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Syllabus

Management 497A Strategic Management # 13078

Fall 2012, Tuesdays 7:00 - 9:45 pm

Classroom # JH 1103

Instructor: Debbie Glick, MBA

Office: JH 4224

Office Hours: Tuesdays 6:00 - 6:45 pm

Fridays 11:00 - 11:45 am; or by appointment

Telephone: (818) 597-0143 office

(805) 630-3512 cel

Email: debbieq99@aol.com (that's a "Q", not a "G")

Deborah.Glick.48@csun.edu

Required Textbook:

Hitt, Michael; Ireland, Duane; and Hoskisson, Robert

Strategic Management Concepts and Cases: Competitiveness and Globalization

9th edition

* ISBN : ISBN-10: 1-4390-4230-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-4390-4230-4

 Publisher: South-Western Cengage Learning

 Make certain to purchase the 9th edition with cases

 The textbook will NOT be available in the bookstore - purchase it online at Amazon.com or another online textbook source

 Make certain you have the textbook in time for the first class!! There is a reading assignment and case study due on the first day of class.

1. Course Objectives

 To develop an understanding of strategic management concepts and theories, and be able to apply them in real business cases.

 To develop a framework for case study analysis to identify central issues and problems in complex business cases.

 To make recommendations and provide well-documented support for recommendations.

 To develop conceptual skills to integrate previously learned aspects of corporations.

 To integrate theory and practice in the application of earlier courses in business fundamentals and operations.

Personal Learning Objectives:

 To improve critical strategic thinking skills

 To understand and apply business system interactivity principles

 To analyze complex business situations, and apply logic and theory to recommend solutions.

 To effective communication your recommendations

2. Approach

The approach to this course is multi-faceted. Students will acquire skills through a combination of textbook study, classroom lecture, classroom discussion, case analysis and experiential learning activities

Students will be active participants in this program through a variety of in-class discussions and cases analyses, individual assignments and team-based projects.

The first half of the class will focus on providing a foundation for strategic analysis. The second half of the course will focus not only on how to conduct strategic analysis and make strategic management decisions, but will also include in-depth analysis of the organization factors affecting the implementation of strategic planning.

3. Requirements

Preparation - students are expected to come to class fully prepared. Preparation for each class will require that the student has read all textbook chapters prior to the class, and has read and prepared all case studies, activities, projects and simulations prior to class.

Participation - students are expected to participate in class discussions, lectures, case studies and presentations. Students will be assigned participation roles at the start of each class, and are expected to be prepared to participate actively in any of the assigned case study roles. If a student attends a class unprepared to participate in his assigned role, he will receive a "no-credit" for attendance for that session.

Attendance - Due to the delivery methodology of this course, attendance is critical to the success of each student, and to the success of the class as a whole. Policy on Attendance:

0 - 1 absence = A

2 absences = A-

3 - 4 absences = B

5 - 6 absences = C

7 + absences = Take this class over

4. Graded Assignments and Weightings

1. Midterm # 1 20%

2. Midterm # 2 20%

3. Final Paper 20%

4. Team Case Presentation 20%

5. Participation/ Homework/ Attendance 20%

5. Course assignments

 The midterms will be a combination of case analysis and short answer. They will both be take-home exams. There will be an in-class review session prior to each exam.

 The Team Project will be a case analysis, see detail in next section.

 Homework will be assigned weekly. Certain assignments will be graded and others will be credit/ no credit. Homework is due on the date of the assignment. No late assignments will be accepted.

 Participation will be graded on both a qualitative and quantitative scale.

 All take-home assignments must be submitted hard-copy at the beginning of class. No late or electronic assignments will be accepted.

1. Team Project Assignment - 20 minute in-class presentation

Teams will be assigned during the second class session. There will be a total of 5 teams. Each team will present a comprehensive case study in class, covering all content from the class to create an end to end case presentation. Each team will select a case study from the casebook text to present. Do not select cases included in the syllabus.

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