Guidelines for Improving Performance in Case Analysis Report Writing
1.0 Overview Thiscourseexperienceinvolvestheextensiveuseofcase,assignmentand/or projectreportstohelpstudentsapplyconceptsanddemonstratemasteryofthekeyknowledgeelements.Priortothiscourse, fewstudentshavesignificant experienceanalyzingandpreparingthesereports,whichcanmaketheprocessdifficultand,theseguidelineshavebeenwrittento helpensurethattheprocessisbothrewardingandasourceoflearning. Iftheguidelinesandsuggestionssetforthinthis notearefollowed, thentheprobabilityofsuccessshouldbegreatlyenhanced. 2.0 Purpose Thecourseexperienceconsistsoftwo majorlearningcomponents.Thefirstcomponentinvolvescommunicationandunderstandingofknowledge,toolsandtechniques.Thetextbookreadings,guestlecturersonbest practicesand Thesecond involvesapplicationofknowledge,toolsandtechniques.Writtencases,assignmentsand/orgroupprojectscanassistindevelopingthis skill. Ineachoftheseinstances,youwill be calledupontoaddressaproblemexistinginthecasecompany.Youwill beaskedtotakeanill-structuredproblemorsituationandconvertitintoawell-structuredproblemthatyouthenproceedtoresolvethroughyouranalysis,alternativesandrecommendation.Youwillbe askedtoactnotasastudent inthiscourse, but ratherasaneffectiveproblemsolverandasa manager. 3.0 YourRole …