Case Study. Normative Case Study is discussed on another page.
Case study, sometimes called monograph, means studying only one event, process, person, organization unit or object. Such an approach would not seem to promote the general target of research - to unearth generally valid knowledge - but it can be motivated for various reasons, typically the following: The case is singular: only one such case exists, and it is important and worth studying. Typical such objects or phenomena are pivotal historical events, prominent men and women such as statesmen, great thinkers and artists, political and religious organizations, renowned works of art or of engineering. The purpose often is to document the case before information on it gets lost. JSTOR: The Academy of Management Review, Vol. 14, No. 4 (Oct., 1989), pp. 532-550.
Case study. This article is about the method of doing research.
For the teaching method, see Case method. For the method of teaching law, see Casebook method. For reports of clinical cases, see Case report.