MGT 1301-01
Fundamentals of Strategic Management
Full-time MBA Program, Winter 1999
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Preparing Fully It is crucial to read and reflect on the material assigned for each class. Much of the learning experience of this course depends on your ability to integrate the reading material with class discussions and exercises in a real-time setting. |
| 4 JANUARY Y2K INTRODUCTION & REVIEW - STRATEGY? Case lecture and discussion Text Chapter 1, Gaining and Sustaining Competitive Advantage, Jay B. Barney, Addison-Wesley, 1997 HBR Reading Porter: "What is Strategy?" November 96 |
| 11 JANUARY Y2K BASIC CONCEPT OF COMPETITIVE STRATEGY Case CF Motorfreight Text Chapter 3, Gaining and Sustaining Competitive Advantage, Jay B. Barney Addison-Wesley, 1997 HBR Reading none |
| 13 JANUARY 1999 STRATEGIC GROUPS AND MOBILITY BARRIERS Case none Text Chapter 4 & Appendix, Gaining and Sustaining Competitive Advantage, Jay B. Barney Addison-Wesley, 1997 HBR Reading Hand-out Reading |
| 18 JANUARY Y2K INTERNAL ANALYSIS AND COMPETITIVE FORCES Case Wal-Mart Text Chapter 5 (pages 142-174), Gaining and Sustaining Competitive Advantage, Jay B. Barney Addison-Wesley, 1997 HBR Reading (optional) Stalk, Evans, & Shulman: "Competing on Capabilities" March 1992 |
| 20 JANUARY Y2K GENERIC STRATEGIES Case Passion for Learning Text Chapter 6, Gaining and Sustaining Competitive Advantage, Jay B. Barney Addison-Wesley, 1997 HBR Reading none |
| 25 JANUARY Y2K INTEGRATION AND REVIEW Case Coors Text review all HBR Reading Hamel & Prahalad: "Strategy as Stretch or Leverage" March 1993 |
| 27 JANUARY Y2K EMERGING STRATEGIES AND CHANGING MARKETS Case IPL Text None HBR Reading Mintzberg: "Crafting Strategy" July 1987 |
| 1 February Y2K STRATEGY AND STRUCTURE Case Lyric Dinner Theatre Text none HBR Reading handout on structure and turnaround strategies |
| 3 February Y2K TUTORIAL: CASE ANALYSES AND PRESENTAITONS Case none Text none HBR Reading none |
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