Overview
To prepare for this Assignment
- Read the How to Analyze a Business Case Study and Case Study Analysis Template resources. You will want to download these and keep them handy for future weeks in this course.
- Refer to the scenario from the HBR article “Case Study: Give Your Colleague the Rating He Deserves—or the One He Wants?” and note your answers to the following questions:Helpful Tip: You can use the Background of the Problem section of the Case Study Analysis Template to list your answers to these questions:
- Who are the key players in this scenario (names, titles)?
- What is the essence of the business challenge in this case?
- What key factors in the scenario are strategically important to the central characters, senior leaders, and company?
- Review the other resources and consider your initial thoughts about how studying case studies might be useful to you as a student in a professional doctorate program.
Submit a 2- to 3-page summary of the case (using the template as a guide) in which you do the following:
- Describe the key players and their roles in this scenario (names, titles).
- Explain the essence of the business challenge.
- Describe the key factors in the scenario that are strategically important to the central characters, senior leaders, and company.
- Explain how studying business cases can support you in your DBA program and in your professional career.
Refer to the Week 1 Assignment Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this rubric to assess and grade your Assignment.Please Note: For each page of your paper, you must include APA-formatted citations and relevant examples to support your work.
Required readings:
- Mayo, J., Margolis, J. D., & Gallo, A. (2020, January/February). Case study: Give your colleague the rating he deserves—or the one he wants? Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 2–6. https://hbr.org
- Nohria, (2021, December 21). What the case study method really teaches. Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 1–7. https://hbr.org
- Pilz, M., & Zenner, (2018). Using case studies in business education to promote networked thinking: Findings of an intervention studyLinks to an external site.. Teaching in Higher Education, 23(3), 325–342. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2017.1382467