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MANAGEMENT
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MGMT 802 Innovation, Change, & Entrepreneurship
(.5 cu)
MGMT 816 Building Human Assets in
Entrepreneurial Ventures (.5 cu)
MGMT 892 Advanced Study Project in Management
MBA Advisor: Sigal Barsade (telephone: 215.898.1373; email:
barsade@wharton.upenn.edu) and Peter Cappelli (telephone:
215.898.2722; email: cappelli@wharton.upenn.edu
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
This major provides students with a deep grounding in the
basic logic of competitive advantage, premised on a careful
analytical treatment of the distinct qualities and positions of
individual firms and an understanding of broader competitive
dynamics. This background would position students well for
guiding strategy at both established and emerging enterprises,
as well as prepare them for positions with consulting firms that
work with firms in setting their strategies.
Requirements for the Major
Only one credit unit of pass/fail coursework can be counted
toward the major.
MGMT 611 Managing the Established Enterprise or
MGMT 612 Managing the Emerging Enterprise
Course requirements for a Strategic Management major
include four credit units from the following:
a) At least three credit units must come from the following
list:*
MGMT 653 Field Application Project
MGMT 701 Strategy and Competitive Advantage
MGMT 711 Competitive Strategy and Industrial
Structure
MGMT 714 American Business History
MGMT 717 Deals: The Economic Structure of
Transacting and Contracting
MGMT 719 Organizational Economics and Strategy
(.5 cu)
MGMT 721 Corporate Development: Mergers
and Acquisitions
MGMT 731 Technology Strategy (.5 cu)
MGMT 782 Strategic Implementation
MGMT 784 Managerial Economics and Game Theory
(.5 cu)
MGMT 801 Entrepreneurship (.5 cu)
MGMT 871 Multinational Business Strategy
MGMT 891 Advanced Study Project in Strategic
Management
MGMT 925 Seminar in Corporate Strategy
(only with permission)
* At most one credit unit can come from MGMT 653 and MKTG 890.
MGMT 691 does not count towards the Strategic Management major.
b) You may only count up to one credit unit from the
following list:*
LGST 815 Environmental Law: Management
and Policy
MGMT 715 Political Environment of the
Multinational Firm (.5 cu)
MGMT 720 Corporate Diplomacy
MGMT 751 Strategic Management of Human Assets
(.5 cu)
MGMT 773 Managing Organizational Change
MGMT 783 Strategies for Economic Inclusion
MGMT 802 Innovation, Change & Entrepreneurship
(.5 cu)
MKTG 777 Marketing Strategy
MKTG 890 Global Consulting Practicum (1.5 cu)
(if approved by Strategy Advisor)
OPIM 666 Information/Industry Structure and
Competitive Strategy (.5 cu)
OPIM/ Managerial Decision Making
MGMT 690
* At most one credit unit can come from MGMT 653 and MKTG 890.
MGMT 691 does not count towards the Strategic Management major.
MBA Advisor: Daniel Levinthal (telephone: 215.898.6826;
levinthal@wharton.upenn.edu).
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
MGMT 610 (.5 cu)
Foundations of Teamwork and Leadership
(cannot be waived)
At every level of an organization, teamwork and leadership are
required for organizational success. Teamwork and leadership
have always been critical to society, but they have acquired new
significance in recent years during this era of heightened uncertainty,
restructuring, and change. The tenor of leadership has
changed as well. Many organizations are flattening their hierarchies
and building work teams, with “command and control”
leadership giving way to facilitation and empowerment. This
course focuses on developing your knowledge and skill set for
teamwork and leadership.
Format: This course is meant to be an intense immersion experience
that draws strongly on the pedagogy of the “Wharton
Teamwork and Leadership Simulation,” a team-based, highly
interactive, simulation that was designed specifically to allow
you to experience the core concepts you will learn in this class.
The simulation is based on research evidence and on specific
business cases and outcomes. The simulation is strongly interwoven
with your classroom experience and cutting edge
research and theory to give you a rich understanding of teamwork
and leadership principles.