assignment 3

MGMT6066-Case2WorksheetTemplate.xlsx

Instructions

Student id:
Last Name:
First Name:
Case #	3
If you we in the position of Bob Cumming, CEO of Industrial Equipment Inc., what is your analysis of the situation described, what action would you take and why?
Never alter the template! It is read by an automated consolidation program and any changes will effect the marking and potentially impact your grade!
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Please save the document with the following Naming Standard
Filename: Case#-LastName-FirstName-StudentId
If your name was Brian Keech with student id 123456 and this was case #1 filename would be:
Case1-Keech-Brian-123456
	Please use the first and last name that is used in FOL.

All information in this overview is taken from the following reference: Erskine, A, Leenders, M., & Mauffette-Leenders, L., (2014) Teaching with Cases, Fourth Edition, Senton Printing, London
Case Preparation Worksheet:
Short Cycle Process:
Step 1: Read opening and ending paragraphs
Step 2: Identify who? What? Why? When? How? Related to the issue or challenge at hand
Step 3: Take a quick look at the case exhibits
Step 4: Take a quick look at all the subtitles in the case
Step 5: Skim the body of the case (read first and last sentence of each paragraph)
Step 6: Read the assignment questions and take some time to reflect
Name	Position	Comment

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Long Cycle Process:
Part 1: Read the case fully
Part 2: Analyze the case
	Step 1: Define the issue at hand
	Step 2: Analyze the case data
	Step 3: Generate alternatives
	Step 4: Select your decision criteria
	Step 5: Assess the alternatives you have chosen based on your decision criteria
	Step 6: Select your preferred alternative
	Step 7: Develop an action and implementation plan
	Step 1: Define the issue at hand
	Issues	Immediate/ Tactical	Strategic	Urgent/ Important (Quadrant from below)
	Issue Analysis (put relevant # in chart above)
	Importance	LOW	HIGH
	Urgency
	LOW	I	II
	HIGH	III	IV

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	Step 1-PS: Problem Statement
	Problem Statement

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Step 3: Select your Decision Criteria
Id.	Decision Criteria (Brief Desc.)	What is your criteria? (The alternative that I choose here must……) (The alternative that I choose here should…..)	Quantitative criteria? (Yes/No)	Qualitative criteria? (Yes/No)
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Step 5: Assess the alternatives you have chosen based on your decision criteria
		Automatically loaded from your list of Alternatives
Alternative analysis matrix	Alternative Brief Description										Discussion of Alternative analysis matrix
	Alt #	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
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(Go/No Go?)
Decision Matrix
Quantitative		+			N			-
Qualitative		+	N	-	+	N	-	+	N	-
Decision		Go	Go	?	?	No	No	?	No	No

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Step 6: Select your preferred alternative

Which alternative do you choose?

Why? (how does this best meet your decision criteria)

How will this best solve the challenge posed above in Issues section?

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Step 7: Develop an action and implementation plan
- Who? What? When? Where? How?
- Timeline for all actions to be taken
- Every implementation plan should have at least 1 strategic overall direction and 3 related tactics which are actionable within the next 2-6 months
Id.	Alternative #	Issue #	Action Description	Accountable/Responsible	Measurement	Timeframe
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Instructions:
	Alternative	Enter the number of the alternative that is/are being addressed. This could be 1 or many. i.e. 1,4,7
	Issue	Which issues does this address? (Sames as above)
	Measurement	How will you measure that this has been completed and if it has delivered desired results
	Timeframe	When will this get done or how long will it take and when.

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Missing Information

Assumptions

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This sheet can be used to paste diagrams or any other free form information.

Configuration
Case Descriptions
Case 1
Case 2
Case 3	If you we in the position of Bob Cumming, CEO of Industrial Equipment Inc., what is your analysis of the situation described, what action would you take and why?
Case 4