Teaching with Cases

The case method places students in the role of decision-maker, confronting real-world business situations complete with the constraints and incomplete information found in real life. This Harvard Business Publishing seminar is designed to help instructors learn practical skills to be successful in using cases and leading case discussions. Attendees will experience the seminar both as instructors and students. First, as an instructor, by learning techniques for orchestrating classroom discussion, board management, discussion plan preparation, and other key elements to consider when preparing to teach a case. Second, as a student, by preparing and discussing cases about both teaching and traditional business issues.

This seminar is facilitated by faculty affiliated with Harvard Business School who have many years of experience teaching in-person and online. The seminar will be delivered at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore campus and is intended for all instructors, regardless of their level of experience with case method teaching.

The seminar covers a broad range of topics, including:

• Establishing and reshaping the learning contract with your students
• Fostering norms to enhance class discussion
• Questioning, listening, and responding
• Designing discussion plans
• Practicing the skill of case teaching
• Student engagement with case material and class discussion
• Explore how generative AI can enhance case-based classroom discussions
  

Seminar at a Glance:

• April  28 - 29, 2025
• Held at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India
• 8:45 am - 5:00 pm
• 42,000 INR/$485 USD per instructor
• Certificates of Completion will be awarded (requirements on registration form)

Registration Requirements: This seminar is offered only to teaching faculty at degree-granting institutions. Registrations will be cancelled for corporate trainers, government employees, and teachers in other non-degree-granting programs. We welcome up to 10 faculty from each participating university.

Registration Deadline: Registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis. The registration will close on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. 

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