Curriculum

Strategic Implementation


Course Objectives

The objective of this course, which is intended for students who have acquired a fundamental
understanding of management principles, is for students to study 1) the challenges associated with
implementing strategy as well as the methodology for overcoming them, and 2) the traits of successful
change agents.

Course Details

Programs: Full-time MBA, Part-time MBA
Discipline: Innovation
Course Level: Specialized Course
Required/Elective Course: Elective Course
Number of Credits: 1.5
Report: Day 4
Hours Per Class: 3 hours
Class Capacity: 35 (Part-time MBA)

Recommended Preliminary Courses

- Critical Thinking
- Organizational Behavior and Leadership
- Strategy
- Human Resource Management


Click here to see a list of Preliminary Recommended Courses

Theme/Case (*The themes and cases shown below are subject to change)

Day 1
THEME The Challenges of Strategic Implementation
CASE Maureen Frye at Quaker Steel and Alloy Corporation

Day 2
THEME The Challenges of Sustaining Implementation
CASE BRL Hardy: Globalizing an Australian Wine Company


Day 3
THEME Innovative Change in Companies with Particular Cultures and Policies
CASE Johnson & Johnson
Day 4
THEME Requirements for those Performing Strategic Implementation
CASE N/A


Day 5
THEME Change Agents and the Development and Utilization of Corporate Entrepreneurs
CASE Joline Godfrey and the Polaroid Corporation

Day 6
THEME Requirements for Becoming a Successful Change Agent
CASE Proctor & Gamble Brazil




Textbook (Please purchase the following textbook before the course starts.)

Leading Change

Leading Change

Kotter, John P., (1996) Harvard Business School Press ISBN-10: 0875847471 / ISBN-13: 978-0875847474



Faculty


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