..., and successful business schools. Design/methodology/approach The authors use an inductive, qualitative approach based on the multiple case studies analysis of six American and European business schools. Findings Accreditation-based reputation alone is no longer a competitive advantage. It is based...

... oppose it? Why is the liability of adolescence important when discussing the performance of start-ups? To address these questions, taken separately into account, the paper presents a set of three case studies from the service industry, each of which is based on a specific research design. Findings...

...Claudia Kipka and Professor Mollie Painter Morland; Isabel Canto de Loura Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute an illustrative case study on the application of participatory and learner-centred model, using a highly international cohort of students’ tacit knowledge and shared...

... the question of AACSB accreditation and its learning effects. By using a qualitative multiple case study method, this research provided a unique opportunity to focus more keenly on context and its role in influencing the potential learning consequences of accreditation. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited...

... a generic approach of Corporate Social Responsibility towards a holistic approach of stakeholder management. The analysis of a case study of a multinational Italian company, Autogrill Group S.p.a., will be explored as an organizational learning process using the framework of a recent approach of Total...

...Philip Dover; Samuel Perkins; David Wylie Purpose This paper aims to explore the growing role of customized case studies in executive education programs. Design/methodology/approach A general review is provided, mainly from the authors' experience, on designing and employing custom cases...

... are too verbose and confusing for effective classroom use, and are clearly not written with the student audience in mind. Instructional materials that fail to engage the interest of the students are self‐defeating. For non‐native English speakers such case studies then become a tool for testing...

...Chris Shanley Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the interconnections between management development and change management within the context of an industry case study. To develop strategies for how management development practices might better support the management of change...

... using the case studies. The “initiator” goes through several stages in the gradual and incremental replacement of their cognitive framework. Four specific stages were observed: “embedded”, “embedded discomfited”, “scripted”, and “unscripted”. In each of the stages, issues in the interface...

... are presented. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Competences Management skills Case studies Spain Managing an organisation involves adaptive responses to both the job tasks and the technological and socioeconomic changes. The traditional management approach is insufficient to explain how manager could...

... the perceived value and relevance of a case study. The paper concludes that the use of reflective reports does a great deal to overcome concerns about value and relevance in management education. Approach (3) is likely to result in reflection after the class discussion. However the nature of the required...

...Ahn‐Sook Hwang This article presents a case study for designing a workshop for strategic planning. By describing the process of selecting, designing, and implementing a manufacturing strategy workshop as a marketable instructional product in a high‐tech company, the article illuminates the role...

...David Jennings Reports the results of a survey of UK lecturers involved in teaching strategic management to postgraduate and post‐experience students. Identifies the lecturer’s objectives in using case studies and evaluates the effectiveness of the case method in achieving those objectives. Finds...

... “managerial” capabilities among large numbers of “professional” staff. Drawing on case study and interview data, provides evidence of a serious shortage of such managerial skills among City firms. Further suggests that firms engaged in international wholesale financial services lag behind those in other...

... we need to “get everybody into improving the whole”. Whole systems development can offer a way to realizing the learning organization. Provides a case study of whole systems development in action within Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council in the UK. Begins with a brief account of the ideas on which...

... to occur we need to “get everybody into improving the whole”. Whole systems development can offer a way to realizing the learning organization. Provides a case study of whole systems development in action within Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council in the UK. Begins with a brief account of the ideas...

...John A. Gutman Provides background for the use of cases and scenarios for anticipatory learning that require participants to acknowledge and reshape their mental models of the future. Reviews the issues central to anticipatory learning programmes. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Case studies...

... that no one individual had generated prior to the discussion. Reference 1. Shapiro, B.P., "An Introduction to the Case Method", Explanatory note to students, reference No. 9-576-031, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, 1975, pp. 1-2. Cases in Management Development 37 Case studies Group working...

... avoidance; resource scarcity; and low trainee motivation. A case study example of a successful organisation development intervention is described which demonstrates the effectiveness of action learning as a management development technique. Journal of Management Development 10,7 14 Problems of Management...

... support for the case method. The first two were fairly easy to do, but the latter has been only partly successful. Work is continuing on driving the roots of the case method deeply into the institution. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Canada Case studies Management development Public sector...