The Outsiders
The Outsiders – PPT Instructions
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, all students are required to read Chapter 9 in the book, The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success. In addition to Chapter 9, review your assigned chapter according to the first letter of your last name provided in the list below:
- If your last name begins with G, H, I, read Chapter 3 (Please pull from Chapter 3 for this assignment) Block, S. B., Hirt, G. A., & Danielsen, B. R. (2022).
After reading your assigned chapter, create a slide presentation linking what you have read in The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success to the theories of capital allocation in the textbook, Foundations of Financial Management.
In your presentation,
- Describe the CEO and the example of the company (one to two slides).
- Examine the theoretical application of capital allocation (one to two slides).
- Explain how the CEO highlighted in your required chapter used the theories of capital allocation and applied them to his or her situation (two to three slides). You may also want to use Chapter 9 from The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success.
- Summarize three key takeaways you learned from linking the textbook theory to the real-world scenario highlighted in your required chapter (one to two slides).
The Outsiders presentation,
- Must be five to nine slides in length (not including title and references slides) and formatted according to APA Style
- Must include a separate title slide with the following:
- Must document any information used from sources in APA Style
- Must include a separate references slide that is formatted according to APA Style
Please refer to these texts:
Block, S. B., Hirt, G. A., & Danielsen, B. R. (2022). Foundations of financial management (18th ed.). McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
Thorndike, W., N., Jr. (2012). The outsiders: Eight unconventional CEOs and their radically rational blueprint for success. Harvard Business Review Press.
