TERM: Winter 2009

COURSE #: 441

SECTION: 81

COURSE NAME: Strategic Management in Non-Market Environments

INSTRUCTOR: Don Haider

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: No

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:
Cases: Assignment #1-see syllabus for questions.  Cases: (1)
Citi and Subprime Lending p. 801-804 Baron text; (2) Nike in SE Asia p. 119-122. Baron text. 

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

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:  Required

AUTHOR: Baron, David P.

PUBLISHER: Pearson/Prentice Hall

TITLE: Business and Its Environments

ED./DATE: 5th Edition 2006

2.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER:

TITLE:

ED./DATE:

 

TERM: Winter 2009

COURSE #: 452-A

SECTION: 81

COURSE NAME:  Social Entrepreneurship

INSTRUCTOR: Prof. Marianne Woodward

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Included in case packet

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

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: Recommended

AUTHOR: Bill Shore

PUBLISHER:

TITLE: The Cathedral Within

ED./DATE:

2.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER:

TITLE:

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TERM:  Winter

COURSE #: SEEK 460

SECTION:  61

COURSE NAME:  VALUES BASED LEADERSHIP

INSTRUCTOR:  Tim Feddersen

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:  This class concerns values-based leadership, the ability to consider and integrate a variety of value propositions and perspectives. For the first class, please read the following short essays from the case packet and consider the discussion questions.

Readings.

  • Friedman: The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits
  • Arrow: Social Responsibility and Economic Efficiency
  • Friedman/Mackey debate

Discussion Questions

  • What social goals can market competition promote? 
  • Do you agree with Friedman that corporate managers have a moral imperative to maximize stockholder value?
  • What are the principle economic reasons that might undermine Friedman’s position? Do you find these reasons compelling?

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

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: NO TEXT BEYOND CASEPACK

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER:

TITLE:

ED./DATE:

2.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER:

TITLE:

ED./DATE:

 

TERM: Winter 2009

COURSE #: SEEK 956-0

SECTION: 61

COURSE NAME: Social Entrepreneurship in the Developing World

INSTRUCTOR: Annette Krauss

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Students should read the case study of “What Works: Vodacom’s Community Services Phone Shops” (Casepack).

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

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: Required

AUTHOR: C.K. Prahalad

PUBLISHER: Wharton School Publishing

TITLE: The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid. Eradicating Poverty Through Profits

ED./DATE: 2005 Hardcover (2006 Paperback)

2.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER:

TITLE:

ED./DATE: