Teaching Case Study on Elephant Conservation
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Jennifer Hadden
Jul 11, 2023, 1:41:48 PM7/11/23
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Dear colleagues,
I’m writing to share a case study designed for classroom use that I wrote with Sarah Bush
and lead author Ryan Pike (an amazing grad student at Yale). We hope it may be relevant for
people teaching undergraduate and master’s classes this fall on environmental politics, non-
state actors in world politics, non-profit management, and global governance, among other
topics.
The case asks students to imagine that they are working for an international NGO on elephant
conservation efforts. The decision they face is in which country in Africa they will implement
their project. The case study provides information that could guide the decision, including
about country need, available resources, politics, and NGO density.
The case study can be assigned as a reading and then used for an in-class group
assignment/discussion or as the basis for an outside-of-class individual written assignment. We
wrote a brief “teaching notes” document, which I’m happy to send by request (although people can also request a copy from the case repository). It includes discussion questions, additional related readings that could be assigned with this piece on a syllabus, and advice.
We’ve enjoyed teaching this case in our classes and would love to hear from you if you use it,
too. Please feel free to share this message or the case itself with anyone who you think might
find it useful for their teaching. We produced it as part of our book project on NGOs that was
funded by the National Science Foundation.
I hope you are having a good summer!
Best wishes,
Jennifer
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I’m writing to share a case study designed for classroom use that I wrote with Sarah Bush
and lead author Ryan Pike (an amazing grad student at Yale). We hope it may be relevant for
people teaching undergraduate and master’s classes this fall on environmental politics, non-
state actors in world politics, non-profit management, and global governance, among other
topics.
The case study is called “Protecting Giants: NGO Decision-making for Elephant Conservation.” It can be downloaded for free as a PDF via the Yale School of Management’s case study repository at https://shopcases.som.yale.edu/products/protecting-giants-ngo-decision-making-for-elephant-conservation.
The case asks students to imagine that they are working for an international NGO on elephant
conservation efforts. The decision they face is in which country in Africa they will implement
their project. The case study provides information that could guide the decision, including
about country need, available resources, politics, and NGO density.
The case study can be assigned as a reading and then used for an in-class group
assignment/discussion or as the basis for an outside-of-class individual written assignment. We
wrote a brief “teaching notes” document, which I’m happy to send by request (although people can also request a copy from the case repository). It includes discussion questions, additional related readings that could be assigned with this piece on a syllabus, and advice.
We’ve enjoyed teaching this case in our classes and would love to hear from you if you use it,
too. Please feel free to share this message or the case itself with anyone who you think might
find it useful for their teaching. We produced it as part of our book project on NGOs that was
funded by the National Science Foundation.
I hope you are having a good summer!
Best wishes,
Jennifer
Jennifer Hadden
Associate Professor, Department of Government and Politics
3117H Chincoteague Hall
University of Maryland, College Park
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