thing to being there. They provide a unique view of the organization processes, problems, and opportunities. Case analysis permits the assumption of various roles on the part of a discussant. Thus, you can assume the role of a user or programmer in one instant, and then take on the job of chief executive officer in the next. There are instances where there does not seem to be enough data or information in a case to make a decision. A lack of information and uncertainty
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Summary of a guide to case analysis The guideline provides an overall strategies for us to explore our insights and analysis ability. First of all, it explains the importance of using cases to practice strategic management. Learning by doing is a point that the author points out, which means that students are assumed as a part of the company, and dealing with various situation, solving problems by applying tools and concepts, have the ability to create an action plan. There are 7 key strategies
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------------------------------------------------- Business communication for domestic and international markets: case reports, electronic communication, meetings; audience, style and tone (I, II, III)* 1 ------------------------------------------------- Credibility; personal and corporate ethics (I)* 2 ------------------------------------------------- Analysis of business articles and cases (I-V)* 3 ------------------------------------------------- Interpretation of data, critical evaluation
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SPRING 2009 Office Phone Email Chiung-Hui Tseng 61411A (Institute of International Business) (06) 275-7575 ext.53512 ctseng@mail.ncku.edu.tw Texts Ireland, Hoskisson, and Hitt (2009) The Management of Strategy: Concepts and Cases, 8th Edition, South-Western Press. Course Objectives In the past a few decades, the trend of globalization has rendered the world economies more interdependent. All businesses today (both international and domestic ones) are exposed to international
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Case Analysis Guide The Six Steps for Preparing a Case Analysis with excerpts from: “Teaching and the Case Method”, Barnes, Christiansen, Hansen; Harvard Business School Publishing. Professor Edward G. Wertheim, College of Business Administration, Northeastern University Why study using the case method? Stated simply, to teach you, the student, how to think. “The sole direct path to enduring improvements in the methods of instruction and learning consists in centering upon
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