Bernado sent this to me, but it seems clear he meant it for
the list....
On Tue, 28 Sep 1999 21:17:24 +0100 Bernado Batiz-Lazo
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> I agree with Charles. The author's pedagogical aim is main difference
> between a good company history or description of a business situation and a
> teaching case. Since management is contingent then cases seldom have one
> good answer. Therefore, a secondary aim is to help students come to terms
> with uncertainty and ambiguity.
>
> In turn, my question is: why aren't cases more widely used within
> undergraduate courses?
> Its true that growing class sizes don't help. However, in my experience case
> teaching is most often used in graduate and particularly, MBA programmes.
> Why is this?
> Is it because a) there is a small database of cases for undergraduates or b)
> becasue most graduates have had previous working experience and hence they
> readily appreciate the contingent nature of management?
>
> Bernardo
>
>
> <snip>
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