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Sue Dopson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The Potential of the Case Study Method for Organisational Analysis
    Policy & Politics, 2003
    Co-Authors: Sue Dopson
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    This article explores the Case Study Method with a view to considering its potential contribution for organisational analysis. The promise of this Method is seen to lie in allowing complex interdependencies between groups and complex social processes to be explored within a social context. This potential can only be realised if a number of important standards are met. Such standards include using organisational theory, seeking multiple data, comparing Cases where possible and a clearly presented research design.

Xu Xian-sheng - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Peter Foster - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Case Study Method key issues key texts
    2000
    Co-Authors: Roger Gomm, Martyn Hammersley, Peter Foster
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    Introduction PART ONE: INTRINSIC Case Study AND GENERALIZABILITY The Case Study Method in Social Inquiry - Robert E Stake The Only Generalization Is - Yvonna S Lincoln and Egon G Guba There Is No Generalization Generalizability and the Single Case Study - Robert Donmoyer Increasing the Generalizability of Case Study Research - Janet Ward Schofield Case Study and Generalization - Roger Gomm, Martyn Hammersley and Peter Foster PART TWO: Case Study AND THEORY Case Study and Theory in Political Science - Harry Eckstein Case Study and Situational Analysis - J Clyde Mitchell The Logical Structure of Analytic Induction - W S Robinson The Quest for Universals in Sociological Research - Ralph H Turner Small N's and Big Conclusions - Stanley Lieberson An Examination of the Reasoning in Comparative Studies Based on a Small Number of Cases Cases, Causes, Conjunctures, Stories, Imagery - Howard S Becker Case Study and Theory - Martyn Hammersley, Roger Gomm and Peter Foster

  • Case Study Method: Key texts, key issues
    2000
    Co-Authors: Roger Gomm, Martyn Hammersley, Peter Foster
    Abstract:

    This is the most comprehensive guide to the current uses and importance of Case Study Methods in social research. The editors bring together key contributions from the field which reflect different interpretations of the purpose and capacity of Case Study research. The address issues such as: the problem of generalizing from Study of a small number of Cases; and the role of Case Study in developing and testing theories.

Rochelle Wessels - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Advantages and challenges of using the Case Study Method in teaching public administration
    2009
    Co-Authors: Rochelle Wessels
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    Public Administration has been taught by means of traditional teaching Methods, where the teacher teaches and the learner listens. A new trend has emerged in the field, where learners learn through active participation in a constructive and positive learning environment. This Method of instruction is referred to as the Case Study Method and gives the learner an opportunity to acquire knowledge, competencies, skills and attitudes. The purpose of this article is to describe the advantages and challenges of using the Case Study Method of teaching in Public Administration. The qualitative research Method was employed in this Study to ascertain the views of Public Administration teachers who use the Case Study Method. This article provides the teacher with recommendations to bear in mind when using the Case Study Method of teaching.

Carlos Martí Sanchís - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The Case Study Method: a powerful teaching tool in sports marketing education
    International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, 2007
    Co-Authors: Carlos Martí Sanchís
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    Since Harvard Business School (and many other of the world's most prominent business schools that have followed Harvard's example) began using the Case Study Method for teaching, early in the last century, the Case Study Method has become a firmly established educational tool in many business management training institutions. Today, business schools use the Case Study Method in all their programmes--from the most academic and theoretical courses (MBA or PhD) to executive training for professionals seeking to improve their everyday management skills. Much has been written on the Case Study Method, its effectiveness and its use as a teaching tool. However, the question remains: what exactly is a Case Study and what does the Case Study Method involve? The aim of a Case Study is to describe a real situation experienced by an organisation at a particular moment. This clear and concise definition encapsulates a teaching Methodology that has transformed traditional models of management training. It is an active teaching Method, constituting a real and effective way for enabling the trainee manager to assume a key role in a business decision-making process. Essential to the Case Study Method is the fact that the main training is dependent upon a participant's own work--trainees are required to place themselves in the shoes of a manager who has to address a specific issue raised in the Case by using the information provided. It is important to distinguish between Cases that are used for research purposes and those employed for teaching. The latter may be classified as those used to illustrate particular concepts or knowledge (e.g. manual Cases) and those used in the classroom, but which reflect a real situation in which the student manager is required to play an active role (by analysing, diagnosing and proposing an action or decision). Sports marketing has benefited a great deal from this last type of Case Study because of its focus on generating new ideas and its stimulation of creativity and innovation. Cases for research vs Cases for teaching When presented with a Case we have to make an initial distinction between Cases for research and Cases for teaching. Scientific research in any field (medicine, biology, law, sociology, business management, sports marketing etc.) makes extensive use of the Case Study as a qualitative research Methodology: Cases are used for illustrating particular phenomena. In the fields of training and education in any discipline (including sports marketing), Cases are also used for practical and participatory learning. Research Cases published in academic journals are one of the most commonly found research Methods in the field of business management. A review of the specialised academic literature in the field of sports marketing shows us that here too Case studies are also increasingly used as a Methodology (Shannon, 1999). We can identify two main areas: the marketing of sport (marketing sporting events and equipment to spectators and participants) and the use of sport for marketing purposes (promotion of non sport-related products at sporting events and use of athletes to endorse non sport-related products). A research Case Study is associated with in-depth examination, a response to a research strategy and its main goal, and is oriented towards exploration of empirical evidence. Such Case studies are by nature theoretical and need to present rigorous and fair empirical data. The three most popular types of research Case studies are explanatory or causal Case studies, descriptive Case studies and exploratory Case studies (Yin 2003). For teaching purposes, a Case Study need not contain complete or accurate information relating to the circumstances under review. Rather its purpose is to provide a framework for discussion and debate in relation to a particular organisational phenomenon. The criteria for developing good Cases for teaching--usually single-Case rather than multiple-Case)--are different from those for Case Study research (Yin, 2003). …