BUS 609A - MBA Strategic Management I

2 Credit(s)

Students will develop an understanding of strategy and its formulation, implementation, and evaluation. The course focuses on strategic management decisions and actively incorporates multi-disciplinary elements of marketing, finance, operations, and quantitative analysis. It is designed to help students learn how to identify, dissect, and answer strategic management problems; research, analyze, and offer solutions to crucial challenges facing organizations; and present fact-based analysis and recommendations in oral and written formats to persuade an audience to support recommendations. The course utilizes readings, business cases and real-life examples to accomplish the synthesis. BUS 609A and BUS 609B must be taken in consecutive terms.

Prerequisite(s): At least 7 of the following: BUS 601, BUS 602, BUS 603, BUS 604 , BUS 605, BUS 606, BUS 607, BUS 616, BUS 618