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will gain a well-developed understanding of business enterprises and the entrepreneurial and strategic thinking that drives them in a dynamic, competitive regional, national, and global economy. Students will learn to apply entrepreneurial and strategic management practices (e.g., using case analysis) to organizations of varying sizes.
All Assignments are due on the Sunday of the week at 11:59 PM Eastern Time.
Assignments marked BSG should be done within the BSG website.
Assignments marked BB should be uploaded in the Assignment Section of Blackboard.
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Deliverable & % of Grade |
Date Due |
10 Week Format |
Maximum Points |
Total |
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Business Strategy Game company performance: TEAM |
Weekly actively; BSG schedule on BSG website |
20% |
400 |
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BSG Peer evaluations: INDIVDUAL |
End of Week 6 |
10% |
100 |
200 |
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BSG Quiz 1: INDIVIDUAL |
End of Week 2: BSG Website |
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BSG Quiz 2: INDIVIDUAL |
End of Week 9: BSG Website |
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Final BSG Presentation: INDIVIDUAL |
End of Week 9 |
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Case Study 1: TEAM |
End of Week 4 |
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Case Study 2: INDIVIDUAL |
15% |
300 |
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Case Study 3: TEAM |
End of Week 8 |
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Case Study 4: INDIVIDUAL |
End of Week 10 |
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Group Exercise Discussion Questions: INDIVIDUAL |
3X during term |
15% |
30 per submission* 9×30 = 270 |
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100% |
2000 |
* Each team member is expected to pull together at least three reports. Each author is awarded 10 points for authoring a report giving a total of 300 points for Discussion Questions.
06/26/13
NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
H. Wayne Huizenga School
of Business and Entrepreneurship
Masters Programs
MGT 5090 – Entrepreneurial and Strategic Thinking
Appendix C: Online Format
Note # 1: The syllabus for this course consists of 2 parts: (a) Core Syllabus, and (b) The Appendix that pertains to the format of your class as follows: Appendix A = Weekend format; Appendix B = Day format; Appendix C = Online; Appendix D = Week night
Note # 2: Each class, regardless of format, has a Course Website which can be accessed at
www.nova.edu
. Click on Shark Link, then Blackboard and use your NSU email credentials to access your class.
VI. GRADE COMPONENTS
Deliverable & % of Grade
Date Due
10 Week Format
Maximum
Points
Total Points
Business Strategy Game company performance: TEAM
Weekly actively; BSG schedule on BSG website
20%
400
400
BSG Peer evaluations: INDIVDUAL
End of Week 6
& Week 10
10%
100
x 2
200
BSG Quiz 1: INDIVIDUAL
End of Week 2: BSG Website
5%
100
BSG Quiz 2: INDIVIDUAL
End of Week 9: BSG Website
5%
100
100
Final BSG Presentation: INDIVIDUAL
End of Week 9
5%
100
100
Case Study 1: TEAM
End of Week 4
5%
100
100
Case Study 2: INDIVIDUAL
15%
300
300
Case Study 3: TEAM
End of Week 8
5%
100
100
Case Study 4: INDIVIDUAL
End of Week 10
15%
300
300
Group Exercise Discussion Questions: INDIVIDUAL
3X during term
15%
30 per submission*
9×30 = 270
300
Total
100%
2000
* Each team member is expected to pull together at least three reports. Each author is awarded 10 points for authoring a report giving a total of 300 points for Discussion Questions.
VII. SCHEDULE OF ASSIGNMENTS
A.
Weekly Schedules
All Assignments are due on the Sunday of the week at 11:59 PM Eastern Time.
Assignments marked BSG should be done within the BSG website.
Assignments marked BB should be uploaded in the Assignment Section of Blackboard.
Week One
Learning Objectives
1. Become familiar with classmates and class requirements
2.
