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OPRE 6366.502 Cisco Systems Case Study Report Assignment 1 DUE DATE: SUBMISSION DETAILS: MIDNIGHT on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 Your report must be fully contained within one file and submitted through eLearning. Your report will only be accepted through eLearning. Plan accordingly and wisely. Reports submitted after the due date will receive a 10% grade penalty for each day it is late. The time stamp on your eLearning submission will determine the late penalty. 1) This report will be completed in groups. The groups are listed on the last page of this assignment. 2) Read the entire assignment carefully. All the details you need to successfully fulfill the requirements of the assignment are provided. Each group member will be required to submit to the instructor a hand-written Peer-Review Input form for each of the other group members. The Peer-Review Input form will be available on eLearning. Completed forms may be submitted in hard-copy format or as a scanned file emailed to sonialeach@utdallas.edu. The case study report will be graded based upon the following components: quality of information presented; quality of the insights and related discussions; quality of the contingency plans suggested; group size; and, adherence to the instructions provided. Individual grades will be determined on the basis of two components: the case study report grade and the peer-review input from the other group members.
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This assignment was prepared with the assistance of materials prepared by M. Cakanyildirim to complement and update the Stanford Graduate School of Business case Cisco Systems, Inc., #GS-66. The ideas presented here are for class discussion and do not related to any Cisco policy.
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CASE REPORT FORMAT
The case study report must contain the items listed below, presented in the order given. Summary information sections of the report (items 1, 2 & 6) may be no
References: SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Refocusing on a Simpler Cisco: 2011 Update Cisco reports quarterly earnings on Nov 9, 2011