TERM: Summer 2008

COURSE #: MORS 430

SECTION: 71

COURSE NAME: Leadership in Organizations

INSTRUCTOR: Maxim Sytch

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:
Read
1. Pfeffer, J. and J. Veiga. "Putting People First,"In Academy of Management Executive, Vol. 12, No. 2 (1999)
2. Kermit Vandivier. "Why Should My Conscience Bother Me?" In the Name of Profit, Doubleday & Company, 1972, 3-31 (case)

Case Questions:
Why Should My Conscience Bother Me?
(1) What unethical behavior takes place in this case and why?
(2) Who is to blame for the unethical behavior?
(3) What could Lawson have done differently to prevent the production of a flawed brake?
(4) Would you blow the whistle on unethical behavior and how would you do this?
(5) How can management promote ethical behavior?

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

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: N/A

 

TERM: Summer 2008

COURSE #: MORS 430

SECTION: 76

COURSE NAME: Introductory Organization Behavior

INSTRUCTOR: Robert Dewar

CASEPACK - YES or NO?:  YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

“What Leaders Really Do,” John P. Kotter, HBR. May—June, 1990:  103-111. R=90309

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY – YES OR NO?:  See syllabus for explanation of absence policy. One absence is allowed, any additional absences negatively affect the course grade.

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: None

 

TERM: Summer  2008

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.
No food, cell phones, or message devices in the classroom. 

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED

AUTHOR: James Humes

PUBLISHER: Prima Publishing (Crown)

TITLE: Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln

ED./DATE: 2002

 

TERM: Summer 2008

COURSE #: MORS 452

SECTION: 71

COURSE NAME: Leading the Strategic Change Process

INSTRUCTOR: Paul Hirsch

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: NOTE:  CLASS WILL MEET FOR AN ALL-DAY  SIMULATION ON SATURDAY, JULY 26.  NO MEETING ON AUGUST 6. (The simulation raises packet’s cost, but it is worth it.)
For first class, in the packet, Read:  The Robin Hood case, and the Greiner article, “Evolution and Revolution as Organizations Grow.”  Also, come prepared to discuss the following issues:
(1) What are the major problems you have encountered in implementing change?  (2) Why is it so
so difficult to get organizations to change before a crisis occurs?  (3) What are the key tasks of a leader in the change process? 

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

TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: Recommended (not required):

AUTHOR: Tushman and O’Reilly,

PUBLISHER: Harvard Univ. Press 

TITLE: Winning through Innovation: A Practical Guide to Leading Innovation and Renewal

ED./DATE:

 

TERM: Summer 2008

COURSE #: MORS 460

SECTION : 71

COURSE NAME: Leading and Managing Teams

INSTRUCTOR: Zoe Kinias

CASEPACK - YES or NO?:  YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Complete “Team member survey” (download from website).

Attendance Policy: Please carefully note that there is a department-wide attendance policy for this course. ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED on the first day of class. In addition, prepared attendance is required for all in-class exercises. I strongly suggest you do not enroll for this course if you cannot attend all class meetings. If a student misses a class exercise, he or she will be penalized one letter grade. If the student fails to inform the instructor of his or her absence 48 hours before the class meeting, the student will lose an additional letter grade. Each student is allowed to miss ONE exercise without penalty, assuming that the instructor has been notified 48 hours in advance. (NOTE: The one free miss CANNOT be used on the first day of class).

Students who are not in attendance the first class session will be dropped automatically from class. Additional time will be spent during the first class session explaining the attendance policy. Class materials will be distributed for the first exercise during the actual class session. If absent, students are responsible for having a classmate collect course materials. Under no circumstances are the materials delivered in mailboxes, faxed, etc.

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

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:  Required

AUTHOR: Leigh Thompson

PUBLISHER: Pearson Education

TITLE: Making the Team: A Guide for Managers

ED./DATE: 3rd/2008

 

TERM: Summer 2008

COURSE #: MORS 470

SECTION: 71

COURSE NAME: Negotiations

INSTRUCTOR: Y. Sekou Bermiss

CASEPACK (YES or NO?): YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:
Read chapters 1-5 of Fisher, Ury, and Patton's Getting to Yes. (Fisher, R., Ury, W., & Patton, B. 1991. Getting to Yes. New York: Penguin).

