Strategy for an Effective Case Analysis

Summary of Preparing an Effective Case Analysis

In summary, the case approach to strategic analysis is an exercise in the learning by doing a real life business problem. Cases provide students with detailed information about conditions and problems of different industries and companies, students’ task of analyzing company after company and situation after situation has the twin benefit of boosting analytical skills, exposing the student to different the ways that a companies and managers handle business. Some college students have limited managerial experiences and backgrounds and only fragmented knowledge about companies and real life strategic situations. Cases help substitute for the on the job experience by (1) giving students a broader exposure to a variety of industries, organizations, and problems (2) forcing students to assume a managerial role (3) providing a test of how to apply the tools and techniques of strategic management (4) asking students to come up with pragmati...