Strategy Electives STR 8150Corporate Strategy and Post-Merger Integration (2 sections) STR 8870Strategy Seminar (3 sections) STR 8970Investigations into the Nature of Strategy (2 sections) STR 8044The Consulting Process STR 8305Strategic Thinking: Integrating East and West STR 8310Competitive Dynamics STR 8459Corporate Innovation and Design Experience (semester long) STR 8468 Organic Growth: A Challenge for Public Companies DBP 895ADBP: Consulting STR 8484Creativity and Design Thinking

GBUS 8150: Post-Merger Integration Role of acquisitions in corporate strategy Achievement of merger objectives after the “deal is done” Integrating different types of mergers:  In-market (industry consolidation)  Product/market extensions  Diversification Jay Bourgeois

Jared Harris GBUS 8870A and 8870B: Strategy Seminar The economics of strategy Competing on capabilities Strategy as options Strategy as a process Genesis and origin of a strategy: analysis, insight, intuition, or Zen? This course helps students become conversant with contemporary issues in the field of strategic management both in theory and practice. It covers selected strategy topics in depth that are chosen from three areas: First Year Strategy, current practice and issues, and current research in strategy and related fields of economics and organizational sociology. Four streams of literature will be discussed: organizational economics, resource- based/dynamic-capabilities view of the firm, business psychology, and business sociology. The course will allow students to become more conversant with relevant current issues in strategic thinking and the practice of strategy and to treat ideas in greater depth and rigor than possible in a traditional case course.

Jared Harris GBUS 8870C: Strategy Seminar Strategic importance of corporate governance practices Associated strategic and ethical challenges raised by governance issues Behavioral/process view of governance that complements GEN 8090 structural view During the academic year, the 8870C section of Strategy Seminar will focus on the topic of corporate governance from the standpoint of strategic management and business ethics. Readings and cases will touch on key issues for firm governance as it impacts strategy, ethics, and organizational performance – including behavioral issues, research insights, and current/contemporary challenges in governance. The students will gain expertise in the subject matter, and as such, work together to help develop materials for an entirely new course intended to complement Darden’s existing GEN 8090 Corporate Governance elective. Grading will be based on class participation and written deliverables (cases, caselets, technical notes) intended to be used in the new course, going forward.

GBUS 897: Investigations into the Nature of Strategy Q2 and Q4 Purpose is to give students confidence in creating novel strategies Exploration of wide variety of metaphors for strategy from non- business disciplines:  Biology  Anthropology  Military history  Experimental game theory  Neuroscience  Others Tiha von Ghyczy

GBUS 8310: Competitive Dynamics Seminar Overview: This advanced strategy seminar provides class participants with an integrative framework and specific analytical tools for understanding how firms interact in the marketplace—within an industry, across industries, and beyond national borders. The seminar intends to engage participants on two fronts: bridging application and scholarship, and maximizing the student-centered learning experience. Topics: Analysis of a competitive attack, Prediction of competitive reactions, Dynamic global competition, Competitor analysis, Competition-cooperation Audience: especially useful to those interested in high- level business-strategy consulting, advanced strategic planning and marketing, and industry security analysis, as well as anyone seeking to develop sophisticated competitive thinking Ming-Jer Chen

GBUS 8305: Strategic Thinking: Integrating East and West Overview: This seminar intends to help participants 1) develop a deep understanding of the strategic concepts and business models underlying foreign (in this case, Chinese) business, based on a thorough knowledge of cultural and institutional differences; 2) use this understanding to think broadly about global enterprise; 3) develop a globally integrative perspective that enables them to conduct business in any part of the world. Topics: China’s re-emergence and its global implications, competition-cooperation, a globally integrative business perspective, a new enterprise framework. Audience: especially useful to those interested in pursuing managerial careers with responsibilities involving international operations or high-level strategic components, and to those interested in strategy consulting, international business, or business opportunities in Asia. Ming-Jer Chen

GBUS 8468: Organic Growth: A Challenge of Public Companies Overview: examines the challenges of creating consistent organic growth in public companies. Students will use their knowledge of strategy, operations, finance, marketing, and human resources to focus on growth from a growth manager, an organizational design, and strategy and execution perspectives. Topics: Building A Growth System; Who Are Growth Leaders?; A Growth Experimental Pipeline; Growth Resiliency; Managing The Risks of Growth Audience: designed for those who will 1) either manage, lead, or execute growth inside public companies 2) be consultants creating growth strategies 3) be involved in finding and investing in growth companies 4) be involved as investment bankers in financing growth Ed Hess

GBUS 8459: Corporate Innovation and Design Experience Q2 & Q34 Overview: semester long course meeting Tuesday af in Quarters 2 & 3, focused on exploring and using design thinking and innovation principles and tools to accelerate business model innovation. Students will form teams to do a hands-on innovation project aimed at providing user insights, deep concept thinking, and prototypes for specific innovation opportunities to client organizations Topics: Design thinking; business model innovation; user-driven design; visualization techniques; hypothesis generating and testing; prototyping; storytelling Audience: any student interested in developing his or her capacity for innovative thinking in any field or career: especially of interest to those interested in strategy consulting, product management, business development Jeanne Liedtka

GBUS 8484: Creativity and Design Thinking Q3 Overview: This course covers much of the same material as 8459, with a greater emphasis on the topic of creativity and without the field project. It is focused on exploring and using design thinking and innovation principles and tools to identify and accelerate innovation opportunities Topics: Design thinking; business model innovation; user-driven design; visualization techniques; hypothesis generating and testing; prototyping; storytelling Audience: any student interested in developing his or her capacity for innovative thinking in any field or career: especially of interest to those interested in strategy consulting, product management, business development Rachel Brozenske