ROBERT H. SMITH BMGT 495 Business Policies SCHOOL OF BUSINESS SPRING 2012

Sections: 1301 VMH 1314 & 1401 VMH 1415 Instructor: J. Spina Office: VMH 4515 Phone: 301-405-0624

Email: jspina@rhsmith.umd.edu

Office Hours: M & W 11:00 am – 11:30 am

Required Texts:

“Strategic Management: Concepts: Competitiveness and Globalization” by Michael A. Hitt, R. Duane Ireland, and Robert E. Hoskisson, 10th edition (HIH Textbook) Paperback version - ISBN: 978-1133803157 Cengage Website login.cengage.com E-book version – ISBN: 9781133495293

All sections of BMGT495 will use this book. Students can purchase the book from the University Book Store or online.

Please note that you must bring your book to all class meeting, as you will need the notes and cases during class discussions and for exams.

Cases - There will be a brief case pack available for purchase from Harvard at: www.1mpi.com

Suggested Readings:

It is strongly recommended, but not required, that you read and subscribe to at least one business publication. The following business publications are available at the University libraries or via short-term subscription (see your instructor): The Wall Street Journal Business Week Fortune Forbes

The New York Times The Economist

Course Overview:

Welcome to the capstone course of the undergraduate curriculum! The Business Policies course culminates your learning experience before graduation. The objective of this course is to introduce you to the role of the “strategic manager,” someone (like a CEO) who is concerned with the problems of and/or responsible for the overall and long-term well-being of the

organization, including both business and not-for-profit. Implicitly or explicitly, every firm must define the scope of its business operations and, within the chosen scope, how the firm will