MBA 296-1 : Fundamentals of Business

Administrivia

Teaching Team 

Lecturer Nancy Euske

Office Hours: Wednesday 4:30pm-5:30pm F522 Also by appointment

Lecturer Rada Brooks

Lecturer David Robinson

Email: robinson@haas.berkeley.edu

Website: http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/robinson/

Office number: 510-643-0325

Home number: 510-548-7872

Office Hours: Wednesday 2:10pm-4:00pm F543 Also by appointment

GSI Victor Fung

Office Hours: Wednesday 2:10pm-4:00pm F543 Also by appointment

Course Description

Course Information

Haas School of Business MBA 296-1

Course Dates: September 1 to December 8, 2004

Lecture Schedule: Wednesday 6:00pm-9:00pm in Arthur Andersen Auditorium, Haas School

Units: 3

Grading Option: Letter Grade or Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory or Pass/Not Pass

Course Texts

Required

Core Concepts of Accounting, 8th edition, Robert Anthony and Leslie Pearlman Breitner. Prentice Hall, 2003. ISBN: 0130406716

Textbook for module 2, Accounting and Finance, Rada Brooks

Selected Chapters from Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 4th Edition, Richard Brealey and et. al.. Primis.

You want the Primis custom book reprinted for this course, not the whole text. The reprint is available at ASUC bookstore only. Textbook for module 2, Accounting and Finance, Rada Brooks

Core Concepts of Marketing, John Burnett. Wiley, 2003. ISBN: 0471469483

Textbook for module 3, Delighting Customers: Marketing and strategy, David Robinson

Reader

Available at Copy Central, Bancroft

Reader for module 1, Managing people in organizations, Nancy Euske

Course Work

Managing people in organizations

September 1 : Wednesday

Making Decisions Under Conditions of Uncertainty 

Lecturer: Nancy Euske

Required Readings

"Carter Racing" Stanford Graduate School of Business [Handout]

handed out in class – to be read in class

Module 1 Paper assigned 

Due on September 29

Assignment details

September 8 : Wednesday

Setting Up Our Framework and Designing Organizations for Growth 

Lecturer: Nancy Euske

Required Readings

"Building and Maintaining a High Performance Organization" Euske & Boettger [Reader]

"Evaluating an Action Plan" Hill [Reader]

"Evolution and Revolution as Organizations Grow" Greiner, L [Reader]

"The Adams Corporation" Harvard Business School [Reader]

Case Study

September 15 : Wednesday

The Challenge of Motivating People and Designing Reward Systems 

Lecturer: Nancy Euske

Required Readings

"Management Dialogues: Turning on the Marginal Performer" Schermerhon, et al [Reader]

"On the Folly of Rewarding A, While Hoping for B" Kerr, S. [Reader]

"Going From Good to Great at Harriet Tubman Academy" Nancy Euske and S. Solar [Reader]

Case Study

September 22 : Wednesday

Leveraging Organizational Culture 

Lecturer: Nancy Euske

Required Readings

"Building a Visionary Company" Collins & Porras [Reader]

"Leveraging Culture for Innovation and Competitive Advantage" Tushman & O’Reilly [Reader]

"People Express Case" Harvard Business School [Reader]

Case Study

September 29 : Wednesday

Leading and Using Power to Accomplish Goals 

Lecturer: Nancy Euske

Required Readings

"What Leaders Really Do" Kotter, J. [Reader]

"Managing with Power" Pfeffer, J. [Reader]

"The Only Company Wal-Mart Fears" John Helyar [Reader]

(2003-11-24)

Costco Case Study

Module 1 Paper due 

October 4 : Monday

Midterm Exam 

6:00pm-9:00pm, Arthur Andersen Auditorium, Haas School

Module 1 Exam

Accounting and Finance

October 6 : Wednesday

Financial Statements and Statement of Cash Flows 

Lecturer: Rada Brooks

Module 2 Paper assigned 

Due on October 27

Assignment details

October 13 : Wednesday

Financial Statement Analysis and Time Value of Money 

Lecturer: Rada Brooks

October 20 : Wednesday

Financial Markets and Valuation of Stocks 

Lecturer: Rada Brooks

October 27 : Wednesday

Capital Budgeting 

Lecturer: Rada Brooks

Module 2 Paper due 

November 3 : Wednesday

Determining Financing Mix 

Lecturer: Rada Brooks

November 8 : Monday

Midterm Exam 

6:00pm-9:00pm, Arthur Andersen Auditorium, Haas School

Module 2 Exam

Delighting Customers: Marketing and strategy

November 10 : Wednesday

Marketing strategy planning: Identifying attractive markets 

Lecturer: David Robinson

Module 3 Paper assigned 

Due on December 1

Assignment details

November 17 : Wednesday

Product development and product management 

Lecturer: David Robinson

November 22 : Monday

Pricing strategy and channels of distribution 

Lecturer: David Robinson

Resources

Note:

Class day moved to Monday due to Thanksgiving Holiday

December 1 : Wednesday

Promotion 

Lecturer: David Robinson

Module 3 Paper due 

December 8 : Wednesday

Competitive strategies 

Lecturer: David Robinson

Midterm Exam 

6:00pm-9:00pm, Arthur Andersen Auditorium, Haas School

Module 3 Exam

last updated on 2004-09-23 by Carolyn