Case Study Fair Trade Coffee

Worksheet for Case Analysis (MGT 302). This worksheet follows the format of the case study videos posted in the Course Policies module. Type each significant symptom in its own cell (left column) and complete the rest of the row, demonstrating your ability to correctly apply management principles.

Before each symptom, it might help you to ensure you have covered the relevant theory bases to include the category of P-O-L-C and sub-category in which the symptom best fits. Use these (taken from the text organization:

P (planning): V (vision & mission); S (strategizing); G (goals & objectives).

O (organizing): O (organizational design); C (culture); S (social networks).

L (leading): L (leadership); D (decision making); C (communications), GT (groups & teams); M (motivation).

C (controlling): S (systems & processes); SHR (strategic human resources).

For example, "O/C" would mean culture within the Organizing frame, whereas "L/C" would mean communication in the Leading frame. Or you can write "leading/communications" if you prefer.

Fair Trade Coffee: The Mainstream Debate By: Richard M. Locke, Cate Reavis, Diane Cameron

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https://silo.tips/download/fair-trade-coffee-the-mainstream-debate

The worksheet is an analysis: understand the significant problems; discern the surface and underlying causes and; and develop recommendations for improvement explicitly based on management principles.

Symptom (case fact) P-O-L-C*	Surface Cause	Underlying Cause	Theoretical Basis