TERM: Fall 2005

COURSE #: 431

SECTION: 61, 65, 67

COURSE NAME: Business Strategy

INSTRUCTOR: Mark Israel

IS THERE A CASE PACKET – Yes or No?: Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: 1.  Purchase Case Packet.  2. Read the syllabus (1st document in Case Packet) carefully.  3.  Do the readings listed on the syllabus for the first class.   4. Come prepared to ask and answer questions!

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY – Yes or No?: Yes

1.  TEXT – Required or Recommended?: Required

AUTHOR: Besanko, Dranove, Shanley, and Schaefer

PUBLISHER: Wiley

TITLE: Economics of Strategy

ED./DATE: 3rd Edition.  2004.

2.  TEXT – Required or Recommended?:

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER:

TITLE:

ED./DATE:

 

TERM: Fall 2005

COURSE #: MGMT 431

SECTION: 62, 63, 64

COURSE NAME: Business Strategy

INSTRUCTOR: Mazzeo

IS THERE A CASE PACKET? (Yes or No): Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Read the Ghemawat and Porter (“What is Strategy?”) articles in the case packet, as well as the Microeconomics review material in the BDSS textbook.  Be prepared to ask and answer questions in class!

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY? (Yes or No):  Yes

1. TEXT - Required or Recommended?: Required

AUTHOR: Besanko, Dranove, Shanley and Schaefer

PUBLISHER Wiley

TITLE: Economics of Strategy

ED./DATE: 3rd

2. TEXT – Required or Recommended?:

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER:

TITLE:

ED./DATE:

 

TERM:

FALL 2005-06

COURSE #:

431

SECTION:

66, 68, 69

COURSE NAME:

BUSINESS STRATEGY

INSTRUCTOR:

THOMAS HUBBARD

IS THERE A CASE PACKET? (Yes or No):   YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:  YES

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY? (Yes or No):   YES

1. TEXT - Required or Recommended?:  REQUIRED

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER

PRENTICE HALL

TITLE:   MASTERING STRATEGY:  THE COMPLETE  MBA COMPANI0N  IN STRATEGY

ED./DATE:

(2000)

2. TEXT – Required or Recommended?:   RECOMMENDED

AUTHOR:

BESANKO, DRANOVE, SHANLEY, SCHAEFER

PUBLISHER:

WILEY

TITLE:

ECONOMICS OF STRATEGY

ED./DATE:

3RD/2004

 

TERM: Fall 2005

COURSE #: Mgmt 444

SECTION: 81

COURSE NAME: Healthcare Economics and Strategy

INSTRUCTOR: Dranove

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: See course page

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

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:  None

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER:

TITLE:

ED./DATE:

2.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER:

TITLE:

ED./DATE:

 

TERM: Fall 2005

COURSE #: 450

SECTION: 61

COURSE NAME: Strategic Managment in Non-market Environments

INSTRUCTOR: Daniel Diermeier

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Due at beginning of first class:
Students with last names that begin with the letters A-L will form groups, each assuming the role of Nissan. Students with last names that begin with the letters M-Z will form groups, each assuming the role of Ford. Each student is expected to do the following in class.

1. Characterize the 4 Is for the CAFE standards issue.
2. Characterize the non-market life cycle of this issue.
3. State your company’s objective with regard to the issue.
4. Articulate your strategy for addressing this issue; i.e., what actions do you plan to take to accomplish your objectives.
5. Present arguments your company should use in implementing its strategy in the political arena.
6. Anticipate the strategy of your competitor (Nissan or Ford).
7. 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.

Note: The case is set at a time when SUVs had not yet occupied a major market share in passenger vehicles.

Reading: BIE 1-18, 29-33, 42-51, 61-83 [review from BASE 910A]
Case: CAFE Standards 1990, BIE 249-254

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

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:  REQUIRED

AUTHOR: David Baron

PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall

TITLE: Business In Its Environment

ED./DATE: 4th Ed.

2.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER:

TITLE:

ED./DATE:

 

 

Quarter:  Fall

Year: 2005-2006

Course #: 452

Section: 61

Course Name: Strategy & Organization

Instructor: Sarit Markovich

Casepack (YES or NO?)

Yes

First Assignment

Topic

Strategy, Organization and Incentives

Required Reading

Case

Nordstrom: Dissension in the Ranks (A)

Discussion Questions --- Please come prepared to discuss the following questions.

1. What are the pros and cons of being a ``Nordie?''

2. Would you want to work for Nordstrom? Do you think your former or summer employer would want to hire a ``Nordie?''

3. Referring to Example 2 on page 6 of the case, produce two graphs. On the first graph, plot hours on the x-axis and dollars on the y-axis. Show how the employee's take home pay varies as hours reported goes from 30 to 50. For the second graph, plot hours reported (x-axis) vs. sales-per-hour. How does SPH move as hours reported varies from 30 to 50? Can a Nordie increase his or her take home pay by under-reporting hours? If not, then why do the Nordies under-report?

1.  TEXT  -- N/A 

Author:

Publisher:

   

2.  TEXT  --   N/A

Author:

Publisher:

Title:

Date/Edition

 

TERM: 2005-06

COURSE #: 462

SECTION: 91

COURSE NAME: Entrepreneurship and New Venture Formulation

INSTRUCTOR:    Barry Merkin

IS THERE A CASE PACKET? (Yes or No):   Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:   See below

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY? (Yes or No):   Yes

1. TEXT - Required or Recommended?:   Recommended:  see course page in CMS

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER

TITLE:

ED./DATE:

2. TEXT – Required or Recommended?:

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER:

TITLE:

ED./DATE:

FIRST ASSIGNMENT

 

Entrepreneurship 462 Fall 2005

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND NEW VENTURE FORMULATION
OPERATION JUMP-START

"It’s important to form groups and discuss projects before the quarter begins.  Even though the professor warns …. you only begin to realize how much work it takes to write a business plan at about week 8 … it provides an important (if painful at times) dose of reality."

