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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Sense of Change Management‚ 2nd edition Case studies – text and questions Contents Case study 1: Aster Group 3 Case study text: Aster Group 3 Introduction 3 History‚ culture‚ orientation 4 Drivers for change 6 Leadership 8 No shotgun wedding 9 The transition period – one year on 11 Project management 12 Organizational development 13 Developing management and leadership capacity and capability 14 Case study questions: Aster Group 17 Individual
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Solution: i. Establishment of estimated growth rate in earnings and dividends. XYZ Company’s current EPS is $4.75. It was $3.90 a year ago. The company pays out 35% of its earnings as dividends‚ and the stock sells for $45. a. Calculate the past growth rate in earnings. b. Calculate the next expected dividend. Assume that the past growth rate will continue Answer: If payout ratio is constant‚ then dividend growth rate will be same as earnings growth rate. a) dividend growth rate over
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2010 1. Department/Program Mission The mission of the Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Department is to Equip individuals with engineering‚ management and systems expertise to prepare them to be leaders in the identification and solution of technical and organizational problems that are complex and evolving Conduct innovative and pioneering research that continues to expand the body of knowledge in Engineering Management and systems engineering while maintaining engineering discipline
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CRU Computer Rental Case Solutions Solution 1 TABLE 1: CRU FLOWS | Customer | Receiving | Status 24 | Status 40 | Stored Orders | Orders at Suppliers | Status 41 | Status 42 | Status 20 | | | | | | | | | | | Throughput(Units/Week) | 1000 | 1000 | 1000*.70=700 | 1000*.30+ .15*700= 405 | 405 | 405 | 405 | 405 | 1000 | | | | | | | | | | | Inventory(Units) | 8000= 8*1000 | 500 | 1500 | 1000 | 500 | 405= 405*1 | 500+405 = 905 | 500 | 2000=2*1000 | | | | | |
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Sam: A Case Study Sam is a ten year old boy diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS). “A person with PDD-NOS is given the diagnosis because they have some but not all characteristics of autism or who has relatively mild symptoms” (Autism Speaks‚ 2013). PDD-NOS is a general category used to describe a pattern of behavioral differences (which may include deviations‚ excesses‚ or difficulties) in the areas of social relating‚ communication‚ and attention/interest
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Gestalt Therapy Gestalt Therapy I. Summary and Integration of Major Concepts Founded by Frederick (Fritz) and Laura Perls in the 1940 ’s‚ Gestalt therapy is a phenomenological - existential methodology which emphasizes experience and experimentation. Gestalt is a German term that means a "complete pattern or configuration" (p. 112). Though there are many modalities and styles in Gestalt therapy‚ it is holistic in its approach uniting mind‚ body‚ and feeling (p. 112). Some concepts at the core
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Abstract This case study highlights about the analysis of the problems‚ background‚ theories‚ and action plans. Before exploring Tucker Company‚ it is necessary to know the background including its past and present. It will be discussed further about the problems in Tucker Company that occurred when it reorganizing its company into 3 new divisions. The 3 new divisions are also known as 3 new product lines of Tucker Company. In the following point‚ it draws the relation among those problems with
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E-Commerce based Information System in an organization. Q.Please read the case study given below and answer the questions given at the end Case Study The near past saw the effective implementation of the online services including Electronic Customer Relationship Management (e-CRM) solution by the US-based IT giant IBM. The conceiving and implementation of online e-CRM solution by IBM was scheduled in association with the leading CRM software vendor - Siebel
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person’s chances of developing a disease. In this case with Mrs. X‚ her risk factors are her weight‚ waist circumference and blood pressure. Her weight and height puts her at a body mass index (BMI) at 28.4 kg/m2‚ which is associated with an increased risk for type 2 diabetes‚ dyslipidemia‚ hypertension‚ and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Also women are at increased relative risk if they have a waist circumference greater than 35 inches‚ in Mrs. X’s case she is 2 inches over the standard. As well as her
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