[Logprofs] CSCMP Call for Academic Cases 2010

[Chad Autry]

Colleagues,



Please note the call for Academic Cases below and attached.  The deadline
for submissions has been extended to March 15th , 2010 in order to provide a
little more time for submission this year.  Both full length and “Mini”
cases will be considered, and compensation is available.



Thanks for your attention,



Chad Autry

Cautry2009 at gmail.com



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*2010 Call for Academic Cases*



The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) is soliciting
original academic cases for its ever-expanding on-line case library. CSCMP
seeks cases that explore all supply chain related topics, including but not
limited to successful implementation of supply chain initiatives, RFID,
collaboration, use of technology in supply chains, relationship development,
performance measures, and supply management.  The primary audience for CSCMP
cases is academics who will use these cases to illustrate particular SCM
principles.  There will be two categories of cases accepted: full-length
cases that will typically take a full lecture to discuss, and “mini-cases”
that require about 20 minutes of class time, and are useful for introducing
a topic.



 Author(s) of “full” cases accepted by CSCMP will receive a total of $3,000
US and authors of “mini” cases will receive a total of $500 provided the
case is completed by November 1, 2010.



Full and mini cases that are submitted to CSCMP will be evaluated by members
of CSCMP’s Education Strategies Academic Case Study Review Committee
utilizing the following criteria:

·         Interesting subject matter and relevance to CSCMP academics

·         Realistic details and adequate information on internal and
external issues

·         Story like narrative

·         Number and quality of supply chain issues

·         Useful tools, tables, figures (financial numbers when available)
to facilitate analysis

·         Clear set of discussion questions

·         Quality of writing

·         Level of completion including teaching notes



*Timeline*

1.      Submission deadline – March 15th

2.      Initial Review Comments – May 1st

3.      Second Review Comments – Aug 1st

4.      Notification of accepted cases  – Oct 1st

5.      Camera Ready Copy -  Nov 1st



Full Cases, not including the teaching note and figures, should be between
2,000- 4,000 words.  Additional guidelines for CSCMP cases can be found at:

http://cscmp.org/resources/casestudy.asp* *



Mini Cases, not including the teaching note and figures, should be between
1,000- 2,000 words.  Additional guidelines for CSCMP cases can be found at:

http://cscmp.org/resources/casestudy.asp* *



Cases should be double spaced, saved in Word and as a PDF file and
electronically submitted to
Dr. Chad W. Autry, (cautry2009 at gmail.com), *by March 15th, 2010 for review*.



Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals: www.cscmp.org, phone: + 1
630.574.0985


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*GUIDELINES FOR ACADEMIC CASE SUBMISSIONS*

*Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals*

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The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) is soliciting
original academic cases for its ever-expanding on-line case library. CSCMP
seeks cases that explore all supply chain related topics. The prime audience
for CSCMP cases is academics who use these cases to illustrate particular
Supply Chain Management principles in class.  Therefore, there is a lot of
value in creating a "story" like atmosphere in the case and *not* *providing
* any solutions within the body of the case.  A key facet is that as
students read the case they should begin to identify with the decision maker
in the case. To facilitate student engagement, authors should consider
adding as many realistic details as possible, so students can also learn
about the industry being studied and the role of a supply chain manager.



For full length cases, authors should ensure adequate information is
included on the internal and external factors facing the company.  It is
very important that tables, figures and financial numbers (when available)
are useful to facilitate analysis. Ideally, full-length cases should contain
several different issues denoted by keywords, and some of the issues should
not be important to the outcome of the case.  A key learning process that
students go through with well-written cases is related to the ability to
distinguish between important and unimportant issues.  Having superfluous
information is often of value for this purpose.  Authors should always end
the case with questions that force the students to identify the key
underlying issues found in the case.



For mini-cases the requirements are less rigorous.  Given that mini-cases
are designed to introduce classroom topics, there is less need to have as
much quantitative data such as financial information for example as required
in a full case. The focus in a mini-case tends to be more conceptual and
introductory.



For both types of cases, teaching notes should be prepared.  The teaching
notes assist the professor in teaching the case; they are not simply answers
to the questions found at its ending.  Authors should consider developing a
set of questions that can be used by the professor to lead a class
discussion.  The focus of the teaching notes is to lay out questions in such
a fashion that the students discover key issues.  If possible, authors
should identify the approximate time needed to discuss each question to
provide the greatest learning.  In summary, the teaching notes should
include the following:

   - a synopsis of the case
   - teaching/learning objectives and appropriate audiences for case
   - teaching suggestions
   - several questions/answers to facilitate discussion of the case
   - a summary of the pros/cons of each alternative being considered in the
   case, if not already done in the case
   - lessons learned/outcomes – this should be linked to teaching objectives
   above



Finally, where possible/appropriate, the author should include an epilogue
section (i.e., "what really happened") so that the professor can provide
historical data based on the results of the actual case.





Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals: www.cscmp.org, ph: + 1
630.574.0985
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