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TENTATIVE SYLLABUS for A&B 495, Section 002
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION CAPSTONE
TR, 2-3:50pm; CAB214, Winter 2007
Instructor: Dr. Bruce Walters, CAB 129B, Ph: 257-3499, E-mail: bwalters@cab.latech.edu
Office Hours: M-F, 9-10am, 1-2pm, & by appointment
Required Texts: Thompson, Strickland, & Gamble, Crafting and executing strategy,
15th ed., McGraw-Hill/Irwin; supplemental handouts
Students pursuing a degree in the CAB must earn a “C” or better in all courses in their major area, and they are responsible for taking courses in the proper order and with the appropriate prerequisites.
Course Description: The focus of this course is on strategic management and business policy formulation and implementation. This course is designed as a "capstone course" to aid the student in synthesizing and applying knowledge gained in earlier courses and to introduce and apply theoretical concepts unique to strategic management. Students are provided with the opportunity to integrate the functional concepts, skills and techniques acquired in other courses and apply these skills to actual business cases. The course attempts to encourage an integrated, multifunctional "general management" perspective of the organization and its environment to develop analytical and decision-making skills needed to cope with organizational uncertainties and business realities. Objectives of this course include but are not limited to: integrating the disciplines you have already studied and applying theories and concepts relevant to strategic management in planning and solving business problems; analyzing internal organizational strengths and weaknesses and external environmental opportunities and threats; performing functional, business, corporate, and international strategic planning; integrating, implementing, and controlling the strategic planning process; and making effective oral and written presentations. The objectives of the course will be achieved through lecture/discussions,
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION CAPSTONE
TR, 2-3:50pm; CAB214, Winter 2007
Instructor: Dr. Bruce Walters, CAB 129B, Ph: 257-3499, E-mail: bwalters@cab.latech.edu
Office Hours: M-F, 9-10am, 1-2pm, & by appointment
Required Texts: Thompson, Strickland, & Gamble, Crafting and executing strategy,
15th ed., McGraw-Hill/Irwin; supplemental handouts
Students pursuing a degree in the CAB must earn a “C” or better in all courses in their major area, and they are responsible for taking courses in the proper order and with the appropriate prerequisites.
Course Description: The focus of this course is on strategic management and business policy formulation and implementation. This course is designed as a "capstone course" to aid the student in synthesizing and applying knowledge gained in earlier courses and to introduce and apply theoretical concepts unique to strategic management. Students are provided with the opportunity to integrate the functional concepts, skills and techniques acquired in other courses and apply these skills to actual business cases. The course attempts to encourage an integrated, multifunctional "general management" perspective of the organization and its environment to develop analytical and decision-making skills needed to cope with organizational uncertainties and business realities. Objectives of this course include but are not limited to: integrating the disciplines you have already studied and applying theories and concepts relevant to strategic management in planning and solving business problems; analyzing internal organizational strengths and weaknesses and external environmental opportunities and threats; performing functional, business, corporate, and international strategic planning; integrating, implementing, and controlling the strategic planning process; and making effective oral and written presentations. The objectives of the course will be achieved through lecture/discussions,