Subject: Leadership in Organizations. Detailed Question: Write a Case Analysis about this case: Cynthia Carroll at Anglo American. Be sure to integrate your answers to the above questions and incorporate concepts, from the reading leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail. Need references. Thanks.

When analyzing a case, remember that there are many possible approaches and solutions. The goal is not to figure out “the answer” but to sharpen your analytic, problem-solving, decision-making, and leadership skills. The following steps outline the basic approach you should follow when analyzing a case. First, attend to the assigned material. Second, read the case questions. Third, analyze the case. You should be able to identify outcomes in the case and/or issues that the organization faces. These outcomes may be bad (e.g., shrinking market share, hostile employees, conflict among departments, inability to control operations), or they may be good. There may be numerous problems and issues. The goal of analysis is to explain the underlying mechanisms that are producing the outcomes or problems that you see in the situation.

This last point is very important: It makes no sense to analyze and diagnose a problem and then make a set of recommendations that do not relate directly to that analysis. Also keep in mind that recommendations typically have both positive and negative features in terms of their desirability and feasibility. You should develop recommendations that maximize on these two dimensions. For example, firing the boss and replacing her/him with a better manager might be a desirable solution, but it might not be feasible.

Finally, for the written case analyses, make sure that your paper is well-written, clearly organized, and has a logical flow. It usually helps to provide a brief summary statement—a “roadmap”—at the beginning of the analysis to orient and guide the reader. Your analyses should be 2-3 single-spaced pages, formatted as Times New Roman, 12-point font with one-inch margins on all sides.