BUSA 4400 Strategic Management

Students should complete the application for graduation prior to registering for this course.

This capstone course using case analysis and the strategic management literature to tie the business administration functional areas together and reinforce the concepts and tools learned in the business curriculum. A major component of this course is the topic of ethics in business.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

BUSA 3400 and final semester or permission of the instructor

Typically Offered

Athens Campus: spring evening — Demorest Campus: fall day, spring day, spring evening

Student Learning Outcomes

At the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Develop the ability to think broadly, understand interrelationships among various functional areas of business operations, and make decisions based on integration of knowledge and skills from those functional areas.
2. Recognize and apply analytic concepts and tools useful in strategy/policy formulation at both the business unit and corporate level.
3. Distinguish strategic opportunities and challenges, develop and appraise alternative responses to them, and recommend and defend solutions in the face of uncertainty, ambiguity, resource constraints and other organizational realities.
4. Describe how strategy is linked with organizational culture, structure, processes, and systems as well as the means by which managers can bring these elements into congruence.
5. Value teamwork skills and develop an appreciation for the dynamics of functioning as a member of a work group made up of individuals with diverse backgrounds, professional training and aspirations.