{"id":268,"date":"2020-06-30T17:16:22","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T22:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/?page_id=268"},"modified":"2021-07-29T12:43:26","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T17:43:26","slug":"courses-taught-and-example-content","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/teaching\/courses-taught-and-example-content\/","title":{"rendered":"Courses Taught and Example Content"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">MGMT 439: Strategic Management (Capstone for Business Majors)<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2021\/06\/ACU-Strategic-Management-439-Syllabus_Spring-2020.pdf\">MGMT 439 Syllabus &#8211; Spring 2020<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Taught Fall 2016 &#8211; Spring 2021 (two sections each semester)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This course is designed to give students a big picture view of the entire organization. Strategy is different from other courses that emphasize the development of expertise related to a specific aspect of the organization (e.g., finance, operations, marketing, accounting, etc.). Instead of focusing on a particular functional area, this course provides students with a process for problem-solving and decision-making and requires them to build on, to integrate, and to apply the knowledge gained from those disciplines in order to develop an integrative general management perspective. I teach this course in a very applied manner, meaning that we move beyond comprehension of strategic management concepts to a focus on the growth and development of students\u2019 own strategic thinking, decision making, and skill sets. As such, in addition to some lecture on relevant content to insure understanding of key concepts, I draw on a range of learning tools such as in-class activities, guest speakers, team presentations, and illustrative case analyses to enable students to learn to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate strategic decisions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/07\/Individual-Capstone-Project-Example.pdf\">Here a sample final individual capstone project<\/a><\/span>. This project is a culmination of what students have learned about strategy throughout the course of the semester. Students are asked to address a current strategic issue within an organization of their choosing.<\/li>\n<li>Live strategic case competition:\u00a0In Fall of 2019, I began partnering with the Griggs Center to offer a case competition. In teams, students analyze a live strategic scenario for a local entrepreneur in Abilene and provide recommendations to the client; the winning team, as chosen by the client, receives a small cash prize.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_271\" style=\"width: 2026px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-271\" class=\"size-full wp-image-271\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/image0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/image0.jpeg 2016w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/image0-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/image0-490x368.jpeg 490w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/image0-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/image0-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/image0-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2016px) 100vw, 2016px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fall 2019 Team Competition: winning team with client, Big Country Title<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sample video presentation from Spring 2020 client competition (recorded virtually due to COVID 19):<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Team Case Competition - Spring 2020 - Winning Team\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U989BhEl5vM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>MGMT 322: Business &amp; Sustainability<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2021\/06\/ACU-Business-Sustainability-Syllabus_January_2020_.pdf\"><strong>MGMT 322 Syllabus &#8211; January 2020\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Taught May 2017, January 2018, January 2019, January 2020<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The goal of sustainable business is the simultaneous integration of economic prosperity in service of human development in ways that also create social and environmental value. This course considers global and local sustainability dimensions and introduces students to a wide range of sustainability topic areas. I teach this course in a very interactive manner. I draw on a range of learning tools, including, but not limited to, videos, class discussions, guest speakers, field trips, in-class exercises, and illustrative cases. My overall course goals are to familiarize students with the social, environmental, and financial challenges and opportunities faced by businesses today and to introduce them to a range of responses and innovations by and for business.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/2019\/01\/25\/coba-students-learn-about-business-sustainability\/\">Here is a COBA blog post about this course<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>While this class began as a business special topics course (MGMT 440), in Fall 2019 it was approved as a standalone management course (MGMT 322).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_334\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-334\" class=\"size-full wp-image-334\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/07\/sustainability-6-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/07\/sustainability-6-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/07\/sustainability-6-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/07\/sustainability-6-490x368.jpeg 490w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/07\/sustainability-6-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/07\/sustainability-6-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/07\/sustainability-6-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/07\/sustainability-6-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Field trip around ACU learning about on-campus sustainability efforts<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>MGMT 440: Social Enterprise Consulting<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2021\/06\/MGMT-440_Social-Enterprise-Consulting-Syllabus_Spring-2020.pdf\">MGMT 440 Syllabus &#8211; Spring 2020<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Taught Spring 2019, Spring 2020<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This project-based course is designed to give students