A Case Study: A Focused Study of Homeless Students Toni R. Brent-Willis Capella University ED8102 – Introduction to Qualitative Research, Dr. Patricia Ryan August 4, 2013 Case study research is designed to bring a greater understanding of a specific phenomena or experience. It can also serve to deepen the understanding of an experience that is already known. Yin (1984) defines case study as research method as an empirical inquiry that investigates a contemporary phenomenon within
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Adam Smith MGMT-591 Carr Leadership & Org Behavior Week 3 Case Study 03/24/2013 Reflecting on the case I just read, the group seems to be at the storming stage due to the hostility and infighting occurring. Mike is not going to meetings and the contribution he has made so far is not nearly up to the standard the group has set. Understanding that the group is in this stage is important to the group to know because to have the problems that they do have at this point are somewhat
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This practice based learning is a case study that involves discrimination towards a patient who is part of the traveling community. This practice based learning is a case study that involves discrimination towards a patient who is part of the traveling population within our society. My group colleagues and I decided to use the same methods of collecting information as in the previous case studies. I feel very frustrated because there is a lot of ignorance within our society, lack of information
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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,
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not asked, further reducing the value of the effort. Additionally, the data entry typist and general office support person made a number of errors when keying the data into the spreadsheet, compounding the poor results.” (BIMS Case Study Pt2) Originally the first case study led to some conclusions that may or not have been true. Because the data was found to be inappropriate, un-reliable and not representative, any conclusions found based upon the data were diluted. To come to meaningful solutions
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CASE STUDY INSTRUCTIONS About 15% of premarital couples report as “Conflicted” couples. The goal of this assignment is to evaluate the provided case study on a “Conflicted” couple and to submit a clinical analysis to support this couple. This will require addressing 3 main areas: (1) identifying the key strengths and weaknesses between the couple, (2) discussing how the couple’s personalities might be influencing the situation, (3) developing a strategy to counsel, and potentially support, the couple
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Case Study 3: Casey Anthony Trial In June of 2008, Cynthia Anthony reported her two year old granddaughter, Caylee Anthony missing to the authorities of Orange County in Orlando, Florida. During questioning, Casey Anthony, the mother of Caylee Anthony informed the authorities that her child hand been abducted by her nanny and that she had been searching for her unsuccessfully for a month (Alvarez, 2011). Throughout the initial investigation, detectives found a number of inconsistencies
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Title: The Fall of IBM Date: September 20, 2013 I. Executive Summary The purpose of this case study analysis is to analyze the situation of IBM in the 1990s, to come up with possible mutually exclusive alternatives for IBM’s management and ultimately, to recommend a possible strategy to regain back IBM’s throne in the industry. The problem of the case study is all about the survival of IBM in a much more competitive market ever encountered by the company. And also, overcoming new
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Valley Wide Utilities Case Study Problems Macro The company was faced with financial inefficiencies resulting from an expansion of its facilities. Three years prior, under advisement from outside firm, Valley Wide implemented an MBO program to evaluate department managers, sales engineers, and consumer service employees. President Delgado appointed John Givens and Hilda Hirsh to provide a broad outline of MBO performance standards, identify key standards controlling performance, and more
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REFRESHER ON THE CASE STUDY METHOD The case study method embraces the full set of procedures needed to do case study research. These tasks include designing a case study, collecting the study’s data, analyzing the data, and presenting and reporting the results. (None of the tasks, nor the rest of this book, deals with the development of teaching case studies—frequently also referred to as the “case study method”—the pedagogical goals of which may differ entirely from doing research studies.) The present
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