Lynn introduces readers to the case method of instruction popularized by the John F. Kennedy School of Government and the Harvard Business School. This is a practical, process-oriented guide to teaching, writing, and learning with the case method. Lynn integrates insight from literature with his own extensive experience as a case teacher and writer, and as a trainer of case teachers and case writers. Lynn selects the broadest possible context for discussing the use of cases in teaching for maximum appeal to instructors and learners in diverse fields.

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Preface - Why This Book?

Part I. Teaching with Cases: Princples

1. What is the Case Method?

2. "Case Teaching Is Not for Me!"

3. Why Do We Teach? The Strategic Question

4. How We Should Teach: The Strategic Answer

Part II. Teaching with Cases: Techniques

5. Teaching with Cases: The Basics

6. Sizing Up Your Learners

7. Teaching Notes and Class Plans: Creating Them, Using Them

8. Case Discussion: Preparation

9. Case Discussion: Tricks of the Trade

10. Case Discussion: Closure

Part III. Curriculum Planning

11. Choosing Cases: Curriculums and Courses

12. Choosing Cases: Types, Formats, and Lengths

13. Choosing Cases: The Star-Quality Case

Part IV. Case Writing

14. Writing a Case: The Basics

15. Research for a Teaching Case

16. Writing a Case Draft

Appendix. A Teaching Case: "Roles of Consultants in Project Formulation"

A Teaching Note

A Case Analysis

References

Index

Laurence E. Lynn, Jr. is Sydney Stein, Jr. Professor of Public Management Emeritus at the University of Chicago and Sid Richardson Research Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. His research focuses on governance, public administration, and public management. His books include Public Management as Art, Science and Profession, Madison’s Managers: Public Admiinistration and the Constitution (with Anthony M. Bertelli), and Public Management: Old and New, and he is co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Public Management. He has received the John Gaus lectureship award from the American Political Science Association, the Dwight Waldo and Paul Van Riper awards from the American Society for Public Administration, and the H. George Frederickson Award from the Public Management Research Association.