Strategic Management

Catalog description

P: BUS 30100, 30101, 30102, 30200 and 32100 with grades of C- or better, and senior class standing. This capstone business course draws upon interdisciplinary and functional areas of business studies to cultivate and assess students’ ability to strategically think, lead, and manage teams, departments, units, and whole organizations. Attention will be given to helping students understand the sources of competitive advantage and the interaction between industry structure and organizational capabilities. Students will engage in a strategic management case study of a real-world organization. Emphasis will be given to applying concepts and practices studied in the course to the student's life and work experience and to helping each student further develop their ethical consciousness.