2004 What Is a Case Study and What Is It Good for? JOHN GERRING Boston University T his paper aims to clarify the meaning‚ and explain the utility‚ of the case study method‚ a method often practiced but little understood. A “case study‚” I argue‚ is best defined as an intensive study of a single unit with an aim to generalize across a larger set of units. Case studies rely on the same sort of covariational evidence utilized in non-case study research. Thus‚ the case study method is correctly
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Technology is ever changing and established infrastructures must acclimate to such changes‚ in turn to provide effective and efficient IT solutions. With every organization‚ as technology is ever changing‚ one must adapt to be able to stay cutting edge‚ in a competitive market place. In the case of Jefferson County School System‚ which consists of fourteen elementary schools‚ two middle schools‚ and two high schools‚ the current technology in place was dated and needed replacement. JCSS’ assigned
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Writing assignment (Case Study of Sammy) There are several problems that the main character Sammy has which are lack of self-concept‚ lack of self-esteem and lack of communication with parents and the failure of controlling her emotion. Firstly‚ Sammy is lack of self-concept which is the totality of thoughts and feelings with reference to oneself as an object.(Rosenberg‚1979) According to the scenario‚ it showed that Sammy do not have definite view towards her future because she do not know the
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CASE STUDIES Submitted for course SSC 130 Essentials of Psychology February 20‚ 2013 Assignment number 05020600 THE CASE STUDY OF: THE FALLEN ATHLETE (P.79) 1. In the story‚” The right side of Tim’s body was paralyzed and he was having great difficulty trying to talk”. Thus‚ it suggests that the left hemisphere of Tim’s brain suffered during his stroke‚ because language processing occur more in the left side if the brain. In general‚ the left hemisphere concentrates
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The case preparation questions are intended to help you identify and address the key issues in the case while preparing the case analysis note for each case before the discussion in the class. | Session No & Date | Case: Preparation Questions | 1&2 | PV Technologies Inc: Were they asleep at the Switch? 1. What could be the reasons for the unfavorable evaluation of PV technologies by Greg Morgan? 2. Evaluate alternative course of action available to PVT to gain favorable evaluation
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be more efficient and effective. The company senior director of organization effectiveness‚ Jordan Cohen‚ found that the “Harvard MBA staff we hired to develop strategy and innovate were instead googling and making power points”. Indeed‚ internal studies conducted to find out just how much time its valuable talent was spending on menial task’s was startling. The average Pfizer employee was spending 20% to 40% of his or her time on support work (creating documents‚ typing ‚ doing research‚ manipulating
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Outline Details I. Time context. Specify the time context (month and year) if the case fact is explicit about it. The times context should tell us when the problem was observed‚ which requires the necessity of an action. A business problem requiring an action in pre-martial law days will have a different action if it were to be tackled today. Likewise‚ a business problem requiring an action that is different from the action to be taken during a period of stable prices
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Solutions for some acct 400 cases here - http://novellaqalive2.mheducation.com/sites/dl/premium/0070930317/instructor/237732/ Chapter 10 Suggested Time Case 10-1 Good Quality Auto Parts 10-2 Canadian Wilderness Wonders Inc 10-3 Provincial Hydro 10-4 May Company 10-5 Canadian Energy Corporation Assignment 10-1 Amortization policy 10 10-2 Amortization policy 15 10-3 Amortization computation 15 10-4 Amortization computation (*W) 25 10-5 Amortization schedule 30 10-6 Analysis
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• II. Characteristics of a negotiation Negotiation is: • Voluntary: No party is forced to participate in a negotiation. The parties are free to accept or reject the outcome of negotiations and can withdraw at any point during the process. Parties may participate directly in the negotiations or they may choose to be represented by someone else‚ such as a family member‚ friend‚ a lawyer or other professional. • Bilateral/Multilateral: Negotiations can involve two‚ three or dozens
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Answers to Case Study 12.1 Questions 1. | Short Term | Long Term | Piet Andaro | * Piet will be demotivated impacting the performance of his team and himself. * He might receive negative comments from his management who does not have a full understanding of the role played by Piet which will lead to further dissatisfaction. | * Piet might look forward for a career break which will give him an opportunity to consider other options available to him. * Another competitive Airline might
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