CASE COLLECTION

“We have always known that local cases were needed in our teaching. We also have excellent stories to tell, based on our research and work with diverse organisations in our context. The Case Writing Centre enables these stories. We now have a remarkable number of compelling, high-quality teaching cases, which are available around the world.”

Professor Ralph Hamann, GSB Director of Research

UCT GSB TEACHING CASE COLLECTION: 2019

The Case Writing Centre is passionate about creating local and current case material for MBA students. If you’d like to view or use any of the cases in your teaching or training, please contact Claire Barnardo at claire.barnardo@gsb.uct.ac.za

 

1.
ACSESim:
Agile and Lean software development practice

Fatima Hamdulay & Andries Maritz

2.
African Bank Investment Ltd (ABIL):

A South African corporate governance failure (full & abridged)

Associate Professor Stephanie Giamporcaro & Matthew Marrian

3.
Baking up a plan:

Improving the Vineyard Hotel bakery (case A & B)

 Fatima Hamdulay & Robert Kellas

4.
Better Collections:

Trays, A3s and inquiry at the Vineyard Hotel (includes supplementary)

 Fatima Hamdulay & Elsa Scholtz

5.
Better Living Challenge 2:

Solving South Africa’s housing crisis

Tsitsi Hatendi, Professor Geoff Bick & Aunnie Patton Power

6.
Bongalong:

Marketing cannabis products in a stigmatised environment

Travis E. Scadron & Professor Thomas Koelble

7.
BOS Brands:

Challenges of internationalisation

Professor Geoff Bick & Chris Human

Award winner

8.
Bruce Hughes Healthcare and the Management Dilemma

Christopher Kerr-Peterson & Dr Linda Ronnie

9.
Career challenges and Threat at Media Inc.

 Claire Barnardo & Associate Professor Linda Ronnie

10.
Child and Youth Finance International:

Collaborative systems change for
children and youth

Cynthia Schweer Rayner & Dr François Bonnici

11.
Disrupting the retail tyre market:

Aligning Utyre’s brand strategy to drive future growth

 Associate Professor Mlenga Jere & Warren Gatcke

12.
Education business ixperience:
Employee perceptions on
organisational legitimacy

 Kira Koopman & Dr Timothy London

13.
Engineering change at Acqua-Lyne

 Associate Professor Linda Ronnie

14.
Essay Gifts:
Gifting for the greater good

 Professor Geoff Bick, Sarah Babb & Tina Retief

15.
First Tech house
of cards:
 

A South African investment tale

 Associate Professor Stephanie Giamporcaro & Rainer Wellmanns

16.
From crisis to excellence:

Change management at Frère Hospital
in the Eastern Cape (case A & B)

 Bashierah Arnold, Katusha De Villiers
& Professor Geoff Bick

17.
Fundación Escuela Nueva:
Pass or fail – the ups and downs of public sector innovation

Cynthia Schweer Rayner, Camilla Thorogood & Dr François Bonnici

18.
Initiating change:

Leadership in rural healthcare

 Dr Nellis Beyers & Dr Linda Ronnie

19.
Leadership challenges at
Fritz Publishing

 Dr Linda Ronnie

20.
Lonmin Plc:

Mining and responsible investment
– dangerous liaisons?

Associate Professor Stephanie Giamporcaro & Marilize Putter

Award winner

21.
Mitchell’s Brewery

Entrepreneurship challenges in the South African craft beer industry

Fezile Sidubi & Professor Geoff Bick

Award winner

22.
M-Pesa:

An evolution in organisational strategy

 Dr Linda Ronnie & Mariam Cassim

Award winner

23.
Pick n Pay:
Challenges faced in gaining market share by a South African retailer

 Daniel Bentinck

24.
Principal issues:

Leading change for public education
in South Africa’s Eastern Cape

 Associate Professor Linda Ronnie & Sarah Boyd

25.
Profile: Wendy Luhabe:
Social entrepreneur and impact investor

 Cynthia Schweer Rayner

26.
Reebok rebrands:

Corporate and marketing strategies in the South African sporting goods industry

Jacques Schoombee & Professor Geoff Bick

27.
Responsible investment at Old Mutual:

A case of institutional entrepreneurship

 David Leslie & Associate Professor Stephanie Giamporcaro

Award winner

28.
RLabs:
Empowering unlikely innovators

 Marc Low, Lameez Alexander & Dr François Bonnici

29.
Silulo Ulutho Technologies:
African social enterprise driving inclusive business practice

 Dr Eckard Smuts, Sophia Campello Beckwith, Ncedisa Nkonyeni, Ella Scheepers & Dr François Bonnici

Award winner

30.
Sproxil:
Walking the tightrope – balancing money and mission in an African growth enterprise

 Cynthia Schweer Rayner & Dr François Bonnici

31.
The adoption of Lean at Nibbly Bits Bakery

 Michael Chandler & Professor Norman Faull

32.
The Evolution of Lean Thinking at K-Way:

Where to next?

Fatima Hamdulay & Himanshu Vidhani

Award winner

33.
The Sorbet Way:
Scooping up success through servant leadership

 Professor Kurt A. April & Heloise Janse van Rensburg

34.
Toyota Hilux:
How SA’s top pick-up battled market challenges

 Samenthea Pheko & Professor Geoff Bick

35.
Uber South Africa and digital disruption:
Innovating for micro-entrepreneurs in an
emerging market

 Professor Ralph Hamann, Betine Dreyer & Sarah Boyd

36.
UCOOK:
Growth challenges faced by a small to
medium-sized South African venture

 Jeanné Odendaal & Professor Geoff Bick

Award winner

37.
Vitalite Zambia Ltd:
The intersection of solar energy technology and mobile money in Zambia (case A & B)

 Vimendree Perumal, Professor Ralph Hamann, Dr John Fay, Peter Munthali & Sarah Boyd

Award winner

38.
Water conservation in Cape Town:
Developing a municipal strategy for sustainable resource management

 Mark Garikayi Powell, Professor Thomas Koelble & Sarah Boyd

39.
Zoona mobile money:
Investing for impact (case A & B)

 John Bazley, Cynthia Schweer Rayner,
Professor Thomas Hellmann & Aunnie Patton Power

Award winner