Company History and Growth Business Case Study
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Masters |
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APA |
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5-10 Pages |
Description/Paper Instructions
Company History and Growth Business Case Study
Company, History, Growth, Business, Case Study
As part of learning about strategic management, it is crucial to learn how to critically evaluate businesses. Since we are in an online class, it is difficult for us to have speakers, so to alleviate that problem, you will find a non for profit/socially responsible for profit business CEO/President/Owner to interview as well as do research about the company you pick.
Explain to the leadership that you are interested in doing a case study of their business and get their approval. Then proceed with the following steps in creating a page case study:
- Investigate and Analyze the Company’s History and Growth. Up to 50 Pts A company’s past can greatly affect the present and future organization. To begin your case study, investigate the company’s founding, critical incidents, structure, and growth.
- Interview the Leader you have identified: Up to 50 Pts Some basic questions could be the following. Formulate your questions in advance.
- Gather Information on the External Environment Up to 50 Pts The third step in a case study involves identifying opportunities and threats
- Basic biographical information and information about any organizational affiliation.
- Brief history of how s/he worked to address the social issue at hand.
- What successes or changes has s/he seen?
- What pressing problems is s/he still facing?
- What other individuals or organizations has s/he partnered with in change efforts?
- What suggestions would s/he have for college students interested in having an impact on the issue?
- How does s/he define leadership? Service? Does s/he see them as connected?
- What other resources (organizations, web sites, readings) does s/he recommend?
within the company’s external environment. Identify the competition for this non-for- profit as relating to fundraising and the population they serve. Also, what opportunities to fundraise and help their constituents exist?
- Analyze Your Findings Up to 50 Pts Using the information in steps one through three, you will need to create an evaluation for this portion of your case study. Identify, based on your research and leader interview, and compare the strengths and weaknesses within the company to the external threats and opportunities. Determine if the company is in a strong competitive position and decide if it can continue at its current pace successfully.
- Identify Company Strategy Up to 50 Pts To identify a company’s corporate strategy for your case study, you will
need to identify and evaluate the company’s mission, goals and leader interview. Is this the strategy the leader is following? Is there a new direction for the non-for- profit that the leader is working on?
- Make Recommendations Up to 50 Pts The final part of your case study should include your recommendations for
the company. Every recommendation you make should be based on and supported by the context of your case study. Never share hunches or make a baseless recommendations.
- Review Your Case Study Up to 50 Pts Look over your case study when you have finished writing. Critique your work to make sure every step has been covered. Look for grammatical errors, poor sentence structure, or other things that can be improved.
Requirements a) Use pictures and graphics that are appropriate, such as logo,
owner photo, business product pictures, etc. to enhance interest of your case study. Pictures should be appropriately placed within the case study and not just added at the end.
- b) Case study not to exceed 3 pages not including sources and interview. All files to be saved in PDF format.
- c) Include interview of CEO/President/Owner transcribed or a summary and at least 5 other reputable sources, such as articles about the business, industry and competition, business website and any social media the business uses.
Q&A
- Basic biographical information and information about the organizational affiliation. Cradles to Crayons started in 2002 in Boston Massachusetts. In 2006 we opened our second location in Philadelphia, and in 2016 the Chicago location was opened. Below please see our mission and vision.
Our Mission: Cradles to Crayons provides children from birth through age living in homeless or low-income situations, with the essential items they need to thrive at home, at school and at play. We supply these items free of charge by engaging and connecting communities.
Our Vision: One day every child will have the essentials they need to feel safe, warm, ready to learn, and valued.
- Brief history of you worked to address the social issue at hand. Although we collect many different items for children, our prime focus in clothing insecurity and educating the public on what clothing insecurity means.
All of our clothing comes through donations. We do purchase certain products that must be new for example (diapers and hygiene products) but we do not purchase clothing. Many corporate and community groups hold clothing drives for us. Anyone can donate clothing at one of our 50 plus drop off locations.
- What successes or changes you have seen? I have only worked at Cradles to Crayons for about a year now, but I know we had a tremendous increase in requested items in our busiest season (October-December). In 2018 our average or requests for KidPacks was 500 per a week, in 2019 it was close to 1000.
- What pressing problems are you still facing? With the increase demand, we have seen an increase of volunteers and product but not to what our demand is. During the busy season, we ran out of clothing and some other essential items that we do not normally run out of throughout the rest of the year. We have not been able to fully support the demand operationally.
