Final report guide (suggested) From the case study, you can think through a real-life business problem or decision-making process in a logical, professional, ethical, and informed manner. Your primary purpose, then, is to apply your critical-thinking skills and business expertise to a problem faced by a real company and propose a logical, realistic solution. You should show how well you can explain and justify your decisions, much as you would need to do in a real-world business setting. Therefore, you should include enough detail throughout the report that a non-expert, non-professor businessperson can follow your thinking process and enact the solution you propose. There is no specific requirement about the length. Usually, the report can be 4-5 page long. Pertinent background information about the company involved, such as its size, location, processes, products, and organizational culture. A thorough and clear description of the problem or decision the organization faces. Description tends to answer the questions: What happened? Where? When? Who did it? Detail the internal and external forces that have a bearing on the problem. If applicable, include the companys competitive position in your analysis. If the problem is particularly complex, you might need to break this section into several subsections to ensure you thoroughly describe the problem from each angle; in addition, by using sub-sections, you emphasize and highlight the various facets to the problem, demonstrating its scope and complexity. A discussion of the specific solutions or decisions that would solve the problem. Each proposed solution or decision should include enough information to make it actionablethat is, to make it possible for someone within the company to implement your ideas. make sure the body of your report explicitly identifies the model(s) and theory you are applying to the situation and each claim you make about the case is supported with evidence. Your specific recommendation. Given all the factors related to the problem, and the various solutions available to address it, what is your recommendation? In this section of the document, you will most likely find yourself using the first person (I recommend or My recommendation is...) and that is acceptable in most cases. You can also search future information to show your recommendation is great. Charts, graphs, and tables are helpful to illustrate and describe the problem faced by the company and/or the possible solutions and support your claim.