Case Workshop

Welcome to the world’s leader in Case Method training. The three leading case method textbooks on writing, learning, and teaching were originated at the Ivey Business School. For decades, Ivey has utilized case-based learning and has become a global leader in not only case publishing, but promoting the method. By 2020, more than 15,000 participants across over 60 countries have benefited from highly practical and applied case teaching and writing workshops.

Ivey Business School is Canada’s leader in management education, the second-largest producer and distributor of cases, and the largest producer of Asian cases in the world. Ivey has been the home of the case teaching and writing workshops for over 40 years. These workshops develop the necessary skills for bringing the highly effective case method to college and university courses, regardless if it for face-to-face or online teaching. The case method is also widely used by leading businesses from all industries for talent and executive development. Ivey’s Case Workshops are highly immersive, allowing participants to develop hands-on competencies through a combination of instructional sessions, immersion, and interactive exercises with feedback.

The case method is one of the most powerful teaching approaches, combining academic theory and framework with practical application and critical thinking while keeping the learner highly engaged. Ivey cases focus on management issues that executives face every day. Ivey cases are not fictitious scenarios. They focus on actual real-world decisions, requiring thorough analysis and decision making that helps to develop extraordinary leaders and careers. Our case workshops immerse participants in the case method through a combination of short instructional presentations, interactive case analysis, and hands-on exercises. Ivey has also merged as the leader in online case teaching with half of its 2020 case classes delivered virtually.

In this workshop, you will learn not only from the Ivey faculty member leading the workshop, on the topics of classroom best-practice but, just like in a case-based classroom, also from one another. In particular, we will discuss the following topics on how to best conduct a case-based class:

• Categories of cases
• The three-stage case learning process
• Case complexity and selection
• Case teaching plan
• Case-based class design
• Management of case class discussion, in-person and online
• Teaching approaches for different audiences
• Evaluation of case class contribution
• Dos and don’ts of case teaching
• Challenges and opportunities of case teaching

An internationally recognized and award-winning Ivey professor with best-selling case publications as well as case-based research publications in topic academic journals, also a designated reviewer for cases submitted to Ivey Publishing will share best practices and techniques on how to teach and write award-winning and highly effective cases, such as:

• Key dimensions and key questions of effective cases
• Case planning and writing process
• Data collection and field research
• Opening paragraph assessment
• Impactful teaching note
• Considerations for cases for online class
• Case publication process with Ivey
• Teaching cases, consulting cases, and research cases
• Challenges and opportunities of case writing

Academic Community

• Faculty (Professors/Lecturers/Instructors)
• Case Center Directors & Case Writers
• Research Assistants
• Doctoral Candidates

Business & Government Sectors

• Corporate Trainers & Course Designers
• HR & Strategy Professionals
• Consultants & Analysts

Professor Ning Su 

Professor of Strategy and  Information Systems

Professor Ning Su is an internationally-recognized expert on global innovation and sourcing strategies, and qualitative research methods. His work explores the transformation of organizations, markets, and societies in the digital age, based on extensive collaboration with, and in-depth case studies of, diverse sectors, including financial services, technology, retail, manufacturing, consulting, and creative industries, across diverse regions, including the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and Asia Pacific. His research is published in top academic journals such as Management Information Systems Quarterly (MISQ) and MIT Sloan Management Review.

Professor Su has taught diverse programs at Ivey, including EMBA, MBA, PhD, undergraduate, Executive Education, and case workshops for professors, practitioners, and policymakers worldwide. His teaching experience also includes New York University’s Stern School of Business and Cornell University and in the US, Aarhus University in Denmark, and the University of Jyväskylä in Finland. His students and audiences include executives and managers from the world’s largest and leading companies in diverse industries and public-sector organizations, including KPMG, Deloitte, Accenture, Google, HSBC, Asian Institute of Finance in Malaysia, the Hong Kong SAR Government, Hong Kong MTR (Mass Transit Railway), CLP Group, AS Watson, Esquel, Oppo, and CITIC Pacific. Professor Su has published over 30 Ivey cases. Many are widely used by universities and corporations worldwide.

Professor Su has received awards such as the “40 Most Outstanding Business School Professors Under 40 Years Old” by Poets & Quants, the inaugural Early Career Award of the Association for Information Systems, the U.S. Industry Studies Association Giarratani Rising Star Award runner up, Best Article Awards of the Decision Sciences Institute and IBM Global Research, Ivey’s Early Career Impact Award, and teaching commendations and awards from Ivey, Western University, and New York University. He is an elected representative of the Teaching Community of the Strategic Management Society.

Professor Su received his PhD from New York University’s Stern School of Business, Master’s degree from University of Toronto, and Bachelor’s degree from Fudan University. He has worked at News Corporation in Hong Kong and IBM in New York. Professor Su advises a portfolio of multinational corporations, startups, and public and not-for-profit organizations.