Reaching Out MBA Case Writing Competition

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Purpose

There exists a very limited pool of MBA business school cases which adequately treat contemporary LGBT business issues with an appropriate sensitivity and sensibility. In an effort to remedy this, we are delighted to announce the 2006 Reaching Out MBA Case Writing Competition, sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton.

Students, alumni, and faculty from MBA programs throughout the world are invited to research and write an original business case for the competition. Prizes will be awarded for the most effective and illustrative cases, with the likelihood that the winning case will also be used for the 2006 Reaching Out MBA Conference Case Study Competition.

Our goal is to first provide a rich educational opportunity for participants while also amassing a collection of quality cases on LGBT-related topics. Secondarily we hope to provide quality cases to business schools internationally for consideration and inclusion in curricula, thereby expanding the conversation of LGBT issues among straight and gay MBA students. Our stated objectives are:

  • To promote education and learning about LGBT issues in the workplace as an integral component of the 2006 conference and future conferences.
  • To develop a library of historical LGBT business cases and support ongoing partnerships with corporations to keep case material current and acquire new material.
  • Provide a vehicle for continuous transfer of knowledge to current and future LGBT professionals and leverage case studies for use in ROMBA annual case competitions.

Awards & Prizes

Grand Prize: $5,000 scholarship will be awarded to the 1st place winning team, underwritten by Booz Allen Hamilton. All participants will be recognized at the 2006 Reaching Out MBA Conference in New York City.

Registration & Logistics

Writing a business case can be a large undertaking. For that reason, we require all teams who wish to participate to register by Friday, June 30, 2006 through our Case Writing Registration Form.

Participants are urged to register for the competition as soon as they have assembled a team and received clearance from the firm they will study. This 'reserves' that firm and topic for the team. We hope to avoid having multiple teams studying the same firm, unless the cases are clearly different topics entirely.

Final case submissions are due by midnight on Thursday, August 31, 2006. No late submissions will be accepted.

We recommend that you view the PDF, Booz Allen Hamilton Case Writing Competition, for more detailed information.