- What other individuals or organizations have you partnered with in change efforts? We have over 50 different partner organizations. Below are a few that we partner with. Please let me know if you need the full list:
- I Grow Chicago
- Heartland Alliance
- Metropolitan Family Services
- LIFT
- Youth Guidance
- Carole Roberston
- Las Casa Norte
- Trina Davila
- Family Focus
- ChildServ
- New Moms
- 6. What suggestions would you have for college students interested in having an impact on the issue?
I would say educate yourself as much as you can on issues in your local community, see what interests you the most and make and impact.
- How do you define leadership? Service? Leadership- Leading a group of people for the right reasons not the popular or most liked reasons. Service- Putting other’s needs before your own.
- What other resources (organizations, web sites, readings) do you recommend? My suggestions would be Google search specific non-profits or organizations that you are looking to learn more about. Chicago.gov is also a good place to search.
- What kind of strategy does the organization and you as per your decisions have? Due to the current situation, we are trying to serve as many kids as possible. With that being said, we have had to adjust our model for the time being and only distribute in bulk and new products.
The organization is also looking at a pilot program where we connect families who have items that others are looking for. We are at the very beginning stages of this program, but we are hoping to serve kids who are geographically further away than Chicago.
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30 points out of 50: The essay illustrates a rudimentary understanding of the relevant material by mentioning but not full explaining the relevant content; identifying some of the key concepts/ideas though failing to fully or accurately explain many of them; using terminology, though sometimes inaccurately or inappropriately; and/or incorporating some key claims/points but failing to explain the reasoning behind them or doing so inaccurately. Elements of the required response may also be lacking. |
40 points out of 50: The essay illustrates solid understanding of the relevant material by correctly addressing most of the relevant content; identifying and explaining most of the key concepts/ideas; using correct terminology; explaining the reasoning behind most of the key points/claims; and/or where necessary or useful, substantiating some points with accurate examples. The answer is complete. |
50 points: The essay illustrates exemplary understanding of the relevant material by thoroughly and correctly addressing the relevant content; identifying and explaining all of the key concepts/ideas; using correct terminology explaining the reasoning behind key points/claims and substantiating, as necessary/useful, points with several accurate and illuminating examples. No aspects of the required answer are missing. |
Use of Sources (worth a maximum of 20% of the total points). |
Zero points: Student failed to include citations and/or references. Or the student failed to submit a final paper. |
5 out 20 points: Sources are seldom cited to support statements and/or format of citations are not recognizable as APA 6th Edition format. There are major errors in the formation of the references and citations. And/or there is a major reliance on highly questionable. The Student fails to provide an adequate synthesis of research collected for the paper. |
10 out 20 points: References to scholarly sources are occasionally given; many statements seem unsubstantiated. Frequent errors in APA 6th Edition format, leaving the reader confused about the source of the information. There are significant errors of the formation in the references and citations. And/or there is a significant use of highly questionable sources. |
15 out 20 points: Credible Scholarly sources are used effectively support claims and are, for the most part, clear and fairly represented. APA 6th Edition is used with only a few minor errors. There are minor errors in reference and/or citations. And/or there is some use of questionable sources. |
20 points: Credible scholarly sources are used to give compelling evidence to support claims and are clearly and fairly represented. APA 6th Edition format is used accurately and consistently. The student uses above the maximum required references in the development of the assignment. |
Grammar (worth maximum of 20% of total points) |
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5 points out of 20: The paper does not communicate ideas/points clearly due to inappropriate use of terminology and vague language; thoughts and sentences are disjointed or incomprehensible; organization lacking; and/or numerous grammatical, spelling/punctuation errors |
10 points out 20: The paper is often unclear and difficult to follow due to some inappropriate terminology and/or vague language; ideas may be fragmented, wandering and/or repetitive; poor organization; and/or some grammatical, spelling, punctuation errors |
15 points out of 20: The paper is mostly clear as a result of appropriate use of terminology and minimal vagueness; no tangents and no repetition; fairly good organization; almost perfect grammar, spelling, punctuation, and word usage. |
20 points: The paper is clear, concise, and a pleasure to read as a result of appropriate and precise use of terminology; total coherence of thoughts and presentation and logical organization; and the essay is error free. |
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7 points out of 10: Research paper presents an above-average use of formatting skills. The paper has slight errors within the paper. This can include small errors or omissions with the cover page, abstract, page number, and headers. There could be also slight formatting issues with the document spacing or the font Additionally the paper might slightly exceed or undershoot the specific number of required written pages for the assignment. |
10 points: Student provides a high-caliber, formatted paper. This includes an APA 6th edition cover page, abstract, page number, headers and is double spaced in 12’ Times Roman Font. Additionally, the paper conforms to the specific number of required written pages and neither goes over or under the specified length of the paper. |
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