                                                                 "Insiders Guide to Kellogg Courses"

                                                                             Written For and By Students

 

Students often report that Entrep 462 was one of the most valuable courses at Kellogg. With all of us working together, I'm confident that many of you will have a similar experience this Fall.

The key to maximum success in this course is the opportunity to write a complete Business Plan that 1) truly interests you and 2) teams you with people you respect.  However, time constraints mandate that these all-important team formations be accomplished very quickly. 

For this reason:

1.    Students who cannot attend the first class cannot take the course.

      2.    Much progress on team formation and ideas must be accomplished

                  before the first class, following the process outlined in the Course                                                                                                                                                                                                     Mangement System (Blackboard) described below.

 


Each student is required to go to the          

Course Management System / Communications / Discussion Boards

and follow the directions for Resumes and Team Formation. 

This should be done ASAP but no later than Sept 2 and 6 .

On a personal note, I’m excited about the course

 and very much look forward to seeing you soon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TERM: Fall 2005-06

COURSE #: 463

SECTION: 61

COURSE NAME:

Management of Technology

INSTRUCTOR: Greenstein

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: We will begin to discuss the chapters from Rosenberg’s article at the first day of class. It is the first reading in the case packet.

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

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: Required.

AUTHOR: Geoffrey Moore

PUBLISHER: Harper Business

TITLE: Crossing the Chasm

ED./DATE:  Third edition, 2002

2.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:  Required

AUTHOR:  Carl Shapiro and Hal Varian

PUBLISHER: Harvard Business School Press

TITLE: Information Rules

ED./DATE: First Edition, 1998

 

TERM: Spring2005-06

COURSE #:MGMT468

SECTION: 81(EV)

COURSE NAME: Managerial Leadership

INSTRUCTOR: Harry Kraemer, former  Chairman and CEO of Baxter International, Inc.

IS THERE A CASE PACKET? (Yes or No):Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

   1.Read the first three chapters of  “Authentic Leadership”.

   2.Read the first two chapters of “Good to Great”.

   3.Please identify two individuals  you believe are  outstanding leaders. Be prepared to discuss your choices and rationale.

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY? (Yes or No): Yes

1. TEXT - Required or Recommended?:Required

AUTHOR: William George

PUBLISHER Jossey-Bass

TITLE: Authentic Leadership

ED./DATE: First; 2003

2. TEXT – Required or Recommended?: Required

AUTHOR: Jim Collins

PUBLISHER: Harper Business

TITLE: Good To Great

ED./DATE: First; 2001

 

TERM: FALL 2005

COURSE #: M&S931-A

SECTION: 81

COURSE NAME: STRATEGIC FRANCHISING

INSTRUCTOR: BURTON COHEN

IS THERE A CASE PACKET? (Yes or No):YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: READING

READINGS

A Note on Franchising: Gompers, Paul A. HBSP 9-297-108 (1998)

Quasi-Franchisees, Chains That Look Like Franchises, But Aren’t, ISOF (1999)

The Body Shop (case study) Ivey School of Business (1999)

Wall Street Journal, Sept. 22, 2005: Franchising Classified Ads

USA Today, Sept. 22, 2005: Franchising Classified Ads

THOUGHTS

As you read the material, consider the following questions:

  1. What are the advantages and disadvantages to a business and a franchisee in adopting the franchise method of doing business?
  2. Why do people become franchisees?
  3. What are the risks inherent to each of the parties in a franchise relationship?
  4. What is the fundamental reason for the success of any franchise business?
  5. What types of business franchises would you not want to become involved with?

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY? (Yes or No): YES

1. TEXT - Required or Recommended?:

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER

TITLE:

ED./DATE:

2. TEXT – Required or Recommended?:

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER:

TITLE:

ED./DATE:

 

TERM: Fall 2005-06

COURSE #M&S 933

  

COURSE NAME – Leaders and Leadership:

INSTRUCTOR:  Walter D. Scott

IS THERE A CASE PACKET? (Yes or No):

Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Read “Case packet: Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience, Hughes, Ginnett,

Curphy, chapter 2, McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2002 (provides a framework for considering leadership)

                Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., Chernow, chapters 3-10, 12-14, 16,

and 35, pages 532-535 (in both hard cover and paperback), Random

House, 1998 (253 pgs)

Another optional readings is in the case packet.

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY? (Yes or No): Yes

1. TEXT - Required or Recommended?: Various books listed in syllabus – not available at the book store

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER:

TITLE:

ED./DATE:

2. TEXT – Required or Recommended?:

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER:

TITLE:

ED./DATE:

 

TERM:

      FALL  ’05-‘06

COURSE #:

      MGMT 934

SECTION:

         81

COURSE NAME:

           MANAGING TURNAROUNDS

INSTRUCTOR:      PROFESSOR   JAMES  SHEIN

IS THERE A CASE PACKET? (Yes or No):     YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:    COME TO CLASS WITH AT LEAST ONE  SUGGESTED  NAME OF  A COMPANY OR ORGANIZATION THAT IS OR WAS IN TROUBLE;   ANY ARTICLE TO BE READ FOR FIRST CLASS WILL BE E-MAILED IN ADVANCE OF FIRST CLASS, ALONG WITH AN AGENDA

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY? (Yes or No):    YES!!

1. TEXT - Required or Recommended?:  NO

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER

TITLE:

ED./DATE:

2. TEXT – Required or Recommended?:

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER:

TITLE:

ED./DATE: