Course: BAD 64275                   Strategic Global Management

 

CLASS MEETINGS: Room BSA 324 and via WebCT/Vista

 

INSTRUCTOR:          Dr. Frederick W. Schroath, A310 BSA

                                    Email: fschroat@kent.edu

                                    Phone (330) 672-2282

                                    Fax      (330) 672-7303

 

OFFICE HOURS:      By appointment (Contact Stephanie Zimmerman (330) 672-2282

                                    Email sfzimmer@kent.edu )  Office hours my also be arranged in                                        chat format through WebCt/Vista

 

REQUIRED TEXT:   Transnational Management (5^th  edition) by Christopher Bartlett,

                                     Sumantra Ghoshal, Paul Beamish: publishers McGraw-Hill/Irwin

 

PREREQUISITES:    Completion of MBA Core

 

REGISTRATION:     Students have the responsibility to ensure they are properly

enrolled in classes. You are advised to review your official class schedule 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 must correct it with your advising office. If registration errors are not corrected 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 are you are not properly registered.

 

GRADING:                Case Studies:              15% (4)           60%

                                    On-line case

                                    Discussion                   15% (1)           15%

                                    Final Exam                  25%                 25%

                                                                                                100%

 

IN-PERSON CLASS

DATES           :           June 21^st, July 12^th, July 19^th August 2^nd.  All in-person class                                                 meetings will be held in 324 BSA

 

WITHDRAWAL:       The last day to withdraw from the course is July 13, 2008.

 

 

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: In accordance with University policy, if you have a documented disability and require accommodations to obtain equal access in this course, please contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester or when given an assignment for which an accommodation is required. Students with disabilities must verify their eligibility through the Office of Student Disability Services in the Michael Schwartz Student Services Center (672-3391).

 

OBJECTIVES:           To provide a framework for a general understanding of global                

strategy and an understanding of the conceptual tools and constructs used to develop strategy in a global context.