RECOMMENDED BOOKS: Porter, M.E. Free Press, 1980. Competitive Strategy, Hamel, Gary, and C.K. Prahalad, HBS Press, 1994. Competing for Future, Hamel, Gary, HBS Press, 2000. Leading Revolution, Barlett, C. A. and S. Ghoshal, Harper-Collins, 1997. The Individualized Corporation, Porter, M. E., HBS Press. On Competition, Mintzberg, . et. al., Strategy Safari: A Guide Tour through the Wilds of Strategic Free Press, 1998. Management. Bossidy, D. and R. Charan, 2002. Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done, COURSE OBJECTIVES: The general or strategic perspective. manager’s perspective, The strategic management/strategic planning/strategic decision making process, including SWOT analysis. The strategy content, including business level strategy, corporate-level strategy, and international strategy. Specifically, the course aims to assist students to Develop and reinforce a general management point of view -- the capacity to view the firm from an overall perspective, in the context of its environment. 2. Develop an understanding of fundamental concepts in strategic management: the concept of strategy, the strategic decision making process, environmental analysis, competitive analysis, and strategy implementation and organizational change. 3. Synthesize the knowledge gained in previous courses. 4. Obtain familiarity with tools of industry analysis by analyzing the key characteristics of an industry.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS: Porter, M.E. Competitive Strategy, Free Press, 1980. Hamel, Gary, and C.K. Prahalad, Competing for Future, HBS Press, 1994. Hamel, Gary, Leading Revolution, HBS Press, 2000. Barlett, C. A. and S. Ghoshal, The Individualized Corporation, Harper-Collins, 1997. Porter, M. E., On Competition, HBS Press. Mintzberg, . et. al., Strategy Safari: A Guide Tour through the Wilds of Strategic Management. Free Press, 1998. Bossidy, D. and R. Charan, Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done, 2002. COURSE OBJECTIVES: The general manager’s perspective, or strategic perspective. The strategic management/strategic planning/strategic decision making process, including SWOT analysis. The strategy content, including business level strategy, corporate-level strategy, and international strategy. Specifically, the course aims to assist students to Develop and reinforce a general management point of view -- the capacity to view the firm from an overall perspective, in the context of its environment. 2. Develop an understanding of fundamental concepts in strategic management: the concept of strategy, the strategic decision making process, environmental analysis, competitive analysis, and strategy implementation and organizational change. 3. Synthesize the knowledge gained in previous courses. 4. Obtain familiarity with tools of industry analysis by analyzing the key characteristics of an industry.