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1. Teaching objective

2. Identify the case lead

3. Collect information through documents and/or

interviews

4. Write the case and obtain permission to publish

5. Write the Teaching Notes and test run the case in a

class situation – observe and amend.

These steps look impressive at first sight. However, if taken

in a prescriptive manner they will only lead to a trickle of

case studies being developed.

Cases develop from a multitude of stimuli varying from

newspaper articles, news documentaries, colleagues,

supervised student dissertations, guest lectures and so on.

Accessing the media is a critical step in case lead generation

Cases are not subject specific and to simply base a case on

identifying teaching objectives may not encompass the

multi-disciplinary nature of case studies.