COURSE #:  Seek #441

SECTION:  61

COURSE NAME: STRAT MNGT in Nonmarket Environments

INSTRUCTOR:  Don Haider

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : Yes  

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: See syllabus – Haider website or in Case Packet

             Cases Discussed: a) Citicorp + Subprime Lending, Baron 801-804

Read Barron Text:  Chp 1-4 (skim); 693-696; 702-705; 731-733, 750-756. Introd. To Course & Ethics

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?:  Required

AUTHOR: David P. Barron

PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall

TITLE: Business and Its Environments

ED./DATE: 5th Edition/ 2006

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TERM:  Spring 2006-2007

COURSE #: SEEK 441

SECTION: 62

COURSE NAME: Strategic Management in Non-Market Environments

INSTRUCTOR: Steve Callander

CASEPACK - YES or NO?:  YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: The reading for this session illustrates the types of issues to be considered in the course and presents approaches for organizing your analysis of the non-market environment.  Future sessions will examine these components in more detail with an increasing emphasis on the development of analytic concepts and the formulation of non-market strategies. These concepts will be discussed in the context of the Consumer Financial case.

Reading:                BIE 1-17, 31-37, 44-52, 66-88

Case:                      Consumer Financial [in course reader]

 

Assignment:

It is December 10, 2002. You are the engagement team of the consulting company Non-Market Strategy, Inc., the leader in non-market strategy consulting. Your client is Consumer Financial Services, the nation's largest independent mortgage lender. You need to familiarize yourself thoroughly with the document provided by the client. During class you will have your first meeting as team. Your senior partner is expecting a report on how to address Consumer Financial’s challenges as she needs to meet with client later that day. Your task it to develop a 5-10 minute presentation that your partner can then present to the client. I will select one group randomly to present their analysis. The rest of the class will assume the role of senior partner.

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

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: REQUIRED

AUTHOR: David Baron

PUBLISHER:  Prentice Hall

TITLE: Business and It’s Environment

ED./DATE: 5th Ed.

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COURSE #: 916/454

SECTION: 81

COURSE NAME:  The Education Industry

INSTRUCTOR: Michael J. Bakalis

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) :  yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Read over syllabus/ Wagner Book -  Introduction, Chapters 1 & 2

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?:  Required

AUTHOR: Wagner, Tony

PUBLISHER: RoutledgeFalmer 

TITLE: Making the Grade: Reinventing America’s Schools

ED./DATE: 2002   Paperback

2.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?: Required

AUTHOR: Hess, Frederick, M.

PUBLISHER: Harvard Education Press

TITLE: Educational Entrepreneurship

ED./DATE: 2006  Paperback

 

COURSE #: SEEK 470

SECTION: 61

COURSE NAME: Public Economics for Business Leaders

INSTRUCTOR:  David Besanko and Therese McGuire

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Come to class prepared to answer questions regarding the readings for Week 1 (in the case packet).

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?:

AUTHOR: Stiglitz, Joseph

PUBLISHER: Norton

TITLE: Economics of the Public Sector

ED./DATE: 3rd/2000

 

TERM: Spring

COURSE #: SEEK 953

SECTION: 81

COURSE NAME: Environmental Management

INSTRUCTOR: David Dana

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

All in course pack:

CERES principles, company information, and statement regarding stakeholder engagement (from http://www.ceres.org/coalitionandcompanies) (CP)

Global Compact Ten Principles (from http://www.globalreporting.org) (CP)

Allen L. White, New Wine, New Bottles, The Rise of Non-Financial Reporting, Business for Social Responsibility, June 2005 (CP)

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

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