Why has strategic management become so important to today’s corporations?

What information did you find that will support this week’s assignment? What will be the most useful?

What do we mean by strategy? How is a business model different from a strategy? What do you think are the sources of sustained superior profitability?  What are the strengths of formal strategic planning? What are its weaknesses? Can you think of an example in your own life where cognitive biases resulted in you making a poor decision? How […]

Your discussion for Week 9 is due the week of Oct 18-Oct 22. You will find the question in the forum under “Week 9” and your reading is attached under the assignment tab. Your first response(addressing the prompt below) is due on Oct 20 by 6 PM. The first response should be submitted here AND […]

Your discussion for Week 8 is due the week of Oct 4-Oct 8. You will find the question in the forum under “Week 8” and your reading is attached under the assignment tab. Your first response(addressing the prompt below) is due on Oct 6 by 6 PM. The first response should be submitted here AND […]

Finally, let’s do the difficult work of putting Jefferson’s and Walker’s ideas side-by-side. First, I really want to know – how many of us had heard of David Walker prior to this class? No, really…? I would ask the same for Thomas Jefferson, but…come on. There is a reason we have heard of one and […]