MGMTEV

Quarter: Fall			Year: 2000-2001
Course #: 431	Section: 61,63,69	Course Name: Business Strategy
Instructor: Sonia Marciano
Casepack (YES or NO?)
First Assignment Purchase case packet. Read through syllabus. Do assignment for the first class per syllabus.
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Author: Besanko, Dranove, Shanley				Publisher: Wiley
Title: The Economics of Strategy					Date/Edition: Second Edition
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Quarter: Fall			Year: 2000-2001
Course #:431	Section: 62,64	Course Name: Business Strategy
Instructor: Mazzeo
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First Assignment First Assignment: Read the first articles(by Ghemawat and Porter) in the case packet
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Author: Besanko, Dranove, Shanley				Publisher: Wiley
Title: Economics of Strategy					Date/Edition: 2^nd Edition
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Quarter: Fall			Year: 2000-2001
Course #: M&S 431	Sections: 65, 67	Course Name: Business Strategy
Instructor: David Besanko
Casepack: YES
First Assignment Please read the course syllabus and come to class prepared to ask questions about it. Please complete the following readings: Besanko, Dranove, and Shanley, Economics of Strategy, Introduction Ghemawat, P. "The Origins of Strategy", Chapter 1 of Strategy and the Business Landscape (Reading, MA: Addison Wesley Longman), 1999. Kay, J., "Strategy and the Delusion of Grand Designs," Financial Times, (September 27, 1999). Gron, A. and D. Besanko, "Steps for Effective D31 Case Analysis- STANDS" (This reading is for later reference; skim it, and make a note to yourself that it exists, so that you can refer to it when you need it.) After you do the readings listed above, please think about the following questions, and be prepared to discuss them in class. (These are not to be turned in, so you do not need to write up answers.) What is economic rent? What does John Kay mean when he says: "The objective of a company is to increase its economic rent, rather than its profit as such"? Why is economic rent the relevant measure of a firm’s competitive advantage? Kay suggests that the question of how a company can create distinctive capabilities contains an inherent contradiction. What does he mean by this? Is he implying that business strategy is irrelevant? Kay argues that "The modern subject of business strategy is a set of analytical techniques for understanding better, and so influencing, a company’s position in its actual and potential marketplace." Interestingly, though, the reading by Pankaj Ghemawat that describes the intellectual history of the field of strategy concludes with a discussion of how many practitioners became disillusioned with many of the analytical techniques developed by academics and consultants in the 1970s. Is there any way that Kay’s perspective can be reconciled with the history described by Ghemawat?
1. TEXT -- REQUIRED
Author: Besanko, Dranove, and Shanley				Publisher: Wiley
Title: Economics of Strategy					Date/Edition: 1999, 2^nd edition
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Quarter: Fall			Year: 2000-2001
Course #: M&S 431	Sections: 66, 68	Course Name: Business Strategy
Instructor: Anne Gron
Casepack: YES
First Assignment Please read the course syllabus and come to class prepared to ask questions about it. Please complete the following readings: Besanko, Dranove, and Shanley, Economics of Strategy, Introduction Ghemawat, P. "The Origins of Strategy", Chapter 1 of Strategy and the Business Landscape (Reading, MA: Addison Wesley Longman), 1999. Kay, J., "Strategy and the Delusion of Grand Designs," Financial Times, (September 27, 1999). Gron, A. and D. Besanko, "Steps for Effective D31 Case Analysis- STANDS" (This reading is for later reference; skim it, and make a note to yourself that it exists, so that you can refer to it when you need it.) After you do the readings listed above, please think about the following questions, and be prepared to discuss them in class. (These are not to be turned in, so you do not need to write up answers.) What is economic rent? What does John Kay mean when he says: "The objective of a company is to increase its economic rent, rather than its profit as such"? Why is economic rent the relevant measure of a firm’s competitive advantage? Kay suggests that the question of how a company can create distinctive capabilities contains an inherent contradiction. What does he mean by this? Is he implying that business strategy is irrelevant? Kay argues that "The modern subject of business strategy is a set of analytical techniques for understanding better, and so influencing, a company’s position in its actual and potential marketplace." Interestingly, though, the reading by Pankaj Ghemawat that describes the intellectual history of the field of strategy concludes with a discussion of how many practitioners became disillusioned with many of the analytical techniques developed by academics and consultants in the 1970s. Is there any way that Kay’s perspective can be reconciled with the history described by Ghemawat?
