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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1988

USE OF CASE STUDIES IN MANAGEMENT TRAINING

STUDIES ARE MANAGEMENT

AS WELL AS AN

FOR TEACHING

BOTH DIRECTOR OF

MANAGEMENT CASE

AN IMPORTANT LEARNING AND EFFECTIVE COMPONENT IN BUSINESS STUDENTS AND PRACTISING MANAGERS, THE EXECUTIVE THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL, MR HORACE KNIGHT SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

SPEAKING AT

A PRIZE

PRESENTATION CEREMONY TO

FOUR HONOUR

CONTEST, MR WINNERS OF A CASE WRITING

KNIGHT SAID: "THE USE OF AND MANAGEMENT CASE STUDIES HELPS TO DEVELOP NEW MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE SKILLS IN EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING UNIVERSITIES, AND COLLEGES.

"CASE STUDIES CAN ALSO FORM AN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES, AND CAN BE USED THEIR OWN SELF-DEVELOPMENT."

IMPORTANT PART OF

POLYTECHNICS

IN-COMPANY

BY INDIVIDUAL MANAGERS FOR

J

DEVELOPMENT

MANAGEMENT

THE "CASE WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARDS" ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE

MANAGEMENT COUNCIL'S HONG KONG CASE STUDY GROUP AND THE

STUDIES OF CASE CENTRE (MDC), IS TO PROMOTE THE USE

FACILITATE THE

OF CREATION EDUCATION AND TO CLEARING HOUSE A CASE STUDY DATA BANK TO BE MADE MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT CENTRE LIBRARY.

-

BEEN

THE

IN MANAGEMENT CASE AVAILABLE IN THE

CASES RECEIVED. THE SHORTLY OPENED CASE

A TOTAL OF 28 SUBMISSIONS HAD HIGH QUALITY AND WILL BE KEPT IN HOUSE FOR PUBLIC REFERENCE.

MR KNIGHT SAID THAT THE PROVISION OF AND ADVISORY SERVICES AT MDC IS VERY VALUABLE BUSINESS COMMUNITIES.

WIDE-RANGING

WERE CLEARING

OF

INFORMATION

FOR THE TEACHING AND

MANAGEMENT

"THE INFORMATION CONCERNING DIFFERENT METHODOLOGIES SUCH AS ACTION LEARNING, COMPUTER BASED AND VIDEO TRAINING, DISTANCE LEARNING AND UP-TO-DATE COURSES HAS BEEN SELECTED BY MANAGEMENT SPECIALISTS WITH OF THE NEEDS OF LOCAL BUSINESS.

LEARNING INTERACTIVE

DATA ON MANAGEMENT A KNOWLEDGE

PUBLISHED MANY "MOREOVER, THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF OF MDC. HAVE

COMPANIES TO ENSURE THEIR REPORTS AND HAVE WORKED WITH HUNDREDS OF WORK IS PRACTICAL AND

SITUATIONS OF HONG KONG,

MR KNIGHT ADDED.

ΤΟ RELEVANT

THE

AWARD-WINNING CASES,

COMMENTING ON THE

MR

"

MICHAEL CUMBERS, ACTUAL COMPANIES

DIRECTOR OF MDC, SAID, "ALL FOUR CASES ARE BASED ON IN HONG KONG AND ARE ESSENTIALLY RELATED TO LOCAL SITUATIONS.

SITUATIONS BECAUSE THEY "THESE CASES CAN BE USED IN LEARNING DEAL WITH SOME OF THE KEY ISSUES WHICH MANAGERS FACE TODAY."

BAPTIST OF LINGNAN

OF THE THE FOUR WINNERS ARE MR SO KAM HO

HONG KONG COLLEGE, MR DANIEL NUI OF CITY POLYTECHNIC, MR ALFRED SIU COLLEGE AND MRS LORETT HO OF HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE.

PLAQUES AND CERTIFICATES WERE

MCAFEE, FOUNDATION,

PRESENTED BY MR GAGE Of COMMERCE CHARITABLE

TRUSTEE OF THE AMERICAN CHAMBER WHICH SPONSORED AND PROVIDED THE PRIZES FOR THE WINNERS.

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