BRIEF FOR TEAM PROJECT

Introduction

The Team Project is based on the case study, the text of which is distributed separately from this Briefing Document.

The purpose of a case study project is to help you to develop your skills in:-

- analysing an organisational situation;

- identifying issues, problems and opportunities; and, where appropriate,

- making recommendations for action and/or improvement.

In so doing, the project will enable you to combine theory and practice, by applying your

course learning to a real organization situation.

At the same time, this project is designed to help you to develop your teamwork skills, an area of skill that is becoming increasingly important in the world of business and management, and in organisational life in general. Your effective performance as a team member will therefore be an important part of this project, and will count significantly towards your individualised project mark.

Your Task

Imagine you are a management consultancy team hired by the organization highlighted in the case, to investigate the situations described and provide appropriate solutions. By applying material from your course, you are required to analyse the situation, conflicts and conditions and produce a report, which:

Examines and explains the cause(s), nature and development of the situation.

Examines and explains the objectives among the various parties involved in the situation.

Addresses questions included in the case.

Offers advice to each of the parties involved, aimed at helping resolve the dilemmas posed and to prevent similar conflicts from arising and escalating in the future.

USE THE CASE ANALYSIS MODEL AND INDIVIDUALLY COMPLETE ALL STEPS REQUIRED. YOU ARE TO SHARE YOUR INDIVIDUAL VIEWS WITH YOUR TEAM AND AS A TEAM COMPOSE A UNIFIED AND COMPREHENSIVE PAPER BASED ON INFORMATION FROM THE CASE ANALYSIS MODEL AS WELL AS YOUR TEAM DISCUSSIONS.