1. TEXT -- REQUIRED
Author: Besanko, Dranove, and Shanley				Publisher: Wiley
Title: Economics of Strategy					Date/Edition: 1999, 2^nd edition
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Quarter: Fall			Year: 2000-2001
Course #:MGMT 450	Section: 61	Course Name: Strategic Management in Nonmarket Environments
Instructor: Daniel Diermeier
Casepack (YES)
First Assignment Kellogg J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management Northwestern University Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences 112 D-50 Strategic Management in Nonmarket Environments Professor Daniel Diermeier Leverone Hall 554 Evanston Campus (847) 491-5177 d-diermeier@northwestern.edu http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/diermeier/diermeier.html Office Hours: Monday and Thursday 2:00-2:45 First Assignment Session 1: Thursday, September 21 — Introduction to the Nonmarket Environment The reading for this session illustrates the types of issues to be considered in the course and presents approaches for organizing your analysis of the nonmarket environment. The case is set at the time the issue of higher fuel economy standards entered a new phase and provides a specific issue for identifying generic components of the nonmarket environment. Future sessions will examine these components in more detail with an increasing emphasis on the development of analytic concepts and the formulation of nonmarket strategies. Reading: BIE 3-22, 30-33, 42-51 Case: CAFE Standards 1990, BIE 245-254 Assignment: Students with last names that begin with the letters A-L are to assume the role of Nissan. Students with last names that begin with the letters M-Z are to assume the role of Ford. Each student is to expected to do the following in class. Characterize the 4 Is for the CAFE standards issue. Characterize the nonmarket life cycle of this issue. State your company’s objective with regard to the issue. Articulate your strategy for addressing this issue; i.e., what actions do you plan to take to accomplish your objectives. Present arguments your company should use in implementing its strategy in the political arena. Anticipate the strategy of your competitor (Nissan or Ford). Predict what will happen and why? In class, I will call on one person from a Ford group and one person from a Nissan group to make a brief presentation of his or her analysis and strategy for addressing the issue of a major increase in CAFE standards.
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Author: David P. Baron				Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Title: Business and its Environment.					Date/Edition: 2000, Third Edition
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Quarter: Fall			Year: 2000-2001
Course #:MGMT 450	Section: 81	Course Name: Strategic Management in Nonmarket Environments
Instructor: Daniel Diermeier
Casepack (YES)
First Assignment Kellogg J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management Northwestern University Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences 112 D-50 Strategic Management in Nonmarket Environments Professor Daniel Diermeier Leverone Hall 554 Evanston Campus (847) 491-5177 d-diermeier@northwestern.edu http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/diermeier/diermeier.html Office Hours: Monday 5:15-6:15 First Assignment Session 1: Wednesday, September 25 — Introduction to the Nonmarket Environment The reading for this session illustrates the types of issues to be considered in the course and presents approaches for organizing your analysis of the nonmarket environment. The case is set at the time the issue of higher fuel economy standards entered a new phase and provides a specific issue for identifying generic components of the nonmarket environment. Future sessions will examine these components in more detail with an increasing emphasis on the development of analytic concepts and the formulation of nonmarket strategies. Reading: BIE 3-22, 30-33, 42-51 Case: CAFE Standards 1990, BIE 245-254 Assignment: Students with last names that begin with the letters A-L are to assume the role of Nissan. Students with last names that begin with the letters M-Z are to assume the role of Ford. Each student is to expected to do the following in class. Characterize the 4 Is for the CAFE standards issue. Characterize the nonmarket life cycle of this issue. State your company’s objective with regard to the issue. Articulate your strategy for addressing this issue; i.e., what actions do you plan to take to accomplish your objectives. Present arguments your company should use in implementing its strategy in the political arena. Anticipate the strategy of your competitor (Nissan or Ford). Predict what will happen and why? In class, I will call on one person from a Ford group and one person from a Nissan group to make a brief presentation of his or her analysis and strategy for addressing the issue of a major increase in CAFE standards.
