Guidelines for Participation

1.        Cases should reflect a real world decision situation in any functional aspect (finance, accounting, marketing, human resources, operations etc.) and at strategic level in the Indian Corporate or MNCs operating in India. As far as possible it should be of recent occurrence and should be based on primary or secondary sources or authenticated personal experiences

2.    Each case should be accompanied with a ‘Technical Note’ mentioning the nature and definition of the professional values to be used to analyze the case and also an ‘Instruction Note’ on how to conduct the submitted case

3.    Total length of the case should not exceed 2000 words including Technical Note, Instruction Note and exhibits. Verifiable references of the secondary sources of information should be mentioned at the end of the case

4.    Even if the name of the corporate is disguised in the case, the real name should be communicated to ISME under the Guarantee of Secrecy in a signed certificate by the contributor to the effect that the submitted case is original in its write-up.

5.    Selected cases will be presented before the relevant group of participants in the symposium and analyzed by the contributor as to how the concepts are relevant to choose the best alternative among the possible options for the decision. Presentation will be followed by probing by the judges and queries by the other participants. Groups will be on functional basis as far as possible.