Research case studies based on company analysis are usually focus on identifying some issues related to specified objectives through empirical enquiries. This method of the case study is useful for trying to test theoretical models by using them in real world situations. The case study based research method is different from the statistical method that its results cannot be extrapolated to fit an entire question of the study. But it is argued that a case study provides more realistic responses than a purely statistical survey. By including both quantitative and qualitative data, case study method helps to explain both the process and outcome of an issue or a phenomenon through complete observation, reconstruction and analysis of the company …show more content…
No. Research Case Study Teaching Case Study
1 An effective research case study on a company identifies important issues related to organizational, business, or industry problems and the managers decision on success/failure in identifying optimum solution to such problems. An effective teaching case study can have attributes like ambiguity, conflict between issues or people, leaves important issues unresolved, complex to allow multiple levels of analysis, introduces a tension between alternative courses of action, ends with more questions than answers, forces a decision.
2 An effective research case study on a company should contain background information about the company, area of interest, analysis of specific issue/problem, identifying optimum solution from alternatives, or issues which have changed the fate of the company positively or negatively, and some of exhibit materials supporting the analysis. An effective teaching case study should contain background information about the issue, analysis of that identified issue, hint to identify problem, exhibit materials to analyse the issues, set of questions to fix the problem and apply various management theories while suggesting optimum decisions to solve the
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A teaching case should contain the issue/problem as central along with or without the name of the company.
5 Good company analysis provides crucial information about company, its operation, strategy, problems faced and how it solved problems through decision making. It also discuss efforts of the company on success or failure of achieving its objectives Good teaching cases enable students to put themselves in the shoes of actual managers to learn about decision-making. The students analyze situations, develop alternatives, choose plans of action and implementation, and communicate and defend their findings.
6 Research cases focus on learning the company business, products/services, strategy, struggle, and environment systematically to create new knowledge, insight, or wisdom. Teaching Cases are used to test students’ understanding of theory, to connect theory with application, and to develop practical insight, or wisdom.
7 Company business analysis and hence multi-problems analysis Specific issue-based analysis and hence usually single problem