hands-on experience dealing with a real and substantial issue or challenge faced by a socially-minded organization. Student teams are assigned to a specific management project with a client organization under the supervision of faculty. Student teams define the issues, identify salient facts, and analyze the situation. In a series of classroom meetings, students work to understand the organizational and situational background of the specific project. Then, they travel overseas during spring break, gathering information through on-site visits and data-based research, after which they prepare and present a final report to the client organization. For both iterations of the course to date, Dr. Laura Phillips and I co-taught this course and our clients were female entrepreneurs in Central Costa Rica interested in expanding their offerings in the international experiential tourism market. Our hope is to continue to work with these clients in Costa Rica and to consider developing additional client partnerships in other locations. We are taking a hiatus from this class for the 2020-2021 academic year due to COVID-19, but we hope to revisit offering this class again in the future.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/2019\/04\/05\/students-participate-in-social-enterprise-consulting-in-costa-rica\/\">Here is a COBA blog post about the first course offered in Spring 2019<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Video of Luke Stevens providing an overview of the 2019 course and his lessons learned:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Social Enterprise Consulting - Spring 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K7iXaEOkh3g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For the 2020 course, the deliverables focused on developing marketing content that the female entrepreneurs could utilize for digital marketing purposes. Below is a sample video:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Social Enterprise Consulting - Spring 2020 - Sample Marketing Video\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rUsLUaeUeJw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_278\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-278\" class=\"size-full wp-image-278\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/costa-rica-6-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/costa-rica-6-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/costa-rica-6-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/costa-rica-6-490x368.jpeg 490w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/costa-rica-6-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/costa-rica-6-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/costa-rica-6-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/costa-rica-6-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students capturing marketing content for Spring 2020 project<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>BUSA 419: International Business\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2021\/06\/ACU-International-Busines-419-Syllabus_Fall-2017.pdf\">BUSA 419 Syllabus &#8211; Fall 2017 (residential)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2021\/06\/International-Busines-419-Syllabus_Summer-2018-.pdf\">BUSA 419 Syllabus &#8211; Summer 2018 (study abroad)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2021\/06\/International-Busines-419-Syllabus_Summer-2020.pdf\">BUSA 419 Syllabus &#8211; Summer 2020 (online)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Taught Summer 2018 (Study Abroad in Oxford), Fall 2017 (residential), Summer 2020 (online)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(study abroad in Oxford description) We live in a complex, global world in which business is increasingly done internationally. BUSA 419 provides an intensive exposure to these global environments with a focus on the UK and Slovenia and an emphasis on sustainability. The beginning of the course provided foundational international business through an online format with a focus on reading and written responses. The second part of the course was based in Oxford, England and was enriched with guided learning experiences in and around Oxford, London and an excursion trip to Slovenia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/2018\/08\/14\/tales-from-abroad-coba-goes-to-oxford\/\">Here is a COBA blog post about the 2018 Summer Study Abroad Program<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Below is a video about one of the experiential projects in the 2018 summer study abroad course:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"COBA students research project in Oxford, England\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZQtLVOT5n8s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_279\" style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-279\" class=\"size-full wp-image-279\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/slovenia-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/slovenia-5.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/slovenia-5-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/slovenia-5-490x490.jpg 490w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/slovenia-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/slovenia-5-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Excursion trip to Slovenia &#8211; view from Pyramida Hill in Maribor<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Below is a sample individual reflection presentation from the summer 2020 online course (that was originally supposed to be taught in a study abroad format but moved online due to COVID-19):<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BUSA 419 Individual Reflection Assignment Example\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EE0eQl0slCM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>MGMT 330: Management and Organizational Behavior <\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2021\/06\/MGMT-330-Syllabus_Fall-2019.pdf\">MGMT 330 Syllabus &#8211; Fall 2019<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Taught Fall 2018, Fall 2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This course explores how to foster and lead organizations in which people excel. A core component is the underlying assumption that there are many types of organizations and that organizational excellence depends, in part, on identifying the right fit between people and organizations. This course involves a variety of in-class activities, individual and group assignments, and guest speakers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/07\/Reflected-Best-Self_Example-Paper-1.pdf\">Here is a sample deliverable for the course<\/a><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/07\/Reflected-Best-Self-Exercise-Instructions.docx\">Here are the assignment instructions for this deliverable.