case method

in industrial and organizational psychology, a personnel training technique in which a group of managers or supervisors are presented with an actual or hypothetical business problem, through written materials, audiovisual media, or live role play, and are required to generate solutions. See also business game; conference method; multiple-role playing; scenario analysis.

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March 17th 2025

paranoid delusion

loosely, any of a variety of false personal beliefs tenaciously sustained even in the face of incontrovertible evidence to the contrary. These include delusions of grandeur, delusional jealousy, or, most frequently, delusions of persecution.