Innovations in the case method of teaching management, 2000–2024: A scoping review

Abstract

Beginning in the Harvard Business School over 100 years ago, the case method of training management students is now widely used throughout the world. While retaining its core philosophy the original version of the case method has been modified repeatedly. This has been necessitated due to the challenges of implementing the method in a variety of contexts; especially the changing nature of the student body, and advances in technology. The purpose of this paper is to review in one place the more recent innovations in the case method of teaching in business schools and the motivation for these innovations as found in the academic literature since the dawn of the 21st century. We also speculate on some of the teaching innovations we can anticipate in future.