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CASE ANALYSIS
[Title of the case]
Subject: [e.g., Business Enterprise Simulation / Organization and Management]
Submitted by: [Names]
Grade and section: [ ]
Submitted to: [Name of the teacher]
Date: [ ]
I. Point of View
[Whose position you take in the analysis — the person who must decide: e.g., the owner, the manager, the school head.]
II. Time Context
[When the case happens and by when the decision must be made.]
III. Background of the Case
[The facts only, in your own words: the organization, the people, what happened. No opinions yet. One to three paragraphs.]
IV. Statement of the Problem
[The central problem as one question: “How can [who] [do what] [by when]?” Problems are causes, not symptoms.]
V. Objectives
[What a good solution must achieve — specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and time-bound.]
VI. Areas of Consideration (SWOT)
[Facts from the case that affect the decision.]
Strengths (internal) Weaknesses (internal)
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Opportunities (external) Threats (external)
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VII. Alternative Courses of Action
[At least three realistic options. For each: what it is, its advantages and its disadvantages.]
Alternative Advantages Disadvantages
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ACA 2: [ ] [ ] [ ]
ACA 3: [ ] [ ] [ ]
VIII. Recommendation
[The chosen alternative and why: how it meets the objectives better than the others. A scoring table helps — rate each alternative from 1 (low) to 5 (high) on each criterion.]
Criterion ACA 1 ACA 2 ACA 3
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[Time to implement] [ ] [ ] [ ]
[Fits the objectives] [ ] [ ] [ ]
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IX. Plan of Action
[How the recommendation will be carried out.]
Activity Person responsible Timeline Resources / budget Success indicator
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X. Conclusion
[What the analysis shows and what will happen if the recommendation is followed. One paragraph.]
References
[APA 7th edition, alphabetical, hanging indent: the case itself and every source you used.]
[Surname, A. A. (Year). Title of the case or article. Source. URL]
TIPS — delete this page before submitting
• Follow the format your teacher gives: some classes add “Assumptions” or “Analysis of the Case”, and nursing or medical case studies use a different (patient) format.
• Separate facts (Background, SWOT) from your opinion (Recommendation). Every claim in the analysis should point back to a fact from the case.
• Grey text in [brackets] is an instruction — replace it with your own text.
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