Greenwood Students Compete in Ivey High School Case Competition

Over the past weekend, I was lucky enough to be one of 3 students who got to participate in the Ivey High School Case Competition at Western University. This was a very interesting experience for me because I had no idea what to expect going into it. I had heard things about the Ivey case method and luckily we had done a case in my International Business class, but I had no idea Ivey did cases similar to what we do in our classes at Greenwood.

 

This case competition allowed me to meet other students my age who are also interested in business. There were 49 students from various independent and public schools, and all the students were put into a group of 3 or 4 with students from other schools to work as a team on a case.

 

Once we got to Western we saw a presentation on how to prepare a case, which I found very helpful. The presentation went over the various steps you and your group should go through when you get your case. We also got to play some icebreaker games with the other schools to get to know some of the people who might be on our team. We then meet with our team and an Ivey student who helped us through the process, which I found very beneficial. Later that night we all went to see the Western hockey team play a game, which gave everyone a good feel for the university.

 

The next day we meet in our teams and were given 4 hours to read over and analyse the case, and to come up with an action plan. Every team presented to a panel of judges, and the top teams the presented in front of everyone. Justin May’s (’14) team actually placed 2nd overall in the competition.

 

I think I learned a lot about cases from this experience that I can bring back to Greenwood and use in my business classes. I also got a good feel for the Richard Ivey School of Business, which I think will help a lot when it comes making decisions about university.