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First United Methodist Church’s extended effort to connect with Dodge City’s growing Latino community is now among the subjects of a new textbook of case studies — real, intricately woven stories featuring people attempting to solve difficult problems — released this month by The Kansas Leadership Center.
The KLC uses the Harvard Business School method of “case study” in its civic leadership training programs. This new compilation text walks facilitators through the process of teaching the cases.
“We believe in the case method because it works,” KLC President/CEO Ed O’Malley said in a news release. “The skilled case facilitator creates a provocative environment that places participants in the shoes of case characters. The characters’ dilemmas become the participants’ dilemmas. The result is a stimulating learning laboratory.”
The 116-page book covers 10 case studies, eight about city or community conflicts and two about the creation and implementation of the Kansas Health Policy Authority.
The cases in the book include “Greeley County Health Services”; “Lawrence’s Smoking Ordinance Debate”; “Salina’s Two Community Leadership Programs”; “Dodge City’s First United Methodist Church and Latino Ministry”; “The Problem of the Old City Hall Building in Kansas City, Kansas”; “Thrive Allen County”; “Supporters of Aquatic Center in Derby”; ‘Redeveloping Mission and the ‘Driveway Tax’ Controversy.”
Chris Green, who researched and wrote each case, said for Kansans to make progress on their most difficult issues, they may need to be better prepared to deal with the uncertainty and conflict that comes with taking on such challenges. Case studies, he said, provide a practice field by stimulating the intensity of a real-life decision.
“These cases are powerful because they are true stories about the challenges real people have faced while trying to make their communities healthier places to live,” he said in a news release. “They should be meaningful to Kansans because they feature people that you might meet at the Statehouse, City Hall or out in your community.”
First United Methodist Church’s extended effort to connect with Dodge City’s growing Latino community is now among the subjects of a new textbook of case studies — real, intricately woven stories featuring people attempting to solve difficult problems — released this month by The Kansas Leadership Center.
The KLC uses the Harvard Business School method of “case study” in its civic leadership training programs. This new compilation text walks facilitators through the process of teaching the cases.
“We believe in the case method because it works,” KLC President/CEO Ed O’Malley said in a news release. “The skilled case facilitator creates a provocative environment that places participants in the shoes of case characters. The characters’ dilemmas become the participants’ dilemmas. The result is a stimulating learning laboratory.”
The 116-page book covers 10 case studies, eight about city or community conflicts and two about the creation and implementation of the Kansas Health Policy Authority.
The cases in the book include “Greeley County Health Services”; “Lawrence’s Smoking Ordinance Debate”; “Salina’s Two Community Leadership Programs”; “Dodge City’s First United Methodist Church and Latino Ministry”; “The Problem of the Old City Hall Building in Kansas City, Kansas”; “Thrive Allen County”; “Supporters of Aquatic Center in Derby”; ‘Redeveloping Mission and the ‘Driveway Tax’ Controversy.”
Chris Green, who researched and wrote each case, said for Kansans to make progress on their most difficult issues, they may need to be better prepared to deal with the uncertainty and conflict that comes with taking on such challenges. Case studies, he said, provide a practice field by stimulating the intensity of a real-life decision.
“These cases are powerful because they are true stories about the challenges real people have faced while trying to make their communities healthier places to live,” he said in a news release. “They should be meaningful to Kansans because they feature people that you might meet at the Statehouse, City Hall or out in your community.”
