Personal Case Analysis

Learning Goal: I’m working on a business case study and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

Personal Case Analysis

OVERVIEW

The Personal Case Analysis requires you to do a four-frame analysis of your personal case situation. The purposes of the paper are to provide you with opportunities to:

1. Work with and integrate the four frames as a useful tool for diagnosis and action.
2. Integrate your learnings from the course and apply them to a real-life situation from your work experiences.
3. Reflect on your own professional practice.

ASSIGNMENT

First, use the structural, human resource, political, and symbolic frames to analyze (1) what happened in your personal case and (2) what alternative courses of action were suggested for you by each of the four frames. Devote equal attention to each of the four frames. 6-page minimum. 10-page maximum.

Second, rethink your role in the case in light of the four-frame analysis. In other words, what would you now do differently if you could relive your personal case? Why? How useful were the four frames in helping you to clarify alternative courses of action for yourself in this case situation?

ASSIGNMENT TIPS

Below are common student errors for assignments such as this one. Be sure your analysis does not reflect the following:

1. Provides a description of case events (what happened) rather than analysis of the events—good analysis tells why things happened.
2. Tries to discuss every single aspect of the case—it is better to write thoroughly about a few well-defined topics than superficially about many.
3. Makes inferences and generalizations without providing data from the case to support the generalizations, examples to help define them, and/or theory references to ground them (for example, you might say that everyone in the case wanted “involvement” and “participation”—how do you know that? What evidence do you have? What do you mean by involvement and participation?).
4. Ignores theory and writing only about opinions—good papers take a set of theoretical ideas and show how those ideas can be applied to some specific aspect of the case.
5. Ignores one’s own interpretations and restating theory after theory from the readings—good papers use theory to support insights and to cast a new light on personal experiences and observations.

6. Personal Case Analysis

   Criteria	Ratings	Pts
   This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeContent Development	15 to >12.0 ptsSubstantially DevelopedUses appropriate, relevant, and compelling content to explore ideas within the context of the discipline and shape the whole work. 12 to >6.0 ptsAdequately DevelopedUses appropriate and relevant content to develop and explore ideas through most of the work. 6 to >0 ptsInsufficiently DevelopedUses appropriate and relevant content to develop simple ideas in some parts of the work.	15 pts
   This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeSources and Evidence	15 to >12.0 ptsSubstantially DevelopedDemonstrates consistent use of credible, relevant sources to support ideas that are situated within the discipline and genre of the writing. 12 to >6.0 ptsAdequately DevelopedDemonstrates an attempt to use credible and/or relevant sources to support ideas that are appropriate for the discipline and genre of the writing. 6 to >0 ptsInsufficiently DevelopedDemonstrates an attempt to use sources to support ideas in the writing.	15 pts
   This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeClarity of Assignment Purpose	20 to >16.0 ptsSubstantially DevelopedAll components of the assignment are thoroughly addressed and clarity purpose is exhibited. 16 to >8.0 ptsAdequately DevelopedSome, but not all, components of the assignment are thoroughly addressed and clarity purpose is exhibited 8 to >0 ptsAdequately DevelopedSome, if not all, components of the assignment are vaguely addressed and clarity purpose is vague.	20 pts
   This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAPA Format & Turnitin Similarity Score	10 to >8.0 ptsSubstantially DevelopedModel document of APA 7th edition: Correct punctuation, citation, tables, figures, format of each reference, capitalization, use of italics, abbreviations, headings, quotations, numbers/stats, etc. Turnitin Similarity Score – 15% or below without references and direct quotes. 8 to >4.0 ptsAdequately Developed5 or fewer instances of APA style errors. Turnitin Similarity Score – 16% – 20% without references and direct quotes. 4 to >0 ptsInsufficiently DevelopedBetween 6 and 10 instances of style errors. Turnitin Similarity Score – 21% or higher.	10 pts
   Total Points: 60