The NAS Strategy seminar features two leading professors on strategy development and strategic management, Professors Violina Rindova, and Robert Wiltbank. Professors Rindova and Wiltbank will lead teams of arts and culture leaders through class discussions, case studies and team exercises as they analyze and articulate why their organizations do what they do and what makes them unique.
Professor Rindova, Ph.D., M.B.A., J.D. is a professor in strategy at the McCombs School of Business, University of Texas-Austin. Her research focusing on how firms develop intangible assets and manage perceptions of value has been published in leading journals in management and strategy and has been covered by various business media including Business Week and The Economist. She has extensive teaching experience in courses relating to entrepreneurship and strategic management at the undergraduate, graduate, and executive levels.
Dr. Wiltbank is Associate Professor of Strategic Management for the Atkinson Graduate School of Management at Willamette University. His research focuses on strategy making under uncertain conditions, including marketing in the absence of markets, behavioral theory of entrepreneurial firms and organizational strategy. He teaches courses on Industry Analysis, Strategic Management, and New Venture Creation.
Strategy is being presented in Nashville October 28-30. Participants will attend in organizational teams of three to five senior-level staff. Organization Fellowships will cover the full team tuition. Organizations from outside the Nashville area will also receive travel support to help offset the expense of travel and lodging. Organizations interested in participating must apply before August 27 to be eligible.
