COURSE #: SEEK 440A

SECTIONS:
61 & 71

COURSE NAME:
Values and Crisis Decision-Making

INSTRUCTOR: David Austen-Smith

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:
Summer 2007/2008

COURSE #:  
SEEK 441

SECTION:
71

COURSE NAME:
Non Markets

INSTRUCTOR:  Don Haider

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

Case- Citi & Subprime Lending- Baron Text, p. 801-804
Case- Nike in SE Asia- Baron Text, p. 119-122

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

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:  REQUIRED

AUTHOR:
David Baron

PUBLISHER:
Prentice Hall- 5th ED.

TITLE:
Business and Its Environment

ED./DATE:
2006- 5th Edition

2.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:

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