2008 Reaching Out MBA Case Writing Competition
Purpose
There exists a limited pool of MBA-level business school cases which adequately address contemporary LGBT issues with sensitivity and sensibility. In an effort to ameliorate this situation, we are delighted to continue the Reaching Out MBA Case Writing Competition for 2008, sponsored by Robert Half International.
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 case and the winning case also may be used for the 2008 Reaching Out MBA Conference Case Study Competition.
Our primary goal is to provide a rich educational opportunity for participants while building a collection of quality LGBT-related cases. We also hope to provide quality cases to business schools internationally for consideration and inclusion in curricula as a way to expand the conversation of LGBT issues among all MBA students. Our stated objectives are:
- To promote education and learning about LGBT issues in the workplace.
- To develop a library of quality LGBT issue-related business cases.
- To support partnerships with corporations to acquire new case material and keep existing cases current and acquire new material.
- To provide a vehicle for transfer of knowledge to current and future LGBT professionals.
- To leverage these fresh case studies for use in annual ROMBA case competition.
- To ensure the accomplishment of these goals remain an integral component of the 2007 conference and future conferences.
Awards & Prizes
A $5,000 scholarship will be awarded to the 1st place winning team. All participants will be recognized at the 2008 Reaching Out MBA Conference.
Registration
Writing a business case can be a large undertaking, for that reason we require that all teams who wish to participate register by Friday, November 30, 2007 by completing the Case Writing Competition 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.
The final submission is due by midnight on Thursday, February 28, 2008.
We recommend that you view the 2008 Reaching Out MBA Case Writing Competition, Call For Entries for more detailed information.
