Assignment:
CASE STUDY:
INSTRUCTIONS
The goal of this exercise is to develop useful case studies from the experience of students in the class to examine together "in-class" in order to practice using organizational analysis for problem-posing and problem-solving in the workplace.
1. Step One: Identify an instance where you encountered or were a part of a problem situation in the administration of your educational agency.
a. Make it a manageable problem, not one that would require extensive analysis.
b. Reflect upon the problem situation long enough to refresh yourself on the specifics.
2. Step Two: Having refreshed yourself on the specifics, provide some background information. Use the following questions/instructions to guide you in this step:
a. What is the community and agency setting?
b. Include fictitious names and agency titles to maintain privacy.
c. Describe the problem situation that arose.
3. Step Three: Use the following guidelines in completing this assignment:
a. Make sure you address both Steps one and two above.
b. Your problem summary is to be 2 to 3 pages in length.
c. References are not required, but if used, must follow current APA formatting guidelines.
d. Assignment is to include a title page, be double-spaced, written in 12-point Times New Roman font, and follow current APA formatting guidelines(first person should not be used).