Goal: Create a case study analysis based on two scholarly studies that utilize metaphors these two metaphors from Gareth Morgans Organizational Metaphors (Machine Organizations and transformative organizations) 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: Write a case study analysis based on two case studies that involve the use of Gareth Morgans Organizational Metaphors (Machine Organizations and transformative organizations) as a tool to understand organizations.

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

Add a summary of what you gleaned from using metaphors to understand management practice within organizations.

Upload pdfs of BOTH case studies for verification.

Use the following outline in your summary

1. Identify the business problems of each of the cases; describe the metaphor(s) used.
2. Rank-order the critical issues stated in the cases
3. Evaluate the proposed solutions. Are the solutions valid? Why or why not? How/why did the use of metaphor(s) assist in the solution?
4. Submit recommendations you propose beyond what is already stated in the cases.
5. State how the solutions will be communicated in each case. Do you agree? Why or why not?
6. At the end of the paper, write a paragraph expressing the takeaways/benefits of using metaphors in management practice.

Must provide the case study PDFs and the source on where to pull them from.