Presentation made during ‘How to conduct courses on Environmental Management and Sustainability’ at NITK

2. One
•Identify the Environmental Management principles to be
elucidated through the case study
Two
•Identify the case, its geographic location, its timeline and
major stakeholders involved
Three
•Compile resources (research papers, reports, news articles
and videos) that present a background to the case
Four
•Write a narrative, weaving in the resources
Five
•Prepare discussion and assignment questions
STEPS IN CASE STUDY PREPARATION

3. THE MODULE
Step 1: Identify the Environmental Management Principles
• Examples include: Avoid, facilitate, account, enable, disclose,
punish, enhance, mobilize, compensate, conserve, mitigate,
enforce, allocate, share, remediate, contribute, minimize, protect,
monitor, trade
• Decide the driver principle and the supporting principles

4. THE MODULE
Step 4: Write a Narrative
• The narrative should have the following components
– A background to the case capturing the environmental principles
– The main narrative introducing the various resources, asking the
students to read/watch them and describing how the resource fits into
the case

5. THE MODULE
Step 5: Prepare Discussion and Assignment Questions
• The discussion and assignment questions should be of the following
type:
1. Knowledge-based Question : Should test whether the student has
grasped the broader facts surrounding the case
2. Analysis- based Question: Should test whether the student can
analyze the pros and cons of the management decisions taken by
various stakeholders in the case and whether the student can come
up with alternate scenarios and how, in hindsight, the better
decisions could have been taken
3. Application-based Question: Find another case study where a similar
principle has been applied and give a critique on it