ESD.S51

Systems Leadership and Management Praxis

Graduate · Historical course

Summer 2014

SLaM (Systems Leadership and Management) Praxis is a course is designed to introduce students to the dynamics of strategic decision making in corporate boardrooms through team exercises, simulations, and role playing. The case studies and team exercises will introduce students to strategy choices in the high tech sector, but these learnings are just as valid in other industries. We will also have invited guest speakers from the industry who have lived through difficult corporate situations and can provide insights into the cases discussed in class.

Readings

Yoffie, David B., Juan Alcacer, et al. “ HTC Corp. in 2012 .” Harvard Business School Case. Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 712–423, May 2012. ↗
Required
Alcacer, Juan, Tarun Khanna, et al. “ The Rise and Fall of Nokia .” Harvard Business School Case. Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 714–428, January 2014. ↗
Required
Henderson, R., and N. Confrey. “ Ember Corporation: Developing the Next Ubiquitous Network Standard .” Harvard Business School Case 703-448, February 2003. ↗
Required
Yoffie, David B., and Penelope Rossano. “ Apple Inc. in 2012 .” Harvard Business School Case. Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 712–490, May 2012. ↗
Required
MacCormack, Alan, Brian Dunn, et al. “ Research In Motion: The Mobile OS Platform War .” Harvard Business School Case. Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 613–001, July 2012. ↗
Required
Inkpen, Andrew. “ Sony Corporation—Is the Sum Greater than the Parts? ” Thunderbird School of Gobal Management Case A07–14–0002, May 2013. ↗
Required

Sources

Course catalogue ↗Historical OpenCourseWare
MIT OCW syllabus ↗
MIT OCW calendar ↗
MIT OCW readings ↗
Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.