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Course Online Syllabus

Spring 2011

Department MGMTCourse Number6359 Section Number23667
Name of Course Seminar in Strategic Mgt
Name of Instructor Thirumalai Thattai,Selvarajan

This information may not constitute all course policies; students are responsible for all course requirements established by their instructors during the semester and all institutional policies as established in the UHV student handbook.


Learning Objectives

No course objectives have been submitted.


Major Assignments/Exams

Quizzes 15%
Individual assignment 20%
Team Term Project 30%
Team Presentation 20%
Business Week Discussion Topics 15%

Required Reading

Thompson, Strickland, and Gambles, Crafting and executing strategy,17th ed., ISBN 0073530425.


Recommended Reading

No additional readings have been recommended for this course.


List of Discussion/Lecture Topics

  • Introduction to the course
  • What is strategy and why is it important?
  • Evaluating a Companys External Environment
  • The Five Generic Competitive Strategies: Which One to Employ?
  • Supplementing the Chosen Competitive Strategy: Other Important Business Strategy Choices
  • Strategies for Competing in Foreign Markets
  • Diversification: Strategies for Managing a Group of Businesses
  • Individual project
  • Building an Organization Capable of Good Strategy Execution
  • Internal Operations: Actions That Promote Good Strategy Execution
  • Corporate Culture and Leadership: Keys to Good Strategy Execution
  • Implementing final capstone project
  • Implementing final capstone project
  • Final project write up
  • Final project presentation
  • Finals week