Case Study Analysis and Report Assignment 30% This assignment relates to the following Course Learning Requirements: CLR 1: Explain management theories and concepts and the history of management. CLR 2: Describe the features of organizational culture, ethics, social responsibility, and change. CLR 3: Discuss the importance of effective team leadership in achieving organizational goals. CLR 4: Practice decision-making and situational analysis in a business context. CLR 5: Describe each of

CLR 5: Describe each of the organizational leadership styles.

Objective of this Assignment:

The purpose of this assignment is to allow you to individually analyse a management situation through a case study and prepare a report indicating how you analysed the case and what decisions you reached to as a result of that analysis.

Pre-Assignment Instructions:

Download and thoroughly read the Case Methodology attachment, and the Case Scenario attachment in Brightspace. Note: This assignment must by written using MS Word or RTF format preferably in Times Roman 12 pt font. PDF versions of this assignment will be awarded zero marks for format.

Assignment Tasks:

This Case Analysis follows the format detailed below:

1. Write you name at the top of the first page

2. Provide an Executive Summary of the problem found in the Case and the potential solution(s) arrived at following your analysis

3. Write a Situational Analysis using SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) highlighted in the Case

4. List any Assumptions you had to make to manage the Case Analysis

5. In one concise statement, identify the Core Problem highlighted in the Case phrased as a question to be answered by the Alternatives.

6. Detail the Alternatives (there should be more than two with three or four being the preferred number) available that could solve the Core Problem. Each Alternative should be unique and self-sustaining (in other words it does not have to rely on one of the other Alternative in order to be viable). One of the alternatives should be the status quo do nothing.

7. Determine what Evaluative Criteria (example: tables, tools, financial analysis, decision matrix, or quantitative measures) that might be used to examine each Alternative

8. Analyse each Alternative using the Evaluative Criteria you settled on in the previous bullet (here you should try to establish a qualitative or quantitative scoring mechanism in order to rank each of the Alternatives)

9. Decide which Alternative is the most viable solution to solving the Core Problem and describe how you will mitigate and/or manage any disadvantages of selecting this Alternative. Defend the reason for selecting this Alternative (highest score, most advantageous, most financially viable, etc.)

10. Describe how you will implement your selected Alternative. Here you should provide a timeline for the implementation.

11. Provide a list of references at the end of the Case Analysis in APA format that were consulted in preparing the Case Analysis. These could include course notes, your text book, other books, websites, and periodicals

12. Format the Case Report using the following section headings in Times Roman 12 point font:

a. Executive Summary

b. SWOT

c. Assumptions

d. Core Problem Statement

e. Alternatives

a. Alternative 1

b. Alternative 2

c. Alternative 3

d. Alternative 4

f. Evaluative Criteria

g. Decision Matrix

h. Analysis of Alternatives

i. Selection of Best Alternative and Justification

j. Implementation of Best Alternative

k. References.

13. Grammatically and structurally sound