Student’s Name:
International Business Fundamentals (BBB4M)
Teacher’s Name: Abigail D. AOL6 (Case Study)
Weight: 10%
Knowledge and Understanding Thinking Communication Application Total
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You are the field support installation manager for a MNC supplier of petroleum industry equipment. AramcoinSaudi Arabia has purchased one of your catalytic crackers for their Ras Tanura refinery. The “turnkey“purchase contract requires that you need to be in Ras Tanura to oversee the installation and start-up of thecracker. This will take approximately two months and will require working and supervising the work of Saudi
engineers, maintenance, and refinery plant operators. You will be accompanied by a junior engineer who will do most of the field supervision. There are twopotential candidates who have indicated interest in accompany you on the trip. On paper, both are equal basedon technical competencies. Both are young and ambitious and recognize that this trip would be a feather intheir cap for an upcoming promotion competition. Furthermore, both are parents to pre-school children. Your dilemma is who do take along with you. Sarah or Jonas? Sarah is a single mom and practicing orthodoxJew. Jonas is in an openly gay relationship and a proud supporter of the LGBT movement. Required:- Indicate who you would take with you. – Identifying the significant pros and cons for your choice (five items – total) and justify withasuccinct analysis. – Also, indicate what conversation you would have with, your choice, before departure. Your answers should be typed in Word, Times New Roman, 12 point font, and double spaced.
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Case Study Rubric
Categories Level 1(0-40%) Level 2(40-60%) Level 3(60-80%) Level 4(80-100%)
Knowledge and
Understanding
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Demonstrates an
inadequate
understanding of the
topic(s) and
choice(s)
Demonstrates an
acceptable
understanding of the
topic(s) and choice(s)
Demonstrates an
accomplished
understanding of the
topic(s) and choice(s)
Demonstrates a
sophisticated
understanding of thetopic(s) and choice(s)
Communication
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– Presents an
incomplete analysis
of the choice; – Identifies 1-2 pros
and cons for the
choice; – Poor conversation.
– Presents a
superficial analysis of
the choice; – Identifies 3-4 pros
and cons for the
choice; – Good conversation.
– Presents a thorough
analysis of the
choice; – Identifies 5 pros and
cons for the choice; – Powerful
conversation.
– Presents an insightful
and thorough analysisof the choice; – Identifies more than5pros and cons for thechoice; – Excellent conversation. Thinking
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– Makes little or no
connection between
the choice and the
contents studied; – Supports diagnosis
and opinions with
few reasons and
little evidence;
arguments not
objective.
– Makes appropriate
but somewhat vague
connections between
the choice and the
contents studied; – Supports diagnosis
and opinions with
limited reasons and
evidence; presents
somewhat one‐
sided arguments.
– Makes appropriate
connections between
the choice and the
contents studied; – Supports diagnosis
and opinions with
reasons and evidence;
presents a fairly
balanced view;
interpretation is both
reasonable and
objective.
– Makes appropriateand powerful
connections betweenthe choice and thecontents studied; – Supports diagnosis
and opinions withstrong arguments andevidence; presents abalanced and critical
view; interpretationisboth reasonable andobjective. Application
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Writing is
unfocused, rambling, or
contains serious
errors; lacks detail
and information;
poorly organized. Writing lacks clarity
or conciseness and
contains numerous
errors; gives
insufficient detail and
information; lacks
organization
Writing is
accomplished in
terms of clarity and
contains a few errors;
includes sufficient
details and
information;
well‐organized
Writing demonstratesasophisticated clarity, conciseness, andcorrectness; includesthorough details andinformation; extremelywell‐organized
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