The Art of CASE ANALYSIS - A Guide for Improving Classroom Performance

Thousands of students and hundreds of professors can’t be wrong. The Art of Case Analysis is a proven winner! An underground classic for years, it is the only book that incorporates:

• An in-depth 149 page treatment of the subject. Four and five page handouts on case analysis just don’t do the job

• Tools for numerical analysis, clearly explained, that take students beyond qualitative observations

• A roadmap for developing a personal system for case analysis

• A great value with a new low price of $9.99 to encourage widespread adoption during these difficult financial times for students

Table of Contents

“A Revolution in Learning”

PART ONE - THE BASICS OF CASE ANALYSIS

1. Developing a Personal System for Case Analysis

2. The Two Basic Conditions for Classroom Success

3. Learning’s Secret Weapon: Team Learning

4. Forming Study Teams

5. Effective Team Operations

6. Toward Spirited Cooperation…Rapidly

7. Ethics, Cases, and the Classroom: A Microcosm of Life

PART TWO -WHAT TO DO BEFORE GETTING TO CLASS

1. Reading a Case Efficiently

2. Reading Objectives and Scheduling

3. A Reading Procedure

4. Analyzing and Preparing a Case for Discussion

5. The Analysis

6. Unassigned Questions

7. Analytic Approaches

8. Analytic Focus

9. Specific Levels and Types of Analysis

10. Translating Your Analysis for Discussion

PART THREE - HOW TO DISCUSS A CASE IN CLASS

1. Discussing a Case in Class

2. Recording Case Findings

PART FOUR - CLASSROOM STRATEGIES & TACTICS

1 Classroom Strategies

2 Classroom Tactics

PART FIVE - WRITING CASE REPORTS, MAKING PRESENTATIONS, AND TAKING CASE EXAMS

1. Writing Great Case Reports

2. The Secrets Behind Great Presentations

3. Taking Exams Successfully

PART SIX- KEY ANALYTIC TOOLS FOR BUSINESS ANALYSIS

1 Some Fundamental Concepts Underlying Business Analysis

2 Basic Accounting Arithmetic

3 Basic Finance Arithmetic

4 Basic Production Arithmetic

5 A Final Word about Assumption-Based Thinking

About the Author, Dr. Robert Ronstadt

Dr. Robert Ronstadt lives in the Lakes Region of Central New Hampshire, where he writes on matters affecting education, particularly higher education, for Forbes.com, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and other publications. His latest book is, “Surviving the Tuition Travesty: How to Take the Financial Sting Out of Paying for a College.”

Currently he serves as Chairman of the Board of a publically traded company, Applied Nanotechnology Holdings Inc (APNT), which focuses on developing breakthrough technologies based in nano-electronics, nano-materials, and several other fields related to nanotechnology.

Dr. Ronstadt holds degrees from the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Oregon at Eugene, and Harvard University. His last academic position was Vice President of Boston University. He’s also held senior academic and administrative positions at the University of Texas at Austin, Pepperdine University, and Babson College. Over the years, he’s lectured at many universities in the United States and abroad.