Course Notes

Case Analysis Skills

Course Syllabus

Critical Report Grading Sheet

Research Paper 1

Research Paper 2

Information Sheet

Potential Report Topics

Student Group Assignments

Other Links

Cross_Cultural Paper

Example of Paper

Group (Peer) Evaluation Forms

M590-01

Business Strategy and Policy

Course Objectives:
- To integrate the functional areas of the graduate business curriculum.
- To develop an integrated approach to the analysis and understanding of businesses and industries in their competitive environments.
- To enable students through case studies, critical incidents and videos to assume the roles of professional managers and allow them anopportunity to define and analyze problems and make decisions.
- Ability to develop an astute strategic plan in running an organization in the globally competitive environment.
- To develop a framework for critically evaluating the contributions of others.
- To prepare students to function in the business environment

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Instructor	Dr. Bill Todorovic Office: Neff, 340L Telephone: (260) 481-6940 e-mail : todorovz@ipfw.edu
Course Materials	TEXT: Dess, Gregory G., Lumpkin, G.T., Eisner, Alan B., Strategic Management: Text and Cases, 4th edition (McGraw-Hill Irwin, ISBN 13-9780073404981) RECOMMENDED TEXT: Crossan, Fry and Killing; 2005, Strategic Analysis and Action, 6th Ed., (Pearson Prentice Hall, Toronto, ISBN13-127822-3) OTHER READINGS: (1) Other readings (online and/or hard copy) as assigned by the instructor.
Other	As per Course Syllabus

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