Faculty and students from schools in Taiwan, Malaysia, Brazil, the United States and Canada are visiting the Richard Ivey School of Business this week to learn about its leading case-teaching and case-writing method.
The visitors are participating in the 40th Annual Case-Writing Workshop led by Professor Emeritus Michiel Leenders and Associate Professor Jim Erskine of Ivey Business School. The intensive 4 1/2-day workshop, held April 20-24, is focused on writing good cases quickly.
The session has 45 participants, including a large group of Taiwanese professors. Ivey has partnered with National Chengchi University in Taiwan to produce 25 case studies on Taiwan businesses, co-authored by professors at Ivey and the College of Commerce at the National Chengi University of Taipei, Taiwan. The new cases will add to the wealth of knowledge about business practices in Taiwan and are valuable tools for educating business students about global markets.
Ivey Business School also offers a case-writing workshop at the end of August each year, focused on helping participants teach effectively using cases.
The workshop started as an in-school training program for summer student case-writers and new faculty. It has since grown to include faculty from other business schools and non-business disciplines, including the arts and sciences, medicine, law and engineering. It also involves trainers from public and private organizations.
Ivey Business School’s case-writing method, modelled after Harvard Business School, is the foundation of the School’s approach to learning. Ivey Business School is the largest producer of business cases after Harvard and is the world’s largest producer of Asian cases.