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2014-2015 University Catalog 
    
2014-2015 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MGMT 65900 - Strategic Management II


Credit Hours: 2.00 to 4.00. Further emphasis on understanding how organizations might achieve advantage relative to competitors. Focus is on corporate strategy: the decisions of a multi-business firm. Such decisions include: What range of businesses is appropriate within a single firm? What mode of expansion, e.g. alliance vs. acquisition, is appropriate? How should a firm’s administrative systems and structure be organized across multiple businesses or markets to achieve maximum value? What is needed to foster innovation in the organization? Introduces a variety of analytical frameworks to help students qualitatively and quantitatively appraise corporate-level strategies given a firm’s unique resource profile and the environment in which it competes. Prerequisite: MGMT 60000, 61000, 62000 and 65000. Typically offered Fall Spring.