Write a case study analysis explaining the ethical issues related to the study. Your case study analysis should be a minimum of 1,500 words, written in an appropriate format. References and in-text citations should be in APA format.
Assignment Requirements
The paper should be formatted in APA style and should be a minimum of 1,500 words.
Be sure to include both in-text citations and references for all sources. Your sources and content should follow proper APA citation style. For more information on APA style formatting, refer to the resources under the Academic Tools area of this course.
CASE STUDY EXAMPLE
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Case Study Analysis
Case study analyses are investigations of situations or problems in order to examine or propose the most effective solution, treatment, or approach to solving or addressing the problem.
Analyzing a case entails looking at the situation fronm various angles paying attention to even the smallest details, as it is usually details that lead you to understanding a situation to its fullest and help you make effective decisions. To analyze a case study, follow these basic guidelines:
Read carefully Identify major issues Identify alternative courses of action Recommend a course of action Provide a rationale for your decision
Read Carefully
Every case study you encounter will be different. Read slowly and carefully, taking notes or annotating the document. If appendices are included, read those carefully too, as the smallest detail can make a difference in what you determine is the best course of action. Read tables and figures carefully, and interpret them in relation to the information contained in the case study.
Identify Major Issues
Your main job when analyzing a case study is to learn to identify major issues of concern. Details are individual instances of action, but details can provide evidence for how a major issue is being affected. For instance, if someone is consistently sending out poorly written letters with misspellings and grammar errors to clients, that’s a detail; however, that detail is evidence that the company’s reputation is at stake.
Once you identify major issues, look at how they are being presented or compromised in the case study so that you have a basis for how to effectively deal with the situation and solve the problem. Typically, case studies are written in chronological order, so it may take several readings to identify major issues correctly (O’Rourke, 2007) and from various perspectives.
Identify Alternative Courses of Action
This is where you put your course knowledge to work. What have you learned about how to solve certain issues through your course material and discussions? To identify an appropriate course of
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action, or identify several ways to deal with a situation, you will apply what you have learned to your understanding of the case study and the major issues you have already identified.
Recommend a Course of Action
A recommendation is a plan for implementing a certain course of action that you deem to be the most advantageous. Choose a course of action that you identified in the earlier section and set forth the details for how to put this decision into action. Who needs to do what, when, where, and how?
Provide a Rationale for Your Decision
Provide your audience with reasons for the conclusions you have drawn, including any additional or outside research you have conducted to substantiate your decision.
## Analysis Tools
Before writing your case study analysis, review the case study using one or more of the tools listed below and designed to help identify critical issues in the case study. Your instructor may have certain requirements and ask you to use one or several of the tools below in your case analysis.
SWOT Analysis
SWOT or SWOTT is an acronym for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats, and Technology. This tool used to analyze various aspects of a company. This framework sets you up nicely to ask questions about the company in order to determine what issues might affect a company the most. A search in the Business Source Complete database in the Purdue Global Library will provide a number of results that describe the SWOT Analysis tool.
Fishbone (Ishikawa) Diagram
Fishbone is a cause and effect tool for determining the major problems in a case study and formulate a problem statement. A quick search on the Internet will result in multiple sites that show this diagram and its use.
Flowchart Diagram
A flowchart diagram are used for visually displaying a process of any kind. Processes are oftentimes viewed differently by each individual, so such a display will help readers understand where a process is breaking down or how to improve an existing process, or even develop an entirely new process. There are various software programs that specialize in drawing flow charts, and even Microsoft Word has a simple flow diagram tool, and a quick search on the Internet will show what such a diagram looks like.
Capital Budgeting Analysis
This is a financial tool that helps you to understand the financial implications of a situation. It helps one to see the cost benefits or how the bottom line is affected. A template of a capital budgeting analysis is
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provided by clicking on this link: CapitalBudgeting Template
What Does a Case Study Analysis Look Like?
Depending on your instructor and/or class, you may be asked to write your case study analysis in several ways: as a report, a business letter, or memo.
Additional guidelines for preparing your case study:
Do not paraphrase or summarize the case study in your analysis. Use the case study to help answer key questions provided to you by your professor or on the assignment. Case studies are used as learning tools, so the purpose of writing a case study analysis is to demonstrate your learning through your analysis and recommendations. Base your analysis and recommendations on course material and other relevant outside research. Use a deductive reasoning, which means to start with an overarching statement that is supported in subsequent parts of your analysis with plenty of details. In real world situations, you cannot assume your readers are as familiar with a case as you are, so use plenty of detail and fully explain any conclusions you draw from the case. Use proper citation and other guidelines for appropriate use of sources and document formatting, categorizing information into sections or under headings, and revising and editing carefully.
References
O’Rourke, J. S. (2007). Management communication: A case-analysis approach. Pearson Prentice Hall.
