Prince Edward Island Preserve Case Study Once you have gathered the necessary information, your case summary should include these sections: A. Defining the issue(s)/Problem Statement Asking yourself the following questions may help: 1. What appears to be the problem(s) here? 2. How do I know that this is a problem? Note that by asking this question, you will be helping to differentiate the symptoms of the problem from the problem 3. Differentiate between importance and urgency for the issues identified. significant effect on: 1. profitability, 2. strategic direction of the company, 3. source of competitive advantage, 4. morale of the company's employees, and/or 5. customer satisfaction. B. Analyzing Case Data You can use a SWOT analysis in written form for this section or follow the outline below. In analyzing the case data, you are trying to answer the following: 1. Why or how did these issues arise?

following components: - resources, such as materials, equipment, or supplies, and - people who transform these resources using - processes, which creates something of greater value. Now, where are the problems being caused within this framework, and why? 2. Who is affected most by these issues? You are trying to identify who are the relevant stakeholders to the situation, and who will be affected by the decisions to be made. 3. What are the constraints and opportunities implicit to this situation? It is very rare that resources are not a constraint, and allocations must be made on the assumption that not enough will be available to please everyone. 4. What do the numbers tell you? You need to look at the numbers given in the case study and make a judgement as to their relevance to the problem identified.

C. Generating Alternatives stage are: 1. Be realistic! While you might be able to find a dozen alternatives, keep in mind that they should be realistic and fit within the constraints of the situation. 2. The alternatives should be mutually exclusive, that is, they cannot happen at the same time. 3. Not making a decision pending further investigation is not an acceptable decision for any case study that you will analyze 4. Doing nothing as in not changing your strategy can be a viable alternative, provided it is being recommended for the correct reasons, as will be discussed below. 5. Avoid the meat sandwich method of providing only two other clearly undesirable alternatives to make one reasonable alternative look better by comparison. 6. Keep in mind that any alternative chosen will need to be implemented at some point, and if serious obstacles exist to successfully doing this, then you are the one who will look bad for suggesting it. D. Recommendations 1. Provide one specific alternative or a combination that you believe addresses the key problem you identified 2. Explain why this solution was chosen 3. Support this solution with solid evidence 4. Determine and discuss specific strategies for accomplishing the proposed solution.