Eighteen functional-area reading curricula are outlined below. Items listed beneath each heading represent titles of specific essays in the EoM.

1. Corporate Planningand Strategic Management

Aggregate Planning

Brainstorming

Business Continuity Planning

Business Plan

Capacity Planning

Decision Making

Decision Rules and Decision Analysis

Decision Support Systems

Diversification Strategy

Divestment

Downsizing and Rightsizing

Economies of Scale and Economies of Scope

Exporting and Importing

Franchising

Free Trade Agreements and Trading Blocs

Futuring

Gap Analysis

Generic Competitive Strategies

Globalization

Goals and Goal Setting

Group Decision Making

Location Strategy

Macroenvironmental Forces

Make-or-Buy Decisions

Manufacturing Resources Planning

Market Share

Mergers and Acquisitions

Miles and Snow Typology

Multiple-Criteria Decision Making

New Product Development

Open and Closed Systems

Operations Strategy

Opportunity Cost

Order-Winning and Order-Qualifying Criteria

Porter's 5-Forces Model

Product Life Cycle and Industry Life Cycle

Production Planning and Scheduling

Strategic Planning Failure

Strategic Planning Tools

Strategy Formulation

Strategy Implementation

Strategy...