Each student will make a 5-minute presentation on an article from a major business publication, including but not limited to The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Harvard Business Review, Financial Times, Barron’s, Forbes, Fortune, New York Times, Inc., Entrepreneur, and Fast Company.
The topic of the presentation should be related to the topic of that day’s session (e.g., Corporate Governance,) or from the prior week (Corporate-Level Strategy or Merger and Acquisition Strategies). Choose topics that have a point of view – e.g., an editorial or in-depth analysis which draws conclusions. You must notify me of the article you will be using no later than three days before your presentation and get my approval. You or I will also post the article (or link) to the class so everyone can read it prior to your presentation and be prepared to discuss it further.
Presentations should address four things:
• Summarize the article including its major points and relevance
• Explain how the article ties in with this or last week’s class material – no more than 2-3 key concepts
• Identify the author’s opinion, i.e., what does the author think about the discussed issue, event, strategy, etc.?
• Argue for or against the author’s point of view depending on your personal view; make sure you use some strategic management theory, concepts, and analysis to back up your view
No. of Pages: 2
