Week 3: Interactive Activity Content Introduction Learning Outcomes Demonstrate how executive leadership is an important part of strategic management. Reading Required Chapter 1. Corporate Governance Context: Constraints and Challenges Textbook: Wheelen, T. L., Hunger, D., Hoffman, A. N., & Bamford, C. E. (2014). Concepts in strategic management and business policy (14th ed.). Upper Saddle River, […]
Are functional strategies interdependent, or can they be formulated independently of other functions?
Chapter 8. Strategy Formation: Functional Strategy and Strategic Choice Textbook: Wheelen, T. L., Hunger, D., Hoffman, A. N., & Bamford, C. E. (2014). Concepts in strategic management and business policy (14th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. ISBN-13: 9780133126129 (print), 9780133126433 (e-text) Recommended Liao, H., Li, D., Zhou, T., Huang, B., Zhang, H., Chen, […]
From a social institutional perspective, why did Hoffman’s research not get acted on for 50 years? How do you feel about Gladwell’s argument that football is like miners asthma/Black Lung?
Discussion Thread 3: Write about a decision you made or an action you took that was informed by data. Think critically about a time in the past year when you made a decision (either big or small, consequential or trivial) and how data shaped that decision. Answer each question/prompt in numbered order. 1.Describe a scenario […]
Complete the readings and the videos and explain why you think open access journals (in science or other disciplines) are or are not a good idea.
Read: Blog Post: Hoffman, S.(26 June, 2014). Open source vs. open access (vs. free). Open Source vs. Open Access (vs. Free) Eveleth, R. (22 December, 2014). Free access to science research doesn’t benefit everyone. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/12/free-access-to-science-research-doesnt-benefit-everyone/383875/ Review the following sites: Prompt: Complete the readings and the videos for this week. Referring both to the Eveleth article and the video […]
Select a strategy from Section VI, and have ideas about its implementation: what programs do you think are necessary to implement your selected strategy?
Snap tool :A Victim of its own success BY ALAN N. HOFFMAN Discussion Question Select a strategy from Section VI, and have ideas about its implementation: what programs do you think are necessary to implement your selected strategy?
Discuss the following statement taking into account implications for recruitment and selection strategy and practice in organisations today.
Human Resource Management Discuss the following statement taking into account implications for recruitment and selection strategy and practice in organisations today: “Although most managers would agree that it is important to hire people who fit in, the idea of hiring for culture fit has become controversial… Most of the controversy boils down to a single […]
What should the United States have done in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide?
After reading the Mandelbaum and Hoffman debate on whether foreign policy is social work ● What should the United States have done in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide? Remember there is NO wrong answer. But an excellent answer uses the literature, and recognizes the trade-offs of any policy chosen.