June 25-27, 2009
SOCIETY FOR CASE RESEARCH
31st Annual
Summer Case Writer's Workshop
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
The Society for Case Research's 31st Annual Summer Casewriter's Workshop is tentatively planned for June 25-27, 2009 on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). The campus is located in Murfreesboro, TN, approximately 30 miles from Nashville. The area is well noted for Civil War battles, music, and excellent shopping and should provide many entertainment opportunities for non-participants in the workshop and vacation opportunities before and after the workshop.
Workshop Purpose: The primary purpose of the workshop is to develop and improve business research, case writing, and the case reviewing skills of participants. The workshop helps aspiring case writers, beginners, and experienced case writers prepare and develop cases and teaching notes for classroom use and/or publication.
Abstracts of all cases accepted for presentation will be published in the Conference Proceedings. Cases presented at the workshop are eligible for submission to Annual Advances in Business Cases, a blind-refereed publication sponsored by the Society for Case Research.
Case: Case submissions must be based on real events in an actual organization, although individuals and/or the organization may be disguised to preserve anonymity.
Submissions can be a decision case in which the student is placed in the manager's (decision-makers) position and asked to make recommendations appropriate to the context of the situation. Descriptive cases are also accepted. A descriptive case is a description of a real situation. Author(s) must present sufficient background information such that the student can evaluate how effectively the situation was managed.
Sharpen your word processors and start planning your case for 2009. The contact person is Joe Thomas, jgthomas@mtsu.edu, or 615-898-5652.