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Written Analysis of Cases
“A single, well-designed case study can provide a major challenge to a theory and provide a source of new hypotheses and constructs simultaneously.”
—Donald R. Cooper and Pamela S. Schindler
COMMUNICATION AT WORK
The case study method of teaching management issues and solutions is a crucial component of the modern pedagogy of business schools. Students and faculty spend a lot of time finding the perfect answers to the issues raised in a case. Their concern for reaching a logically satisfying solution is genuine, but they should all be informed by Amartya Sen’s description of a hypothetical situation in his book, The Idea of Justice. In his book, Sen describes three children’s demands for a flute. One child claims ...
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