SYLLABUS

1. Wayland Baptist University, San Antonio Campus, School of Business

2. Mission Statement: Wayland Baptist University exists to educate students in an academically challenging,

learning-focused and distinctively Christian environment for professional success, lifelong learning, and service to God and humankind.

3. Course: BUAD 5312 – SA01, Strategic Management

4. Term: Fall 2009

5. Instructor: Dr. Tim Parker

6. Office Phone and email: 826.7595, (not checked daily) park5er@gmail.com checked regularly

7. Office Hours, Building, and Location Room 155, Wayland San Antonio

8. Class Meeting Time and Location: Room 115 Tuesdays 6-10:10

9. Catalog Description: An integrated course which addresses management decisions with respect to creating or maintaining market position, assimilation of all functional business areas focusing on the most significant managerial activities in support of the organization's mission, vision, and effectiveness. Student participation in simulations and/or case studies designed to emphasize comprehensive organizational analysis, policy and strategy

development, with attention to critical management issues. The Major Field Examination will be administered in this course.

10. Prerequisites: Completion of ALL MBA core courses.

11. Required Textbook and Resources:

BOOK	AUTHOR	ED	YEAR	PUBLISHER	ISBN#	REVIEW
Strategic Management	Hitt, Ireland, Hoskisson	8th	2009	Cengage Learning	0-324-65559-2	Spring 10

12. Optional Materials:

13. Course Outcome Competencies:

• Improved appreciation for strategic management and the operating challenges facing such administrators.
• Determine student progress in acquiring the skills to accomplish outcomes.

14. Attendance Requirements:

15. Disability Statement: “In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), it is the policy of Wayland Baptist University that no otherwise qualified person with a disability be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any educational program or activity in the university. The Coordinator of Counseling Services serves as the coordinator of students with a disability and should be contacted concerning accommodation requests at (806) 291- 3765. Documentation of a disability must accompany any request for accommodations.”

16: Course Requirements and Grading Criteria:

17. Tentative Schedule: (Calendar, Topics, Assignments)

18. Additional information as desired by the faculty member.

Class 1 Syllabus review

Chapters 1-2

Cases will be assigned

Class 2 Chapters 3-4

Class 3 Chapters 5-6

Class 4 No Class

Class 5 Mid term exam

Class 6 Chapter 7

Class 7 Assign one article concerning global businesses

Chapters 8-9

Class 8 Assign one article concerning professional management

Chapters 10-11

Class 9 Assign one article concerning small business financial performance

Chapters 12-13

Class 10 Final exam

Term Paper Due by e-mail and on Safe Assignment

Class 11 Major Field Exam administered