Case Development Center
Development, dissemination and implementation in the educational process of case studies on Russian firms and international companies based in Russia is among the priority directions of scientific and teaching work at GSOM. Most of the cases developed at GSOM — both full-length and mini-cases — are based on field research, i.e. the data was provided by company managers. GSOM SPbU case studies >>>
Currently GSOM is the largest center of Case Studies on business practices in Russia. GSOM — is Russia's first business school, which formed its own collection of case studies at the European Case Clearing House, ecch) in English. As of February 1, 2013, GSOM case collection at ecch consists of 195 registration units (122 cases and 73 teaching notes). At the moment GSOM cases are available for use in training programs anywhere in the world. They are ordered for use in teaching at universities in Europe, U.S., Asia and Africa.
GSOM cases
The collection of business case studies developed at GSOM in1996-2012, consists of 240 cases, including 140 cases supported by teaching notes. 72 professors and 7 graduate students took part in case development. More than 50 case studies and teaching notes are being developed in conjunction with colleagues from other schools of business, i.e. Haas School of Business, University of California (Berkeley), University of Texas, Babson College, Helsinki School of Economics and other international business schools.
By now seven collections of cases were published at GSOM, 93 cases in total (17 cases were published in 2003-2005, and 69 cases were published in collections of 2008-2010, and 7 cases in 2012). More than 20 case studies and articles on the development of case-method were published in journals and periodicals in Russia. Five editions of guidelines for teachers of business disciplines on case study development were published at GSOM. 25 case studies and articles on case-method were published in leading international journals, covering the use of case-method.
In 2007, the Graduate School of Management became the founder of the project "Russian Case Studies Center" (www.case-center.ru). It is a digital library of case studies for use in business education programs at various levels. The Electronic Library includes case studies in Russian , developed in Russia. The project aims at supporting business education teachers by expanding access to teaching materials created by the authors in different universities and educational centers in Russia, as well as the ones published in professional journals. The major direction of activity of the Russian Case Studies Center is creating a data base of cases developed in Russia, with the ability of authorized access from the Internet. The project web site provides access to the updated bibliography of publications on the case-method; it also provides the ability to search and view case abstracts. Registered users can order cases on-line. The electronic library of teaching materials supported by all project participants. At the moment, 23 Russian universities and business media, including "Harvard Business Review Russia", "Vedomosti", "The secret of the firm", "Business Petersburg", "E-Perspectiva.ru" and others. As of September 1, 2012 the electronic library recorded 240 cases, of which 179 cases were written by GSOM professors.
GSOM SPbU Case Collection
|
Years |
Cases developed by GSOM SPbU professors |
Cases registered at ecch |
||||
|
|
Cases |
Teaching Notes |
Total |
Cases |
Teaching Notes |
Total |
|
1996-2005 |
20 |
18 |
38 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
2006 |
75 |
25 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2007 |
72 |
25 |
97 |
32 |
14 |
46 |
|
2008 |
30 |
30 |
60 |
12 |
2 |
14 |
|
2009 |
17 |
17 |
34 |
14 |
10 |
24 |
|
2010 |
10 |
10 |
20 |
21 |
20 |
41 |
|
2011 |
6 |
6 |
12 |
26 |
14 |
40 |
| 2012 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 28 |
|
TOTAL |
240 |
141 |
381 |
122 |
73 |
195 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
To coordinate the creation and use of teaching cases, the Case Development Center was established at GSOM. Its main activities include the following:
- Supporting the process of development, registration, publication, and preparation for use in the educational process of cases, business games and other teaching materials.
- Integration of teaching methods of the faculty in the international development of business education.
- Providing professors with teaching materials and guidelines, licensed for use at other universities, training centers and international organizations.
- Methodical and organizational support to professors in issues related to improving professional skills, methodological expertise and implementation of advanced learning methods.
One of the main activities of the center is creation and use of case studies in the teaching process.
On the case method and case studies
A case is a specially prepared teaching material containing methodically structured description of situations drawn from business practice. Active teaching methods are based on the use of case studies, i.e. methodically organized process of analyzing specific economic situations (situational analysis), during which students and students develop the skills of professional managers. For more information on collection cases in English can be found at www.ecch.com.
