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[Course Name] MGMT 531 [Overview] Provides students with key analytic ability to assess the gap between the current status of the organization and the need to implement a new strategy or execute change, and then identify a strategy for closing the gap. Students will develop facility with two essential frameworks: a model of organizational alignment and a model for managing the change process. The topics covered include alignment of organizational structure, information and decision processes, rewards, people, and symbols; persuasion, resource, time and pacing, and leadership by the top team in the change process; implementation of an innovation strategy, a turnaround strategy, a transnational strategy, or an acquisition integration strategy. Prerequisite: None; Elective for SMAC, SCM (When Offered) [Course Title] 
Strategy Implementation & Change
Second Year Course List — Penn State Smeal College of Business