Group Case Study

This assignment will help you develop your critical thinking and analytical skills,
apply ideas, concepts, and terminology from the course to analyzing a real-life
scenario, as well as develop your skills of working in a team. You will be required to
explore a case study assigned by the professor and analyze it in an essay format.

You are expected to look at the presented situation from multiple perspectives,
including but not limited to:

1. Providing a professional assessment of the situation (e.g., reviewing

external/internal environmental factors, providing situational analysis, etc.) as if you
were an invited management consultant

2. Identifying the issues, explain why they are happening, and explain why particular
recommendations are suggested. The recommendations should use material from the
textbook

3. Identifying leadership styles, concepts and methods mentioned in the case

4. Evaluating from a critical thinking perspective if the most suitable leadership

approaches have been used and if they were used correctly and sufficiently and
linking them to what learnt in the course

5. Doing some “what-if” analysis, providing best-practice approaches directed in the

context with the situation

6. Formulating at least 5 future action points to get the best possible outcome from the
situation, focusing on specific measures, benefits, and risks associated with the plan
you propose

Requirements:

· Paper should be at least 2000 words and should exhibit clarity and analytical skills,
appropriate for an MBA level. Specifically, your ideas must be presented in a succinct
and clear way; key ideas must be easily distinguishable and well-developed

· Paper must contain the following sections: table of contents, executive summary,
introduction, main body, conclusion, and recommendations (action points), reference
list. Use in-text citations when necessary, as per APA.
· Paper should employ at least 8-10 relevant in-text citations from the textbook and
other sources; in order to be considered for an A grade, you have to properly employ
relevant research findings beyond the content of the textbook as well as some relevant
statistics in your analysis

· You must demonstrate a solid knowledge of the course concepts and ideas as well as
your ability to successfully apply them to deal with real-life situations

· You must correctly and sufficiently use professional terminology related to the
course

· You must be as specific as possible, illustrating your points with multiple references
to the case content

· You must be impartial in your analysis (consider at least two different views),
beware of your biases which might affect your judgement.

· You must demonstrate a decent level of critical thinking in your analysis, comparing
and contrasting various theories and applying them to the case given

· Paper must be submitted via Turnitin timely (only one submission allowed); late
submissions are penalized by 10%/day

· Contribution of each team member should be clearly indicated in the Introduction

This assignment holds a value of 25% of your final grade.

If you experience some extraordinary circumstances which affect your ability to

complete the assignment on time, e.g., medical emergency, you should request an
extension before the due date,