The Legal and Regulatory Context for Managers

This course illustrates how law impacts daily management decisions and business strategies. This includes topics on how managers can use legal knowledge to minimize risk and create value, create solutions to attain business objectives, identify and resolve legal issues, and assist in managing legal disputes that may arise. Students will learn some of the key legal dilemmas that often arise in business and analyze solutions from a manager’s perspective by integrating law and management. The relationship between law and business will be illustrated in class lectures, case discussions, experiential activities, and selected readings.