Case Study

Solving procedure

What is a Case Study?

A

case study is a description of

an actual administrative situation
involving a decision to be made
or a problem to be solved.

 The

current corporate scenario urges the students

to know about practical applicability of
management concepts in day-to-day operations.
To get such practical knowledge case study is one
of the vital tool. It enables the students to
Understand the situation ,
Locate the problem
Analysis the case
Find out various available suggestions
Finally conclude appropriate solution.

Case studies can betwo types:

a) case study with questions
b) case study without questions

a)

Case study with questions

Case will be given and some questions

will be given at the end for which you
have to answer after analysing the case
completely. In this method there wont
be much problem as the complete case
details are given, problem will be in
front of you. Here you just have to
answer the questions given below.

The

method to solve this type of

cases is: Start with an introduction wherein
you will cover the complete case.
Answer the questions one by one in
a clear manner (*)
The length of your answer must
depend on the marks assigned for that
question.
Try to associate your answer with
any of the concept or theory in the
given subject

Write a conclusion for the case for the

main problem in the case.
(*) In case there is a question likeif you
are the manager what would be your
reaction in the given situation.
you can answer in the following way: list all the possible options in the given
situation
select the best option from your viewpoint
conclude it like why that is the best
option by mentioning the advantages of
such option.

b)

case study without questions:-

In this type of cases there wont be any

questions only complete case will be
given. And the students get confused
about what to do with such type of case
type. The following are the ways in
which a case can be solved and among
those things whichever is applicable or
possible in that you can include it in the
solution and solve the case.

Introduction:
Give

a detailed description about the case

in two or three paragraphs and cover all
the major issues in the case in your
introduction.
SWOT analysis:Strength Weakness Opportunities and
Thread. You have to list the strength
weakness opportunity and thread of the
company. Strength and weakness stands
internal in which the company can have a
control over that and Opportunity and
Thread stands for External in which the
company does not have any control.

Identify

the Problems:
Find out major issues in the case and
highlight those problems consider
those problems as questions. Frame
the problem in a proper way.
Find out the solutions:This is the part wherein you are going
to give the solution for the case
exactly. In the previous step you have
framed the problems here you need to
give solutions for each problem.
Consider the problems as questions
and start answering for each question.

Model

1
You can answer the question straight
away about what you feel. Like how
you reply to your other theory
questions the same way you have to
answer for these questions. You can
highlight the subheadings and quote
some definition in the answer if any
concept is involved in that

Model

2
You can explain your answer by aligning
the answer with any theory related to
that. This method is not possible in all
the cases. But if it related to employee
motivation, International Trade Blocks,
marketing strategy etc then you can
align your answer with Maslows
Hierarchy theory, Trade Blocks theory
and BCG model etc.. This will fetch you
more marks but one thing you need to
be clear that you must know the theory
completely.

Model

3
This method will take you in a proper
direction. As said earlier consider the
problem as question. Take the question one
by one. Find the possible solution for each
question. And also write the advantages
and disadvantages for that solution. If you
have more than one options for the same
problem list the option one by one along
with the advantages and disadvantages of
each option. Finally conclude the question
by comparing the option and write the best
option among the listed option and support
your conclusion.