COURSE
NUMBER: MBA 211.1
COURSE
TITLE: Game Theory
UNITS
OF CREDIT: 3 Units
INSTRUCTOR:
John Morgan
E-MAIL
ADDRESS: morgan@haas.berkeley.edu
CLASS
WEB PAGE LOCATION: http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/rjmorgan/mba211
MEETING
DAY(S)/TIME: Tuesday and Thursday, 11:00AM – 12:30 PM
PREREQUISITE(S):
None
CLASS
FORMAT: The class consists of strategy and negotiation exercises, case studies,
discussion, and lectures.
REQUIRED
READINGS: The course will have a course reader, use
the text The Art of Strategy, and various exercises.
BASIS
FOR FINAL GRADE:
25%
Class Participation and problem sets
25%
Mid semester project including in-class presentation
50%
Term project including in-class presentation
ABSTRACT
OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES:
This
course is a survey of the main ideas and techniques of game-theory as they
relate to competitive strategy, bargaining, conflict, and negotiation. As such,
the course emphasizes the identification and analysis of archetypal strategic
situations frequently occurring in strategic situations.
The
key learning objectives are:
The
course has a strong experiential component. Students will repeatedly
participate in a variety of games based on real-world business situations
thereby developing the ability to translate their analyses into practice. The
mid-semester and final projects also emphasize translating the core concepts
into usable strategies in real-world markets.
BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCH:
John
Morgan is a Professor at the Haas School of Business School and the Department
of Economics, University of California, Berkeley. He won the Cheit Award in the Day MBA Program in 2007 for the Game
Theory course.
Morgan
is the Gary and Sherron Kalbach
Chair in Entrepreneurship. He is also the Founding Director of Xlab, Berkeley's laboratory for economic experiments,
Faculty Director for the Center for Executive Educations, and Research
Scientist at Yahoo.
Prior
to joining Haas, Dr. Morgan was at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton
University. Professor Morgan holds a Ph. D. in Economics from The Pennsylvania
State University and is a CPA. He is an alumnus of the Wharton School at the
University of Pennsylvania.
Professor
Morgan's research concerns three questions central to
many businesses
-How
should firms optimally price and advertise in the online marketplace?
-How
should a firm organize so those with authority possess the necessary
information to make good decisions?
-How
can a firm optimally gather and use information for successful innovation?