Guidelines

1. TEXT BODY

This part must contain a minimum of three (3) and a maximum of twenty (20) pages, including any tables and / or figures and support. It should contain a display with clear and fluent text that describes a decision-making context and a real decision problem.

The case must be documented with data and actual dates.

Suggested structure for the body of the text:

• initial description of the context and problem (presentation of the characters involved, decision-making context etc);]
• Background of the case of the subject company (history, activity sector, main products / markets, financial indicators etc.);
• Detailed description of the context and the problem. This part should be flagged potential decision alternatives, without the need to exhaust alternatives, which may be generated by the students in the discussion of activity of the case.
• if the Closing, encouraging the reader to think about the future of the company considering the described and the scenarios derived from the decision situation at hand. It is important to spell out the end of the text a number of issues for discussion. Such questions serve as a guide for students to better structure the problem and help the teacher in the implementation of teaching case in the classroom.

2. TEACHING NOTES

All cases of education should be accompanied by the respective teaching notes, which meet the following requirements:

• teaching notes should contain theoretical exposition of the matter relating to the educational case, the understanding of theoretical exposure to exploration of the conceptual framework necessary for the operation or discussion of the case. Naturally, the volume of treated theoretical concepts in exposure will vary according to the teaching case and its scope area.
• the teaching notes will also address educational aspects of the implementation of the teaching case in the classroom. The pedagogical aspects may contain discussion of dynamic suggestions of teaching case; the relationship between the suggested dynamics and objectives of the case; behavior expected from students from the discussion; suggestions for using the board space by the teacher; etc. In short, the teaching notes should contain case of using suggestions in the classroom and collaborate to achieve educational results.
• Analysis of possible alternative decisions / solutions organizational situation focused on the text of the case, in order to support the work of teachers who apply the case and collaborate with getting relevant results in the use of teaching case as a teaching tool.
• Registration of relevant references to the concepts covered in the theoretical exposition.

CASE FORMAT AND TRAINING NOTES

Both parties that make up the case - the body text and teaching notes - should be in the same file.

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