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ADMN 405: Capstone II: Application and Integration of Contemporary Business Topics
ADMN 405: Capstone II: Application and Integration of Contemporary Business Topics
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byuicurdev. (2012, June 12).
Discussion board netiquette
[Video]. YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwdqQjCfWSc
Dold, J. (2013, February 15).
Discussion board etiquette
[Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVqWcrMPxfY
Watkins, M. (2013, June 27).
Making virtual teams work: Ten basic principles
. Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 2–5.
Topic 1: Strategy
Porter, M. E. (1996). What is strategy?
Harvard Business Review
,
74
(6), 61–78.
Topic 2: Strategic Foresight
Government Office for Science. (2017).
The futures toolkit: Tools for futures thinking and foresight across UK government.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/674209/futures-toolkit-edition-1.pdf.
Read pages 68–72.
Gilad, B. (2003).
Early Warning: Using Competitive Intelligence to Anticipate Market Shifts, Control Risk, and Create Powerful Strategies.
New York, NY: AMACOM
Read Chapter 1, pages 4-9, and Chapter 3, pages 29-37. Note that you can download the entire book or download specific PDF chapters.
Discussion resource:
Meijinders, M. (2020, May 28). How foresight could help us prepare for the next crisis. University of Ottawa: Security, economics & technology blog
.
https://pdinstitute.uottawa.ca/en/page/how-foresight-could-help-us-prepare-next-crisis
Topic 3: Value Creation
Strategyzer. (2016).
Strategyzer's value proposition canvas explained
[Video]. YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReM1uqmVfP0
.
Verdin, P., & Tackx, K. (2015).
Are you creating or capturing value? A dynamic framework for sustainable strategy.
M-RCBG Working Paper No. 36.
Topic 4: Strategy and Ethics
Fontrodona, J., Ricart, J. E., & Berrone, P. (2018). Ethical challenges in strategic management: The 19th IESE International Symposium on Ethics, Business and Society.
Journal of Business Ethics, 152
(4), 887–898
.
Siedel, G. J. (2017). Leadership competencies for business lawyers: Using a framework that links strategy, law, and ethics.
Business Law Today, 26
(9), 1–5.
Discussion resource:
MacVicar, A. (2020, May 11). OHS report finds COVID-19 investigation at Cargill High River plant did not include worker representation.
Global News
.
https://globalnews.ca/news/6927246/cargill-ohs-investigation-workers/
Topic 5: Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Blank, S. (2013). Why the lean start-up changes everything.
Harvard Business Review
,
91
(5), 64–72.
Practical Psychology. (2016, May 5).
The lean startup by Eric Ries: Animated book review
[Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bPgNEDdX3E
Topic 6: Promoting the Firm
Dawar, N. (2013). When marketing is strategy.
Harvard Business Review, 91
(12), 100–108.
Topic 7: Measuring and Managing Performance
Kaplan, R. S., & Norton, D. P. (1992). The balanced scorecard: Measures that drive performance.
Harvard Business Review, 70
(1), 71–79.