Students will gain a well-developed understanding of business enterprises and the entrepreneurial and strategic thinking that drives them in a dynamic, competitive regional, national, and global economy. Students will learn to apply entrepreneurial and strategic management practices (e.g., using case analysis) to organizations of varying sizes. Prerequisites: FINP 5008 or equivalent, HRM 5030, MKT 5070, and QNT 5040.

( HRM 5030 OR GMP 5030 )
AND ( QNT 5040 OR GMP 5040 )
AND ( MKT 5070 OR GMP 5070 )
AND ( FINP 5008 OR GMPF 5008 OR FINC 3010 OR FIN 3010 )

Entrance Competencies:

Students should have a working knowledge of the core business functions of human resource management, purchasing operations, marketing, and finance, and the basic economic, technological, political, legal and sociological environments of the global business enterprise. Students should have developed the ability to communicate effectively both orally, and in writing.

Exit Competencies:

The student who has successfully mastered the material contained in GMP 5090 will have a well developed understanding of single and multi business enterprises, and a thorough understanding of the entrepreneurial and strategic thinking that drives these enterprises in dynamic competitive regional, national and global economies.

This student will also be able to apply strategic management techniques to include Value Driven Management (VDM), portfolio management, value chain analysis and environmental analyses to better plan for the future of their enterprises.

Course Objectives:

1) To contribute to the student's inventory of strategic planning and problem solving skills through cross-functional, team-based case analyses.
2) To school students in the creativity and innovation necessary to recognize and develop new venture opportunities, and to include plans and programs necessary to turn new venture opportunities into profitable businesses.
3) To conduct industry and competitor analyses in light of the internal and external stakeholders' beliefs and values, and to demonstrate how stakeholder beliefs and values influence the activities of the enterprise.

1. Required Materials


1. Textbooks

Crafting & Executing Strategy: Text and Readings, (bundle with BSG) - 17.Edition - 2009
Arthur A. Thompson, Jr.;A.J. StricklandIII; John E. Gamble
McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 978-0073530420

Notes: Purchasing a used textbook will not provide an access code to the Business Strategy Game. Bundle only available at NSU Bookstore.


APA Manual
Effective October 1^st 2009, the 6th edition of the APA Manual is required for all courses.

NSU Bookstore
Textbooks and Case Studies may be purchased from the NSU Bookstore (located in the University Park Plaza) by calling 1-800-509-2665 or online at http://www.nsubooks.bkstore.com.



2. Recommended Materials

Textbook Website
http://www.mhhe.com/thompson

Online Course Resources
http://www.huizenga.nova.edu/5090
BSG-Online-Orientation Powerpoint presentation available at online classroom Course Resources link.

Goldratt, Eliyahu (1994). It's Not Luck. Great Barrington, MA, The North River Press.

Kotter, John (1996). Leading Change. Boston, MA, Harvard Business School Press.

Mintzberg, Henry et al (1998).Strategy Safari. New York, N.Y.. The Free Press.

Packard, David (1995). The HP Way. New York,N.Y., HarperCollins

Pohlman, Randolph A., and Gardiner, Gary(1997). Value-Driven Management.

Porter, M.E. (1996). What is Strategy? Harvard Business Review. November-December 1996. PP 61-78.

Timmons, New Venture Creation for the 21st Century (5th Edition, 1999). Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin ISB# 0-256-19348-7.

The NSU libraries comprise the Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center, East Campus Branch Library, Health Professions Division Library, Law Library and Technology Center, North Miami Beach Branch Library, University School Library Media Centers, and the William S. Richardson Ocean Science Library. Students are strongly encouraged to visit one of the physical locations and/or take advantage of the vast electronic library available for research. For more information, please visit http://www.nova.edu/library.

Please note that all required and recommended materials should be referenced in APA style.