Types of Case Studies

INTRODUCTION TO CASE STUDIES

Outlines

What Is a Case Study?

Types of Case Studies

Objectives of the Case Study Method

Guide to Case Analysis

Questions for Self-Control

What Is a Case Study?

What are the main types of Case Studies?

What are the Objectives of the Case Study Method?

What major skills areas are developed through case studies?

What Is a Case Study?

A case is defined by Reynold as, “a short description in words and numbers, of an actual management situation”. It describes the present and past position of the situation and the problem that is posed. All the data are provided. A case consisting of the history of the situation may be small or lengthy. Small ones may be lacking particulars and hence, may be taxing with more assumptions than realities, while lengthy ones may not project the conflict correctly and therefore solution may seem easy because there are not many alternatives. All available information may not be sufficient and at the same time of analysing a case, further information may have to be injected by reasonable assumptions about the unknown.

Case Study

The collection and presentation of detailed information about a particular participant or small group, frequently including the accounts of subjects themselves.

A case study is a puzzle that has to be solved. The first thing to remember about writing a case study is that the case should have a problem for the readers to solve. The case should have enough information in it that readers can understand what the problem is and, after thinking about it and analyzing the information, the readers should be able to come up with a proposed solution. Writing an interesting case study is a bit like writing a detective story. You want to keep your readers very interested in the situation.

A good case is more than just a description. It is information arranged in such a way that the reader is put in the same position as the case writer was at the beginning when he or she was faced with a new situation and asked to figure out what was going on. A description, on the other hand, arranges all the information, comes to conclusions, tells the reader everything, and the reader really doesn't have to work very hard.

When you write a case, here are some hints on how to do it so that your readers will be challenged, will "experience" the same things you did when you started your investigation, and will have enough information to come to some answers.

Types of Case Studies

1. Informational type case studies: These, include a variety of items like working environment, inter-organizational context, coordination, activities, problem areas, history of events, inhibiting factors on, decision making, etc.. This type increases ‘awareness’ about the environment and helps in the decision making process. This also helps in the evaluation of consequences of a decision.

2. Appraisal cases: These involve problem solving and decision making process.

3. Historical cases: These involve research and educational interests.

4. Project cases: These are radical educational processes involving interests.

5. Live and experimental cases or Functional cases: Social welfare rehabilitation or introduction of ideas and analytical concepts form the basis for these cases: These types of cases help-to analysing psycho/ social problems like drug addiction, alcoholism amongst workers, etc.

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