Purpose: The CBC's Case Clearinghouse & Library was established to identify, catalog, and--in select instances--publish or distribute business case studies that communication faculty can use in MBA and undergraduate communication courses. While there are numerous case-method materials available from business schools, the number of cases focusing on issues from a communication perspective or allowing students to deliver a communication product remains limited. This case clearinghouse and library seeks to provide communication faculty with a collection of cases that simulate management situations, focus on management communication issues, require readers to develop rhetorical solutions, and result in sophisticated oral or written communication products.
Project Activities: One of the CBC's project activities involves facilitating the research, development and publication of a series of communication cases and distributing them to business communication faculty for use with students via the CBC On-line Clearinghouse & Library.
Contributing Cases: If you would like to see a case added to this collection, or if you would like the CBC to publish and distribute a case that you authored, contact the director of the CBC.
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Carnegie Mellon University • Graduate School of Industrial Administration |
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The NATCO case explores the management communication challenges that arise when a hypothetical telecommunication company finds itself forced to downsize the company and lay off employees. Case can be combined with the MIT Sloan article: Preserving Employee Morale during Downsizing. Case generates either oral or written communication products. |
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University of Virginia • Darden Business School |
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Harvard Business School |
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University Western Ontario • Ivey School of Business |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Sloan School of Management |
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This 1998 article by Mishra, Spretizer, and Mishra shares insights and strategies for maintaining morale among the surviving employees and how to separate employees while maintaining a measure of dignity. Strong emphasis on the role communication should play in this situation. Article can be combined with the CMU case: NATCO Downsizing. |
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University of Notre Dame • Mendoza College of Business |
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Contact Information:
Dr. Thomas Hajduk, Director
Center for Business Communication
Carnegie Mellon University
Graduate School of Industrial Administration
GSIA Building, Room 331
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Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
Center: 412-268-5870
Office: 412-268-1370
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E-mail: hajduk@andrew.cmu.edu
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Hajduk Web Site: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/hajduk