GBUS 8439
Building Cultures of Innovation through Effective
Leadership
Robert Smelick
January 2008 One-Week, Quarter 3
Classroom 190
Office: FOB 184 Phone:
982-2756
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Class/Date |
Assignments |
Class 1
Mon 1/7 |
Materials:
1. Course Introduction
2. Reflections on Leadership
3. Wired Ventures Case Study Part A
Assignment:
Students should come to class
prepared to discuss the Wired Case Study
Part A. They should
also come to class with some developed thoughts
on what the
characteristics of an effective leader are: personal
characteristics,
skill sets, management approaches, etc.
To Be Distributed:
1. Wired Ventures Part B
2. Metricom Part A & B |
Class 2
Tue 1/8 |
Materials:
1. Metricom Part B
2. Genentech
Questions:
1.
To Be Distributed:
1. The Wine Group
2. Willamette Part A
3. Williamette Industries' "No Pay
At Risk" Compensation Practices (Stanford Case) |
Class 3
Wed 1/9 |
Materials:
1. The Wine Group
2. Williamette Part A
3. Williammette Industries' "No Pay At Risk" Compensation Practices
4.
"The Powerful Antitakeover Force of Staggered Boards...," by L. A.
Bebchuk,
J. C. Coates IV, G. Subramanian, Stanford Law Review,
Dec. 2002, Vol. 55.
http://www.law.harvard.edu/faculty/bebchuk/pdfs/2002.Bebchuk-Coates-Guhan.staggered.boards.pdf
(active
link)
5.
"Observations of an “Outside” Outside Director...,"
by E. C. Sroufe,
M
& A Lawyer, June 2002, Vol. 6, No. 2.
http://www.perkinscoie.com/files/Publication/44b3e9a3-3333-4d60-b7a4-b4ceb22dba1f/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/6250f1fe-86e9-4389-935d-937fdd742d18/observations.pdf
(active
link)
Assignment:
• Mid-Course Paper Instructions:
Compare the Leadership of Louis Rossetto, Robert Dilworth
and Robert Swanson.
• This paper is due at 9:00 AM and should be no more
than
four (4) pages,
double-spaced.
To Be Distributed:
1. Williamette Part B
2. Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream
3. Nordstrom |
Class 4
Thu 1/10 |
Materials:
1. Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream
2. Nordstrom
Questions:
1.
To Be Distributed:
1. Pacific Telesis |
Class 5
Fri 1/11 |
Materials:
1. Pacific Telesis
Final Hour: CourseReap
Note:
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Class 6
Wed 1/12 |
• Final Paper Due |
Updated:
02/26/14 03:06 PM
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