COURSE #: SEEK 440A

SECTIONS:
71 & 72

COURSE NAME:
Values and Crisis Decision-Making

INSTRUCTOR: Bard Harstad

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : Yes

**ATTENDANCE AT ALL SESSIONS IS MANDATORY**
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:                      Course Packet: Buffalo Savings Bank (A)
                                                               

Assignment

Assume the role of managers in Buffalo Savings Bank (A).  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)

Number of hand outs to be added: 200
Do you class have a Mandatory First Class? Yes

TERM: Spring 2009

COURSE #: 441

SECTION: 71

COURSE NAME: Strategic Mgmt in Non-Market Environments

INSTRUCTOR: Don Haider

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:
BIE Ch #1-4 (skim if had Seek #440) 693-96, 702-05, 731-33, 750-56,
Ethical Systems Packet
www.citigroup.com/citi/citizen/index.htm  www.acorn.org
Case: Citicorp and Subprime Lending, 801-804
Questions: 1) Ethics of SPL? 2) Why Acorn involved? 3) What should Citi + industry do now?
www.nikeresponsibility.com – How integral has corporate responsibility become to NIKE’s brand and its business today? What changed in the decade since this case was written? Use the above website to answer these questions.
Case: NIKE is Southeast Asia (119-122)

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

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: Required

AUTHOR: Baron

PUBLISHER:

TITLE: Business & Its Environments

ED./DATE: 5th edition 2006

2.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:

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