CASE STUDY, CASE DISCUSSION AND CASE MANAGEMENT

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CASE STUDY, CASE DISCUSSION AND CASE MANAGEMENT
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Dr.TBBSV Ramanaiah

Professor and Chairman
Dept. of Social Work
University of Mysore
AND G. M SARVESWARA FACULTY , ATI
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CASE STUDY, CASE DISCUSSION AND CASE MANAGEMENT
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CASE STUDY

• An intensive study of comparatively few
• cases sometimes confined to a single
• case.More qualitative in nature The
• person has depend more upon his power of
• observation and sense of logic.

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Definition

• Case study is a method of exploring and
• analyzing the life of a social unit -be that
• unit a person, a family, an institution.

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• Case study methods were originally used as a
• training technique in law and medicine.
• Gradually it was adopted in engineering and
• social sciences too. It provides to the learner
  a
• mass of relevant and irrelevant facts recounted
• in a narrative pattern to present a problem. The
  
• main purpose of case study is to offer to the
• learner an experience in thinking in a given
• field rather than specific examples and
• solutions. 

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Case Discussion

• Under this method, a real (or hypothetical)
• problem or situation demanding solution is
• presented to the group and members are asked
• to identify the problems present. The members
• must suggest various alternatives for tackling
• them, analyze each one of these, find out their
• comparative suitability, and decide for
• themselves the best solution.

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• This method promotes analytical thinking
• and problem-solving ability.
• It encourages open-mindedness, patient listening,
  respecting others views and
• integrating the knowledge obtained from different
  sources.
• This method is extensively used in Professional
  Schools of Law, Social Work and Management and
  in executive training programmes in industry. 

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Case Management

• Here, one needs to present in detail all the
  facts (especially the problem) related to a unit
  or a case. A Case Management requires the
  following
• a) the facts of the case
• b) the basic problems and
• c) the management strategies involved.
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• It is always advisable to begin a case by
• providing the fundamental and the essential
• facts about the case.
• It should be followed by a presentation of
• problems either faced by or arising out of a
  case.
• The third phase occupies an important role -
• case management.

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• Case management is also defined as a process
• of method for ensuring that consumers are
• provided with whatever services they need in a
• coordinaterd, effective and efficient manner.
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Functions of Case Management

• a)  Assesing (clients needs)
• b)  Planning ( a comprehensive service plan)
• c) Linking ( arranging for services to be
  delivered)
• d)  Monitoring (the services delivered)
• e)  Evaluating and follow- up.

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• Case management is a major significant
  development in human services.
• Case management incorporates two broad functions.
• - Providing individualized advice, counseling,
  and therapy to citizens in the community.
• - Linking clients to needed services and supports
  in community agencies and informal helping
  networks. 

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ADVANTAGE

• Since the case study permits more details to
• be presented than any other method of
• investigations, it can reveal relationships that
• may be unknown by other approaches.

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LIMITATIONS

• Case study situations are seldom comparable.
• Enough scope for errors due to inaccurate
• observation and faulty inference.
• Generalizations cannot be drawn on the basis
• of few cases.

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ROLE PLAYING

• Role playing helps to make a case study
• method a more realistic one. It is based on the
• assumption that some of the values in a given
• situation cannot be expressed in words. A
• dramatized situation makes the communication
• a more effective one. It acts as a useful
• technique in providing discussion of the
• problems of human relationship.

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• Here, the trainees act out a given role as they
• would in a stage play. Two or more
• individuals enact roles as they have observed
• or experienced them. The roles can be
• mutually exchanged. There are no written
• lines to be said, naturally no rehearsals.

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• The role players have to quickly respond to
• the situation that is ever changing and to react
• to it as they would in the real one.

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• It is a method of human interaction which
• involves realistic behavior in an imaginary or
• hypothetical situation. The audience plays a
• rather active role in providing a valuable
• feedback to the group involved in role
• playing.

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• Often role play concludes with a discussion
• from both the enactors of the roles and the
• audience. These discussions serve practical
• tips on how each role could have been enacted
• better, how a particular situation could have
• been handled better and the like.