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The Case Study Handbook, Revised Edition
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The Case Study Handbook, Revised Edition

by William Ellet
August 2018
Beginner content levelBeginner
272 pages
6h 28m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
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CHAPTER 8

HOW TO WRITE CASE-BASED ESSAYS

Students in courses that use the case method are frequently asked to write about a case for an assignment or an examination. When you write about a case, you need to be concerned about four things:

  • The question you’ve been asked
  • How to read and analyze a case
  • How to organize your writing about a case
  • How to write clearly, concisely, and correctly

THE QUESTION YOU’VE BEEN ASKED

Typically, professors’ assignments or exam questions ask you to take a position on an issue in the case. You could be asked a question such as the following about the case “General Motors: Packard Electric Division”:

What should David Schramm do?

The question is deceptively simple. You might read the word “do” to mean the actions ...

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