College of Wooster
Department of Economics
Prof. J. Sell

Text: Fred R. David, Strategic Management: Concepts and Cases 11th ed. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2007)

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Last Update to this Page: 21 February 2007

Week	Day	Tentative Topic	Assignment/Reading
1	Monday January 15	Introduction to Strategic Management and some comments on case analysis.
	Wednesday January 17	What is Strategic Management? Google Cohesion Case	Chapter 1 Google Case (read for overview) Exercise 1A Step 1 (p. 50)
2	Monday January 22	Identifying Strategies. The Business Mission	Chapter 2 Read College of Wooster Mission Statement Be Prepared to discuss the Audit Points developed last class.
	Wednesday January 24	The Firm and the Market: External Factors	Chapter 3 Exercise: Write a brief commentary of the Wooster Mission statement, given the material in this chapter. Hand this in today.
3	Monday January 29	Chapter 3 (cont'd.) External Factors	Chapter 4 Exercise 3A (p. 117)
	Wednesday January 31	Evaluating the Firm: Internal Factors	Exercise 4B (p. 164)
4	Monday February 5	Chapter 4 (cont'd.)
	Wednesday February 7	Overview of Business Strategy.	Chapter 5 Use and ValueLine or annual reports to evaluate Google for 2005-06. Submit this homework in class.
5	Monday February 12	First Midterm
	Wednesday February 14	Strategy and Choice	Chapter 6
6	Monday February 19	Chapter 6 (cont'd.)
	Wednesday February 21	Implementing Strategies	Chapter 7 Note: Case Study Team Assignments.
7	Monday February 26	Implementing Strategies (cont'd.).	Chapter 8 Use this spreadsheet to develop a SWOT matrix for Google.  Turn in next class.
	Wednesday February 28	Special Guest Speaker	Wilson Evening keynote lecture.
8	Monday March 5	Chapter 8 (cont'd)	Turn in SWOT matrix.
	Wednesday March 7	Chapter 8 (cont'd.)	Chapter 9
9	Monday March 26	Chapter 9
	Wednesday March 28	Second Midterm
10	Monday April 2	How to do a case study.	How to do a case study (read for overview). Audubon Zoo Case
	Wednesday April 4	Kroger Case	Team 1 Critique: Team 7
11	Monday April 9	Harrah's Entertainment Case	Team 2 Critique: Team 3
	Wednesday April 11	Samsonite Case	Team 3 Critique: Team 1
12	Monday April 16	AirTran Case	Team 4 Critique: Team 8
	Wednesday April 18	Merck & Company	Team 5 Critique: Team 4
13	Monday April 23	Molson-Coors Case	Team 6 Critique: Team 5
	Wednesday April 25	Liz Claiborne Case	Team 7 Critique: Team 2
14	Monday April 30	Wells Fargo Case	Team 8 Critique: Team 6
	Wednesday May 3	Open for review
	Monday May 7	Optional Final Examination 2:00pm