BUSI 770 Strategy Formulation and Strategic Thinking

The advanced study of the process of business strategy development and execution including the decision traps to avoid and the most effective ways to develop and implement strategy.

For information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog.

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BUSI 770, building upon the advanced concepts and techniques learned in the preceding courses, provides an advanced perspective on strategic thinking and decision making as applied to business strategy and the evaluation of business strategies.


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After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student will complete 7 distinct discussions in this course. For each discussion, the student must refer to the detailed Discussion Assignment Instructions provided. Each thread must be a minimum of 700 words in the body, except for Discussion Thread: Business Integrity, God’s Perspective, and Decision Models which must be 900 words in the body. Each thread must also include a minimum of 2 sources from the literature in addition to the course texts, provide a title block for the discussion, and use the bolded headings provided. The student must then reply to 1 of his/her classmates’ threads for each discussion. Each reply must be a minimum of 250 words in the body, include a minimum of 2 sources from the literature in addition to the course texts, and use bolded headings. Current APA format must be used in both the threads and replies. 

For this assignment, the student must develop the outline for the literature review following the detailed instructions in Canvas.

For this assignment, the outline generated in the Literature Review: Outline Assignment must be followed, including any feedback from the instructor. The Final Assignment must be a minimum of 24 pages of total written content, not including introduction, conclusion, front matter, reference section, and any tables or figures provided. A minimum of 24 current sources not including course texts is required. Current APA formatting is required.


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