Syllabus
MGT 435
Strategy and Policies
School of Business Administration - Oakland University
Winter 2015
Time: 3:30-5:17 PM MW
Instructor: Tianxu Chen, Ph.D.
Office: Elliot Hall Room 300
Office Hours: By appointment.
E-Mail: tchen234@oakland.edu
I. Course Description
This capstone course in Strategic Management aims to equip you with the knowledge and analytical tools essential to comprehend and analyze how firms formulate and implement strategies. In doing so, you will learn how leaders of successful organizations make decisions and strategically maneuver their firms through uncertainty to better prospects in the market place. You will be encouraged to integrate insights learned in your business curriculum in understanding the firm as an entity. You will, through the readings, analysis, group activities and discussions in class develop your ability to think strategically.
Learning Assurance Process:
The learning assurance process is an SBA initiative to continuously assess and improve the quality of the SBA’s undergraduate and graduate programs. The SBA has identified a set of learning goals and objectives for its undergraduate programs (each learning goal has between 1 and 5 learning objectives). These goals will be assessed on a two-year cycle. MGT 435 (Management Strategies & Policies) has been identified as an undergraduate course that will be used for assessment of one of these goals. The learning assurance process will be overseen by the Learning Assurance Committee (LAC), which is an SBA standing committee. Foundation in Business Disciplines Learning Objective:
1. Understand key concepts in business disciplines of accounting, economics, finance, management, marketing and operations management.
II. Required / suggested course materials
Text Book: Strategic Management Competitiveness and Globalization 11e by Hitt, Ireland and Hoskisson. ISBN-13: 978-1-285-42517-7
Course pack https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/access/32537357
III. Class Format
Strategy and Policies
School of Business Administration - Oakland University
Winter 2015
Time: 3:30-5:17 PM MW
Instructor: Tianxu Chen, Ph.D.
Office: Elliot Hall Room 300
Office Hours: By appointment.
E-Mail: tchen234@oakland.edu
I. Course Description
This capstone course in Strategic Management aims to equip you with the knowledge and analytical tools essential to comprehend and analyze how firms formulate and implement strategies. In doing so, you will learn how leaders of successful organizations make decisions and strategically maneuver their firms through uncertainty to better prospects in the market place. You will be encouraged to integrate insights learned in your business curriculum in understanding the firm as an entity. You will, through the readings, analysis, group activities and discussions in class develop your ability to think strategically.
Learning Assurance Process:
The learning assurance process is an SBA initiative to continuously assess and improve the quality of the SBA’s undergraduate and graduate programs. The SBA has identified a set of learning goals and objectives for its undergraduate programs (each learning goal has between 1 and 5 learning objectives). These goals will be assessed on a two-year cycle. MGT 435 (Management Strategies & Policies) has been identified as an undergraduate course that will be used for assessment of one of these goals. The learning assurance process will be overseen by the Learning Assurance Committee (LAC), which is an SBA standing committee. Foundation in Business Disciplines Learning Objective:
1. Understand key concepts in business disciplines of accounting, economics, finance, management, marketing and operations management.
II. Required / suggested course materials
Text Book: Strategic Management Competitiveness and Globalization 11e by Hitt, Ireland and Hoskisson. ISBN-13: 978-1-285-42517-7
Course pack https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/access/32537357
III. Class Format