Prof Sam Vaknin
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How To Write a Case Study (CIAPS Class)
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30:02Now PlayingCase study contains a narrative and a conclusion regarding an event, transaction, corporate entity, institution, or specific individuals within these structures.
Narrative: facts, context, theories, assumptions
Conclusion: analysis, criticism, solutions or path forward (vision)
Bear your audience in mind
It is study aid: should interest, entertain, enlighten, transform
It is a management diagnostic tool and prescriptive instrument
Human angle: motivations, defenses, actions, stakeholders
Fact gathering and fact checking: open sources, interviews, documents, statistics and numerical information (such as financial statements)
Context: industry, economy, trends (both in the specific marketplace and global), history (comparison to similar situations in the past)
Issues, problems, structure vs. function
Theories and heuristics
Structure of case study:
Abstract, Executive Summary, or Synopsis
Introduction and Goals
Facts and Findings
Analysis and Discussion
Conclusions, Recommendations, and Solutions
Limitations, unintended consequences, and opportunity costs
Literature (bibliography)
Appendices, Footnotes, Indices
The Process of Due Diligence
Presented as a class in CIAPS (Commonwealth Institute for Advanced Professional Studies), Cambridge, UK; Toronto, Canada; Lagos, Nigeria ()
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