Salinas, A. (n.d.). Capital budget analysis template. https://kuportal- a.akamaihd.net/ascmedia/wc/capitalbudgetingtemplate.xls
Writing a Case Study Analysis Report
A report is a generic term for a business document that provides general information about a project or company. There are various types of reports (i.e., progress, feasibility, informative) and the way reports are formatted and written vary according to the purpose and audience of the document. A case study analysis may be written as a report in which case you might consider using the following structure:
Introduction or Background – This section introduces the purpose of the report, which is to offer an analysis and recommendation for a course of action based on a certain situation (the case study). Major Issues – In this section, identify major issues that result from the case study. Also explain how these issues are part of the problem or are being compromised according to the details in the case study. Alternative Courses of Action – In this section, provide readers with various options for solving the problem. This shows you have thought through the situation from various angles. Recommendation – Recommend one course of action from the previous section. Provide a rationale for this course of action, as well as details about how this action should be implemented.
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Conclusion – Every document has to have a conclusion. In this case, you can reiterate your recommendation and how that recommendation will solve the issues mentioned in the second section of this report.
Writing a Case Study Analysis Business Letter
A business letter is generally used to build relationships; however, in some cases, business letters can serve as vehicles for sharing information. If asked to provide a case study analysis through a business letter, you will want to follow these general letter-writing guidelines.
Introduction: Every business letter should have an introductory paragraph that announces the purpose of the letter.
Body paragraphs: Once the purpose has been established in the introductory paragraph, use the body paragraphs to describe or explain relevant details according to your reader’s needs. For a case study analysis, use these paragraphs to identify major issues and recommend a course of action, as well as provide your rationale for your recommendation. Usually, you will not include your analysis tools in a business letter like you might in a report. You can still use the tools, but because a business letter is generally more succinct and concise than a report, generally, you would not show your analysis.
Conclusion: Every business letter should include a closing paragraph that may, in this case, reiterate your recommendation and/or let the reader know what you would like him or her to do as a result of the letter.
A business letter should always include the sender’s address, a date, the receiver’s address, and an opening and closing salutation as shown in the following example.
Example 1: Sample Business Letter Using Block Style Formatting
Front Range Design and Printing 1234 University Avenue, Denver, CO 80936 303-555-5555, www.frdesignandprinting.com
September 27, 2010
Dr. Roberta Perez Front Range Technical Institute 2266 Technical Institute Way Falcon, CO 80831
Dear Dr. Perez:
Thank you for choosing Front Range Design and Printing to create and print the marketing brochures for Front Range Technical Institute. Per our phone call yesterday, we are ready to begin the design process and welcome any level of involvement you choose.
Your designer is Patricia Beltran, who will contact you this week to set up an appointment to gather information on brochure size, paper, colors, logo permissions, and standardized design of all pieces. She also will ask for contact information for each department that will need a brochure. Patricia works directly with the writer for your project, Alex Trujillo, who will be working with the contact person in each department to gather information for the text of the brochures.
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Once a preliminary design has been created and a draft of the text is written, we will provide you with mock-ups for approval. There are approximately four stages of approval in the design process and two approvals needed when the brochures go to print. We will notify you one week in advance of each approval needed. Patricia also will provide you with a timeline for completion after your initial meeting with her.
We look forward to serving Front Range Technical Institute, and like all of our customers, we will provide you with our best professional and personalized service at all times. If at any time you have questions or concerns, please contact me at 303-555-5555 or at [email protected].
Sincerely,
Ann Brand
Ann Brand, President
From Technical writing (p. xx), by Martinez, D. Peterson, T., Wells, C., Hannigan, C., & Stevenson, C., 2008, Kaplan Publishing, Inc. Copyright 2020 by Kaplan Publishing, Inc. Reprinted with permission.
Writing a Case Study Analysis Memo
A memo is an internal form of communication, meaning memos are not usually sent to clients or customers. They generally stay in-house and are used to communicate company information. Sometimes, you may be asked to report your findings of a case analysis through a memo. The format for a memo is as follows:
Date: Current date To: State the person’s name and title on this line (Diane Hendrix, CEO) From: State the sender’s name and title on this line (Joe Morgan, Customer Service Representative) Subject: Be brief, but descriptive in your subject line
Sometimes the Date, To, From, and Subject lines are single spaced and sometimes they are double- spaced depending on your company’s preference. The body of a memo is single spaced and follows the Subject line (double-space after the Subject line). Double space between the paragraphs. The body of the memo can be set up similar to the format for a case study analysis report (see outline for a report above). You may also use subheadings in a memo for easier reading. While a memo is also a shorter type of correspondence than a report, for instance, you may or may not want to include information from your analysis tools, depending on whether or not you think the reader needs to see that information (or your professor asks for it). Usually, that kind of information might be extraneous for a memo, but you should always check with your reader first to verify if it is needed or wanted.
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