Education for Management: Pros &Cons of Using Case Method in the XXI Century

This is a paper on the Case Method, or what is now frequently called “Participant Centered Learning” method. The main purpose of it is to make some reflections on the pros & cons of using this methodology Case Method in the XXI Century. The Case Method, which has been defined as a: “Teaching approach that consists in presenting the students with a Case, putting them in the role of a decision maker facing a problem,”(Raymond, 1998 and Hammond, 1976)is a methodology of learning that is specially suited to improve or ameliorate the competences required for management