Management & Organizational Behavior (MGT255)
Case Study Assignment
The purpose of the case study assignment is to apply the concepts and theories you have learnt throughout the course to a particular business case. Each student needs to write a case study analysis report for an assigned case study (8-10 pages) excluding the title page and references. The written report includes two major parts: the case study summary which includes summarizing the case major problems and issues and relate them to the relevant theories and course concepts (2-3 pages). While the second part focuses on analyzing the case questions
and answering them critically (6-7 pages). Your answers for the case questions need to be in an essay format and to be supported by an academic evidence based on the literature review using as minimum of relevant 12 references (journal articles). The structure of the case study written report should be as follows:
Management & Organizational Behavior (MGT255)
Title Page: Course title, assignment title, student name, instructor name, date, etc. Please use the university’s formal template.
Table of Contents
Executive Summary: A coherent summary of the whole group project. It should provide the reader with a clear understanding of the report without having to look at any other part of the report.
Case Study Summary: Summarize the case major problems and issues and relate them to the relevant theories and course concepts.
Analysis and Answers of the Case Questions: Analyze and answer the case study questions in an essay format. Provide your recommendations based on practical and theoretical evidence.
Conclusion
A summary of the issues discussed. Your own conclusion based on the issues discussed on the report.
Reference list
Management & Organizational Behavior (MGT255)
APA referencing style will be used and no need for endnotes. The case study will be assigned by the instructor and the assessment weight is 30 marks and no oral presentation is required. Marking rubric of the case study assignment is provided at end of this document. The submission of the assignment will be through the blackboard and it is due in week 8 as stated in the blackboard and no late submission will be accepted.
The assignment needs to be typed, in the following format:
Font size 12 point, spacing 1.5, margins set at normal. The pages need to be numerated. In the content list page, numbers are to be given under the different sub-headlines. New paragraphs are to be marked by skipping a line, it is not to be marked by indentation. Headlines are to be written from the left margin, not centred.