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Guest speakers: since this is largely a sophomore class, I invite guest speakers to come and talk about what a day-in-the-life looks like within a particular type of organization (representative of different types of organizations and professional roles). Students get an opportunity to see how the management concepts we are discussing in class play out within actual organizations. Guest speakers give a short introduction and then students are expected to ask the guests questions for the remainder of the time, so it is designed to be highly interactive in nature. Below is a follow up email I received from David Swearingen, retired Vice President of Corporate Communications for Johnson &amp; Johnson, who served as a guest speaker in the 2018 Fall class:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-320\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-01-at-2.53.44-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2070\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-01-at-2.53.44-PM.png 2070w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-01-at-2.53.44-PM-300x68.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-01-at-2.53.44-PM-490x110.png 490w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-01-at-2.53.44-PM-150x34.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-01-at-2.53.44-PM-768x173.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-01-at-2.53.44-PM-1536x346.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-01-at-2.53.44-PM-2048x461.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2070px) 100vw, 2070px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Let\u2019s Eat! Exploring the Food Industr<\/strong><strong>y as Seen in Abilene (Honors Colloquium)<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2021\/06\/HON-415.H1_Lets-Eat-Syllabus_Fall-2020.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Syllabus &#8211; Fall 2020<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Taught Spring 2018, Fall 2020<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This interactive and hands-on colloquium was organized around visiting a variety of Abilene restaurants in order to introduce students to the business management and operation of different types of restaurant venues including: a recent local start up (Vagabonds), an established local landmark with a national recognition (Perini\u2019s Ranch), restaurant operations with multiple establishments (Sharon Riley\u2019s Lytle Land &amp; Cattle and Sharon\u2019s Barbeque), a national franchise (Chick-fil-A) and a food truck (1881). In addition to experiencing a different restaurant each week, we spent time in the classroom debriefing the visit, including discussing and analyzing each restaurant from a variety of different business lenses (e.g., marketing, management, economics, sustainability) and talking about the venues in the context of the wider food industry. For the sixth and final night of the colloquium, we focused on comparing and contrasting the different restaurants visited to look for common themes, distinctions, etc.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_282\" style=\"width: 2058px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-282\" class=\"size-full wp-image-282\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/IMG_2389.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/IMG_2389.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/IMG_2389-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/IMG_2389-490x490.jpg 490w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/IMG_2389-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/IMG_2389-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/IMG_2389-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Class night at Perini&#8217;s Ranch, including an interview with Tom Perini, Spring 2018<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Griggs Center Study Abroad Trip to Southern Africa (postponed due to COVID-19)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prior to the arrival of the global pandemic, I planned to teach MGMT 419: Global Entrepreneur at African Christian College located in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) in Summer 2020. This three-week program was to feature a unique, cross-cultural learning opportunity where our ACU students would be in the classroom with students from African Christian College while studying global entrepreneurship. As a part of this course, students were slated to work on a project to help ACC expand their macadamia nut business in the U.S. market. As well, we were planning to visit Kruger National Park (a highly regarded safari experience) and travel to Cape Town, South Africa. <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/acuoptimist.com\/2019\/11\/coba-makes-plans-to-offer-study-abroad-in-africa\/\">Here is an ACU Optimist article about the planned program. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Since this was to be COBA\u2019s first study abroad experience to the continent of Africa, Dr. Katie Wick and I took a scouting trip in summer 2019. Below are a few sample pictures from the June 2019 trip to South Africa, Eswatini, and Rwanda. My hope is that we will be able to offer this unique and highly experiential study abroad program in the future.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-284\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/Africa-scouting-trip-shots.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1282\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/Africa-scouting-trip-shots.png 1282w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/Africa-scouting-trip-shots-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/Africa-scouting-trip-shots-490x283.png 490w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/Africa-scouting-trip-shots-150x87.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/files\/2020\/06\/Africa-scouting-trip-shots-768x443.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1282px) 100vw, 1282px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/saraheaster\/teaching\/innovations-and-adjustments-to-specific-courses\/\">&gt;Next Section: Innovations and Adjustments to Specific Courses<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MGMT 439: Strategic Management (Capstone for Business Majors) \u00a0MGMT 439 Syllabus &#8211; Spring 2020 &nbsp; Taught Fall 2016 &#8211; Spring 2021 (two sections each semester) &nbsp; This course is designed to give students a big picture view of the entire organization. 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