MGMT 3500: CASE INFORMATION

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CASE POLICY:

Group discussion with peers on the case merit, discoveries, articles, etc. is encouraged.

ALL work turned in for evaluation to the professor MUST be the student's individual and original work. Any deviation from this expectation will result in a grade of zero.

Students do not have to reference the text or articles. Providing a copy of the articles is required. However, if the document is not 80% original work the grade will be a Zero. Turn it in, a software to ensure original writing percentages when writing papers, is available to students for the purpose self-evaluation of in-common text.

The Case Template provides hints in [] for how long the individual sections should be. The bullet points sections do not have to be complete sentences unless needed. The short paragraph sections should be a minimum of 3 sentences for each question. The paragraph sections should be a minimum of 5 sentences for each question. – Further Note: The paragraph sections are the meat of the Case Assignments. If one of the short paragraph sections ends up being longer than required then it would be acceptable for a paragraph section to be shorter than required. However, at minimum two sections should consist of five sentence paragraph answers for each question.
All short paragraph and paragraph sections should include Course terminology, concepts, or theories.

Grammar and Spell Check must be performed prior to submission.

Format adjustments to the template are NOT permitted.

Email professor with questions anytime throughout the process.

An originality check is recommended and provdied through the course in D2L.

Students should review the Evaluation Rubric provided to prevent any surprises in final evaluations.

Students should review the Evaluation/Comments on the Disney Example Case.

DOWNLOADS:

EVALUATION RUBRIC:

CASE RUBRIC EVALUATION	(A) Excellent	(B) Above Average	(D) Below Average	(F) Poor
(10) Follow Instructions	(10) Everything performed as instructed	(9-6) Missed one minor instruction	(5-1) Missed one major instruction or two to three minor instructions	(0) Missed several instructions
(20) Proper Grammar	(20) No Errors	(19-11) 3 or less errors	(10-1) 4 or more errors	(0) Not Cohesive
(50) Usage of Course Concepts, Theories, Terminology	(50) Strong Course Material Presence and consistently applied correctly.	(49-30) Some Course Material Present and applied or mostly applied correctly.	(29-1) Course Material Present yet several instances of incorrect application.	(0) Course Material NOT Present
(20) Academic Sources	(20) Included and Apparent throughout the Brief	(19-10) Included and Mentioned a few times in all sections or Included and mentioned often in at least half the sections	(9-1) Included but only mentioned a few times in a few sections or Not Included but mentioned frequently in most sections	(0) Not Included or Mentioned
				TOTAL

SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS: (provided in download above)

MANAGEMENT CASE INSTRUCTIONS/RUBRIC

Expand and Collapse Sections as needed by clicking on arrows to the left of headings.

PART 1: PREP WORK

· Log into the lab. Click on Communication Tools, Document Sharing, and then MGMT 3500 to reveal project documents

· Review the Project Instructions, Example Disney Case, Evaluation Rubric, and Case Template.

· Policy Note: Email professor with questions anytime throughout the process.

PART 2: CASE REVIEW & BRAINSTORMING

· Read the Assigned Case in the Course Text.

· Post Your Individual answer to the three questions marked with a Blue Star in the Online Lab under the tab titled EOC Discussion Questions.

· Policy Note: Group discussion with peers on the case merit, discoveries, articles, etc. is encouraged. However, ALL documents turned in for evaluation to the professor are to be the student’s individual and original work. Any deviation from this expectation will result in a grade of zero.

PART 3: RESEARCH & TEXT APPLICATION

· Visit the Library and find TWO scholarly academic or other credible Journal article discussing the exact information from the text case.

· Seek out the resource manager for help with locating acceptable articles or correct content if needed.

· Outline/List various course terminology, theories, and concepts that have been utilized or should have been applied in the case.

· Policy Note: Students do not have to reference the text or articles. Providing a copy of the articles is required. However, if the document is not 80% original work the grade will be a Zero. Turn it in, a software to ensure original writing percentages when writing papers, is available to students for the purpose self-evaluation of in-common text.

PART 4: WRITING

· Download the Case Template provided under Shared Documents in the lab. (see location details below)

· Enter the Case # and Semester in the Header

· Enter Your Name and the Case Title in the Footer

· Complete the Case Brief based on knowledge gained in the text and academic sources.

· Ensure ALL heading sections are Expanded and SAVE the document with the following format “Case0_ProfSchmidt” or “Case1_JaneSmith”

· Policy Notes:

o PN: Be sure to review the Evaluation Rubric provided to prevent any surprises in final evaluations. Also, review the Evaluation/Comments on the Disney Example Case I wrote and provided under the Shared Document Section of the lab.

o PN: The Case Template provides hints in [] for how long the individual sections should be. The bullet points sections do not have to be complete sentences unless needed. The short paragraph sections should be a minimum of 3 sentences for each question. The paragraph sections should be a minimum of 5 sentences for each question. – Further Note: The paragraph sections are the meat of the Case Assignments. If one of the short paragraph sections ends up being longer than required then it would be acceptable for a paragraph section to be shorter than required. However, at minimum two sections should consist of five sentence paragraph answers for each question.

o PN: All short paragraph and paragraph sections should include Course terminology, concepts, or theories.

o PN: Grammar and Spell Check must be performed prior to submission.

o PN: Format adjustments to the template are not permitted.

PART 5: SUBMISSION

· Submit Case to Professor

o Log into lab.

o Click on Document Sharing under the Communication Tools tab.

o Click on the Correct Case Number and Title

o Click Upload Document

o Be sure “Instructor Only” is checked

o Choose File

o Click Upload Document

o Type your Name in the Description

o Click Add Entry

· Policy Note: Only ONE MS WORD FILE should be submitted per student. The first two pages should be the Case Brief. Subsequent pages should be the scholarly articles or links to them. You may have to convert the articles to PDFs and then insert them into the Word document.