Overview: Case study courses help learners understand real-world problems and improve decision-making skills.MBA programs and online courses widely use cas ...

During my decade as dean of Harvard Business School, I spent hundreds of hours talking with our alumni. To enliven these conversations, I relied on a favorite question: “What was the most important ...

Case method teaching is ultimately about teaching the students, as opposed to teaching the case. Instructors who know their students well are better able to create a learning experience that is ...

The venerable business case study method got its start in 1921 at the Harvard Business School. The method became standard at the school throughout the 1920s, and since then, Harvard has a ...

In a spacious classroom in Aldrich Hall on the Harvard Business School campus, 100 students are passionately discussing a case called “Battle Over a Bank.” But these aren’t MBA students deliberating ...

When I was an interim dean in 2010, I was asked to serve on a search committee for the permanent dean. After a year in the temporary position, I was intimately aware of the skills needed to be ...