Case study
Goal: Create a case study analysis based on two scholarly studies that utilize metaphors (Morgan’s, or similar) to describe the functionality of organizations. After a concise, but thorough, analyses of the cases, summarize the benefits of using metaphorical devices in management practice.
Instructions: Students will write a 600-750 word case study analysis based on two case studies that involve the use of Morgan’s metaphors (or similar) as a tool to understand organizations. Review the Case Study Analysis procedure as presented in a document located in this week’s reading resources (see Lessons). Obtain your case study articles from scholarly peer-reviewed journals in the APUS online library. Use case studies that were published within the last ten years. After a concise, but thorough and clear delineation and analysis of the cases, complete the paper with a summary of what you gleaned from using metaphors to understand management practice within organizations.
Write using the APA style format, including a title page and references page (no abstract is required). When you upload your paper, also upload pdfs of BOTH case studies, so the professor can check your analysis.
Use the following outline in your summary (in APA format with a Title page and References page):
Identify the business problems of each of the cases; describe the metaphor(s) used.
Rank-order the critical issues stated in the cases
Evaluate the proposed solutions. Are the solutions valid? Why or why not? How/why did the use of metaphor(s) assist in the solution?
Submit recommendations you propose beyond what is already stated in the cases.
State how the solutions will be communicated in each case. Do you agree? Why or why not?
At the end of the paper, write a paragraph expressing the takeaways/benefits of using metaphors in management practice.
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Taking the example of the commonest metaphor-an organization is like a machine, we think along the line of increasing input resources to increase returns/ output, hence production efficiency. The organization is likened to ‘well-lubricated engine gears’ recording good work performance when everything is in order, contrary to when a hitch is noticed with any department involved in the production process. As a result, we do conduct ‘time and motion’ studies while regarding people as ‘cogs in a wheel……………………………..
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