Session 1 Agenda

Session Date Topic Resource Materials/Due Dates/Comment

1

July 6th

Introduction to course & review of syllabus

Topic discussion: "Strategy for Networked Enterprises (NE)"

Topic discussion: "NE as a Transformational Capability"

 

8:00am-9:00am

Introduction and preview of course and session

 

9:00am-9:45am

Topic discussion #1: "Strategy for Networked Enterprises (NE)"

Objective 1

9:45am-9:55am

Break

 

9:55am-10:50am

Topic discussion #2: "NE as a Transformational Capability"

Objective 2

10:50am-11:00am

Break, leading directly into the in-class group reading and work

 

11:10am-11:30am

In-class reading (see above) 

Lab #1 groupwork

Objective 3

11:30am-12:00pm

Oral report: Lab #1

Objective 4

 

 

 

Learning Objectives


Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to: 

Objective 1:  

Define and describe accurately at a fairly high level of abstraction basic concepts of business strategy, including "strategy," "strategic planning or plan," "mission," "vision," "tactics," "strategic metrics," and so forth  

Distinguish between domain selection (scope) and domain navigation (how to do it-resource allocation) in strategy considerations

Objective 2: 

Define e-Commerce and Net-enhancement  from several different perspectives 

Debate the versatility and necessity for the terms "e-Commerce" and "e-Business," "Net-enablement and Net-enhancement," and "networked enterprises" standing for the phenomenon of post-internal organizational systems

Discuss what NE is not 

Describe critical trends in NE and their importance for businesses

Argue the case that NE is a transformational strategy for firms since the advent of the Internet

Objective 3: 

After choosing a spokesperson to represent the group and organizing the oral report, articulate the elements of the strategy that lies behind either epinions.com or boo.com/Fashionmall.com

Objective 4: 

The spokesperson representing the group will:

Identify the basic facts/evidence that bear on the situation

Analyze the data and determine the underlying elements of the firm's strategy

Advance a proposed strategy, making a cogent argument for its correctness