The ecch accessibility programme supports developing schools in their adoption and use of the case method, which is why I found this interview with Professor Hilda Amalraj, Dean at IBS Hyderabad, such an interesting read. It's an account of her experience of the school changing to 100% case-based teaching and it highlights the demands the case method makes of faculty, students and administrators and the benefits it offers in return. Faculty require support and development in growing their case research, writing and teaching skills while the school administration may struggle to fund both the provision of professional development and the cost of accessing cases. But the rewards are high. Students experience real decision making in the classroom using cases with both local and international perspectives. Faculty writing cases engage with local business as they research and then write the case. Theory is aligned with teaching practice. Business communities benefit by interacting with faculty and the case can be used as an opportunity for self-reflection. I believe the act of writing and teaching cases can stimulate interaction between schools and their local business communities to tthe benefit of both.
The ecch accessibility programme can help with professional development and affordable access to cases, working closely with case development centres around the world to make it much easier for all of us to access local cases written by authors within developing schools, reflecting a real understanding of the cultural and economic contexts within which business operates.
