This paper analyses student construction of case studies, using dialogue and role plays, to stimulate and consolidate understand of organization communication research , theory and methodology. Students undertaking a course as part of a Masters program in communication management need to absorb a range of organizational research perspectives and organizational communication theories. Making the theorists and methodological perspectives ‘about you’ is one way of stimulating interest and engagement with demanding and complex concepts. Student response to the case study construction and some dialogue examples are included.