During my decade as dean of Harvard Business School, I spent hundreds of hours talking with our alumni. To enliven these conversations, I relied on a favorite question: “What was the most important ...

Engaging students with course materials is a challenging aspect of teaching in higher education. This problem is particularly prevalent in graduate-level classes, where students from different ...

Is the venerable “case method” for teaching MBAs outmoded? Are classes where students do 85 percent of the talking (see below) the best way for students to learn the fundamentals of management? At a ...

Garvin, David A. "Participant-Centered Learning and the Case Method: A Case Study Teacher in Action." Harvard Business School Class Lecture 904-421, April 2004.