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Using Case Studies as a Source for Academic Business Reports

Explore key cross-cultural case studies and improve your ability to identify important points.

  • Duration

    2 weeks

  • Weekly study

    8 hours
Overview
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Utilise cross-cultural case studies

This short course focuses on two cross-cultural case studies as examples of cross-cultural challenges. We’ll also explore how you can use short texts as the basis for your reports.

During the course, you’ll have the chance to consider which part of the case studies could be used for which section of the report. You will also look at how this material can be summarised and referenced effectively.

What topics will you cover?

  • How to read and use case studies in business reports
  • How to reference a case study in the text and in the list of references

Learning on this course

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What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Recognise how cross-cultural case studies are often presented and how they connect to cross-cultural business theory
  • Summarise the main points being made in a case study and expand on the main ideas by linking them to other examples
  • Collect and synthesise the main points made in a case study and apply these to an appropriately referenced academic business report

Who is the course for?

This course is for anyone who wants to gain a better understanding of writing and understanding business reports with an academic influence.

Please note that the individuals detailed in the ‘Who will you learn with?’ section below, are current staff members and may be subject to change.

Who will you learn with?

James Henry

James is module leader for English Business Communication and Report Writing Skills. He is also involved in other English language modules across the university.

Who developed the course?

Coventry University

Coventry secured 5 QS Stars for Teaching and Online Learning in the QS World University Ranking 2020 and has received No. 1 in the world for Massive Open Online Courses in MoocLab’s World University Ranking 2021.

  • Established

    1992

  • Location

    Coventry

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