The "Reverse Case Study:" Enhancing Creativity in Case-Based Instruction in Leadership Studies

Autor/in	Atkinson, Timothy N.
Titel	The "Reverse Case Study:" Enhancing Creativity in Case-Based Instruction in Leadership Studies
Quelle	In: Journal of Leadership Education, 13 (2014) 3, S.118-128 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1552-9045
Schlagwörter	Case Studies; Leadership Training; Teaching Methods; Creativity; Graduate Students; Problem Solving; Doctoral Programs; Summative Evaluation; Course Evaluation; Peer Relationship; Creative Writing; Writing Instruction; Assignments; Innovation; Course Descriptions; Case Method (Teaching Technique); Organizational Theories; Arkansas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Führungslehre; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Kreativität; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Problemlösen; Doktorandenprogramm; Peer-Beziehungen; Kreatives Schreiben; Schreibunterricht; Assignment; Auftrag; Zuweisung; Kursstrukturplan; Case method; Fallmethode; Organisationstheorie
Abstract	In this application brief I share a case study assignment I used in my "Leadership in Complex Organizations" classes to promote creativity in problem solving. I sorted Ph.D. students into two teams and trained them to use creative writing techniques to "encode" theory into their own cases. A sense of competition emerged. Later, teams swapped cases for analysis and "decoding." The approach became known as "reverse case study." Summative course evaluations revealed four important instructional themes: (1) students were able to apply and learn leadership and organizational theories; (2) students were able to build rapport and create bonds with fellow students; (3) students explored creativity; and (4) students explored the perspective of "the other." (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Association of Leadership Educators. e-mail: Jole@aged.tamu.edu; Web site: http://leadershipeducators.org/page-1014283
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01