Case Study: Tom Bray
This assignment is a case study. You will be presented with information regarding a company facing a situation that requires at least one decision to be made. Using the case details, the course material and your additional research, write a short paper that briefly identifies the issues and proposes a solution that includes the justification for your choice.
This case is titled, Tom Bray. It can be found at the end of Chapter 10 of your textbook in the case section after the blue pages. Additional questions have been added, so please use the text only for the case material and not the assignment. To complete the assignment, do all of the following:
Read 10.2 Tom Bray Case Study at the end of Chapter 10.
Create a paper responding to the following questions. (Ignore the questions in the textbook and only answer these questions):
Critique Tom’s preparation and first encounter with the team. What was successful and what was unsuccessful? Provide suggestions for how Tom can improve relationships with this new team.
Using your suggestions for Tom to improve his relationship with his team, describe a new interaction in which Tom uses your suggestion, and identify how the team members react.
If you were training a new project manager to take over a project like the one Tom Bray is in charge of in the case, what would you tell your employee? Why?
Write a 3 page paper in Word format. Use the American Psychological Association (APA) style (most current edition) for writing your assignment. Keep the following in mind as you write your paper:
Check spelling and grammar
Do not use the first person (I, we, us, etc.) as it is not scholarly; use the third person instead
Use in-text citations to credit the ideas used in your paper to the original authors
At least 3 quality references should be used (one may be your textbook)
Compose your work in a or x file type using a word processor (such as Microsoft Word, etc.) and save it frequently to your computer. For those assignments that are not written essays and require uploading images or PowerPoint slides, please follow uploading guidelines provided by your instructor.
Check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors. When you are ready to submit your work, click “Upload Submission.” Enter the submission title and then click on “Select a file to upload.” Browse your computer, and select your file. Click “Open” and verify the correct file name has appeared next to Submission File. Click on “Continue.” Confirm submission is correct and then click on “Accept Submission & Save.”
Turnitin
This course has Turnitin fully integrated into the course dropbox. This means that you should only submit your assignments to the dropbox below.
Please do not submit your assignment directly to Turnitin.com.
Once submitted, your assignment will be evaluated by Turnitin® automatically. You will be able to view an Originality Report within minutes of your first submission that will show how much of your work has been identified as similar to other sources such as websites, textbooks, or other student papers. Use your Originality Report as a learning tool to identify areas of your assignment that you may not have cited appropriately. You may resubmit your assignment through this dropbox as many times as you need to check to see if you have made improvements, until the due date of the assignment. However, once you have made your first submission, you will need to wait 24 hours after each subsequent submission to receive a new Originality Report. Plan accordingly as you draft your assignment. Once the due date has passed, your assignment submission will be considered final.
Evaluation
This assignment will be graded using the SBT M6A1 Case Analysis Rubric. Please review this rubric prior to beginning your work. You can also access the rubric on the Course Rubrics page within the Start Here module. All case studies, together, make up 15% of the total course grade.
