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From: Paul Friga and Idie Kesner (Co-Chairs of the SMS Teaching Task Force)
Subject: Strategy Teaching Track at SMS
· Do you teach strategy courses to undergraduates, MBAs and/or Executives?
· Would you like to learn some tips from award winning faculty on teaching strategy?
· Would you mind sharing some of your tips/experiences with others?
If you answered yes to any of the above questions and you are planning on attending the Strategic Management Society (SMS) Conference in Rome next week, please read on!
The SMS Strategy Teaching Task Force is excited to announce the annual lineup of six sessions on "Strategy Teaching Excellence" this year. In addition to serving as an invitation to attend the sessions, we are also seeking 1-2 more award-winning strategy faculty to join us on panels for two of the sessions as highlighted below. If you have any questions about the sessions or would like to volunteer to serve on a panel for one of the two sessions, please email Paul Friga as soon as possible at pnf@unc.edu . Thank you and we hope to see many of you in Italy in a few days!
SMS Strategy Teaching Track (Track T) – 2010
Co Chairs: Paul Friga and Idalene Kesner
Mission: To improve the teaching effectiveness of SMS members through high impact sessions
Vision: To be widely recognized for quality programming and engage over 300 members per year
Priorities: Designing lively and relevant sessions, involving award winning faculty, and reaching many
The Core Strategy Course: Is There a Dominant Design?
(Session 288; Mon: 09:45 – 11:00; Tintoretto 2) – Chair: Rob Grant, University of Bocconni
Rob Grant will leverage many years of experience teaching strategy as well as research into the field of strategy as he leads a session dedicated to addressing the ever important question: "what should we teach in our core strategy course?" Professor Grant, the author of one of the best selling strategy textbooks, "Contemporary Strategy Analysis", will share insights from a research project he recently completed that analyzed the content of the core strategy courses across many leading business schools today. After sharing the similarities and differences in what is taught, he will lead a debate around what should be taught, what types of cases should be used (are many outdated and irrelevant?), and what kinds of recent research should be integrated into our teaching? Finally, the session will include an update from the SMS Strategy Certification Task Force that is looking into a potential strategy certification program and they will share findings around research on the strategy "Common Body of Knowledge."
How To Really Teach Strategy: Good, Better and Best
NOTE: WE ARE STILL SEEKING 1-2 PANELISTS FOR THIS SESSION – PLEASE EMAIL PNF@UNC.EDU
(Session 289; Mon: 15:15-16:30; Tintoretto 2) - Paul Friga, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
There are good ways to teach strategy, and there are many suggestions about best practices, but how do we (as a field and as individuals) get from Good to Best? There is no magic bullet that will allow us to leapfrog from today to our ideal future. Instead we need to understand how systems, organizations, and individuals move along a path to better teaching outcomes in strategy. This session would set up a "straw man" of best practices in teaching strategy and will include presentations by award-winning faculty who have expertise in teaching strategy at different levels (e.g. academic – undergraduate, MBA, and Executives as well as a corporate and consulting perspective). This session is perfect for new faculty who are just getting started or old timers who want to update their strategy teaching toolkit.
The Most Popular Strategy Electives and How to Teach Them
NOTE: WE ARE STILL SEEKING 1-2 PANELISTS FOR THIS SESSION – PLEASE EMAIL PNF@UNC.EDU
(Session 294; Mon: 16:45 – 18:00; Tintoretto 2) - Chair: Paul N. Friga, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Do you teach or would you like to teach a course in innovation, sustainability, governance, alliances, or consulting? This session will present findings on a review of the most popular strategy elective courses around the globe. We will feature experts in the field who have successfully taught the electives and they will offer tips of how to teach such courses, including the sharing of actual syllabi and course material. Participants will also be asked to network with each other to share different perspectives and establish smaller communities around teaching topics within the Strategic Management Society.
Simulations Bring Strategy Classes to Life
(Session 292: Tue: 08:00 – 09:15; Tintoretto 2) - Chair: Kim Warren, Teaching Fellow: London Business School
This session's purpose is to encourage the use of simulations to enrich classes and increase the relevance of case discussions by having students live the challenge of actually running strategy, rather than just talking about it. It will explain that strategy is about building performance over time – not hitting static performance ratios – and that this cannot be learned from analytic frameworks alone. The session will outline the very wide variety of simulations available to support strategy teaching, and offer a taxonomy to organise the various purposes and styles available (paper-based up to complex computer-based simulations...10-minute in-class exercises up to block-buster/whole-course mega-games]. It will encourage participants to give it a try, by showing a good example of an existing case-supporting simulation, and suggest a variety of sources.
Finding Strategy Cases that Are Guaranteed to Succeed
(Session 290; Tue: 11:00 – 12:15; Tintoretto 2) - Chair: Jay Dial, Ohio State University
This session will offer specific recommendations from experienced case teaching faculty on cases that have proven to work successfully in a variety of settings. The session will feature faculty members with expertise and familiarity with offerings from each of the major case-producing institutions. The cases discussed will cover specific content areas (i.e., industry analysis, resource-based view, competitive dynamics or international business), pedagogical goals (such as mini-cases as class enhancements or perhaps quantitative cases) and/or various program levels (including undergraduate, MBA or executive settings). Attendees are encouraged to offer recommendations and share their own favorites that they have used to enhance courses or to build entire strategy courses around. We will also share syllabi so that you are assured to come away with recommendations for many cases that have already proven to be successful.
Case Teaching Tips: Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
(Session 291; Tue: 17:00 – 18:15; Tintoretto 2) - Chair: Idie Kesner - Indiana University
Whether you are an expert case teacher or a novice, you will find useful tips in this session ranging from how to increase in-class participation to how to track participation for grading purposes. Professor Idie Kesner has won 22 teaching awards for her work as a case teacher. She will repeat her popular session delivered at the 2007 SMS Conference held in San Diego. The session will begin with a presentation of various techniques used to make a big difference in the classroom case experience for all students – undergraduate, MBA, or executive. Copies of actual classroom management materials will be distributed. These materials can be used to manage in-class discussions and evaluate student performance. Attendees will be able to return to their schools and immediately integrate these take-away tips and materials easily and quickly in their own classrooms. At the end of the session, attendees will be invited to share their own tips & hints with fellow attendees allowing everyone to benefit from the collective knowledge of rich and diverse case teaching experiences.
Paul N. Friga, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Director of Consulting Concentrations
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kenan-Flagler Business School
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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