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Statement on Disabilities
Students in need of academic accommodations for a disability may consult with the
office of Students with Disabilities Services to arrange appropriate accommodations.
Students are required to give reasonable notice prior to requesting an
accommodation.
COURSE FORMAT & PEDAGOGY
The course is designed and organized to foster active learning about, and by
practicing, Strategic Management. Consistent with this, the initial classes of the semester
are focused on your learning about strategic thinking, managing, planning, and business
ethics & sustainability.
The second part of the course builds from what you learned in the first and focuses
on the practice of strategically managing a business firm, using the analytical tools used in
that process, through a team-based business simulation. To do this, the class will form
teams which will compete in the Capstone Strategic Management Simulation. This
competitive (within the class, and among student teams throughout the U.S.) simulation
has been used at many major universities for this course (Undergraduate, MBA, and Exec
MBA levels), and as an executive training tool at many Fortune 500 companies. It will be
run over the remainder of the semester. You are encouraged to familiarize yourself with
the simulation, individually and with your team, as early and often as you can this term,
including completing all of the assigned and required individual tutorials online
by Monday, February 15, 2016. We will also spend some class time becoming familiar
with the simulation.
GROUP FORMATION
Groups/teams will form and organize, on their own, during class on 1/25/2016. I
will assign students to teams only if and as necessary. As teams come together for the
simulation, you should seriously consider assembling a team based on a representative
mix of majors, compatible class schedules, relevant work experience, and ability to meet
and work together. At the end of the simulation, you will be asked to complete Capstones
on-line peer evaluations on the performance of the members of your team. Again, since
this is an experiential/learn-by-doing class, I fully expect that everyone will pull their own
weight in these important learning experiences.
College of Business Statement on Core Courses
Students who enter USF under the 2001-2002, or later, catalog are required to earn a
grade of C- or better in every core class and an overall GPA of 2.0 for all core classes.
Please Note
Academic dishonesty of any type, including plagiarism on the individual and/or group
projects assigned in this course, will result in, at a minimum, an F for the
assignment and may, depending upon seriousness, result in an F for the course.
Please see the Universitys Undergraduate Catalogue for a definition of what is
considered academic dishonesty.
GRADING
Your course grade will be based on your performance and contributions to your
groups work and success on the Capstone simulation; your final group tools analyses of
your Capstone business; classroom attendance; and other individual work, contributions,
and completion of college and other assessment feedback surveys. The relative
weightings for these items are as follows:
30% Group performance on the CAPSTONE Strategic Management Simulation:
includes team
simulation results and final written group Capstone Debriefing assignment
30% Quality of required group Capstone business analyses, including the thought
and effort evident
in the rough drafts you will be asked to complete, and the final graded
analysis documents)
Prof Bowen GEB 4890: page 3 of 7
Final course grades will be assigned based on the following percentages of points
earned throughout the semester. The +/- grading system will not be used.
Percentages Earned with Corresponding Letter Grade
90-100%
A
80-89%
B
70-79%
C
60-69%
D
Below 60%
F
Religious Preference Absence Policy
Students who anticipate the necessity of being absent from class due to the
observation of a major religious observance must provide advance notice of the
date(s) to the instructor, in writing,
by the second week of classes
CALENDAR
1. Mon
1/11 Course Introduction, discussion of syllabus, course website;
Introduction to the
Capstone Business Simulation
Mon
Note
All students are required to register at www.capsim.com before the next class
2. Mon
1/25
www.capsim.com
2/15
6. Mon
2/22 Capstone Practice round #2 and debriefing; Prepare rough draft
of Porter 5-Forces
Industry Analysis
7. Mon
2/29
beginning of class
with the SWOT
3/14-18
Spring Break
9. Mon
3/21 Capstone Round #1; Preparation of company documents:
Develop Mission Statement,
Organization Structure (with job details) and Strategic Management
Process outline
10. Mon
3/28 Capstone assignments (Mission Statement, Organization
Structure (with job details);
Strategic Management Process outline) for Round #2 due at
the beginning of class;
Capstone Round #2
11. Mon
4/4
12. Mon
4/11
13. Mon
4/18
Capstone Round #7
statement,
Process outline;
conditions facing
Please Note:
You are required to complete the Muma College of Business exit survey. You will be
emailed the survey link around this point in the semester. Completing the Muma
College of Business survey is a graduation requirement for all business
students. Collecting this information is critical to your success.
Failure to participate in a timely fashion may result in delaying the receipt of your
diploma
until the survey is completed.
14. Mon
4/25 Last class: Round #8 (final graded) group documents due at
the beginning of class;
Capstone Round #8
pm today at
Capstone
Department office
Course wrap-up
The sale of course notes, and/or other recordings of any course materials,
discussions, etc., to future students of this course, is expressly not allowed.