Keeping your Competitive Edge II
EMBA Alumni Education Forum, May 7 -9, 2008
Join other EMBA alumni for a program on leading edge management topics presented by your Fisher College faculty. This session will keep you updated on challenging management topics and also provide you with an opportunity to socialize with former classmates and to network with other EMBA alumni.
Program Schedule
| May 7 | Annual EMBA Golf Outing (optional)* |
| May 8 | Education Forum Sessions |
| May 8 | Cohort 7 Graduation March |
| May 8 | Alumni Dinner |
| May 9 | Education Forum Session (1/2 day) |
Session 1: Anil Makhija
Corporate Governance
The enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and some highly publicized cases of failure of corporate governance (CG) have reminded us of the importance of CG to investors. The purpose of this session is to provide a systematic review of the theory and literature on CG in order to address its practical implications. The treatment takes a financial approach to the subject, emphasizing impact on firm values and returns to investors. While the issues are thoroughly discussed, the treatment is data-driven with substantial empirical evidence brought to the classroom. In addition, CG issues are illustrated through some mini-cases.
Session 2: Roy Lewicki
Negotiations
Executives negotiate all the time. But they seldom realize that there are distinctly different strategy and tactics in negotiation for different situations and in different relationships. In this program, we will focus on how executives can use appropriate negotiation strategy and tactics in the right situations. Lecture, discussion and role plays will be used.
Session 3: Jay Barney
Advanced Strategic Management
On a recent trip to a large bookstore in Portland Oregon, I counted over 360 books in the section labeled “strategic management.” This huge range of books had at least two things in common. First, they each presented some “new” approach to thinking about strategic management. Second, they each described the ideal way that this “new” approach should be applied in organizations. At that moment, what struck me was that what was needed was not just another one of these books, but a book that focused on the real problems of applying strategic management ideas in real organizations. My co-author, Trish Clifford, and I struck on the idea of writing a “business novel”—a fictional story about a very realistic company facing a difficult strategic choice—as a way to not introduce new models or theories, but rather, as a way to talk about the challenges associated with implementing the models and theories we have. We have completed the first half of our book, Clear Air Turbulence: Making Strategy Happen in Real Organizations—A Business Novel and it will be shared with the OSU Executive MBA Alumni. We expect even the incomplete book will generate some interesting discussions.
Cost
Reserve your spot and register by April 6th to take advantage of the early bird fee of $395. Registration fee after April 6th is $695. Please Note: Cost of the golf outing has not been determined yet and is not included in the registration fee.
Hotel Reservations
There are a limited number of rooms available at The Blackwell Inn at the Executive Education rate of $121 plus applicable taxes. Unsold rooms will be released after April 7, 2008, so please reserve early. If making your reservation by phone 614-247-4000 or toll free at 866-247-4003, please reference EMBA Alumni to receive the ExecEd rate. If making your reservation online, please quote code: EEMBA0508 http://www.theblackwell.com
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