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.”
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