Case Preparation We will use a number of cases in this course. Cases can give you a great educational experience but they absolutely require that you be ready for class. When cases are assigned, you should come to class ready to discuss the issues of the case. Answering the questions provided for each case should help in this effort. This may make some of you a little uneasy at times, but if you have read the case and the associated text material, and have made an honest attempt at some form of analysis, then you should have no problems.
Cases provide a real life setting for looking at and analyzing business situations.
They generally require you to put yourself in the shoes of the managers of the business and think about a solution in a total business context. Generally, there is a reading from the text to go along with the case. This reading may help in the analysis. When the class discussion of the case begins, I will call on people at random or those who indicate they have something to contribute. We will first set up the case in terms of the overall business environment and then try to identify the problems facing the firm.