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Author: David P. Baron				Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Title: Business and its Environment.					Date/Edition: 2000, Third Edition
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Quarter: Fall			Year: 2000-2001
Course #: 452	Section: 61,62	Course Name: Strategy and Organization
Instructor: Schaefer
Casepack (YES or NO?) YES
First Assignment Check M&S 452 web page for first assignment. URL:www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/schaefer/htm/D52html
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Author:Brickley, Smith, Zimmerman				Publisher: Irwin isbn#0-256-27052-x
Title: Selected Chapters from Managerial Economics and Organizational Architecture					Date/Edition:
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Quarter: Fall			Year: 2000-2001
Course #:460	Section: 61	Course Name: Management of International Business
Instructor: Daniel F. Spulber
Casepack (YES or NO?) YES
First Assignment First reading in case pack
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Author:Daniel F. Spulber				Publisher: McGraw Hill
Title: The Market Makers					Date/Edition: 1998
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Quarter: Fall			Year: 2000
Course #:463	Section: 61	Course Name: MGMT of TECH
Instructor: Greenstein
Casepack (YES or NO?) Yes
First Assignment Required readings Rosenberg, Nathan, "Uncertainty and Technology Change," in (Eds), Landau, Taylor and Wright, The Mosiac of Economic Growth, Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA. 1996. Pp. 334-356. Anne Cooper Funderberg, "Making Teflon Stick," in American Heritage of Invention and Technology, 16 (1) Summer, 2000. Visicorp 1978-1984, UCLA Graduate School of Management 0SS-85-1 Related reading: Scott Shane, "Prior Knowledge and the Discovery of Entrepreneurial Opportunities," Mimeo, MIT. 1999. George David Smith, "The Bell-Western Union Patent Agreement of 1879: A Study in Corporate Imagination," in Tushman and Moore, Readings in the Management of Innovation, HarperBusiness Press, 1988. Greenstein, "It has bugs, but the games are out of this world," Micro-Economics Department, IEEE Micro: Chips, Systems, and Applications, 17 (2)., pp 5-6. Greenstein, "Forecasting Commercial Change," Micro-Economics Department, IEEE Micro: Chips, Systems, and Applications, June, 1999, Greenstein, "Uncertainty, Prediction and the Unexpected," Micro-Economics Department, IEEE Micro: Chips, Systems, and Applications, August, 1998,
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Author: Geoffrey Moore.				Publisher: Harper Business, Second edition, 1999
Title: Crossing the Chasm					Date/Edition: Second edition, 1999
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Author: Carl Shapiro and Hal Varian				Publisher: Harvard Business School Press
Title: Information Rules					Date/Edition: Second edition, 1998
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Author: Michael Cusumano and David Yoffie				Publisher: The Free Press
Title: Competing on Internet Time					Date/Edition: 1998

Quarter: Fall			Year: 2000-2001
Course #: 465	Section: 81	Course Name: Small Business Management
Instructor: Stuart Meyer
Casepack (YES or NO?) Yes
First Assignment First AssignmentThis is a real-world consulting exercise involving small businesses or autonomous divisions of larger companies. The underlying theme is that all aspects of the firm must be considered although it is likely that focus will take place on one or a small number of functions. There is a list of potential cases in the case packet with a more current version available on the Web page for the course. The academic schedule is uncorrelated with the real world and the time available always proves to be short so it behooves us to get started as soon as possible to choose candidates and investigate the chemistry with the principals of the firm chosen. Teams of three can be formed first and a case chosen or the team can be aggregated around a case. A team of three can get "dibs" on a case by informing the instructor by email, telephone, etc. So, the first assignment is to read the case list and form teams as soon as possible. If you have specific interests ( e.g. restaurants ), there are case available from the instructor that are not on the posted list. It is possible for teams to self-select a case not on the list but experience indicates that the principals of the firm have to contact the instructor and request the counseling exercise so that we have some assurance of cooperation and a good educational experience.
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Quarter: Fall					Year: 2000-2001
Course #: 468		Section: 81	Course Name: Managerial Leadership
Instructor: Neuschel
Casepack (YES or NO): Yes
First Assignment: See Casepack
1. TEXT -- REQUIRED
Author: Rosenbach, William E. and Robert L. Taylor, eds.						Publisher: Westview Press-Boulder, CO
Title: Contemporary Issues in Leadership							Date/Edition: 1998, 4^th Ed.
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Author: Neuschel, Robert P.						Publisher: Vision Sports Management, Inc.
Title: The Servant Leader: Unleashing the Power of Your People							Date/Edition: April 1998

COURSE #: M&S 926		SECTION: 81		COURSE NAME: Dynamics of Leadership
INSTRUCTOR: Stedman Graham and Oprah Winfrey
CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : Yes
FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Complete readings for first class as described in course syllabus
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AUTHOR: Hesselbein, Frances, & Cohen, Paul, M. (eds.)						PUBLISHER: Jossey-Bass, 1999
TITLE: Leader to Leader: Enduring Insights on Leadership from the Drucker Foundation’s Award-Winning Journal.
2. REQUIRED MATERIALS: Composition book (DISTRIBUTED AT FIRST CLASS)
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