TERM: Fall 09

COURSE #: 452

SECTION: 71

COURSE NAME: Leading the Strategic Change Process

INSTRUCTOR: Paul Hirsch

CASEPACK (YES or NO?): YES

 

SCHEDULE NOTES: There will be an all-day simulation (meeting) on Saturday, October 10h.   No class on Wednesday, November 11.  The last class meeting is December 2nd.  There is no final exam.   

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: For Day 1 (September 23), read: In packet and on Blackboard: The Robin Hood case, and Greiner’s “Evolution and Revolution as Organizations Grow.”  Also, think about the following issues: (1) What are the major problems you have seen or encountered in implementing change?  And (2) What are the key tasks of a leader in the change process?

1.  TEXT  --  None

 

 

TERM:  Fall 2009

COURSE #: MORS 430

SECTION: 71, 72

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:  Fall 2009

COURSE #:  MORS 430

SECTION: 73

COURSE NAME: Leadership in Organizations

INSTRUCTOR: Robert Dewar

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Please read the following two articles in the case packet
 “What Leaders Really Do,” John P. Kotter, HBR. May—June, 1990:  103-111. R=90309
“What only the CEO can do,” A.G. Lafley, HBR, May, 2009: 54-62. R=R0905D

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY – YES OR NO?: NO, but see attendance policy in syllabus. Essentially you are allowed only ONE FREE Absence.

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: No text.

 

 

TERM: Fall 09

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: Fall 09

COURSE #: 452

SECTION: 71

COURSE NAME: Leading the Strategic Change Process

INSTRUCTOR: Paul Hirsch

CASEPACK (YES or NO?): YES

 

SCHEDULE NOTES: There will be an all-day simulation (meeting) on Saturday, October 10h.   No class on Wednesday, November 11.  The last class meeting is December 2nd.  There is no final exam.   

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: For Day 1 (September 23), read: In packet and on Blackboard: The Robin Hood case, and Greiner’s “Evolution and Revolution as Organizations Grow.”  Also, think about the following issues: (1) What are the major problems you have seen or encountered in implementing change?  And (2) What are the key tasks of a leader in the change process?

1.  TEXT  --  None

 

TERM: Fall 2009

COURSE #:  453

SECTION: 71

COURSE NAME: Power in Organizations

INSTRUCTOR:  Brayden King

CASEPACK - YES or NO?:  Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:
Readings:

  • Kanter, Power Failure in Management Circuits (CP)

Case:   
Lisa Benton (A) (CP)
                                 
Classroom discussion of the case will focus on:
Preparation:

  • Evaluate the situation facing Benton.
  • What are her sources of power?
  • What could she have done differently?
  • What should she do now?

Make use of the readings. Make use of your own experience in similar situations. Think carefully about the evidence you have for your assessments, and how reliable it is. Be specific in your action recommendations.

Attendance Policy:  Attendance at first class will be mandatory.  Frequent or unexcused absences during the quarter will affect the course grade.

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY – YES OR NO?  YES

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: Required

AUTHOR: Robert Cialdini

PUBLISHER:

TITLE: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

ED./DATE: 1998 or later ed. (paperback)

2.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER:

TITLE:

ED./DATE:

 

TERM: Fall 2009

COURSE #: MORS 925

SECTION: 71 & 91

COURSE NAME: BUSINESS DESIGN FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

INSTRUCTOR: Nick Switanek

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: I’m looking forward to our first class together. The course will focus on the opportunities and challenges involved in designing businesses for environmental sustainability. We will begin by considering the current “state of the world” and how human economies interact with ecosystems.

To prepare for this discussion, please complete the following assignment:

Read:

  • Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Opportunities and Challenges for Business and Industry
  • Tracking the Ecological Overshoot of the Human Economy

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY?: YES

1.  TEXT - NONE

 

TERM: Fall  2009

COURSE #: INTL 474

SECTION: 71

COURSE NAME: Cross-Cultural Negotiation

INSTRUCTOR:  Long Wang

CASEPACK - YES or NO:  No but there is a course materials charge to be determined 

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

I am looking forward to the beginning of Fall Quarter and our class on cross-cultural negotiations. I want to call your attention to three things:

  1. There is a class attendance policy.  To hold your place in class you must attend the first class.  However, we are living in rather uncertain times.  In case of emergency, please let me know by email or phone, that you wish me to hold your place in class and an expected arrival time.  The syllabus with all requirements and the class matrix with dates of all in-class negotiations will be posted on blackboard.
  2. There will be a web survey to do before you start reading for the class.  I will set it up before the Fall quarter and send an email with the link about September 10. The survey is NOT a class requirement, but you’ll probably be glad you did it. The survey only takes a few minutes to complete.  I’ll have the computer generate a personal report for you that allows you to benchmark your values and norms against those of managers from many different cultures.
  3. You may read ahead chapters 1 and 2 of Negotiating Globally BUT after you have done the web survey and DO NOT READ AHEAD to CHAPTER 3 until is it assigned.

 

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY – YES OR NO?:  YES

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED  Negotiating Globally 2nd Edition  2007

AUTHOR: Jeanne M. Brett

PUBLISHER: Jossey Bass 2007 NOTE NEW EDITION available in August 2007

TITLE: Negotiating Globally 2nd Edition

ED./DATE: 2007