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Finance and Accounting Vishwanath S.R, Cases in Corporate Finance, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, 2009, 303pp, Rs.275, Soft.
Case method is a popular method of learning business and management skills. It is exciting and funny too. It definitely plays pivotal role when commonly used to attempt in developing skills and knowledge through the analysis of an actual situation needing solution. Hence case method is a process of inductive learning which goes beyond the facts and theories - a process that teaches individuals to manage organisations and how these organisations can grow continually for a learning experience achieved throughout the lifespan. In that context, cases are "claimed to provide realism and in doing so to develop information-finding, logical thinking, analysis, evaluation, reaching conclusions and communication skills and feelings an appreciation of values"Cases require active participations in all stages of a learning cycle, but a verification that they develop various such skills mentioned better than other teaching/ learning methods relies more on the anecdotal than empirical evidence." A case is a narrative, featuring plot...