Case #1 – Product number: 10064-PDF-ENG ( $12.47 )HBR’s 10 Must Reads 2017: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review. Bonus article: “What is Disruptive Innovation?”. By Clayton M. Christensen, Michael Raynor, and Rory McDonald. November 1, 2016Here is the link to the case: https://hbsp.harvard.edu/import/673377(Links to an external site.)Case Study ( I am assigning just the DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION section of the article only).Read the case material carefully; it discusses an important point.A primary objective of the case analysis is to connect course content (material, frameworks, models, managerial/business analysis) with the case discussion.This connection may occur throughout the writing, but will certainly appear in the analysis and action plan portions of your writing.Evaluation is based in part on your writing making those connections.The course project asks that you write a case analysis on the case provided to you. Information on how to write this case is found in this document.A copy of the paper will be submitted to turnitin.comFormatting Requirements:The case should be a minimum of 7 – 10 pages in length ( text only ).There will be an abstract or summary, an introduction, body and conclusion.The area of concentration and what the topic/subject is about needs to be clearly stated.There should be a title page ( not counted as 7 – 10 pages )It does need a table of contents, and sections should have clear headings.Bullets and summaries don’t count for much unless specifically ask for bullet form.A reference page, with at least 3 references, in addition to references from our text should be included.Use APA citations for your reference page and your in-body citations.Use font size 10 – 12Double spaceWord count 1750 words and aboveturnitin.com similarity check should be under 15%Writing a case analysis:This case discusses a disruptive innovation concept. Which implies, you may use a technology service, a product or a company as an example to articulate a disruptive innovation concept. The bullets explanation below can be substituted with a service, or a product in place of a company.Investigate and Analyze the Company’s History and Growth.A company’s past can greatly affect the present and future state of the organization. To begin your case study analysis, investigate the company’s founding, critical incidents, structure, and growth.Provide analysis on the External Environment.The second step in a case study analysis involves identifying opportunities and threats within the company’s external environment. Special items to note include competition within the industry, bargaining powers, and the threat of substitute products.Identify Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) within the Company.Using the information you gathered in step one, continue your case study analysis by examining and making a list of the value creation functions of the company. For example, the company may be weak in product development, but strong in marketing. Compare the strengths and weaknesses within the company to the external threats and opportunities.Provide a Technological advancement and Innovations.Using the information in steps two and three, you will need to create an evaluation for this portion of your case study analysis. Determine if the company is in a strong competitive position and decide if it can continue at its current pace successfully. What are the advancements and innovation areas is the company’s strategic portfolio?Make recommendations and articulate an action plan.Your recommendations should be discussed within the context of organizational change, levels of hierarchy, employee rewards, conflicts, and other issues that are important to the company you are analyzing. What’s next? Create a reasonable action plan/conclusion with milestones, checkpoints, and pilot projects. Include also a structure (teams, for example) for fulfillment.Components in the action plan should be based on and supported by the context of your case study analysis.6. ConclusionThe conclusion can be brief, one paragraph. It reminds the reader of the situation, your observations, suggested changes, and it concludes with a restatement of the benefits that will accrue as a result of the proposals made in your case analysis.Think of the case analysis as a story, and your conclusion as a statement that pulls the story together.7. Grading and points for Case Study.Table of Contents: (0)Abstract: (3)Introduction: (4)Company’s History/Background and Growth: (4)External Environment (5)SWOT Analysis:Strength (5)Weaknesses (5)Opportunity (5)Threats (5)Technology advancement and Innovations: (5)Recommendations: (5)Conclusion: (4)References: (0)
