This course will present an up-to-date look at how actual companies act strategically and organize themselves. The authors of our textbook provide the reader with a richness of theory, a richness of practice, and a strong basis for linkage between the two. We will combine a case study approach with theory that will provide the accumulated benefits of many years of careful research and thought about management processes and emphasizes the textbook authors’ belief that in this complex world of organizations, a range of concepts is needed to cut through and illuminate particular aspects of that complexity.