ClassInfo - Spring 2016 Public Affairs Classes Taught by Lee Munnich:2C Jr

Spring 2016 | PA 5590 Section 001: Topics in Economic and Community Development -- Economic Competitiveness (66392)

Instructor(s): Lee Munnich, Jr
L. Burke Murphy
Matt Schmit
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: A-F only
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:: Topics Course
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016

Thu 06:00PM - 08:45PM

UMTC, West Bank

Hubert H Humphrey Center 20

Course Catalog Description:: Selected topics. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
Class Notes:: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?murphy+PA5590+Spring2016
Class Description:: PA 5590
Economic Competitiveness: Firms, Clusters and Economic Development

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The course examines both advanced and developing economies and addresses competitiveness at multiple levels -- nations, sub-national units such as states or provinces, particular cluster, and neighboring countries. The course is concerned not only with government policy, but also with the roles that firms, industry, associations, universities, and other institutions play in competitiveness. In modern competition, each of these institutions has an important and evolving role in economic development. Moreover, the process of creating and sustaining an economic strategy for a nation, state or region is a daunting challenge. The course explores not only theory and policy but also the organizational structures, institutional structures, and change processes required for sustained improvements in competitiveness. The course is based on a case-study course developed by Professor Michael Porter and a team of his colleagues at the Harvard Business School. The course explores the determinants of national and regional competitiveness building from the perspective of firms, clusters, sub-national units, nations, and groups of neighboring countries. It focuses on the sources of national or regional productivity, which are rooted in the strategies and operating practices of locally based firms, the vitality of clusters, and the quality of the business environment in which competition takes place. The course is taught using case studies drawn from all major regions of the world. Part of the purpose of the course is to expose students to some of the most successful countries and regions. The class format will consist of case studies, readings, lectures, guest speakers, and a strong emphasis on teamwork and class participation. Team members will be expected to prepare and present a regional economic and cluster analysis and strategy, to give an oral presentation to a guest jury, and to assess their own performance as a team.
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66392/1163
Syllabus:: http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/munni001_schm1327_lbmurphy_PA5590_Spring2016.doc
Past Syllabi:: http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/munni001_schm1327_lbmurphy_PA5590_Spring2018.doc (Spring 2018)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/munni001_schm1327_lbmurphy_PA5590_Spring2017.doc (Spring 2017)
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 26 October 2015

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