CASE STUDY. Case Study Rubric Become familiar with case substance What are the facts? What is happening? Is all relevant information available to you? Determine central issues What decisions need to be made? Who is responsible for making decisions? What

Become familiar with case substance

What are the facts? What is happening? Is all relevant information available to you?

Determine central issues

What decisions need to be made? Who is responsible for making decisions? What factors, issues, and consequences need to be taken into account?

Identify objectives and goals to be achieved

Which outcomes are possible? Which are desirable? Which objectives are most important to whom?

25 points

Ascertain resources and constraints

Which forces support and oppose which

actions? Which resources can be marshaled in support

of actions? What are the major obstacles?

Ascertain the nature of conflicts

What is the substance of conflicts? Can conflicting positions and plans be reconciled?

Identify dynamics of behavior

Who is exercising leadership? Are there interpersonal conflicts? Are the persons involved effective in support of their respective positions?

30 points

Determine major alternatives

Are there ideas and strategies that have not

been presented? Is compromise possible? Are the alternatives complementary or

mutually exclusive?

Assess consequences

of likely decisions

and actions

What actions are likely to result from the

decisions made?

What unintended consequences might emerge?

What are the short and long term conse­quences for the individuals and the institutions?

Consider

appropriate

strategies and

priorities

45 points

What are the most effective ways of

achieving and implementing the objectives

and decisions?

Are there intermediate steps or stages?