This helpful manual assists instructors that teach a course using the case method. It helps instructors explore what it means to teach by discussion leadership. It has a focus on higher education with a professional orientation. It also helps instructors consider a range of possible teaching materials, but emphasizes case studies. The focus is on learning, not teaching.
Robert F. Bruner is the Dean of the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, the Charles C. Abbott Professor of Business Administration and the Distinguished Professor of Business Administration. His areas of teaching, research, and writing have been corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, investing in emerging markets, financial crises, and innovation. His latest book, The "Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market's Perfect Storm," with Sean D. Carr, was published in 2007. "Deals from Hell," published in 2005, focuses on failure in mergers and acquisitions. Also he is the author of "Applied Mergers and Acquisitions," a comprehensive text on the subject, which was published in 2004. His "Case Studies in Finance" was published in six editions, most recently in collaboration with Kenneth Eades and Michael Schill. Bruner's research has been published in various scholarly journals. Industrial corporations, financial institutions, and government agencies have retained him for counsel and training. He has been a member of the faculty of the Darden School since 1982, and has been a visiting professor at various schools including Columbia, INSEAD, and IESE. Formerly he was a loan officer and investment analyst for First Chicago Corporation. He holds degrees from Yale and Harvard Universities. He has served the Darden School, professional groups, and community organizations in various positions of leadership. Copies of his papers and essays may be obtained from his website, http://faculty.darden.virginia.edu/brunerb/.
Bob Bruner enjoys cooking, kayaking, hiking, bicycling, reading history, listening to all kinds of classical music (especially opera) and humor ranging from Mark Twain to Jerry Seinfeld.
