Schedule of Topics and Assignments Spring 2012
Note: All dates and assignments are tentative; changes may be made as the semester
progresses. Any changes will be announced in class or on the course website. Students
who miss class are responsible for obtaining any announced schedule changes.
Week Day/Date
Topic
Assignment
1
Tu 1/24
Introduction & Course Overview
Web*: Syllabus and Schedule
1
Th 1/26
Strategic Management Process
Dess: Ch 1
2
Tu 1/31
Strategic Management Process (Cont’d)
2
Th 2/2
Corporate Governance
Dess: Ch 9, pp 330-348
3
Tu 2/7
Analyzing Strategic Management Cases
Dess: Ch 13
Web*: Case Factor Analysis
3
Th 2/9
Analyzing Strategic Management Cases
(Cont’d)
Case: Paradise Farms (HO)
4
Tu 2/14
Analyzing the External Environment:
Creating Strategic Alignment
Dess: Ch 2
4
Th 2/16
Analyzing the External Environment
(Cont’d)
5
Tu 2/21
Catch-up and Review
5
Th 2/23
Test 1: Chapters 1, 2, 9(pp 330-348)
6
Tu 2/28
Intro to the Business Strategy Game
6
Th 3/1
BSG Teams Meet in TBD
7
Tu 3/6
Debrief BSG Practice Round Results
7
Th 3/8
BSG Teams Meet in TBD
BSG Simulation Quiz #1 due
by beginning of class
8
Tu 3/13
Analyzing the Internal Environment:
Creating Core Competencies
Dess: Ch 3
8
Th 3/15
Internal Analysis (Cont’d)
Case: The Casino Industry
9
Tu 3/20
BSG Teams Meet in TBD
Complete BSG Peer
Evaluations before class
9
Th 3/22
Business Level Strategy: Creating
Competitive Advantage
Dess: Ch 5
BSG
Decision
Form BSG Teams
Practice
Yr11**
Yr11**
Yr 12**
10
Tu 3/27
Business Level Strategy (Cont’d)
10
Th 3/29
Test 2: Chapter 3, 5
Tu 4/3
Th 4/5
****** Spring Break *******
11
Tu 4/10
Entrepreneurial Strategy & Competitive
Dynamics
Dess: Chapter 8
11
Th 4/12
Entrepreneurial Strategy & Competitive
Dynamics (Cont’d)
Case: Southwest
Yr 13**
12
Tu 4/17
BSG Teams Meet in TBD
12
Th 4/19
Case: McDonald’s
Yr 14**
13
Tu 4/24
Leadership and Business Ethics
Dess: Chapter 11
13
Th 4/26
Leadership and Ethics (Cont’d)
Case: Dippin’ Dots Ice
Cream and Coffee?
Yr 15**
14
Tu 5/1
BSG Teams Meet in TBD
14
Th 5/3
Intellectual Capital
Dess: Ch 4
Yr 16**
15
Tu 5/8
Intellectual Capital (Cont’d)
Case: Whole Foods
15
Th 5/10
Strategic Control
Dess: Ch 9 pp 316-329
Yr 17**
Complete BSG Peer Evals
Test 3: Chapters 8, 11, 9(pp 316-329)
16
Final Case Analysis Due
Notes:
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Web assignments are posted on the course website
All BSG decisions are due on Saturday at 11:59 PM of the assigned week.
Whatever decisions are saved to BSG-Online at that time will be used in the simulation