Understand the role of business strategies
3. Begin familiarizing yourself with the Business Strategy Game (BSG)
Major Topics
1. The role of Business Strategy
2. Foundations of Strategy
3. The Business Strategy Game
Week 1 Assignments
1. Register for the Business Strategy Game (BSG)
2. Read and understand the BSG Player’s Guide – at least 2x (BSG)
3. Read Chapter 1 in Thompson/Strickland /Gamble/ Text (T/S/G/)
4. Get to know BSG teammates through the team building exercise.
5. SUBMIT Short biographical sketch (Individual; Blackboard (BB))
6.
SUBMIT Week 1 Linking Questions (Individual; BB Assignment) See note below
Schedule for Business Strategy Game assignments is available at the BSG-online website
Week Two
Learning Objectives
1. Develop an awareness of the four (five?) strategic approaches for gaining sustainable competitive advantage.
2. Become aware of the roles and responsibilities of the Board of Directors
3. Understand the importance of and distinctions between Mission and Strategic Vision.
4. Continue familiarizing yourself with the Business Strategy Game (BSG)
Major Topics
1. Leadership in strategic management
2. Board of Directors and more
3. Mission and Vision
4. The Business Strategy Game
Week 2 Assignments
1 Read BSG Players Manual – again
Understanding the BSG is critical to 20% of your grade.
2 Read Chapter 2 in Thompson/Strickland /Gamble/ Text (T/S/G/)
3 Get to know BSG teammates
4 SUBMIT BSG Team Vision and Mission Statement (Team; BB)
5 SUBMIT Quiz 1 (Individual; BSG Website)
6 SUBMIT Practice Year 11 decisions (Team; BSG Website)
7 SUBMIT Week 2 Linking Questions (Individual; BB Assignment)
Schedule for Business Strategy Game assignments is available at the BSG-online website
Week Three
Learning Objectives
1. Gain command of the basic concepts and analytical tools widely used to diagnose a company’s industry and competitive conditions.
2. Recognize the factors that cause competition in an industry to be fierce, normal or relatively weak.
Major Topics
1. Analyzing the Macroenvironment
2. Industry Analysis
Week 3 Assignments
1. Read Chapter 3 (T/S/G/)
2. Begin to prepare Case # 1 (Team; BB)
4 SUBMIT Week 3 Linking Questions (Individual; BB Assignment)
5 SUBMIT Year 11 Company Decisions (Team; BSG)
Schedule for Business Strategy Game assignments is available at the BSG-online website
Week Four
Learning Objectives
1 Understand how to evaluate a company’s internal situation and capabilities.
2 Grasp how and why internal activities combined with the actions of suppliers and forward channel allies affect competitive factors.
Major Topics
1 Analyzing company capabilities
2 The Resource-Base View of the Firm
3 Financial analysis
Week 4 Assignments
1 Read Chapter 4 (T/S/G/)
2 View Video 5 on Course Website
3 SUBMIT Case Study #1 (Team; BB)
4 SUBMIT Week 4 Linking Questions (Individual; BB Assignment)
5 SUBMIT Year 12 Company Decisions (Team; BSG)
Schedule for Business Strategy Game assignments is available at the BSG-online website
Week Five
Learning Objectives
1. Gain command of how each of the five generic competitive strategies can lead to competitive advantage.
2. Gain an understanding of how strategic alliances and collaborative partnerships can improve competitive capabilities and resource strengths.
3. Gain an understanding of the strategic benefits of mergers and acquisitions.
4. Evaluate when companies should consider a vertical integration strategy.
5. Recognize the conditions that favor outsourcing value chain activities
6. Recognize the market conditions that affect business strategy choices.
7. Gain command of tools of financial analysis to assess company capabilities and resource strength.
Topics
1. Five generic competitive strategies
2. Alliances, partnership, mergers and acquisitions
3. Timing strategic moves
4. Vertical integration strategy and outsourcing
5. Financial analysis revisited
Week 5 Assignments
1. Read Chapters 5 and 6 (T/S/G/)
2.
