Page 5 - Business Blunders 1 Teaching Note

LEVEL

These short cases are aimed at all levels from first year

under graduate to post graduate.

ISSUES

Mistakes in business are many and varied. They occur for

myriad reasons not the least of which is lack of thought,

poor communication or due diligence in the planning and

implementation stages.

OBJECTIVES

The primary objective of this presentation is to show that

all companies make mistakes but it is how they react to
them that is important.

ASSESSMENT

Perhaps keeping in mind two well worn phrases might

help focus on the development of potential answers to

the questions set:

1. The best laid plans of mice and men…..
2. There’s many a slip twixt the cup and the lip