Case Master: Thoughtful Cases for Competitive Future Consultants

CASE MASTER BOOK OF THE YEAR

Global Ebook Awards 2019 Winner – Book Excellence Awards 2019 Finalist – Digital Book World 2019 Awards Finalist – National Indie Excellence Awards 2019 Finalist – International Book Awards 2019 Finalist – San Francisco Book Festival 2019 Honorable Mention – Foreword Indies Awards 2018 Finalist

Case Master is an award-winning collection of thoughtful practice cases for consulting which will enable you to get a competitive edge for your upcoming case interviews. Case Master cases are all made to the highest standard and are custom-designed for optimal preparation and achieving mastery of all the core skills for case interviews: analysis, synthesis, calculation, estimation, and creativity.

Maximizing the breadth and depth of your learning, Case Master is the only resource to offer concept-driven cases, challenging blindspots, “guesstimateable” axis variables, customizable case difficulty, and handy case kits for partner practice. Alone or with a practice partner, with Case Master you will scrutinize all fundamental case types (profit-and-loss, sales growth, market entry, investment, and counter-competition) and you will learn:

• 1 set of universal business categories applicable to any consulting case,
• 2 meanings of “positioning” and 3 meanings of “push vs. pull,”
• 4 types of economic inputs and outputs,
• 10 trending concepts to expand your problem-solving toolkit,
• 40 essential business metrics and terms,
• and much more at Case Master Club online.

Whether you are a graduate student or an experienced professional seeking to break into strategy consulting, Case Master will be an investment into your professional future and will help you develop higher levels of both competence and confidence. Go beyond the resources that competing contenders already know and dare to become a Case Master.

The paperback edition of Case Master was designed by Doug Clouse, Chairman of the Board and former President of The Type Directors Club, New York.

     "Case Master: Thoughtful Cases for Competitive Future Consultants by Valentin Nugmanov, Ph.D. and Ronald Clouse, Ph.D. is an extremely well-constructed book which can assist individuals or classes to understand the techniques for effectively interviewing clients, analyzing their business situations, identifying key issues, and making recommendations to provide effective advice to businesses. The book allows the reader to observe an actual interview in each case in the "Listening In" section, obtain and analyze the information provided in the "Let's Debrief" section, and then develop effective solutions in the "Practicing the Case" section. Even the often overlooked "blind spot" in cases is addressed, bringing additional information into the cases.
     I was very impressed by the excellent scenarios and development of the cases It allows great creativity for instructors and I can see this as an excellent supplemental textbook. Case Master can be used to reinforce business concepts and teach the tools of consulting to business classes. The instructor can creatively use the cases in many ways. By using this book as an individual learner or presented as a supplement in a class setting, the cases will allow the reader/student(s) to gain valuable information in how to effectively ask the right questions in an interview and obtain the information necessary, analyze that information, and put together a solution and implementation plan for clients.
     I highly recommend Case Master: Thoughtful Cases for Competitive Future Consultants by Valentin Nugmanov, Ph.D. and Ronald Clouse, Ph.D. for anyone who wishes to improve their skills as a business consultant. Further, it can be used effectively as a supplemental textbook to allow students the opportunities to apply business principles to these well-developed cases. Both practicing and future consultants may gain insights by utilizing this book in their learning development."

          -- Randy B. Lichtman, Readers' Favorite