TERM: Winter 2008

COURSE #: 470

SECTION: 71

COURSE NAME: Negotiations

INSTRUCTOR: Jennifer Jordan

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:  Please read the required text, Getting to Yes, before the first class session. 

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

Please carefully note that there is a strict attendance policy for this course. Attendance is mandatory for the first class session.  If you do not attend the first class you will be dropped from the course and a student from the waiting list will be added in your place. Additionally, attendance is required for each class session so that all students benefit from the negotiation exercises.  You may miss one negotiation exercise without penalty, but only if you provide advance notice to the instructor.  If you do not notify the instructor in advance of a missed negotiation exercise, you will lose a full letter grade on your overall course grade.  If you miss a second exercise, you will lose a full letter grade on your overall course grade regardless of whether you notify the instructor in advance.  In short, you may only miss class once all quarter.

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: REQUIRED

AUTHOR: Fisher, Ury, & Patton

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books

TITLE: Getting to Yes

ED./DATE: Second Edition, 1991

TERM: Winter 2008

COURSE #: 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. MANDATORY 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 and the student has found a replacement that has been approved in advance by the instructor. (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. Under no circumstances are the materials delivered in mailboxes, faxes, 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: Winter 2008

COURSE: MORS 468

SECTION: 71

COURSE NAME: Managerial Leadership

INSTRUCTOR: Harry Kraemer, former  Chairman and CEO of Baxter International, Inc.; Executive Partner for Madison Dearborn and Clinical Professor of Management and Strategy for Kellogg School

IS THERE A CASE PACKET? (Yes or No):Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

   1.Read the first three chapters of  “Authentic Leadership”.

   2.Read the first two chapters of “Good to Great”.

   3.Please identify two individuals  you believe are outstanding leaders. Be prepared to discuss your    choices and rationale.

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY? (Yes or No): Yes

1. TEXT - Required or Recommended?: Required

AUTHOR: William George

PUBLISHER Jossey-Bass

TITLE: Authentic Leadership

ED./DATE: First; 2003

2. TEXT – Required or Recommended?: Required

AUTHOR: Jim Collins

PUBLISHER: Harper Business

TITLE: Good To Great

ED./DATE: First; 2001

TERM: Winter 2008

COURSE #: MORS 430

SECTION: 71,72

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?:

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER:

TITLE:

ED./DATE:


Term: Winter 2008

COURSE #:  452

 SECTION: 71

 COURSE NAME: Leading the Strategic Change Process  

 INSTRUCTOR:  Ithai Stern

 CASEPACK:  YES

I am looking forward to our first class together. In this session I will give a general introduction to the course, provide an overview of the logic behind the design of the class, and discuss organizational and logistic issues.

    FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

-    Please read the course syllabus thoroughly before class!

Please read the following:

-    “Sleights of Mind,” New York Times, George Johnson, August 2007

-    “Are you sure you have a strategy?” Academy of Management Executive, Donald Hambrick & James Fredrickson, (2001)

-    Please read the short case about “Madonna” and be prepared to discuss why Madonna has been so successful over such a long period.

-    Please read the following short case “Prepare your Organization to Fight Fires” and be prepared to discuss the subsequent questions:

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, March 1, from 9:00 to 5:00, which will replace the classes on February 26, and March 11. 

I look forward to meeting you!

Attendance Policy:  If you are not able to attend any class, I expect that you email me prior to the beginning of class at i-stern@kellogg.northwestern.edu and let me know why you are not able to attend.  Frequent or unexcused absences that reflect lack of commitment to the course will seriously affect the course grade.

 

TERM: Winter  08

COURSE #:  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