Pgsm S Case Study Guidelines

INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (IEMBA)

CASE STUDY ANALYSIS

AND LEARNING STUDY SKILLS

A STUDENT GUIDE

PGSM Ver. Dec 2015

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................. 3

CHAPTER 2 - WHY USE CASE STUDIES? .......................................................................................... 5

CHAPTER 3 - DEFINING THE CASE STUDY ..................................................................................... 7

CHAPTER 4 - APPROACHING THE CASE STUDY - EFFECTIVE READING AND STUDY

HABITS ..................................................................................................................................................... 10

CHAPTER 5 - EXAMINING A CASE STUDY EXCERPT ................................................................ 15

CHAPTER 6 - EFFECTIVE CASE STUDY DISCUSSION – BEING A GOOD TEAM PLAYER 20

CHAPTER 7 - WRITING THE CASE STUDY ESSAY ...................................................................... 27

CHAPTER 8 - RESEARCHING THE CASE STUDY ......................................................................... 31

CHAPTER 9 - TIME MANAGEMENT AND STUDY SKILLS ......................................................... 34

CHAPTER 10 - CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................. 36

PGSM Ver. Dec 2015

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CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this Student Guide is to facilitate the discovery of the Case Study analysis

experience and to supplement that experience with skills for lifelong learning. Apart from the

analytical skills to be derived from case study examination, analysis and preparation, case

studies provide learners with other valuable learning tools: they require the learner to see

several sides of one story; they demand acute problem–solving skills; they enable the...