MIS 44285 Spring 2012 Humphrey
M&IS 44285 Spring 2012 Humphrey
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
SYLLABUS – M&IS 44285
CALL NUMBER 15254
INTEGRATED BUSINESS POLICY AND STRATEGY
3 Credit Hours
SPRING SEMESTER, 2012
Instructor: Eric Humphrey
Class Schedule: Monday: 7:15 p.m. – 10 p.m. Room BSA 110
Office Hours: by appointment
Text: Strategic Management; Competitiveness & Globalization, 9th Edition, copyright 2011. Hitt, Ireland, Hoskisson, South-Western Cengage Learning. ISBN: 13: 978-1-4390-4230-4
e-mail: ehumphre@kent.edu
Telephone: 419-366-8812
THE FOLLOWING POLICIES APPLY TO ALL STUDENTS IN THIS COURSE
A. Students attending the course who do not have the proper prerequisite risk being deregistered from the class.
B. Students have responsibility to ensure they are properly enrolled in classes. You are advised to review your official class schedule (using Student Tools on FlashLine) during the first two weeks of the semester to ensure you are properly enrolled in this class and section. Should you find an error in your class schedule, you have until Sunday, January 22, 2012 to correct the error. If registration errors are not corrected by this date and you continue to attend and participate in classes for which you are not officially enrolled, you are advised now that you will not receive a grade at the conclusion of the semester for any class in which you are not properly registered.
C. Academic honesty: Cheating means to misrepresent the source, nature, or other conditions of your academic work (e.g., tests, papers, projects, assignments) so as to get undeserved credit. In addition, it is considered to cheating when one cooperates with someone else in any such misrepresentation. The use of the intellectual property of others without giving them appropriate credit is a serious academic offense. It is the University's policy that cheating or plagiarism result in receiving a failing grade for the work or course. Repeat offenses result in dismissal from the University.
D. The course withdrawal deadline is March 18, 2012. Withdrawal before the deadline results in a "W" on the official transcript; after the deadline a grade must be calculated and reported.
E. University policy 3342-3-01.3 requires that students with disabilities be provided reasonable accommodations to ensure their equal access to course content. If you have a documented disability and require accommodations, please contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester to make arrangements for necessary classroom adjustments. Please note, you must first verify your eligibility for these through Student Accessibility Services (contact 330-672-3391 or visit http://www.registrars.kent.edu/disability/ for more information on registration procedures).
Class Guidelines:
Attendance
Absences from class will impact your educational experience. Attendance in class provides the opportunity for each student to learn not only from the instructor and materials, but also from other students. Class participation is a component of your final grade. If you are not in class, you will miss the opportunity to add to discussions and to participate in group activities, therefore, impacting your final grade.
Should you miss a class, it is your responsibility to obtain the class notes and other information and handouts from another student. The instructor will not provide copies of notes.
Due Dates
All written assignments must be submitted on or before the assigned due date at the beginning of the class period. LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
You are required to be present for all exams unless you have made PRIOR arrangements with the instructor. Make-up exams will be granted solely at the Instructor’s discretion.
Professional Writing
All out-of-class written assignments must be submitted in typewritten form. No handwritten assignments will be accepted. Standards of proper English apply to all written assignments and exams. In addition to content; spelling, grammar and flow of ideas will be used to evaluate any written work product.
Class Participation
All students are expected and encouraged to participate in activities and discussions during class. Learning is an active process and each student should feel free to add input and ask questions during class sessions. There will be a variety of in-class activities to supplement lectures and textbook reading. Material covered during the in-class activities is considered exam-relevant information.
Class Courtesy
Students are expected to disable any electronic devices during class time to avoid interruptions caused by cellular telephones, pagers, PDA’s, and other equipment. Please extend courtesy to your fellow class members and to the instructor by refraining from the use of such devices during class time. Repeated violations will be reflected in the student’s participation grade.
Class Materials
All students are expected to read the assigned textbook as well as any articles assigned by the instructor throughout the semester.
Class Activities and Projects
Students will be assigned and are expected to participate in class activities. Each student will complete an individual case study. The study will be fully explained on a separate assignment handout.
In addition to a case study, each student will be required to complete 2 class assignments that will be detailed at dates to be determined.
Instructor Access
If you encounter difficulties and cannot see me during my scheduled office hours, please send me an e-mail, call me, or ask before or after class. If you need assistance, please contact me immediately.
Grading Standards
Students in this course will not be graded on the plus / minus scale.
Grades
A = 342 – 380 points (90%)
B = 304 – 341 points (80%)
C = 266 – 303 points (70%)
D = 228– 265 points (60%)
F = Below 228 points
Grading Criteria
Midterm exam – 1 @ 100 points
Class assignment – 2 @ 40 points
Case study/paper – 1 @ 100 points
Final exam – 1 @ 100 points
TOTAL 380 points
M&IS 44285– Spring Semester, 2012
DATE |
SESSION/TOPIC |
January 9 |
Course Introduction Chapter 1: Strategic Mngmt & Strategic Competitiveness |
January 16 |
No Class |
January 23 |
Chapter 2: The External Evironment |
January 30 |
Chapter 3: Internal Organization |
February 6 |
Chapter 4: Business Level Strategy |
February 13 |
Chapter 5: Competitive Rivalry and Dynamics |
February 20 |
Chapter 6: Corporate-Level Strategy |
February 27 |
Mid-Term Exam |
March 5 |
Chapter 7: Merger & Acquisition Strategies |
March 12 |
Chapter 8: International Strategy |
March 19 |
Chapter 9: Cooperative Strategy |
March 26 |
Chapter 10: Corporate Governance |
April 2 |
Chapter 11: Organizational Structure and Controls |
April 9 |
Chapter 12: Strategic Leadership |
April 16 |
TBD |
April 23 |
Chapter 13: Strategic Entrepreneurship
|
April 30 |
***** FINAL EXAM ***** 8:15p – 10p |