Module A - What is Strategy?
August 31 : Tuesday
Introductory Lecture: Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, RIP
September 2 : Thursday
What is Strategy?
Required Readings
"What is Strategy?" Michael A. Porter [Online]
Harvard Business Review (1996-11-01)
September 7 : Tuesday
Porter: The Five Forces, The Generic Strategies, The Value Chain
September 9 : Thursday
The New Forces, The Oddity of the Generic Strategies
Module B – Some Critiques of the Academic Approach
September 14 : Tuesday
The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning
September 16 : Thursday
Digital Strategy
Required Readings
Chapters 1-3 of Unleashing the Killer App [Textbook]
Module C – Disruptive Technologies: The Killer App
September 21 : Tuesday
Historical Perspectives: Adams, Kuhn, White
This discussion will include a brief lecture on Lynn White Jr.,
Medieval Technology and Social Change (Oxford 1962).
Required Readings
"A Law of Acceleration" Henry Adams [Online]
entire book of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions [Textbook]
September 23 : Thursday
Historical Perspectives (continued)
September 28 : Tuesday
The Killer App: An Update
September 30 : Thursday
Does IT Matter?
Required Readings
"IT Doesn’t Matter" Nicholas Carr [Online]
"Strategy and the Internet" Michael A. Porter [Online]
Module D - Innovation: The Dilemma and the Chasm
October 5 : Tuesday
Christensen: The Dilemma
Required Readings
entire book of The Innovator’s Dilemma [Textbook]
October 14 : Thursday
Midterm Exam
11:00am-12:30pm, In-class
Module E - The Revolutionary Strategies and Design Principles
October 19 : Tuesday
Revolutionary Strategies
Required Readings
Chapter 1-2 of The Strategy Machine [Textbook]
October 21 : Thursday
Rules for Revolutionaries
October 26 : Tuesday
Killer App Design Principles
Required Readings
Chapter 4-6 of Unleashing the Killer App [Textbook]
October 28 : Thursday
Design Principles (continued)
Module F - Industry Transformation
November 4 : Thursday
Industry Transformation
Required Readings
Chapter 3 of The Strategy Machine [Textbook]
November 9 : Tuesday
The Information Supply Chain
Required Readings
Chapter 4 of The Strategy Machine [Textbook]
November 11 : Thursday : Veterans Day
Module G - Strategic Planning During Technology Revolutions
November 16 : Tuesday
Strategy Portfolio
Required Readings
Chapter 5 of The Strategy Machine [Textbook]
November 18 : Thursday
Information Assets and the Value Curve
Required Readings
Chapter 6 of The Strategy Machine [Textbook]
Module H - Execution Issues
November 23 : Tuesday
The Sociology of Strategy
Required Readings
Chapter 8 of The Strategy Machine [Textbook]
November 25 : Thursday : Thanksgiving
November 30 : Tuesday
Execution Obstaclese
Required Readings
Chapters 9-10 of The Strategy Machine [Textbook]
Module I - Slouching Towards Academia
December 7 : Tuesday
The Five Revolutionary Strategies Revisited
last updated on 2004-09-05 by Lisa
