Strategic Management: Course Description

Strategic Management 66.490.213 Spring, 2013 Donald Barry, Ph.D. Office: TBA Email: [e-mail] Phone: TBA Class Time for section 213: Monday and Wednesday 2-3:15 PM Office hours: By appointment CATALOG DESCRIPTION: Strategic management is an integration of knowledge in the various functional areas of management toward solutions affecting the character and success of the total enterprise i.e. performance. PLACE IN CURRICULUM AND REQUIREMENT FOR GRADUATION Strategic management is required of all seniors in the Manning School of Management. Pre-requisites are as follows: 61.301, 62.201, 63.301, 63.371, 66.301 and Senior Level. Effective, January 2003, the minimum GPA required for graduation is 2.20 for all Manning School courses (6x.xxx) and an overall GPA of 2.00. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Overall, the course has three objectives. First, the course should help you to understand how businesses formulate, develop and implement strategy. Secondly, the course should promote your ability to critically analyze a business's strategies and to be able to modify them to achieve more optimal results. Finally, the course should promote your ability to think strategically in a global, constantly changing world and to generate strategic alternatives for all types of organizations whether they be profit, non-profit or governmental. COURSE EXPECTATIONS: You should approach this course with the same seriousness and dedication as you would any important job. You will get out of this course what you put in so if you are to derive the most out of this class you must put your best in. 1. Understand the course syllabus. It will set work load expectations 2. Be on time for class and be in a "learning frame of mind". 3. Be prepared. Do the assigned readings and be ready to discuss them. Please think about the assigned readings before you enter the classroom. TEACHING METHODS: The course will use both lectures and cases to teach the material. Initially, I will lecture on the core