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COURSE NO: MGT 4950 TITLE: Business Policy
TERM: 2011-12, (10) INSTRUCTOR: Dr. S. Arends, Dean
3 Semester hour(s)
PHONE: (734) 432-5366
E- mail: sarendsmadonna.edu


DESCRIPTION AND OB1ECTIVES OF COURSE
!70706:8908 Required oI all business majors as a summative course in the major.

Capstone course; students bring to bear all the experience oI their study in aspects oI business
administration to analyze central problems oI Ior proIit and not Ior proIit enterprises and the application
oI strategic management in the development and exercise oI business policy.

OB1ECTIVES: The student will

1. Discuss and analyze the complexity oI the organization and policy Iormulation by management
within the public and private sectors.
2. Evaluate organizational situations, problems and opportunities in terms oI managerial strategy.
3. IdentiIy the central problem oI an organization in textbook and real-liIe situations.
4. Develop alternative strategies and problem-solving scenarios.
5. Understand the interrelationship oI internal and external environment and the organization.
6. Conceptualize policy Irom various perspectives.

HOW THE COURSE WILL OPERATE:

The purpose oI this course is to integrate what you have learned in the business administration
major and show, through a summative case prepared, the application oI student knowledge.
There are nine (9) chapters to read Irom our text and they will show you what types oI things
need to be analyzed in any business. Then the latter part oI the textbook has cases Irom which
you will select one and perIorm a complete analysis.

ASSIGNMENTS:

Week oI October 3, 2011 READ Chapters 1 & 2

Week oI October 10 READ Chapters 3 & 4


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Week oI October 17 READ Chapters 5 & 6

Week oI October 11 READ Chapters 7 & 8

Week oI October 24 READ Chapter 9

Week oI October 31 READ: How to Prepare and Present a Case Analysis

Week oI November 7 Select and Start Working on Individual Case

Week oI November 14 Work on Case

Week oI November 21 Work on Case

Week oI November 22 PRESENT CASE to class in a Iorum led by Dr. Kaup

Week oI November 28 Work on changes suggested by Drs. Kaup/Paulson

Week oI December 5 Email a complete copy oI case

GRADING:

25 Class Presentation

75 Written Analysis


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