Case Studies

MIT Management Sloan School: LearningEdge (CC BY-NC-ND)

These business case studies fall under the headings of entrepreneurship, leadership/ethics, operations management, strategy, sustainability, and system dynamics. They are narratives that facilitate class discussion about a particular business or management issue.

Courses

Evidence-based Practice in Management and Consulting (CC BY-NC-SA)

Help you and your organization to make better decisions by learning how to distinguish science from folklore; data from assertions; and evidence from beliefs, anecdotes, or personal opinion.

Introduction to Management (CC BY)

This course was developed to address two primary gaps present in many introductory management courses: A focus on high level theory without immediate application for students. Examples and cases focusing on large Fortune 500 businesses with hundreds or thousands of employees, where most students in decision-making roles need to make smart decisions on a much smaller scale.

Textbooks

Developing Organizational Managerial Wisdom (CC BY-NC-SA)

This book presents the results of novel research into the dynamics of values, rationality, and power in organizations. Through this understanding, readers will gain insights and frameworks with which to understand the actions of others within their environment.

Emergence of a Strategic Leader (CC BY-SA)

Supplemental reading for LD823 MS in Leadership Course at Granite State College, NH.

Organizational Behavior (CC BY-NC-SA)

Text for MGMT805 in MS for Management at Granite State College, NH (USA).

Principles of Management for Leadership Communication (CC BY-NC-SA)

This textbook from the University of Arkansas teaches management principles to tomorrow’s business leaders by weaving three threads through every chapter: strategy, entrepreneurship and active leadership.

Problem Solving in Teams and Groups (CC BY)

This textbook covers content relevant to COMS342 Problem Solving in Teams and Groups at the University of Kansas.

Strategic Discoveries: Case Studies in Strategic Leadership Development (CC BY-NC-ND)

A collection of case studies on Strategic Leadership written by graduate students in a Strategic Leadership course. Each leader comes from a different area of the strategic leadership spectrum: education, health care, business, non-profit, and Christian ministry. As such, these case studies explore strategic leadership from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds and experiences.

Strategic Management (CC BY-NC-SA)

An introduction to the key topics and themes of strategic management. The authors draw on examples of familiar companies and personalities to illustrate the different strategies used by today’s firms—and how they go about implementing those strategies. Students will learn how to conduct a case analysis, measure organizational performance, and conduct external and internal analyses.

Mastering Strategic Management (CC BY-NC-SA)

Teaching the strategic management course can be a challenge for many professors. In most business schools, strategic management is a “capstone” course that requires students to draw on insights from various functional courses they have completed (such as marketing, finance, and accounting) in order to understand how top executives make the strategic decisions that drive whether organizations succeed or fail. Although students have taken these functional courses, many students have very little experience with major organizational choices. It is this inexperience that can undermine many students’ engagement in the course. For questions about this textbook please contact textbookuse@umn.edu.