The training of the vast majority of MBA programs is based, regardless whether the training site in the United States, Japan, Hong Kong, France or England is on the use of so-called Case Study's. Working with these case studies is the MBA students from Germany by the little practical training at colleges and universities is initially more alien. Was developed in the Case Study Method in the U.S. Harvard Business School. Up to now be here every year creates numerous case studies and distributed worldwide. In such a case is not a fictional situation, but the student will be illustrated in detail in a real case with a problem who saw himself as the leader of a real company faced in the past. The information received by the student while, will have as exactly that which existed in the real case, including any lack of information or data. For the students it is now essential to put himself in the person of the company president, at his place ofTo find the problem and take possible sound solution. An essential part of this method is generally a strong team work and a comprehensive discussion with other students. Although the case is initially worked out by each student alone, and initial thoughts already been developed, but right after the case in the so-called study group will be discussed jointly by several students and edited. Thus, the different analysis are discussed and solutions formulated. At the conclusion of this important team work and the results are finally presented to the entire class and under the direction of the appropriate professor again discussed. Following this pattern develop MBA students at Harvard Business School in the first year every week 13 cases, until after they have worked around it some 500 cases.
