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The Case Study Handbook, Revised Edition
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The Case Study Handbook, Revised Edition

by William Ellet
August 2018
Beginner content levelBeginner
272 pages
6h 28m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
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CHAPTER 9

HOW TO WRITE DECISION SCENARIO ESSAYS

Of the cases you read, the most frequent type of scenario will probably be a decision. That reflects the real world in which organizations constantly make decisions. In a business course that uses cases, you’re therefore very likely to have to write about decision scenario cases. This chapter describes the elements of essays about a case requiring a decision. To illustrate these elements, it uses a student’s essay about the case “General Motors: Packard Electric Division.”

The first step in writing an essay about a case is to identify the core scenario and analyze it. Chapter 4 shows you how to analyze a decision case scenario and is therefore complementary to this chapter. I recommend that you ...

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