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This section contains your position statement from which
everything in the rest of the paper will flow.
Think of the problem statement as the purpose of your paper.
This case study may be classified as a problem case, as such these
types of cases may be more
difficult to write about because these types of cases involve
multiple causes and effects. While it may be
tempting to include all of the problems/causes and effects, if you
do include every problem, your paper
will lack depth and breadth. Therefore, identify the major issues
associated with the case. However, it is
not simply the identification of the issues that matters; you must
also provide recommendations to
alleviate the issues, or to mitigate those issues, in the future. Do not
include all of that in the background
section of the paper, however. Keep the background section to a
few paragraphs that answer the who,
what, where, when, and why questions.
Diagnosis (While I used this section header, think about what other
titles you might use for this
section; I suggest that you do not use this header!)
Your next task is to summarize the diagnosis or principle causes of
the problem. While common
sense and intuition are helpful in this endeavor, they are not
sufficient. You must prove causal links. This
is where you will need to research the academic literature to
support your diagnosis. For example, if one
of the issues is corporate culture, you need to not only define
corporate culture (and provide an
appropriate citation and reference indicating where you obtained
the definition of corporate culture),
but also provide supporting citations that validate your statement
that corporate culture influenced –
either positively or negatively – the issue or facts or the case. What
are the main issues? What are the
contributing or secondary issues? Describe the issues but do not
provide recommendations in this