AP/ADMS 4910
Management Policy Part II
Fall 2026
Topics
- Company mission and vision
- Strategic choices and formulation
- Learning within teams
- Resources as sources of competitive advantage
- Business ethics and stakeholders
- Decision biases
- Testing and implementing strategies in a business simulation
- Investor pitches
Readings
- Required: Management Simulations, Inc., Capstone Business Simulation Student Guide and Comprehensive Business Review.
- Collins and Porras (1996), Building Your Company's Vision.
- Seidler, Methling and von Nitsch (2022), How to Make Strategic Trade-Offs.
- Likierman (2020), The Elements of Good Judgment.
- Edmondson, Bohmer and Pisano (2019), Speeding Up Team Learning.
- Barney (1991), Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage.
- Parmar et al. (2010), Stakeholder Theory: The State of the Art.
- Soll, Milkman and Payne (2015), Outsmart Your Own Biases.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Public course outline ↗Fall 2026
- Article years are those cited in the outline; core business-course notes and textbooks are also expected.