Management 201 Spring 2008 Class Website, Welcome to Abilene!

Resources:                  Syllabus, Jerry Harvey's Definition of Cheating
 
Class Meeting Times:    Tuesdays, 6 - 8 PM, Arlington Education Center
Office Hours:               Tuesdays, before/after class, and by appointment (including evenings & weekends)
 
Course Readings:         Required:
                                “The Leaders We Need: And What Makes Us Follow” ISBN: 1422101665, Michael Maccoby
                        “A Cry Unheard: New Insights into the Medical Consequences of Loneliness” ISBN: 1890862118, James J. Lynch ($10 used or $15 new from Author)
                                "Requisite Organization" ISBN 1886436045, Elliott Jaques (Code: GWU     --  $42 and shipping)
                        “Accountability Leadership” ISBN: 1564145514, Gerald A. Kraines  ($1.99 used or $20 new and shipping from Author)
 
                        Optional:
                                "Eichmann in Jerusalem" ISBN: 0140187650, Hannah Arendt
                        "The Productive Narcissist" ISBN: 0767910230, Michael Maccoby
                                available online: download GW VPN to access this book online, and login to VPN using your GW e-mail user name & password, then click on this link: Productive Narcissist
                                "Social Power and the CEO" ISBN: 1567205518, Elliott Jaques
                                "Obedience to Authority" ISBN: 006131983X, Stanley Milgram
                                "Unhealthy Societies" ISBN 0415092353, Richard Wilkinson
                                "The Age of Fallibility" ISBN: 1586483595, George Soros
                                "The broken heart" ISBN: 0465007724, James Lynch
                                "Creating a New Civilization" ISBN: 1570362238, Alvin Toffler
 
Session: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
Session
Date
Project Due
Theme
Readings
1
Jan 15
  Introduction, Reflexivity, Language, Conversation  
2 Jan 22 Paper 1 Cheating, Ethical and Moral Principles, Anaclytic Depression Blues, Loneliness

Maccoby 1, 2

Jerry Harvey on Cheating

3 Jan 29  

Movie: Abilene Paradox, followed by class discussion

Historical Overview: Systems Thinking in Management and Introduction to Major Works: Follett, Argyris, Herzberg, McGregor, Lewin, Bion, Harvey, Isaac, Jaques, others

 

Maccoby 3 - 5

Lynch 1,2

Abilene Paradox

Giving Feedback

Group Dynamics

Federalist #10

Freud-Einstein-WhyWar?

Freud-Einstein-WhyWar? (v2)

4 Feb 5 Paper 2

In-class Short Game

The Abilene Paradox, Phrog Farms, and other mediations on management

Personalities, Productive Narcissist, Strategic Intelligence, Intelligence, Research and Fallacies in Management, Unicorns

Maccoby 6 - 10

Lynch 3, 4

Future of OD

Organizations as Phrog Farms

8 Myths

Power of Transference

5 Feb 12 Movie: Group Tyranny Good and Evil: Systems Thinking in Organizations and Societies

Lynch 5,6

Eichmann in the Organization

 

6 Feb 19 Conversation with: Guest Speaker: Jerry Harvey, Ph.D. Jaques - Part 1

Lynch 7

Elliott Jaques Levels with You

 

7 Feb 26 In-class Exercise: time-span of the role

Movie: Elliott Jaques, parts 1 and 2

Applied Theories in Organizations, Types of Organizations Jaques - Part 2

Lynch 8

Long View of Leadership

8 March 4 Movie: Elliott Jaques, parts 3 and 4 Organizational Theory, Foundations (continued), Organizational Structure, Types of Teams and Teamwork Jaques - Part 3

Kraines - Part 1

Lynch 9

Psychological Foundations of Managerial Systems

9 March 11 Conversation with: Guest Speaker: Steve Clement, Ph.D

Topic: Organizational Design

Jaques - Part 4

Kraines - Part 2

Lynch 10

-- March 18

Spring Break -- have fun!!

 
10 March 25 In-class Exercise: time-span of the role Authorities, Accountabilities, Systems of Compensations, Strategic Management, Motivation, Talent Pool Development, Performance Appraisal

Jaques - Part 5

Kraines - Part 3

Lynch 11

Interview with Bill Gates

Human Time

11 April 1 In-class Exercise: systems thinking/world conflicts Time, Loneliness, Unhealthy Societies, Futurism, Leadership, Latest Research

Jaques - Afterthoughts

Kraines - Part 4

 

12 April 8 Movie: Code Breakers, followed by class discussion Course Review, Systems Thinking, Groupthink, Authorities and Accountabilities, Teamwork (revisited), Eichmann in the Organization/Society (revisited) Lynch 12

One more time: How do you motivate employees?

13 April 15   Final Exam  
14 April 22   Presentations  
15 April 29 Paper 3 Presentations  

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