A case study is a scenario in a particular professional context which students are expected to analyse and respond to, guided by specific questions posed concerning the situation. In many cases, the scenario or case study involves a number of issues or problems that must be dealt with in a professional workplace.

Case study assignments usually require students to identify problems and issues in a scenario, to demonstrate their developing knowledge of theories and professional policies and to make decisions and recommendations based on these to either prevent or solve some of the issues in that scenario.

Step 1:	Build the Case Determine the specific goal you hope to accomplish. In general, cases can assess the application of concepts to complex real world situation, including building analytical skills that distinguish high priority from low priority elements.
Step 2:	Build the Discussion Review basic info, then have students move to centering on objectives and solutions.
Step 3:	Reflect on Responses After students have discussed the case and proposed recommendations or solutions, reflect on students responses as a group.

The following questions may help you to do this:

What actions were taken in the case?

Were these actions the most appropriate and why?

Were there any consequences of the actions taken?

Was anything omitted or not considered?

Were actions/procedures in line with existing codes of practice, policy or theories?

Writing Guidelines.

INTRODUCTION

Your introduction should always make clear to your reader what topic you are going to discuss and how you will do so in your assignment. If you have taken the time to read your questions carefully, have done your reading and have planned your answers, you should have a clear idea about what you are about to write. Introductions move from general to more specific information to introduce your topic. The last sentence should be a thesis statement, which tells the reader clearly what to expect.

BODY PARAGRAPHS

This is where you begin to discuss the case study. Depending on how many questions you have been set and how much discussion is involved in answering each one, you must decide on the number of paragraphs

required for each question. You may have, for example, four paragraphs addressing one question and only one paragraph for another, depending on its complexity.

CONCLUSION

Your conclusion needs to draw together all of the main points you have made in the body of your assignment, without adding anything that has not been discussed in the body. Spend time on it as it is the last part of your assignment that your tutor will read before grading you. It should make them think: Yes, all of the issues have been addressed and answered fully.