The case method of management instruction is based upon the belief that management is a skill rather than a collection of techniques and concepts. The best way to learn this skill is to experience it in a simulation-like process. The class is conducted using the dynamics of a team meeting where the objective is to determine the best course of action and how to implement it.
Students are the team members and the lecturer is the facilitator.
The collective knowledge of the team determines the outcome of each class, not the lecturer. Our purpose in this class is to understand how managers make decisions. To do this requires direct exposure to the decision-making process. Unfortunately, we cannot project ourselves into actual business situations. As a substitute, we can read descriptions of particular business situations and make decisions based upon the data we find there.