The Rockcontest Archives


Looking for some work-related case problems that'll give your analytical muscles a hearty workout, your judgment tendons a steady stretch, your creativity nerves a definite tingle? You've come to the right place!

Here in the Rockcontest Archives we've collected all the cases that have appeared in the problem-solving contest that we feature (nearly) every month. If you wanna get ready for the next contest, there's no better place to warm up than right here. Just take a deep breath and click on the first case that catches your eye!

Wanna know what other Hard@Workers think about the case? No problem! (Sorry.) There's an archival link on each case that will escort you to a listing of all the posted comments on the problem, and another that will take you to what the contest judges had to say about the entries they reviewed.

What? You wanna see what it takes to win the Rockcontest? Why, sure! Here in the Archives there's a direct link to the winning commentary on each case too. Just pick and click.

Whoa! -- nearly forgot. Though the contests that featured these cases are closed, the discussion of the problems themselves is still going on. All the "Open for Discussion" icons are live, and all the discussion boards are still accepting new entries. When you get truth around the neck about the case of your choice, go on and post your comments. That'll make the Archivist happy and the rest of us mighty proud to be Hard@Work with you.



1. Should I Stay or Should I Go?

2. No More Mr. Nice Guy

3. R-E-S-P-E-C-T

4. Brief Encounter

5. Dreadlock Holiday

6. A Sour Note

7. Trashed

8. Bourbon and Branch

9. Bucks Stop

10. Fickle Frank

11. Child's Play

12. Burned, or Just Steamed?

13. Quitting Time

14. Eating It Too

15. Then Came Marriage

16. Ringing Up Sales

17. Family Values

18. Too Much of a Good Thing

19. Borrowing Trouble

20. The Woman Behind the Mask

21. The Lone Ranger

22. The Old School

23. The Boomer Box

24. All Alone Together

25. Odd Man In . . . the Office

26. Logging Off

27. Temporary Insanity

28. Pressed for an Answer

29. Fussing and Feuding

30. The Comeback Kid

31. The Vision Thing

32. The Adamant Assistant

33. Running in Place

34. Joel's Big Secret

35. I've Got You, Babel


Have a hankering for some additional case problems? The Rock Pile is pretty much stacked up with 'em -- jump on over there.