Page 4 - Introduction & Preamble

INTRODUCTION

On 23rd March 2020, the U.K., as a result of the Covid-19
pandemic, went into lockdown. This impacted on education

provision dramatically, as face-to-face teaching was no

longer viable. The solution to education provision was
generally to seek on-line resolutions. Two years on, face-to-

face education provision has returned but not as it was prior

to the pandemic. Educational institutions in particular, have

learned from this hiatus that on-line provision offers the

potential for major cost savings. Consequently, although the
fundamentals of business case study development have

changed very little Covid-19 impacted directly on the

delivery of such.

Online delivery of materials was stimulated by the onset of
Covid-19 and for the case method hold a potential for

augmenting and enhancing the learning process. Within the

Case Lab a longitudinal case study based on William Chase
who set-up both Tyrrells Chips and Chase Distillery is

examined. E-resources have a lot to offer and to contribute

to the case method which may be seen from a web site such

as

http://book.flipbuilder.com/jamesq/

where, visual stimuli, worked examples, and applied theory

may be explored and developed.

Once the hypertext link above is clicked the Business e-

Resources bookcase is opened (Diagram 1) click on the menu

bar ‘All’ and choose ‘Case Lab Book’ from the drop-down
menu.