Management 485: Business Strategy and Policy.
3 credit hours; lecture, cases and discussion.
Management 485 (MGMT 485) is Business Strategy and Policy. It is a 3 credit hour course offered as the capstone course in the business college. Through lecture, casework and discussions, students learn to integrate and apply the concepts learned in (other) required business courses to the development of business strategy and policy level decisions.
The course emphasizes conceptual and analytical skills to examine the challenges of firms. Students are expected to have a solid understanding of the materials and concepts covered in accounting, finance, management, marketing, economics and other related business disciplines. Three capabilities are particularly important to success in the Management 485 - Business Strategy & Policy class: 1. The ability to think critically. 2. An understanding of how organizations work., and 3. Written and oral Communication skills.
Prerequisites: Senior standing and successful completion of: Finance 323, Management 325, and Marketing 311. In addition, you must either have successfully completed or be currently enrolled in Operations Management 303.
Fall 2012 required text: Strategic Management: Competitiveness and Globalization, 10e, (2011) Hitt, Ireland, Hoskisson; CONCEPTS ONLY!
ISBN-10: 1-133-49523-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-133-49523-9
Please note: we are using the CONCEPTS [only] 10th edition!
The book looks like this:
Find answers to Frequently Asked Questions about the Management 485 class here.
The link to the syllabus for Fall 2012 is here!
Prerequisites
GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING DR BARTKUS' Management 485 COURSES-
Course prerequisites are checked and verified for MGMT 485.
Three courses must be successfully completed PRIOR to Mgmt 485
-Finance 323 / 387,
-Management 325 / 387,
-Marketing 311/ 387
If you have NOT successfully completed Finance 323 or 387, Management 325 or 387, Marketing 311or 387 you WILL BE ADMINISTRATIVELY DROPPED from the class without notice or discussion.
You also need to have successfully completed OPMT 303 or 387 --- >>> OR take OPMT concurrently with Mgmt 485/487.
Course assignments for each term will differ from the requirements for the previous terms.
Everyone is expected to be prompt and to attend the first class session.
YES! I do take attendance the first day: If you are registered for the class, attendance on the first day is required.
Please attend the section in which you are enrolled. You will not be permitted to change sections.
OVERLOAD REQUESTS
Suggestion: check LEO on a daily basis to see if an opening becomes available in any of the 485 sections. Frequently, students find an available seat.
Sorry, NO OVERLOADS: classes fill quickly; Class size is limited due to the need for student participation and heavy grading requirements.
Just for the record: As a matter of policy, I do not sign overload slips. In the very VERY rare event of an overload, I use my own coded password in LEO Online that gives registration permission to students. This means that an approved overload can be traced directly to my personal "ok."
