MGT 1301-01
Fundamentals of Strategic Management
Full-time MBA Program, Winter 1999
| 10% | Class Participation | |
| 40% | Group Industry Analysis | |
| 30% | Individual Reflections | |
| 20% | Case Competition |
Class Participation (10%)
Verbal and presentation skills are essential in general management.
"I hope that we provide each other with a riskless environment in which we can test our ideas, enhance our presentation skills, and improve our decision-making effectiveness. Willingness to participate and to test new ideas is not only important, it is the central ingredient of this course."
It is important to appreciate that every student is a co-producer of the class discussion, and thus it is important that you listen carefully and attempt to build on or constructively critique prior comments. Try to resist the temptation to jump to topics that are not specifically open for discussion.
Grading criteria are:
- Analysis Do your comments include analysis, or do they simply restate the facts?
- Responsiveness Do your comments relate to, and build on, the previous discussion?
- Creativity Do your comments bring a new perspective to the issues? Do they test new ideas?
- Clarity Are your comments succinct and understandable?
- Integration Do you integrate material from past classes?
- Discussion Most importantly, do your comments stimulate productive discussion?
Group Industry Analysis (40%)
Assignment Due Dates
1) information sources, beginning of class 4 January 18th
2) final product, beginning of class 9 February 3rd
The objective of this assignment is to apply strategic tools to a firm and its industry to assess the competitive forces and strategic issues in a real-life situation.
Using public information, including Internet, government, financial, and consulting sources, each group should evaluate the target firm’s strategic position and make recommendations.
Individual Reflections (30%)
Assignment Due Date
February 25, 4:00 PM, no extensions!
The objective of this assignment is to explore your understanding and ability to incorporate strategy into managerial decision-making processes. During the course, we will consider and debate the value of many strategic tools – when and where they work and do not work.
In this exercise, you are asked to assess and improve existing strategy frameworks based on your own experience, reading, case applications and reflections.
This assignment will be discussed throughout the course.
Case Competition (20%)
Date
February 10-11, Y2K
The case competition is designed to allow students to practice applying managerial tools to a comprehensive case problem and orally presenting their reports to the "Board of Directors". Each team of 3 students (teams are chosen by the MBA program office) will analyze a case and present their analyses to judges, who will evaluate each team on the quality of their analysis, recommendations and presentation. Each presentation will have a maximum time limit of 15 minutes, which will be followed by a 10 minute question period.
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