COURSE #: 430

TERM: Winter 2010	COURSE #: MORS 430	SECTION: 71	COURSE NAME: Leadership in Organizations
INSTRUCTOR: Loran F. Nordgren
CASEPACK - YES or NO?: Yes
FIRST ASSIGNMENT: This class is about a New Science of Leadership. This new science takes a radically different perspective on leadership. We will learn that leadership does not require formal power within an organization. Rather, leadership is gained through the ability to a) make appropriate and rational decisions in a competitive and collaborative world, b) to influence and motivate others, and c) to access, synthesize, and control the resources of a network of personal contacts. This new approach to leadership enables leaders to quickly adapt their skill sets to the situation at hand, to nimbly shed resources that become obsolete, to tap into resources that are suddenly needed, and to do this continually as the world changes unpredictably. *In order to prepare for our first discussion, please complete the following assignment:* Read: "Why Should My Conscience Bother Me?" Why Ordinary People Torture Enemy Prisoners To help guide you in the readings, consider these questions: Who is to blame for the unethical behavior? What could Lawson have done differently to prevent the production of a flawed brake? Would you blow the whistle on unethical behavior and how would you do this? How can management promote ethical behavior?
IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY – YES OR NO?: Yes
1. TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: NO

TERM: Winter 2010	COURSE #: MORS 430	SECTION: 72			COURSE NAME: Leadership in Organizations
INSTRUCTOR: Robert Livingston
CASEPACK - YES or NO?: Yes
FIRST ASSIGNMENT: I am looking forward to our first class together. This course will focus on how you can maximize your effectiveness in your career and increase the competitive advantage of your organization. We will begin by considering how you can achieve these two goals while taking into account ethical considerations. In order to prepare for this discussion, please complete the following assignment: Read: Why Do Ordinary People Torture Enemy Prisoners “Why Should My Conscience Bother Me?” To help guide you in Why Should My Conscience Bother Me, consider these questions: Who is to blame for the unethical behavior? What could Lawson have done differently to prevent the production of a flawed brake? Have you ever seen an example of unethical actions escalating as they did in this case? How can management promote ethical behavior? Would you blow the whistle on unethical behavior and how would you do this?
IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY – YES OR NO?: YES
1. TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:
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TERM: Winter 2010	COURSE #: MORS 450	SECTION: 71,			COURSE NAME: Management Communication
INSTRUCTOR: Karen Van Camp
CASEPACK : Purchased in class, not in bookstore
ATTENDANCE POLICY: Attendance for entire first class is mandatory. 10 points will be given for attending the entire class. No food, cell phones, or message devices in the classroom.
1. TEXT -- RECOMMENDED
AUTHOR: James Humes			PUBLISHER: Prima Publishing (Crown)
TITLE: Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln				ED./DATE: 2002

TERM: Winter 2010	COURSE #: MORS 451	SECTION: 81			COURSE NAME: Designing Organizational Systems
INSTRUCTOR: Robert Dewar
CASEPACK - YES or NO?: YES
FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Please read pages 9 to 16 in the Kates and Galbraith text and the Goold and Campbell Article, “Do you have a well designed organization” HBR March 2002: 117-124. The article is in the case packet.
IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY – YES OR NO?: No.
1. TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: Required
AUTHOR: Amy Kates and Jay Galbraith			PUBLISHER: Jossey Bass
TITLE: Designing your Organization				ED./DATE: 2007

COURSE #: MORS 452	SECTION: 71	COURSE NAME: Leading the Strategic Change Process
INSTRUCTOR: Ithai Stern
CASEPACK: YES (No text is required apart from the course packet)
I am looking forward to our first class together. In this session I will present a new model for which no reading is available. This model will serve as the corner stone of the whole course. Students who cannot attend the first class will therefore not be able to take the course. FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Please read the following before class: Please read the course syllabus thoroughly before class! Please read the short case about “Madonna” and be prepared to discuss why Madonna has been so successful over such a long period. “Sleights of Mind,” New York Times, George Johnson, August 2007 (will be posted on-line). “Are you sure you have a strategy?” Academy of Management Executive, Donald Hambrick & James Fredrickson, (2001) In addition, please read the following short case and be prepared to discuss the subsequent questions: “Prepare your Organization to Fight Fires” (Weick – HBS). 1. Would you have dropped your tools? Why or Why not? 2. Would you have jumped inside of Dodge’s backfire? Why or Why not? 3. What was needed here to save the smokejumpers’ lives? PLEASE NOTE: This course includes a mandatory full day simulation on Saturday, February 13, from 9:00 to 5:00.
Attendance Policy: The first session in this course and the simulation are mandatory.

TERM: Winter 2010	COURSE #: MORS 470	SECTION: 76			COURSE NAME: Negotiations
INSTRUCTOR: Brosh M. Teucher
CASEPACK - YES or NO?: NO
FIRST ASSIGNMENT: I am looking forward to the beginning of Winter Quarter and our class on negotiations. I want to call your attention to a few things: There is a class attendance policy for this course. To hold your place in class you must attend the first day of class. However, I do realize that we are living in rather uncertain times. In case of emergency, please let me know by email or phone, that you are delayed and that you wish me to hold your place in class, and your expected arrival time. The syllabus with all requirements and the class matrix with dates of course activities are posted on the class’s blackboard web site. Please read the syllabus and familiarize yourself with requirements prior to attending the first day of class. You may read ahead chapter #1 in the book but not further. Bring a checkbook to class to pay for the negotiation exercises packet.
IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY – YES OR NO?: YES
1. TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: Text is REQUIRED
AUTHOR: Thompson, L			PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall
TITLE: The Mind & Heart of the Negotiator				ED./DATE: 4th ed. 2009