MGMT 7701 Introduction to Strategic Management
The course is designed to provide you with a general understanding of how firms formulate and implement strategies to create competitive advantage. Relying exclusively on the case method, it will expose you to some basic strategy concepts, which will lay the foundation for the strategic management core course that you will take later on. The cases chosen for this course will place you in diversity of managerial situationslarge multinational firms and small startups, manufacturing and service industries, growing and mature organizations, U.S. and non-U.S. settings. Discussion of these cases will enable you to learn different analytic techniques, and illustrate (1) the essence of strategy, (2) how to understand the external competitive environment, (3) ways to consider beyond the current business landscape, and (4) the role of top management in strategy implementation.
Course overview
- Department
- Management and Organization
- School
- CSOM
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Graduate
- Offered
- Every Fall
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.50 / 5 · Excellent
- Instructor rating
- 4.72 / 5 · Excellent
- Terms evaluated
- 5
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 (midterm) | Jeremiah Potts | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 1–3 hrs/week | 41 of 76 |
| Fall 2024 | Jeremiah Potts | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 1–3 hrs/week | 91 of 94 |
| Fall 2023 (midterm) | Jeremiah Potts | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 1–3 hrs/week | 82 of 86 |
| Fall 2022 (midterm) | Jeremiah Potts | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 1–3 hrs/week | 74 of 75 |
| Fall 2021 (midterm) | Jeremiah Potts | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4–6 hrs/week | 51 of 97 |