COURSE #: MGMT 431 Winter 2007-08

SECTION: 71 & 72

COURSE NAME:  Business Strategy

INSTRUCTOR:  Justin Lenzo

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Download syllabus from my website and read the articles referenced for the first class

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?:  Required

AUTHOR: Besanko, Dranove, Shanley and Schafer

PUBLISHER: Wiley

TITLE: Economics of Strategy

ED./DATE: 4th

2.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?:

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER:

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ED./DATE:

TERM: Winter 2007/2008

COURSE #: MGMT 452

SECTION: 71

COURSE NAME:

Strategy and Organization

INSTRUCTOR: Yuk-fai Fong

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

1.             Study the Nordstrom Case and pay special attention to the following questions:

1.        What is Nordstrom’s strategy?  Generally speaking, is putting the salespeople on commission consistent with this strategy?

2.        What problems is Nordstrom experiencing in the case?  In your opinion, what are the underlying causes of these problems?

3.        Over the years, many of Nordstrom’s competitors have experimented with Nordstrom-like personnel strategies.  Why don’t all of Nordstrom’s competitors change their sales compensation policies?

2.             Do the required reading for the first week.

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: No.

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER:

TITLE:

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2.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER:

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TERM: WINTER 2007-08

COURSE #:  463

SECTION:  71

COURSE NAME:

Management of Technology

INSTRUCTOR:

Professor Scott Stern

IS THERE A CASE PACKET? (Yes or No):

YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

CLASS 1. Course Overview: Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World

Rosenberg, N. (1996). “Uncertainty and Technological Change,” in (Eds), Landau,

Taylor and Wright, The Mosaic of Economic Growth, Stanford University Press.

Please come prepared to discuss the reading

What are the key strategic challenges in using technological innovation as the basis for

competitive advantage? What firms have been able to secure extraordinary returns from

technological innovation? Why do you think these firms have been able to prosper? Rosenberg

highlights the importance of uncertainty in the process of technological change. What

managerial challenges (and opportunities) arise in the face of inherent uncertainty?

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY? (Yes or No):

YES

1. TEXT - Required or Recommended?:   REQUIRED

AUTHOR:

Geoffrey Moore

PUBLISHER

Harper Business

TITLE:

Crossing the Chasm

ED./DATE:

2002

2. TEXT – Required or Recommended?:  REQUIRED

AUTHOR:

Hal Varian and Carl Shapiro

PUBLISHER:

Harvard Business School Press

TITLE:

Information Rules

ED./DATE:

1998