3. Prepare Case #3 (Individual; BB)
4. SUBMIT Week 5 Linking Questions (Individual; BB Assignment)
5. SUBMIT Year 13 Company Decisions (Team; BSG)
Schedule for Business Strategy Game assignments is available at the BSG-online website
Week Six
Learning Objectives
1. Evaluate the strategic importance of entering foreign markets
2. Gain an understanding of the principal ways multinational companies build competitive advantage.
3. Compare and contrast emerging markets with developed markets
Topics
1. Strategies for entering foreign markets
2. Strategies for the multinational
Week 6 Assignments
1. Read Chapter 7 (T/S/G/)
2.
3. SUBMIT Week 6 Linking Questions (Individual; BB Assignment)
4. SUBMIT Year 14 Company Decisions (Team; BSG)
5. SUBMIT BSG peer evaluations (Individual; BSG)
6. SUBMIT Case Study #2 (Individual; BB)
Week Seven
Learning Objectives
1. Compare and contrast diversification strategies
2. Gain command of analytical tools to assess a company’s diversification strategy
3. Understand the principle drivers of unethical business behavior
4. Apply effective frameworks to analyze ethical dilemmas
5. Gain familiarity with the various approaches to managing a company’s ethical conduct
Topics
1. Diversification
2. Business ethics for Strategic decision making
Assignments Due
1. Read Chapters 8 and 9 (T/S/G)
2. Prepare Case Study #3 (Individual; BB)
3. SUBMIT Week 7 Linking Questions (Individual; BB Assignment)
4. SUBMIT Year 15 Company Decisions (Team; BSG)
Schedule for Business Strategy Game assignments is available at the BSG-online website
Week Eight
Learning Objectives
1. Gain command of what managers must do to promote successful strategy execution.
2. Compare and contrast decentralized versus centralized organization structures.
3. Understand the importance of best practices in superior strategy execution.
4. Assess the effect of reward systems on strategy execution.
5. Understand what constitutes effective managerial leadership in achieving superior strategy execution and operational excellence.
Topics
3. Strategy execution
4. Organization structure
5. Best practiced and continuous improvement
Week 8 Assignments
5. Read Chapters 10 and 11 (T/S/G/)
6.
7. SUBMIT Case #3 (Individual; BB)
8. SUBMIT Week 8 Linking Questions (Individual; BB Assignment)
9. SUBMIT Year 16 Company Decisions (Team; BSG)
Schedule for Business Strategy Game assignments is available at the BSG-online website
Week Nine
Learning Objectives
1. Identify a company corporate culture.
2. Evaluate the role of culture in driving strategy execution.
3. Understand what constitutes effective managerial leadership in achieving superior strategy execution and operational excellence.
Topics
1. Corporate culture
Assignments Due
1. Read Chapter 12 (T/S/G)
2. Prepare Case Study #4
3. SUBMIT BSG Quiz 2 (Individual, BSG)
4. SUBMIT Week 9 Linking Questions (Individual; BB Assignment)
5. SUBMIT Final BSG presentation (Individual; BB)
Week Ten
Assignments Due
1. SUBMIT Case Study #4 (Individual; BB) Nature view Farms
2. SUBMIT BSG peer evaluations (Individual, BSG)
3. Submit Presentation
B.
Further Details on Course Assignments
1. The Business Strategy Game (BSG): See information in Master Syllabus. All activities related to the BSG, BSG decision rounds and BSG assignments take place in the BSG website. It can be accessed at bsg-online.com. The schedule of BSG activities can be found on the BSG website.
2. Case Studies: See instructions and rubric in Master Syllabus. Upload to the Assignments link on your Course Website.
3. Peer Evaluations: Each student will evaluate his or her own performance as a team member and the performance of each teammate twice during the term: at the mid point and at the end of the course. The peer evaluation can be accessed in the BSG website (
www.bsg-online.com
). You may examine the questions at any time, enter evaluations, and edit those evaluations until each deadline. The average of those evaluations will comprise your peer evaluation score. All evaluations are confidential. Only the LP and IS see the scores and comments. See the BSG Decision Schedule for the due dates of the peer evaluation assignments. Peer evaluations are 10% of your course grade.
