Summer Session II MiniMester Courses
School of Business Administration
Competitive Supply Chain Management- Leadership and Motivation (MGT 360 section 88)
- Strategic Management (MGT 401 section 88)
- The Busuness of eCommerce (CIS 496/689 section 88)
Competitive Supply Chain Management
SECOND SUMMER SESSION
MGT 498 Section 88 3 credits Undergraduate
August 10-14, 17-21
Monday– Friday, 10:00am-1:30pm SB402
Vaidy Jayaraman
Leadership and Motivation
SECOND SUMMER MINIMESTER
MGT 360 section 88 3 credits Undergraduate
August 11-14, 17-21 (Note: No class on Monday 8/10/09)
Tuesday through Friday, Monday through Friday
5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. SB 208
Chester Schriesheim 305-284-3758
Vision and daring define leaders. Do special characteristics separate bold visionaries from enthusiastic dreamers? How does a leader motivate others? To what extent are leaders “born” or “made”? Explore these and other issues of leadership in this workshop designed to enhance leadership effectiveness.
Through the use of the novel The Godfather and selected business cases, the instructor guides you through the jungle of leadership do’s and don’ts and helps you improve your leadership skills and abilities. The pragmatic focus of this course relates theory to the “real world,” thoroughly integrating theoretical material with applications and illustrations.
Strategic Management
SECOND SUMMER MINIMESTER
MGT 401 section 88
August 10-14, 17-21
Monday through Friday
3 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. SB 508
Yandong Luo 305-284- 4003
Explore the strategic management issues faced by companies in both domestic and internationals settings. These issues include internal and external environment analysis, corporate level strategy (e.g., mergers and acquisitions), and business level strategy (e.g., core competencies and competitive governance and control). Discover the process that top executives follow in resolving strategic management and related issues faced by firms. Learn a practical frame of reference that can be followed in developing short and long term strategies. Integrate knowledge and concepts learned throughout the curriculum via this eclectic “capstone” course.
The Business of eCommerce
SECOND SUMMER MINIMESTER
CIS 496 Section 88 3 credits Undergraduate
CIS 689 Section 88 3 credits Graduate
August 10-14, 17-21
Monday through Friday, 6 to 9:30 p.m. SB502
Robert Plant 305-284-1963
Discover the technology behind the internet and the World Wide Web, then examine the building of an effective eCommerce strategy. The model, developed by the instructor and widely published, examines how builders of innovative Web sites need to examine the customer base that the site is to serve, the service levels required to serve those customers, the branding issues that the site represents, and the technology that underpins the site.
Examine the business models and developmental issues surrounding the creation of business-to-business Web sites and virtual communities such as MySpace and YouTube.
Use Harvard Business School cases studies to examine successful and unsuccessful internet strategies, including Google, Webvan, and wine.com.
