Faculty & Staff Guide: Case Studies

Can I request case studies and tutor notes (if available) for use with NCI courses?

Yes, the Library supplies case studies to faculty and students for use in class. The Library requires at least 7 days’ notice for the supply of case studies, which have to be purchased. 

The Library sources the case studies from the following providers: Case Centre, CIPD Case Study Extra; Emerald; WARC: Marketing/Research resource.

CIPD Case Studies access - this is for faculty/tutors only and not for student access, however tutors can copy (online & print) cases and make them available to students within guidelines, either in print or via Moodle.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: This is to inform you that the CIPD Case Study Xtra will cease to be available from Saturday 4^th November 2017, as the CIPD are removing the service & it will no longer be available.

Accessing the CIPD Case Studies Xtra website.

Please follow this link http://www.cipdvle.com/  to access the CIPD Case Studies Xtra Website

• to access the site you will need to use a unique login/password, this can be requested by emailing the Library

          Case Studies Extra:  3 Levels

• Foundation: The resources on this page are designed for courses and qualifications set at a foundation level of study (NVQ 3 or approximately equivalent to certificate level) and will compliment study at this level.
• Intermediate: The resources on this page are designed for courses and qualifications set at an intermediate level of study (NVQ 5 or approximately equivalent to degree level) and will compliment study at this level.
• Advanced: The resources on this page are designed for courses and qualifications set at an advanced level of study (NVQ or approximately equivalent to postgraduate level) and will compliment study at this level.

Conditions of Use

• Any version of the Case Studies, whether customised or not, whether to be used in teaching notes, handout materials or any other form, and howsoever disseminated, must acknowledge the source and copyright in the name of the CIPD
• Faculty Login Only, no student login, please do not give login details to students
• Faculty may print or save case studies to disseminate to students for course work during study @NCI

 The Case Centre is a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting the case method of learning.   Its collection of management case studies and journal article reprints is a unique and    accessible   resource of teaching materials.

A subscription service, The Case Centre:

• distributes the world’s largest collection of management case studies, articles and books on behalf of all the major business schools and internationally respected authors worldwide.
• provides tutor notes/case studies for registered lecturers/academic staff.
• provides training in case method teaching, learning and writing led by globally renowned experts.
• runs international case competitions and awards, offers case writing scholarships and publishes books and articles by eminent case method specialists.
• offers authors an efficient and effective worldwide case publishing and distribution service.

Emerald E-Cases is a growing digital library of over 1,500 real-world case studies on a wide range of industries and disciplines including content from Emerald and licensed cases from international business schools. From 2001 to date, these cases are ideal to use as examples of business and management issues and are updated regularly to maintain current awareness and keep teaching material fresh and original.

Students may access the Emerald E-Cases (case studies) via the Library A-Z Databases.

 Lecturers may use the case studies & request students to use them without having to request permission from the Library.  The Case Studies may also be placed on Moodle for use with your teaching.

You will have to register as a Faculty/Staff member of NCI using your NCI Staff email account in order to access the Teaching Notes (you only need to register once & then access to the teaching notes is enabled).

In order to access the Teaching Notes you will have to login to Emerald Insight from the Emerald Case Studies Site, you will also need to activate your account; to do this you will need to click on a specific URL which can be obtained via Library Email or Phone 01 4498590.  All Faculty & Staff will have this URL emailed to their NCI Staff Email Accounts prior to the beginning of the Academic Term.

Once you have obtained & clicked on  the relevant URL,  choose the Login Button on the top right hand side of the page.  Once you have created your login/password, you will be directed to a screen giving details of your access entitlements (see guide below).

Then put in the case study title, author or subject you want to search, click on the title of the case study (& not the PDF); once you have clicked on the title you will get an option to click on Teaching Notes, which contain all or some of the following: Synopsis: Case objectives and position in the course: Relevant readings: Data collection and key theoretical frameworks: Teaching plan: Assignment questions: Analysis: Class Discussion: Exhibit(s)