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What is a Case, G3 (謝宜樺, 方德文, 李佳容, 黃品筑, 江羽晴, 王渝絜), In class, portion of a…
What is a Case
THREE WAYS TO READ
Find it
Fits a text that has keys or clues that readers recognizes and puts together for a solution
Example
Mystery novels
Need to find the correct formulas or equations that will fill a need states or implied in a case
Make it
Appropriate for cases
The information varies considerably in its apparent relevance to the issue
Most basic matters of facts are not clearly stated or are stated in multiple ways
Receive it
Fits a text that states both a subject and its significance
Example
News story
Online product review
By design
A case doesn't tell you what it means
Have to read a case actively and construct own meaning
In case method classroom
student
After class
Take responsibility for the outcome of the discussion
Before class
They should preview the case in advance
Instructor
Teach concepts for analysis cases studies
Use questions as a guide for students to think and discuss
They don't do it announce definitive conclusions or right answers
Harvard Business School case: Malaysia in 1990s
student
He shouldn't give in to the environmentalists
I would want the government to be willing to talk.
The case doesn't say
I think the country can't afford to have Western standards for environmental protection.
It could. Harvesting trees at a rate that isn't sustainable means the timber harvest will get smaller and smaller.
Eventually, the industry and the revenue from it will disappear.
1 more item...
The case does mention some negative consequences for Malaysia, things like erosion, floods, and some types of plants that
might be destroyed which could be developed for medicines.
Instructor
What do you think?
Which would you perfer?
A government open to discussion and negotiation about issues
Does Malaysia have a strong environmental movement?
Let's assume it doesn't.
Does an environmental point of view have any utility for a developing nation?
1 more item...
species of frog that Western scientists have not yet had a chance to study?
Can deforestation hurt the country's long-term
development?
3 more items...
One that takes a hard line with outsiders
WHAT A CASE IS? WHAT IT DOES?
WHAT IT DOESN'T DO?
The definition of CASE :pen:
verbal representations of
reality
:silhouettes:
put the reader in the role of
a participant in the situation
A business case imitates or simulates
a real situation
Varieties
The unit of analysis
an individual
an organization
an entire nation
the world
A case's range
1page
≥ 50 pages
Similarities
Represent reality
Cases & Real business situations
logical :green_cross: coherent :green_cross:
fluid :check:
(inevitably involve) uncertainty :check:
selected & sorted info :green_cross:
clarity :check: contingency :check:
cases
business students
laboratories
educating scientists & doctors
Convey a situation with
all its cross currents & rough edges
irrelevancies
sideshows
misconceptions
little/overwhelming amount
The content of CASE :newspaper:
3 characteristics
Sufficient information on which to base conclusions
No stated conclusions
A significant business issue or issues
Essentials
An
adequate fact base
reasonable conclusions with
no statement
complicating properties
A nonlinear structure
related evidence is scattered through out the text
Information that includes "noise"
irrelevancies
dead ends
false/biased/limited testimony
Cases may put statements that sound conclusive in the mouths of case characters :warning:
But every case character is subject to skepticism
1 more item...
elaborate padding in the text & exhibits
To distract the reader
1 more item...
Unstated information that must be inferred from the information
A case with a
significant issue
educational value
Assume that every case deals with sth important
Debt-equity trade-offs
A major problem in a plant
A pricing dilemma
Readers should be able to
fact base :arrow_down: readers' ability to
infer
:arrow_up:
Associate evidence from different parts
Integrate into a conclusion
Furnish missing information through inferences
Filter out irrelevant or low-value portions of the text
Construct conclusions
A linear structure :!?:
Headings/subheadings divide the case into sections
but they ARE NOT linear:!!:
The content :red_cross: logical
Introduction and conclusion
DO NOT always provide invaluable info :green_cross:
👉🏼Adjusting reading methods that match the quality of the text
TAMING AN INDETERMINATE TEXT
Newspapers, magazines, television and the internet
tells the reader what it mean.
In a text book, an expert
delivers the truth to readers.
News paper article states its
subject clearly
Business case require
active readers
.
The case
doesn't report only those facts relevant to the controversy or offer the views and reasoning of all the parties.
G3
謝宜樺
WHAT A CASE IS? WHAT IT DOES?
WHAT IT DOESN'T DO?
方德文
TAMING AN INDETERMINATE TEXT
李佳容
黃品筑
THREE WAYS TO READ
江羽晴
In case method classroom
王渝絜
In class
Discuss about the problem
portion of a simulated case discussion
A
B
C
:question: