The live case: a method for stimulating individual, group, and organizational learning

This paper describes experiences with an innovative method to stimulate individual, group and organizational learning in a management context. It highlights the demands placed on management development today and illustrates in detail how the live case workshop method can help meet these demands. The difficulties that individuals and groups can encounter during the process are discussed and the implications for the skills required of learning facilitators are explained. Furthermore, the need for new approaches to evaluating learning is outlined and a mix of methods that enables immediate as well as long term feedback on learning effects for the individuals, the group, and the organizations involved is proposed.