Research Paper:

Students will write a paper of at least 2,000 words (excluding citations) based on the Harvard Business School case study BAE Automated Systems (A):

Denver International Airport Baggage-Handling System. The assignment will be submitted as a Word document adhering to the APA style guide.

a) You begin by answering the questions posed at the conclusion of the case study. You should expand on the success factors and the areas where you, as a project manager, would have handled the situation differently.

b) The paper should identify the major issues described in the case, and key decisions made by the project manager to set up and run the implementation. Include the following: circumstances, major issues, your approach to addressing those issues, and tools or techniques you would use. The majority of the paper should be devoted to your analysis of the case and areas you would replicate or change. Your analysis should be based on the case, our class discussion, the text, and outside research.

c) The requirement is that the student seeks to understand how, as a project manager, you would react to the case situation. The bulk of the grade will therefore be allocated to how well you have succeeded in describing this understanding.

Do not simply provide a summary of the case as your final paper.

Paper - BAE Automated Systems (A): Denver International Airport Baggage-Handling System