You don't have any reading from the case packet before the class, and in fact, you should not do any readings from it in advance.  However, I would like you to briefly answer the following questions and attach your answers in an email to me at: (s-bermiss@kellogg.northwestern.edu) by 5pm on June 20th.

Please email me a brief paragraph describing:

(1) Up to this point, what has been your most challenging negotiation experience?

(2) Let me know what types of negotiations you have encountered in your work experience.  What is the biggest personal or work related negotiation you will conduct in the next 6 months?

(3) Imagine that this is the last day of class and complete this statement: This was a great class because...

I look forward to meeting you!

Regards//Sekou

ATTENDANCE  POLICY:

MORS 470 has an attendance policy that is uniformly applied to all sections of 470. Prepared attendance is required for all sessions so that all students benefit from the negotiation exercises. You may miss one negotiation exercise without penalty if you provide me with advance notice. If you miss a second exercise, you will lose a letter grade. If, in conjunction with any absence, you do not provide advance notice or fail to provide a substitute when required to do so, you will lose a letter grade. More details of the attendance policy will be discussed on the first night of class.
   
There will be a negotiation exercise during the first class.  Role materials for this negotiation will be distributed and prepared in class.  Please note that you are strongly encouraged from not using your free miss for the first class.  The negotiation exercise on the first night provides a critical foundation for all subsequent exercises and learning in the course.

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED 

AUTHOR: Fisher, Ury, & Patton

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books

TITLE: Getting to Yes

ED./DATE: Second Edition, 1991

 

TERM: Summer 2008

COURSE #: MORS 470

SECTION: 72

COURSE NAME: Negotiations

INSTRUCTOR: William Maddux

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

Read all of Getting to Yes

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

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:  Required

AUTHOR: Fisher, Ury, & Patton

PUBLISHER:  Penguin Books-New York

TITLE: Getting to Yes

 

ED./DATE:
2nd Edition, 1991

2.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: Recommended

AUTHOR: Brett, J.M.

PUBLISHER: Josey-Bass

TITLE: Negotiating Globally

ED./DATE: 2nd edition, 2007

 

TERM:  Summer 2008

COURSE #:  MORS 470

SECTION:  91

COURSE NAME: Negotiations

INSTRUCTOR: Gail Berger

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:
Please carefully note that there is an attendance policy for this course.  Prepared attendance is required for all sessions in which there is a negotiation.  If a student misses a negotiation he or she will be penalized one letter grade.  If the student fails to inform the instructor of his or her absence in advance, the student will lose an additional letter grade.  Each student is allowed one miss without penalty, assuming that the instructor has been notified in advance and the student has found a replacement.   If absent, students are responsible for having a classmate collect course materials. Under no circumstances are the materials delivered in mailboxes, faxed, etc.

Students who are not in attendance the first class session will be dropped automatically from the class.

On the first night of class please be prepared to turn in a copy of your resume, and brief answers to the following questions:
1. Currently, how would you assess your negotiation skills?  Do you believe that you have any particular strengths or weaknesses? 
2. Given your current skill-set and your personal objectives, you should set a couple of specific goals for yourself.
(Note:  This “mini-assignment” will be factored into the participation and professionalism component of your grade.)

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY – YES OR NO?: YES
The attendance policy will be in force from the first class session on.

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: None

 

TERM: Summer 2008

COURSE #: MORS 926

SECTION:  71

COURSE NAME:
Sustainable Innovation

INSTRUCTOR:  Michael Radnor

CASEPACK - YES or NO?:  YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:
Read items 1-3 in the case packet. As you do so, think about the following (issues which will come up repeatedly in the course):
 
1.      What might be the range of meaning of sustainability and sustainable innovation for a business?
2.      What are underlying internal (strategic) and external drivers of the push for sustainability? How might these vary across national/economic contexts?
3.      Though they will certainly vary across sectors and operations, what/who are key business contexts/stakeholders and how are these changing and why?
4.      How could a company transform itself to support sustainability?
5.      How does globalization both enable and challenge innovation?

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY – YES OR NO?:  Yes unless instructor gives permission to miss

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:  NO