SYLLABUS
(Asof12/22/21)
Department:Management,Marketing,andBusinessAdministration
CourseTitle:StrategicManagement
CourseNumber:MGT590
Semester:Winter2021
CourseSection:01W
MeetingTime:Web
ClassLocation:Web
Prerequisites:MGT350,MKT360,FIN330andSeniorStanding
CreditHours:3
Instructor’sName:HeathKeller,Ph.D.
OfficeLocation:409EBusinessBuilding
OfficePhone:
E-MailAddress:rkeller@
I.CourseDescription:Thiscourseinvolvesastudyoftheprocessofstrategyformulationandimplementationand
theintegrationofthefunctionalareasofbusinessintoaconcertedorganizationaleffort.Caseproblemsareused.It
shouldbetakeninthestudent’slastsemester.MaynotbetakenbyMBAstudents.
II.Purpose:ThepurposeofMGT590istofamiliarizethestudentwith(andtointroducehim/herto)theimportant
notionthatabusinessgraduateandpractitionercanandshouldapproachbusinessdecisionsfromvariousfunctional
stand-points:Production,Marketing,AccountingandFinance,HumanResourcesManagement,Economics,and
ComputerInformationSystems,amongothers.StrategicManagementisappropriatelyreferredtoastheCapstone
CourseforBusinessAdministrationMajors.
Thecoursetherefore:(1)Orientsthestudenttothinkingwithastrategicperspective,therebydevelopinghis/her
decisionmaking,problemsolving,andanalyticabiliti