Case method – A teaching aid

Case study has been widely recognized as a powerful method in Management teaching. First conceived at Harvard School by a professor in 1871, the Harvard Business School has stuck to it as a prominent tool of management teaching (a student typically handles 400 odd cases). Most of the Business schools worldwide follow the same pattern in varying and much lesser degrees. It appears that the underlying assumption is that if Harvard does it, it must be best. Further, case method is one of the well-recognized methodology in conducting Business Research. The purposes of this paper are to develop a comprehensive understanding of how ‘learning organizations’ can be created and to provide a partial evaluation of the literature with a view to developing propositions for the future research.