{"id":28,"date":"2016-11-14T18:37:05","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T01:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/comm486mmaster\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2016-12-05T15:25:41","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T22:25:41","slug":"class-prep-4-case-practice-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/comm486mmaster\/class-prep\/class-prep-4-case-practice-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Class Prep 04 &#8211; Case (Practice #1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this class you will be taken through a practice live case and the process that you will repeat for the five graded mini-cases.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Learning objectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Understand and develop skills in strategic analysis of live cases.<\/li>\n<li>Synthesize analysis to make supported recommendations to decision-makers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2.\u00a0Preparation:<\/strong>\u00a0Consider the following \u00a0articles and questions and be prepared for in-class activity and discussion.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Research ahead of class by reading:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">News article on <a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/report-on-business\/international-business\/us-business\/target-killing-canadian-operations\/article22458161\/\" target=\"_blank\">Target\u2019s decision to close in Canada<\/a>: Jan 15th 2015, Globe and Mail.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Question: is this a critique of strategy or tactics? \u00a0What is missing or could be improved in this analysis?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Look at other related articles on Target, in Canada, and in the USA to understand similarities and differences.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">In class 4 in your teams you will be working under the following guidance:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Breaking News: (fictitious)\u00a0<\/strong>A major shareholder is furious with decision to exit Canada.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Your Role:\u00a0<\/strong>You are part of the senior management team at Target Canada and have been invited to present to the CEO of Target Canada.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">You will be given new information and \u201cthe ASK\u201d and a process to follow, leading up to presentations and\u00a0a Q&amp;A session.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>3. Other Actions:\u00a0<\/strong>N\/A<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Additional References (optional):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Explore the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/guides.library.ubc.ca\/retail\" target=\"_blank\">Retail Industry Research<\/a>\u00a0database. It will help you significantly if you understand performance metrics and the criteria for competing and winning in the retail industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this class you will be taken through a practice live case and the process that you will repeat for the five graded mini-cases. 1. Learning objectives: Understand and develop skills in strategic analysis of live cases. Synthesize analysis to<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/comm486mmaster\/class-prep\/class-prep-4-case-practice-1\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33675,"featured_media":0,"parent":22,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/comm486mmaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/comm486mmaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/comm486mmaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/comm486mmaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33675"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/comm486mmaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/comm486mmaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/comm486mmaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/332"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/comm486mmaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/comm486mmaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}