Strategic Analysis for Competing Globally Professor James A. Belohlav DePaul University

Achieving world class performance requires an understanding of a wide range of technical and social relationships which integrates the quality, cost, and time constraints demanded by customers and competition. This course will provide insight into the environment within which you must function as a manager. Topics of discussion will include:

	Identification of the fundamental components comprising the strategic management of a business enterprise
	The leading influences in current strategic management thought -- Gary Hamel and C. K. Prahalad, Ken Ohmae, Michael Porter, and Tom Peters
	Why ethics is not really an option in today's multi-national/multi-cultural work environment
	Why quality, strategy and competitiveness are synonymous in order to achieve world class performance
	The stages necessary to develop a high performance-high commitment work system

Strategic Analysis for Competing Globally

will consist of lecture, interactive discussion, and group decision-making activities. In addition, leading learning organization concepts such as the Aflight simulator and the strategic learning cycle are incorporated into the class. The aim of these methods is to:

	Develop an analytic framework which includes all aspects of business effectiveness -- finance, marketing, operations, and organizational processes.		Enhance interpersonal skills through group activities and writing skills through an analysis of a business simulation.
	Understand the role of ethics and culture on operating activities.		Distinguish the relative value of differing strategic views in a global competitive environment.