Teaching

MBA 850

Strategic Management — MBA

Examines how firms build, sustain, and lose competitive advantage. Covers industry analysis, positioning, corporate strategy, and global competition through case discussion and current-event mini-cases.

MGT 409

Strategic Management — Undergraduate

Capstone undergraduate course integrating functional business knowledge through case analysis, competitive simulations, and current-event mini-cases. Students develop and defend firm-level strategies under conditions of uncertainty.

Corporate Strategy — MBA

Examines how multi-business firms create value through diversification, vertical integration, and corporate restructuring. Case-driven with an emphasis on real-time strategic decisions. Neary Teaching Excellence Award (2021).

Corporate Strategy — Undergraduate

Upper-level course on corporate-level strategy, covering mergers and acquisitions, alliances, and scope decisions through case discussion and team-based analysis.

Business Strategy — Undergraduate

Foundational course in competitive strategy, emphasizing industry dynamics, firm positioning, and the sources of competitive advantage.

Microfoundations of Strategy and Organization Theory

Doctoral seminar examining how individual-level cognition, communication, and action underpin macro-level organizational and institutional phenomena. Covers foundational and contemporary readings at the intersection of strategy and organization theory.

Language, Meaning, and Strategy

Doctoral seminar exploring how language shapes strategic outcomes—from rhetorical legitimation to computational text analysis. Students engage with both theoretical foundations and hands-on methods for studying language in organizational contexts.

Leading Organizations — Undergraduate

Core course on organizational behavior and leadership, covering motivation, team dynamics, decision-making, and organizational design. Marshall Ph.D. Teaching Award (2015).