Case Analysis Paper – Required Headers and Structure
a) Introduction: Company/organization overview (NOT history!)
b) Case Issues: What are the issues facing the company/organization? What needs to be
decided?
c) Strategic Options: What are the firm’s strategic options and implications of each?
Include any associated course theories and concepts in this section to analyze
the strategic issues or options.
d) Recommendations: What key action(s) should the company/organization take?
(Students should bring their own solutions into the case but must also incorporate
material from the course.)
Include any associated theories, and concepts in this section to analyze the key
actions that the firm should or should not take.
e) Rationale for Recommended Action: Why is this an appropriate course of action and
what is your justification for this action?
Include any associated theories and concepts in this section to analyze the
appropriate course of action.
f) Conclusion: Summarize the key issues and the actions the company/organization
should take and why.
Answer the following questions:
1. Do we still need Corporate Social Responsibility when there is Social Entrepreneurship?
2. How are Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Entrepreneurship similar? And
different?
3. As the social entrepreneur and found of ABD, what would you recommend to the Board
of Directors?
Homework rubric
Course concepts are applied effectively (up to 10 pts)
Case data/information used to support responses (up to 5 points)
Homework response formatted appropriately (up to 5 points)
Homework response free of grammatical, punctuation, spelling errors (up to 5 points)
a) Introduction: Company/organization overview (NOT history!)
b) Case Issues: What are the issues facing the company/organization? What needs to be
decided?
c) Strategic Options: What are the firm’s strategic options and implications of each?
Include any associated course theories and concepts in this section to analyze
the strategic issues or options.
d) Recommendations: What key action(s) should the company/organization take?
(Students should bring their own solutions into the case but must also incorporate
material from the course.)
Include any associated theories, and concepts in this section to analyze the key
actions that the firm should or should not take.
e) Rationale for Recommended Action: Why is this an appropriate course of action and
what is your justification for this action?
Include any associated theories and concepts in this section to analyze the
appropriate course of action.
f) Conclusion: Summarize the key issues and the actions the company/organization
should take and why.
Answer the following questions:
1. Do we still need Corporate Social Responsibility when there is Social Entrepreneurship?
2. How are Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Entrepreneurship similar? And
different?
3. As the social entrepreneur and found of ABD, what would you recommend to the Board
of Directors?
Homework rubric
Course concepts are applied effectively (up to 10 pts)
Case data/information used to support responses (up to 5 points)
Homework response formatted appropriately (up to 5 points)
Homework response free of grammatical, punctuation, spelling errors (up to 5 points)
