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Consider sectoral specifics
A realistic case is good, but it is even better if you manage to make it authentic. Try to design a case that is not too special or niche (even if it may be particularly exciting), nor choose a case outside your students' imagination and reality.
To make a case consistent, realistic, and authentic, add sectoral specifics. When identifying the case situation, the characteristics, practices and challenges within the used sector or industry should be integrated to ground the case in real-life. This type of sectoral specifics create connection between theory and practice, and help keeping the storyline, values, and assumptions consistent, and make the students resonate with their own experiences.
In the video we explain how to design a case that incorporates sectoral specificity.
Would you like a practical example? Take a look at how it is implemented in the simplified example case:
Personal reflection
What makes a case study authentic?
Authenticity means, that we take a problem situation that resonates with students’ experiences and future career. It can involve setting the case in a particular industry, and /or referring to a specific cultural framework from the life-world of your students.
Why should a case study be authentic?
Setting a case in a specific sector or industry helps students grasping the problem situation more easily; it even triggers interest in finding out the reasons behind the problem and coming up with solutions.
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