A major component of the case method is learning how to apply and communicate classroom knowledge in a realistic setting. Each case should be prepared in the form of a report to be given to the top management team at Tangle wood department stores. The following guidelines for successful case performance are useful for checking your work:
1.Are responses and recommendations grounded in good management practice?
a.All responses need to incorporate what you’re learning in Staffing Organizations effectively and accurately. Show mastery of all relevant concepts.
b.Recommendations should be directly related to best practices described in Staffing Organizations, and make effective use of the information provided in the case.
c.Recommendation should take potential problems into account based on what you’ve read, and incorporate methods to respond to these issues.
2.Does the report communicate effectively?
a.Avoid grammatical errors and confusing sentences.
b.Break the text into clearly marked subheadings so it is easy for the reader to find relevant information.
c.Explain technical concepts and statistics in a way that an intelligent reader who is not familiar with them could understand what is being reported.
d.Present tables cleanly with relevant information highlighted for the reader.
e.Explain why you chose to use information and data in the way that you did.
