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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...