COURSE #: MGMT440

SECTION: 71

COURSE NAME: Human Resources Management

INSTRUCTOR: Jin Li

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:
1: Read ``Setting Hiring Standards,'' Chapter 2 in Personnel Economics, by Edward P. Lazear, 1997.

2: Read Michael E. Porter, ``What is Strategy?'' Harvard Business Review, November/December 1996.

3: Read the case “Nordstrom: Dissension in the Ranks” and hand in short (one page in total) answers to these questions.
A. What are the pros and cons of being a ``Nordie?''
B. Would you want to work at Nordstrom? Would your current or most recent employer want to hire a Nordie?
C. How did Cowen determine which schools to target in their recruiting? Could their decision process be improved?
D. Identify the main strength and weakness of each of the four ``final'' candidates. Which ``strength'' and which ``weakness'' do you think carries the most information regarding future job performance? Why?

ATTENDANCE – FIRST CLASS MANDATORY (YES OR NO): Yes

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?:  Required

AUTHOR: Edward Lazear

PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons

TITLE: Personnel Economics for Managers

ED./DATE: 1st/1997

2.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?: Required

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COURSE #: MGMT 452

SECTION: 71

COURSE NAME: Strategy and Organization

INSTRUCTOR: Yuk-fai Fong

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

Read the case “The Lincoln Electric Company” and prepare for the following questions:
1.             What is Lincoln Electric’s strategic position? Is LE’s strategy a sensible one?
2.             What are the key components in LE’s human resources policies?
3.             How are employees’ bonuses at LE determined?
4.             Would LE’s system withstand the recession in the early 1980’s?
5.             Assess LE’s ability to develop overseas manufacturing capacities.

Do other required readings for the first class listed on the syllabus.

ATTENDANCE – FIRST CLASS MANDATORY (YES OR NO): No

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?: NO

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TERM: SPRING 2008-09

COURSE #:  431

SECTION: 71 & 72

COURSE NAME: Business Strategy

INSTRUCTOR:  Jennifer Brown

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 materials for the first 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: 4th Edition