Course ID: | MGMT 9400. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Strategic Management I |
Course Description: | Evolution of major strategic management concepts and theories through in-depth discussions of the literatures which built the field's foundations. The benefits and limitations of key authors' contributions will be reviewed from the prospects of research, teaching, and management practice. |
Oasis Title: | STRAT MGMT I |
Prerequisite: | Permission of department |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | Course Objectives:
To enable the student to understand the evolution of major strategic
management concepts and theories through in-depth discussions of the
literatures which built the field's foundations.
To enable the student to assess the benefits and limitations of key
authors' contributions from the prospective of research, teaching, and
management practice. |
Topical Outline: | • Philosophy of Science
• Perspectives of Organizations
• Organizational Ecology and Event History Analysis
• Institutional Theory
• Stakeholder Theory
• Agency Theory
• Corporate Governance
• Organizational Learning
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Diversification
• Competitive Rivalry
• Strategic Decision Making
• Strategy and Ethics |
Honor Code Reference: | All students are responsible for maintaining the highest standards of
honesty and integrity in every phase of their academic careers. The
penalties for academic dishonesty are severe and ignorance is not an
acceptable defense.
Academic honesty means performing all academic work without plagiarizing,
cheating, lying, tampering, stealing, receiving assistance from any other
person or using any source of information that is not common knowledge. |