MT 460 – Strategic ManagementKaplan University

Kathryn Hollywood, PhD

• Introductions• Syllabus review• Case Study review• Case Study rubric• Discussions• Grading• Late Assignments• Q & A

• core document around which the course is structured

• Located in Doc Sharing area• Course Objectives • By the end of this course, you should be able

to: • Describe the main components of the strategic

management process • Perform a SWOT analysis • Explain how a company builds competitive

advantage through an appropriate structure and control systems

• Evaluate the results of a strategic plan

• Title: Strategic Management, 10th Edition Author(s): John A. Pearce, II, Villanova University & Richard B. Robinson, Jr., University of South Carolina ISBN: 0073054224URL: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073054224/information_center_view0/

• eBook• Your textbook for this course is a digital version

of a print book called an eBook. To read your eBook, make sure you have Adobe Reader. Another free PDF reader is Foxit Reader.

To access the eBook, which is divided into Chapters, go to the Doc Sharing (click on the Doc Sharing tab above). If you wish, you can also print out the readings to read them away from your computer.

I recommend that you at least scan the reading materials each week. Core information is provided in the textbook.

8 Weekly Discussions = 300 points Some weeks have 2 Discussion questions 6 Case Study Projects = 300 points 1 Final Project Draft = 50 points(8th week) 1 Final Project = 300 points (9th week) Web research = 50 pointsTotal points for course = 1000

Please read this information carefully Grades range from A – F

All assignments submitted ON TIME will be returned within 1 week

Discussion threads will be reviewed by end of Saturday (class ends on Tuesdays)

Students must notify me in email that assignment is to be late

Include the projected date of submission in the message

Provide reason(s) for lateness Await verification and approval from me via

email reply

• Papers will be graded within 1 week of submission

• Extenuating circumstances normally do not have any point deductions.

• Without Extenuating Circumstances: • Up to one week (1-7 calendar days) late 20%

deduction in points• After one week (8-14 calendar days) late 30%

deduction in points• No work will be accepted more than two

(2) weeks after the due date.• Bundled assignments are unacceptable

Projects: username-project-unit#.doc Must include: A title page The paper itself (the "discussion") A references page A title page contains three items: a running

head (a short version of the title), the paper's title, and the author's name, c ourse title, and date of submission

Use standard margins: 1" on all sides. Use standard 12-point font size. Use standard double-spacing: average of 22

lines per page, and between 20 and 24 lines per page.

Use left-aligned text. Do not right-justify. There should be no subtitles or spaces

between paragraphs within the paper.

• Check the Doc Sharing folder for APA and Helpful Writing Tip information

• Use Headers in your papers• Helps frame thinking and writing• Assume the reader knows NOTHING about your

topic• Include citations/references in the body of your

papers• Use spell and grammar check –proof read

Plagiarism: Using another person's words, ideas, or results without giving proper credit to that person; giving the impression that it is the student's own work.

Citations and references MUST be included in the body of your papers and a reference list is last page of assignment (listed in alphabetical order)

In essence, plagiarism is the theft of someone else's ideas and work. Whether a student copies verbatim or simply rephrases the ideas of another without properly acknowledging the source, it is still plagiarism

students must take great care to distinguish their own ideas and language from information derived from other sources.

Random selection and submission of written assignments will be conducted

If document is perceived to be plagiarized, the student will be notified in writing and Kaplan University will be cc’d in this correspondence.

Plagiarism is grounds for dismissal so PLEASE BE DILIGENT AND ATTENTIVE TO YOUR WRITING ASSIGNMENTS.

• To read the syllabus information carefully• To download all necessary documents• To post all discussion response by midnight

Saturday and include REFERENCE in the post• To respond to at least 2 classmates• Posts need to be on 3 different days• Pay attention to grading rubrics for discussions

and project papers• Have fun learning

To be an effective role model To be responsive to emails – daily check of

Kaplan emails To provide timely and substantive feedback

on written papers To be supportive of each student To be available to students To facilitate the course process

For the good of the order