SST 295-02 - Special Topic: Strategy, Leadership & Business Decision-Making

1 credits (Fall)

This short course is sponsored by the Wilson Program in Enterprise and Leadership. Exploration of the interplay between strategy, leadership and how business decisions get made. The articles, examples and illustrations will be from the perspective of for-profit business. Reading materials will focus on a few of the seminal academic articles as well as popular press pieces. We will use the current financial crisis and leadership reaction to that crisis as a case study. We will finish with an exploration of how decisions get made in a business that also has a social mission. The reading materials will be supplemented by contemporary expert commentary via TED talks and other sources. Overall, the intent of the program is to provide students with a basic understanding of how strategy and leadership influence decision-making – and that the lessons learned are applicable to both business and non-business environments.

Prerequisite: None.
Note: Dates: October 29 to November 14. Short course deadlines apply.
Instructor: Finkelman