Strategic Management

Strategic management is the study of why some companies generate sustained differential profits relative to their competitors. In this course, we adopt the perspective of the top management team of a firm to identify the underlying forces which drive firm performance and how the management team can make strategic choices that result in increased profitability. This course analyzes business problem-solving from the perspective of various functional areas within a complex external environment. The approach is a mix of theory and case study designed to give students an opportunity to apply previous course work while forcing them to consider tradeoffs and balance alternatives.