COURSE #: 463

SECTION: 71

COURSE NAME: Management of Technology

INSTRUCTOR: Greenstein, Shane

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Read Rosenberg for first class.

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?: Required.

AUTHOR: Geoffrey Moore

PUBLISHER: Harvard Business School Press

TITLE: Crossing the Chasm

ED./DATE: 1999

2.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?: Required

AUTHOR: Carl Shapiro and Hal Varian

PUBLISHER: Harvard Business School Press

TITLE: Information Rules

ED./DATE: 1998

TERM: Fall 2008-09

COURSE #: 431

SECTION: 71&72

COURSE NAME: BUSINESS STRATEGY

INSTRUCTOR: Yasutora Watanabe

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

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:
 1. Purchase Case Packet. 
 2. Download syllabus from my blackboard website and read the material referenced for the first class.  Particularly, read “Shrimp Game Exercise” in the case packet, and think about how to play the game well.
 

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:  4th Edition 2006

COURSE #: 431

SECTION: 76

COURSE NAME: Business Strategy

INSTRUCTOR: Mark Israel

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Download syllabus from my website and read the articles for the first class

ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY?  YES OR NO: NO

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?:  Required

AUTHOR:Besanko, Dranove, Shanley and Schafer

PUBLISHER: Wiley

TITLE: Economics of Strategy

ED./DATE: 4th

2.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?:

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TERM: FALL 2008-09

COURSE #: MGMT 452

SECTION: 61-62-71

COURSE NAME: Strategy and Organization

INSTRUCTOR:  Marco Ottaviani

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

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: After reading the case Keller-Williams Realty, prepare short answers to following question:
1. Comparing the compensation structure at Keller Williams with those in traditional real estate brokerages and 100-percent commission organizations, which types of agents do you expect Keller Williams to attract?
2. Focusing on the profit sharing scheme in place at Keller Williams, what do you think this scheme is trying to achieve?
3. What is the role of the Agent Leadership Council? And what’s the role of the Open Book policy?
(Your answer for this first case will not be collectedin class).

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

1. TEXT - Required or Recommended?: No text.

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2. TEXT – Required or Recommended?:

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