COURSE #: SEEK 440A

SECTIONS:

71 & 72

COURSE NAME:

Values and Crisis Decision-Making[1]

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:  Winter 2007-2008

COURSE #: SEEK 441

SECTION: 71

COURSE NAME: Strategic Management in Non-Market Environments

INSTRUCTOR: Daniel Diermeier

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.

2.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:  REQUIRED

AUTHOR:  Malcolm Gladwell

PUBLISHER: Back Bay Books

TITLE: The Tipping Point

ED./DATE: Reprint ed. January 7, 2002

3.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:  REQUIRED

AUTHOR:  Thomas L. Friedman

PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

TITLE:  The World is Flat

ED./DATE:  Expanded and Updated edition, April 18, 2006

 

TERM: 

Winter 2007-08

COURSE #:

SEEK 935

SECTION:

71

COURSE NAME: Environmental Management & Sustainability

INSTRUCTOR: Lynne Kiesling

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: No

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Will be available on website

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

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER:

TITLE:

ED./DATE:

2.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER:

TITLE:

ED./DATE: