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Lecture # Subject Title
Week 1: Transformational Strategy
Presenters: Peter DeLisle, PhD
James H. Davis, PhD
1 Course Introduction
2 Transformational Strategy
3 Types of Planning
4 Revolutionary Model of Planning
5 Patterns of Failure and Successful Venturing
6 Technological Revolutions
7 Revolutionary Strategies
8 Transformational Imperatives
Week 2: Industry Structure and Competitor Analysis
Presenter: Rajan R. Kamath, PhD
9 Industry Structure
10 Analyzing Structure
11 Case: Soft Drink Industry
12 The Fountain Trade
13 Competitor Analysis
14 Generic Strategy Matrix
15 Differentiation – Broad Focus
16 Differentiation – Narrow Focus
17 Foresight
18 Foresight Methodolgy Steps
Week 3: The Exceptional Presenter
Presenter: Timothy J. Koegel, MS
19 The Exceptional Presenter
20 The Importance of Presentation
21 Organizing Your Message
22 Posture
23 Gestures
24 Eye Contact
25 Props and Visual Aids
26 Voice
27 Engaging the Audience
28 Be Natural, Understand and Practice
Week 4: The Legal Aspect of Business
Presenter: Margot O’Brien, JD
29 Legal Aspects of Business
30 The Judicial System
31 Criminal Law vs. Civil Law
32 Tort Law
33 Agency Law
34 Sole Proprietorship
35 Partnerships
36 Corporations
Week 5: Contracts, Employment Laws and Legal Research
Presenter: Margot O’Brien, JD
37 Respondeat Superior
38 Contract Law
39 Employment Contracts
40 Employment Discrimination Law
41 Sexual Harassment Law
42 Labor Law
43 Legal Research
Week 6: Value-Based Leadership
Presenter: Joseph Holt, JD
44 Value-Based Decision Making
45 Values
46 Values at a Personal Level – Part 1
47 Values at a Personal Level – Part 2
48 Values at the Organizational Level
49 Two Approaches to Ethics Management
50 The Moral Development of Organizations
51 The Threefold Challenges of Values-Based Organizations
52 Values at the Societal Level
53 The New Performance Standard for Companies
54 Decision-Making Frameworks
Week 7: Hyperchange
Presenter: John A. Walker, PhD
55 Hyperchange
56 Leadership Mindset
57 Meta-Motivation Inventory
58 Quadrants of the Meta-Motivation Theory
59 One Thing That Can Be Done to Make Everything Better
Week 8: Corporate Core Values
Presenters: John A. Walker, PhD
Peter DeLisle, PhD
60 What Keeps People Productively Engaged
61 Organizations Purpose
62 The Hewlett-Packard Way
63 Core Values and Corporate Character
64 Stress
65 Personal Efficacy
66 Men of Honor Panel
67 Course Conclusion