COURSE #: SEEK 440-A

SECTION:

TMP 71

COURSE NAME:

Values and Crisis Decision-Making

INSTRUCTOR: Tim Feddersen

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:  Session 1: Introduction (Friday, January 26, 6pm)

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

      
   
   
   
     
   

 

COURSE #: SEEK 440-A

SECTION:

TMP 72

COURSE NAME:

Values and Crisis Decision-Making

INSTRUCTOR: Marco Battaglini

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:  Session 1: Introduction (Friday, February 16th, 6pm)

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 2007

COURSE #: SEEK 441

SECTION: 71

COURSE NAME: Strategic Management in Non-market Environments

INSTRUCTOR: Bard Harstad

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:  Please confront “Consumer Financial” in the case package. 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. 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. In class, I will ask you 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 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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