Team Case Study Report and Reflective Journal

Team case study report with individual reflective journal on the team project.Team Case Study Report - 5000 words.Assignment comprises a team case study report worth 40 marks and an individual reflective journal on the team project worth 10 marks.

-Students should organise teams comprising four members.

-Teams must select one of the ten case studies presented in this unit for their team case study project.

-Teams are encouraged to post a message on the discussion forum canvassing potential options for this case study project and inviting external students to join their team.

-Alternatively, external students you are welcome to form your own teams without internal students if you prefer, you can do this by posting a message on the discussion forum.

-Processes and protocols for team management and communication should be negotiated between team members.

-Teams do not need to have a designated leader however you may prefer to do so.

-Communication can be via face-to-face meetings if that is feasible for your team, or you may prefer virtual communication using apps such as What’s App, Facebook,Messenger, Google Hangouts, or sending messages to each other via the LMS…

The following guidelines are provided to assist students with this team case study project, however they are not intended to be prescriptive (ie: your team may decide that an alternative structure is preferred).

However, it is imperative to ensure that the structure you select for your team case study project enables you to satisfy the requirements of the assessment criteria for this assignment listed in the marking rubric below:

A business case study analysis requires investigation of a firm, its competitors, stakeholders and operating environment. It should identify opportunities for growth and development and issues and or constraints which could limit or prohibit the firm’s growth and development. It should identify and evaluate alternative solutions for these issues using supporting evidence.

1. Read and examine the case thoroughly. Locate relevant information, take notes,highlight relevant facts.

2. Focus your analysis:

-Identify two to five key growth opportunities and two to five issues that could slow or prevent the firm from attaining this growth.

-Why do they exist?

-How do they impact the firm?

-Who is responsible for them?

3. Identify the resources the firm needs to attain this potential growth (financial, human capital, technological, regulatory, partners). Identify and evaluate obstacles or limitations to attaining these resources.

4. Identify possible solutions to these problems; evaluate the feasibility of implementing each potential solution (cost, technology, competitor’s imitating product/service etc.).

5. Select the best solution; gather supporting evidence and arguments to support your chosen solution.

Introduction

-Identify the key opportunities for growth and development and problems and issues in the case study.Summarise the outcome of your analysis in 1–2 sentences.

Background

-Set the scene: background information, relevant facts, and the most important issues.

-Demonstrate that you have researched the opportunities and problems for your case study firm.

Alternatives

-Outline possible alternatives (not necessarily all of them)

-Explain why alternatives were rejected

-Constraints/reasons

-Why are alternatives not possible at this time?

Proposed Tactics

-Provide specific and realistic solutions for key issues.

-Explain why these solutions were chosen

-Support these solutions with solid evidence

-Concepts from class (text readings, discussions, lectures)

-Outside research

-Personal experience (anecdotes)

Recommendations

-Determine and discuss specific strategies for accomplishing the proposed growth and development.

-If applicable, recommend further action to resolve some of the issues

-What should be done and who should do it? 

After you have composed the first draft of your case study analysis, read through it to check for any

gaps or inconsistencies in content or structure: Have you provided solid evidence? Is any component from the analysis missing?

When you make the necessary revisions, proofread and edit your analysis before submitting the final draft. 

Students should prepare and submit an individual reflective journal on the team project.The purpose of this journal is for students to reflect on their contributions to the team project and the team’s dynamics and how this impacts their work. As such it is imperative that students ensure that they commence their individual journal at the commencement of the unit and that they make multiple journal entries at various points throughout the team project.Students should then select some of these journal entries for submission.