Case Instructions
BUS 302 / FALL 2010
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Class works
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Team Exercises 1 & 2
COBAE Options Presentations
Ethics Cases (in class & writing)
LDC Core Cases
– Coaching Sessions
– Presentation
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LDC Cases: Overview
• The task
– Most weeks: A consulting report
– One week: A presentation to your client
• The details
– Cases Details: in your text
– Questions: on the class web-site (or instructor
sends you via email)
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The procedure
• Coaching Days
– Work plan due (one per group)
– Be ready with questions
• Presentation Days
– Presenters
• Professors: Case 1
• Student Groups: Cases 2-5
– Non-presenting Groups turn in Report
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Case Materials
• Cases and “libraries” in your text
• Questions/Requirements and other data
posted or sent by instructor
• Schedule of presentations
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Written Report: Advices
• Follow the premise of the case
– Don’t answer questions in order
– Think about what’s important to the client
– In essay format with sections for related
issues (accounting, finance, legal, stats…)
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Written Report: Format
• Transmittal Memo
– May be single spaced, line between
paragraphs
– Include the group number, member names,
date/time of class meeting
• Executive Summary
– Double spaced, one page in length
• Body
– About 10 pages, not counting appendices
– Double spaced / Indent paragraphs
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Written Report: Format …
• References
– Follow a standard format, be consistent
• Appendices
– Label clearly for easy reference in the text
– May be single spaced
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Written Report: Hints
• No report covers needed, just a staple.
• Label all figures and tables
• Technical material (details of calculations) in the
appendix
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Written Report: Grading
• Grade is for the whole group
– Content grade
– Writing grade
• Individual grade depends on team
evaluation
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Presentations
• Grading
– Individual Grades
• The presenting group does NOT have to
turn in a written report that week.
• Other teams submit their reports to
TurnItIn.com to verify their originality
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Q&A
• For each case, a non-presenting team
(challenge team) ask each presenter
questions first (10 minutes)
• Then the whole class (30 minutes)
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