Strategic Management

DEPARTMENT OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT & PUBLIC POLICY

Course Number: BADM4801 Semester: Summer, 2012

Course Title: Strategy Formulation & Implementation

Course An integrative capstone approach to strategic management stressing

Description: development of skills in diagnosing organizational problems, formulating and selecting strategic alternatives, and recognizing problems inherent in strategy implementation.

Prerequisites: Restricted to seniors in the BBA and BACCY programs

Professors: James B. Thurman, BA, MBA, PhD

Strategic Management & Public Policy Department

Office: 615-G Duques Hall

Hours: By appointment only

E-Mail: jthurman@gwu.edu

Phone: 202-994-5979 / 703-730-3058

Textbook: Crafting & Executing Strategy: The Quest for Competitive Advantage: Concepts and Cases, 18ed. (NOTE: Make sure you have the Concepts and CASES edition!) Thompson, Peteraf, Gamble, and Strickland, McGrawHill/Irwin, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-07-811272-0

Course 1. To advance the understanding, appreciation, and

Objectives: application of conceptual managerial skills.

2. To provide the opportunity to integrate concepts, principles,

and fundamentals from all disciplines into the study and

analysis of organizational problems.

3. To develop general analytical skills applicable to the

identification and solution of managerial problems.

4. To increase understanding of the importance of managerial

planning with particular emphasis on the formulation of

objectives, policies, and organizational strategy.

5. To increase awareness of economic and political trends,

other internal and external influences, and technological

developments, both domestically and internationally,

which have an impact upon the role of the manager.

6. To develop the ability to critically analyze

organizational problems