CASE STUDY ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS: NORTHWEST CANADIAN FOREST PRODUCTS LTD.
Please read “Case 4: Northwest Canadian Forest Products Limited” in page 227 of your textbook - direct
link: https://prod.reader-ui.prod.mheducation.com/epub/sn_55d5c/data-uuide106f56cc2ed42e495f7b71085496b83 via Connect. Upon reading, please answer below questions by
writing a term paper.
Case Questions:
1. Apply the conflict model (found in the chapter on conflict) to this case. That is, explain the facts of this
case using the concepts in the model. 7/20 points(approximately 500 words)
2. From the perspective of management, what is the problem(s) in this case? From the union/employee
perspective, what is the problem(s) in this case? Are these problems connected to one another? Why (or
why not)? Explain. 5/20 points XXXXXXXXXXwords)
3. How could the parties in this case work together to ensure that the mill will receive the investment of
funds needed to avoid any layoffs? 5/20 points(300 – 400 words)
Grading Criteria
The accuracy of your answers, in its entirety, is the main grading criterion. This means that the clarity
and strength of the application of the course concepts will affect your overall grade. Further, fulfilling
report-writing basics (such as attention to grammar, an introduction/case synopsis, section headings
and/or subheadings, conclusions etc.) is worth 3/20 grade points as these elements add coherence while
enhancing the overall flow. In other words, do not submit a paper that starts and ends in two or three
paragraphs which address all the answers (to question 1, 2, and 3) as if a single answer.
Based on the information you will find in the Case; your assignment paper/report should be as
comprehensive as possible. As a guideline, your paper should approximately take XXXXXXXXXXwords in
total. This word counts include an Introduction or Case Synopsis (100 to 200 words) and a conclusive
paragraph XXXXXXXXXXwords).
Assignment Submission
Please submit your individual assignment via Turnitin by going to “Assignments” on the Blackboard
menu bar located on the left side in your Blackboard course shell and by clicking on the “Case Study
Assignment” Turnitin assignment link.
Additional Information
Students should ensure that they understand the conventions for referencing sources, in footnotes and
bibliographies. In addition to citing quotations from all sources, whether from written materials,
interviews or electronic networks, students must credit with footnotes or in-text references all facts and
ideas that are not their own, EVEN IF THEY ARE IN YOUR OWN WORDS. In any academic exercise,
plagiarism occurs when one offers as one’s own work the words, data, ideas, arguments, calculations,
designs or productions of another without appropriate attribution or when one allows one’s work to be
copied.
Assignment Submission due by October 18th by 11:59 p.m. *Submission via Turnitin