All assignments are listed in the following table. Cases, Required Readings, and Recommended Readings can be purchased directly from Harvard Business School. Students are responsible for preparing both the cases and the readings listed for each class. Web links lead to the actual assignments and supplemental readings for each date. Assignments list specific questions which students should be prepared to answer
For those of you visiting this website who wishes to read the cases or articles, they can be purchased online at Harvard Business School Publishing
Date |
Case Study |
Required Reading |
Recommended Reading |
Amusing Links |
Introduction |
||||
| 3/30/10 |
Will be handed out in class |
| ||
Strategy | ||||
| 4/01/10 |
| Let Me Go Back. | 1; 2; 3; 4; 5 | |
| 4/06/10 |
| Camels and Rubber Duckies | 6; 7; 8 | |
| 4/08/10 |
| |||
Product Planning & Marketing |
||||
| 4/13/10 |
| |||
| 4/15/10 |
| |||
| 4/20/10 |
| |||
| 4/22/10 |
|
| ||
| 4/27/10 |
| 14; 15 | Product Development |
|
| 4/29/10 |
| |||
| 5/04/10 |
| Product Development Takes Ten Years. Get Used to It! | 9 | Group Written Assignment |
| 5/06/10 |
| |||
| 5/11/10 |
Group Assignment on Hewlett Packard is due at beginning of class (8am) |
| Accounting and Finance |
|
| 5/13/10 |
| Text Book Recommendation: Essentials of Accounting By Robert Anthony and Leslie Pearlman, available on Amazon; Self-paced study of accounting. 10-15 hours to complete. | ||
| 5/18/10 | 10; 11; 12 | |||
| 5/20/10 |
| 13 | Student Research Case | |
| 5/25/10 | Individual Written Assignment |
|||
| 5/27/10 | Individual written assignment on AMD is due at beginning of class (8am) |
| Mouth Wide Shut | Career Planning and Responsibilities of Leadership |
| 6/01/10 |
| 16 | ||
| 6/01/10 (4:30 to 6:30 pm) |
| Drinks (beer, wine, soft drinks); Appetizers | 17; 18 | |