Strategic Management

  • Identify and apply appropriate quantitative and qualitative business models to evaluate business performance and solve complex organizational problems. • Generate business plans at the corporate, business unit, and functional levels. • Conduct business research by finding, collecting, analyzing, and evaluating business data. • Evaluate information consisting of multiple perspectives, conflicting evidence, competing interests and priorities, and risk, to determine an optimal course of action. • Generate oral/written presentations in various business formats (e.g., memos, reports, PowerPoint, spreadsheets, charts/graphs). • Apply a systems perspective to improve, integrate, and align business functions with organizational strategy. • Recognize and address cross-cultural contingencies for conducting business in a global environment. • Demonstrate ethical and reasoned decision making and action in all facets of organizational management. • Manage and lead groups and individuals to optimize performance and productivity. Required Reading: - Please have access to your own resources, but I can provide student login if needed Module 3 Discussion Week 1 Resources Study Indicates Deliberate Hiring of Unethical Management Accountants (2021) 5 Ethics Challenges that Will Intensify as the Pandemic Wanes (2021) Considering the Longer-Term Effects of Letting Star Employees Get Away with Ethical Violations (2021) Forensic Audits Are Trending (2021) Jaw-Dropping Study: Executives Who Manipulate Earnings Are Hired for Their Lack of Ethics (2021) Case 3 Resources Why Strategic Management Is Important in 2021 (2021) Important Stages of Strategic Management Process (2021) Corporate-Level Strategy Defined (2020) Implementing Corporate Strategy (2020)