Proposed syllabus for BGU MBA Social Leadership program.
Strategic Management in the Third Sector
Professor David M. Brock
Aim of course: For students in the MBA Social Leadership program to gain an
understanding of strategic processes, theories, models, and ideas relevant to third sector
organizations; and to practice strategic thinking and process.
Reference
Roger Courtney, Strategic Management in the Third Sector
Topics/Schedule:
Week
1
2
3
4
5
Topic
Introduction to course; introduction to strategic
thinking
Understanding the external environment
Understanding the organization’s potential
Strategic analysis project: Part A – strategic analyses
Strategy Process
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Competitive/unit strategy
Strategy content
Synergies
Strategy implementation 1—contingencies
Strategy implementation 2 – structure
Strategy implementation 3 – people
Strategic Leadership and change
Strategic analysis project: presentations
Reading
Nutt; Hudson ch 5
Courtney ch 7
Courtney ch 8
Hudson ch 7
Courtney ch 11;
Kim & Mauborgne
Courtney ch 9
Courtney ch 10
Wheelen & Hunger
Courtney ch 13
Thompson & Strickland
Courtney ch 14
Courtney ch 15 & 16
Evaluation:
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Strategic analysis project: Part A
Strategic analysis project: Final
Attendance and participation
Final exam
5%
15%
10%
70%
Study materials:
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Roger Courtney, Strategic Management in the Third Sector,
http://www.palgrave.com/business/courtney/ [required text]
Hudson, ‘Managing Without Profit’
Proposed syllabus for BGU MBA Social Leadership program.
http://www.dsc.org.uk/portal_products/products/027739/attachments/Look%20inside%20MWP.
pdf
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Nutt, A Strategic Management Process for Public and Third-Sector Organizations
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01944368708976634
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W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne, “Blue ocean strategy: From theory to practice”
California Management Review, 47, 3, (Spring 2005)
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Wheelen, T. J., & Hunger, J., "Strategy formation: Corporate strategy," [ch6] Strategic
Management and Business Policy, 9th edition, Prentice-Hall, pp136-163
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Thompson and Strickland "Implementing Strategy," [ch 9] Strategic Management:
Concepts and Cases, 11th Edition, McGraw-Hill.