COURSE #: SEEK 440-A

SECTION:

TMP

COURSE NAME:

Values and Crisis Decision-Making

INSTRUCTOR: David Austen-Smith

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:  Session 1: Introduction (Friday, January 13th)

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:                      CR-1 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: Winter 2006

COURSE #: SEEK 441

SECTION: 61, 62, 71

COURSE NAME: Strategic Management in Non-market Environments

INSTRUCTOR: Bard Harstad

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:  For the 3rd session, Course book pp. 271-279: Your group will be assigned either the role of Nissan or the role of Ford. Each group needs to prepare a one page executive summary of their analysis and strategy and send it before the beginning of the next session.  The memos should be addressed to each company’s CEO and are assumed to be confidential information and for internal use only. The summaries must before class be submitted as a word document by email to me (harstad@kellogg.northwestern.edu).

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

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: Required

AUTHOR: David P. Baron

PUBLISHER: Pearson Prentice Hall

ISBN 0-13-187355-5

TITLE: Business and Its Environment

ED./DATE: Fifth Edition/2005

2.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:

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