Sample Class

This section takes you behind the scenes and into the classroom with Harvard Business School Professor David Garvin as he teaches the R. R. Donnelley & Sons case in a development program for case method instructors. We feature elements of Professor Garvin's pre-class planning process and classroom video excerpts to provide a taste of case method teaching preparation and execution.

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Case

Professor Garvin's teaching plan, assignment questions, and blackboard plan

The video excerpts below are drawn from Professor Garvin's eighty-minute class session and include voice-over commentary.

If you are interested in a broader look at teaching at the Harvard Business School, Inside the HBS Case Method brings together both faculty and student experiences and showcases our approach to participant-centered learning.