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Step 3

STEP 3: Analyse the issues in the context of

a theoretical framework

Case study solutions should be viewed as a process, or a

systematic approach to problem solving. This does not,

however, mean that systemitizing solution generation will

provide good solutions rather, it will allow the materials

presented in the case to be listed, prioritised, and analysed

in conjunction with the individual’s and group’s experiential

knowledge as a basis for rational decision making. It will not

guarantee selection of the best solutions but it will help to

avoid gross errors of judgment. The process of case study

analysis is simply a means of making sense of large,

complex, unstructured, problems. It provides insight into

the building blocks and the relationships which bind and

influence them and which in turn, are used by the individual

in conjunction with his or her own intellectual and intuitive

abilities to form these rational solutions.

The quality of case analysis depends on applying

appropriate tools to the case information in order to achieve