4. Quizzes: There are two quizzes during the term; both are related to the BSG. See the BSG Decision Schedule for the due dates of the quiz assignments. Quiz 1 is 5% of your course grade; Quiz 2 is 5% of your course grade.
5. Final Presentation: Each person will make a final presentation about his or her company in the BSG. Students are encouraged to be as creative as they wish in developing the presentation. Suggested content for the presentation can be found in the BSG website (
www.bsg-online.com
). The final presentation is 10% of your course grade. See Master Syllabus for Final Presentation Rubric.
6. Group Exercise Discussion Questions: Each week, in the Assignment section of Blackboard, there will be a series of questions linking the Business Strategy Game experience you and your co-managers are having with the material in the textbook. Each week, one member of the team is responsible for leading the discussion of the questions with his or her teammates, building consensus for a response, summarizing a response and submitting the responses through Blackboard. At the end of the term, each student should have three grades. The average score for the three Linking Questions totals 15% of the course grade.
7. Discussion Questions: The discussion questions are designed to get you thinking about your strategies, evaluating results and taking corrective actions. They are not a repetition of the textbook material but are your opportunity to demonstrate your mastery of the content of the curse as it relates to your competitive situation.
Each member of the team must submit the same document to the Assignment Link for each Discussion Question. By doing so I comment, grade and return the document for your team quickly and insure that you get credit for the assignment.
When making any submission be sure to preface your file name with your Last Name if it is an individual assignment or with the Team Name if it is a team assignment.
The rubric for grading the Linking Questions follows:
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TITLE OF RUBRIC: Linking Questions |
Course: MGT 5090 |
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LEARNING OUTCOME/S: LC 1-4,6 |
Date: November 11, 2010 |
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PURPOSE: Apply theory to practice |
Name of LP: |
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VALIDITY: BSG Best practices |
Name of Student: |
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COMPANION REFERENCES: BSG Website |
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Earning maximum points in each box in ‘PROFICIENT’ column and / or points in columns to the right of ‘PROFICIENT’ meets standard. Earning MAXIMUM points in a column equals an overall rating of that column |
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Performance Criteria |
Basic |
Developing |
Proficient |
Accomplished |
Exemplary |
Score |
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Summarizes responses clearly |
Does not answer questions (1pt) |
Responds incompletely (2pts) |
Answers questions adequately (3 pts) |
Substantially answers questions (4pts) |
Answers comprehensively and concisely (5 pts) |
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Applies course content to BSG |
Does not relate course content to simulation. (2 pts) |
Relates some course content to simulation. Presents general statements (4pts) |
Relates course content to simulation. Illustrates conclusions (6pts) |
Substantially relates course content to simulation. Provides substantial support for statements (8pts) |
Relates course content to simulation in an insightfully and thoroughly. Provides compelling evidence in support of conclusions. (10 pts) |
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Writes at the Graduate Level |
Does not use designated format or standard (1 pts) |
Does not write clearly or in an organized format (2 pts) |
Uses effective format, style, grammar, punctuation, and references (3pts) |
Uses effective format and writes at the graduate level (4 pts) |
Uses effective format and writes at the publishable level (5 pts) |
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OVERALL GRADE |
% |
Comments: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
8. Communicating between Classes. Contact Professor through the Course Messages function of the Blackboard Course Website. Only use direct email in an emergency. You may also contact your Instructional Team with any course-related questions. Groups should communicate through the suite of group tools set up for your team on the Course Website. This includes a discussion board, blog, journal, and chat room.
9. Chat Sessions. The Professor might hold optional chat sessions one or more times during the course. Check announcements on your Course Website regularly regarding this and other information,
Note on uploads to BB9 course website: Because of compatibility issues with certain browsers, only upload Word files saved as 2003 or pdf files.
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