Spring Quarter Courses
The Spring quarter includes three core courses concerned with global business and Human Resources plus up to four elective courses. After graduation, Fellows travel overseas for two weeks to meet with international leaders of business and government.
Human Resources Management
Kathryn Shaw
Ernest C. Arbuckle Professor of Economics
Director, Summer Institute for General Management
This course provides a framework for understanding and thinking strategically about employment relations and the management of human resources in organizations. The course draws on insights from the social sciences to explore how employment relations are influenced by economic, social, psychological, legal, and cultural forces. Specific topics include: recruitment and selection; performance evaluation; compensation and benefits; promotion, job design, training, layoff, retention, and turnover; and the human resource implications of various strategies.
Non-Market Strategy
Ken Shotts
Associate Professor of Political Economy
This course addresses managerial issues in the social, political, legal, and ethical environment of business. Cases and reading emphasize strategies to improve the performance of companies in light of their multiple constituencies. Cases are set in both the U.S. and non-U.S. environments and illustrate how managers are called upon to interact with the public and governments in local, national, and international settings. Topics include integrated strategy, activists and the media, legislation affecting business, regulation and antitrust, intellectual property, Internet privacy, international trade policy, and ethics.
Strategic Management
Garth Saloner
Jeffrey S. Skoll Professor of Electronic Commerce, Strategic Management, and Economics
This course deals with the overall general management of the business enterprise. Extensive case studies of a variety of companies of differing size, industry, and current conditions provide the basis for the comprehensive analysis and establishment of a strategic management approach for the organization. Frameworks are presented for strategy identification and evaluation; assessing industry attractiveness; evaluating the firm's capabilities, resources, and position; determining the optimal horizontal and vertical scope of the firm; entering into strategic alliances and joint ventures; and formulating and implementing strategy in multi-business organizations.
