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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 <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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> ---------------------------------------- Booth, Charles Email: [log in to unmask] "University of the West of England" --- End Forwarded Message --- ---------------------------------------- Booth, Charles Email: [log in to unmask] "University of the West of England" %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%