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COURSE #: BASE 910 A	SECTION: 61	COURSE NAME: Values and Crisis Decision-Making1]
INSTRUCTOR: Daniel Diermeier and Timothy Feddersen
CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : Yes (There are two case packs: A and B. Packet A is required for all students. Packet B is comprised of readings from David P. Baron’s Business and Its Environment (BIE), Fourth Edition, Prentice-Hall, 2003, a required text for MGMT 450; students who intend to take MGMT 450 may choose to purchase the book rather than case packet B; however, everyone must choose EITHER the book, OR packet B.
FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Session 1: Introduction (Monday, Sept. 15: 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.) To develop successful crisis management strategies, managers need to be able to evaluate the crisis potential of their business. A key component of successfully predicting whether a business decision may have adverse consequences is to understand the motivations of stakeholders and their capacity for action. I will also give a brief overview of the class content and will discuss organizational and logistic issues. Reading: BIE 1-18, 29-51 Case: Buffalo Savings Bank (A), BIE 59-60 Assignment Assume the role of managers in Buffalo Savings Bank (A) (BIE, 58-59). Analyze BSB’s situation, adopt a policy with respect to calling the loans, and develop a strategy for achieving your objective. It is convenient to think of policies as being represented as a point along the following spectrum: No Call..............Call but compromise.............Call, period An example of a compromise might be to offer borrowers an opportunity to refinance below the market rate. Be prepared to give a short presentation of your findings. You do not need to prepare any written materials or Power Point presentations.
1. TEXT -- REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: David P. Baron’s Business and Its Environment (BIE), Fourth Edition, Prentice-Hall, 2003 OR Course Packet B (see above for details)
Number of hand outs to be added: 200 Do you class have a Mandatory First Class? Yes COURSE #: BASE 910 A	SECTION: 63	COURSE NAME: Values and Crisis Decision-Making [2]
INSTRUCTOR: Daniel Diermeier and Timothy J. Feddersen
CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : Yes (There are two case packs: A and B. Packet A is required for all students. Packet B is comprised of readings from David P. Baron’s Business and Its Environment (BIE), Fourth Edition, Prentice-Hall, 2003, a required text for MGMT 450; students who intend to take MGMT 450 may choose to purchase the book rather than case packet B; however, everyone must choose EITHER the book, OR packet B.
FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Session 1: Introduction (Monday, Sept. 15: 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.) To develop successful crisis management strategies, managers need to be able to evaluate the crisis potential of their business. A key component of successfully predicting whether a business decision may have adverse consequences is to understand the motivations of stakeholders and their capacity for action. I will also give a brief overview of the class content and will discuss organizational and logistic issues. Reading: BIE 1-18, 29-51 Case: Buffalo Savings Bank (A), BIE 59-60 Assignment Assume the role of managers in Buffalo Savings Bank (A) (BIE, 58-59). Analyze BSB’s situation, adopt a policy with respect to calling the loans, and develop a strategy for achieving your objective. It is convenient to think of policies as being represented as a point along the following spectrum: No Call..............Call but compromise.............Call, period An example of a compromise might be to offer borrowers an opportunity to refinance below the market rate. Be prepared to give a short presentation of your findings. You do not need to prepare any written materials or Power Point presentations.
1. TEXT -- REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: David P. Baron’s Business and Its Environment (BIE), Fourth Edition, Prentice-Hall, 2003 OR Course Packet B (see above for details)
Number of hand outs to be added: 200 Do you class have a Mandatory First Class? Yes

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