Cases are descriptions of real life situations.
Some cases retain real names of organizations and people involved, while others may disguise names as well as financial data to preserve anonymity for organizations and people who may have generously shared their situations with the case writer. Many disciplines use cases for learning, and the nature of cases used in a course depends on the ideas, concepts, and domain of the intellectual discipline. Take, for example, a word problem from a mathematical textbook you may have used in middle school. On the other hand, a student may apply mathematical concepts to solve the problem and learn to solve similar problems in the future without sacrificing trains and people. There are one or more of several purposes in using cases in strategic management.