HB2504
University Of Houston-Victoria
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Course Online Syllabus
Spring 2011
| Department | MGMT | Course Number | 6359 | Section Number | 23667 |
| Name of Course | Seminar in Strategic Mgt | ||||
| Name of Instructor | Thirumalai Thattai,Selvarajan | ||||
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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