COURSE #: BASE 910 A

SECTION:

62, 64

COURSE NAME:

Values and Crisis Decision-Making [1]

INSTRUCTOR: Feddersen

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:  Session 1: Introduction

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.

Case:                CR-1 Buffalo Savings Bank (A)

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?:  Course Packet (see above for details)

Mandatory First Class? Yes

TERM: Fall 2005

COURSE #:

BASE 910 A

SECTION:

61, 63, 65, 67

COURSE NAME:

Values and Crisis Decision-Making[1]

INSTRUCTOR:             

Daniel Diermeier, Steven Callander

CASEPACK - YES or NO?:  YES

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
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.

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY – YES OR NO?:  YES

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)

AUTHOR:  David P. Baron

PUBLISHER:  Prentice Hall

TITLE: Microeconomics

ED./DATE:  2^nd edition, 2005

COURSE #: BASE 910 A

SECTION:

66

COURSE NAME:

Values and Crisis Decision-Making [2]

INSTRUCTOR: David Austen-Smith

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:  Session 1: Introduction (Monday, September 12th)

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.

Case:                CR-1 Buffalo Savings Bank (A)

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?:  Course Packet (see above for details)

Mandatory First Class? Yes

COURSE #: BASE 910 A

SECTION:

1Y

COURSE NAME:

Values and Crisis Decision-Making [3]

INSTRUCTOR: David Austen-Smith

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : Yes

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, September 12th)

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.

Case:                          CR-1 Buffalo Savings Bank (A)

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?:  Course Packet (see above for details)

Mandatory First Class? Yes