Prof. Wood will NOT be teaching Bus 290 in Fall 2010. He may be teaching it in Spring 2011. Meanwhile, the rest of the material on this page deals with Prof. Wood's course in Fall 2008.

Business 290 - Strategic Thinking - Fall 2008

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Syllabus

Required reading for the course will include

  Gordon Walker, Modern Competitive Strategy, McGraw-Hill Irwin,  SECOND EDITION, 2007. 

Geoffrey A. Moore, Dealing with Darwin, Portfolio, 2005.

Course packet containing cases and supplementary readings. (available for purchase at Maple Press.)  

The texts can be purchased at Spartan bookstore or on line. 

Business/Strategic Plan Checklist

The following lecture notes may be useful in previewing or reviewing class discussions. Note, however, that the session numbering does not strictly match session numbering this term.

 

Lecture notes - Sess. 1 - Intro

Lecture Notes - Sess. 2 Competences/Drivers

Lecture Notes - Sess. 3 Defense and Industry Analysis

Lecture Notes - Sess. 4 Competing over Time

Lecture Notes - Sess. 5 Technology and Strategy

Lecture Notes - Sess. 6 Execution and Intro to Global Strategy

Lecture Notes - Sess. 7 Vertical Integration and Partnering 

Lecture Notes - Sess. 8 Multi-Business Firms and New Business