For my lower-level business courses in Germany,
in English, for starters, I teach two 90-minute
lectures:
-Techniques of oral presentations
-Techniques of analysis
and as part of the Course Introduction I teach
the structure of writing up the case analysis.
After these three lectures I hand out a good
example from a student in a previous semester.
The students present a 20-minute summary in
class, followed by a critique and discussion by
the instructor and class. A detailed written
evaluation is provided for the written analysis.
I generally use the Ivey cases from U. Western
Ontario, as they have a greater selection of
cases suitable for undergraduates. See
http://www.ivey.uwo.ca/cases/
Hope this helps,
Romie Littrell
--- Charles Wankel <
cxx@bellatlantic.net> wrote:
> OK
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeffrey Cameron Kennedy
> [mailto:
AJeffrey@ntu.edu.sg]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 9:16 PM
> To: 'Management Education and Development
> Discussion'
> Subject: Training first-year students in
> mini-case analysis
>
>
> ------------------ I'm interested in developing
> first-year students'
> skills in using OB models to analyse mini-cases
> (eg applying path-goal
> theory or job characteristics model to a 1 or 2
> page description of an
> organisational situation). Some students do it
> well. Many merely repeat
> (with minor variations) the material from the
> case without making
> meaningful linkages to the OB material. Others
> repeat back the OB stuff
> with minimal reference to the case. These last
> two groups seldom come up
> with ideas for future actions (implied by the
> OB material), and are
> unable to identify whether contingencies in the
> case description make
> use of the particular OB material appropriate
> or inappropriate.
>
> The traditional narrative descriptions in
> textbooks regarding the
> process for analysing cases don't seem to get
> the message across. I
> would like to create some structured approach
> (perhaps a worksheet?)
> that requires students to go through the
> various steps - identify key
> components of the OB model, identify
> contingencies determining
> appropriateness of model, summarise evidence
> from case relevant to
> contingencies, etc. I'm not sure if it's
> possible to have a generic
> worksheet, or whether it might need to be
> tailored to each example. Has
> anyone on the list developed (or found) any
> relevant resources for this?
>
> Jeff Kennedy
kennedj@lincoln.ac.nz
> Visiting Teaching Fellow Ph: +65-790 5785
> Nanyang Business School
> Singapore 639798
=====
Prof. Romie F. Littrell, Ph.D.
Department of Managaement
Fh-Aalen University of Applied Sciences
Beethovenstrasse Nr. 1
D-73430 Aalen
Germany
Fax: (49)7361-576-330
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