c students' ability to think strategically about issues central to creating and sustaining a firm's competitive position. Because of the ever-changing and increasingly complex business environment, it emphasizes both the dynamics and global aspects of strategic management. Topics include the strategic role of the general manager, crafting corporate and business-level strategy, managing strategic change, strategy implementation, and control. Others are building a firm's capability to sustain competitive advantage, analyzing industry evolution, global rivalry and ethical reasoning that underlie strategic competitive decisions. Course objectives are accomplished through extensive case analysis from a variety of industries and managerial settings to give students opportunity to apply strategic management skills and tools. Prerequisites: ACCT 710, FIN 750, MGMT 727, ECON 708, MGMT 725, MKTG 716.. (F;S;SS)