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Course Number: 88260 Fall 2004 Classroom: Baker Hall 136A Time: T & TH 1:30-2:50 pm |
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Professor Otto
(Toby)
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Laura Dabbish
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Office: Porter Hall 223F Phone: 268-8715 E-mail: od0a@andrew.cmu.edu
Office Hours: by appointment |
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Office: Newell Simon
Hall 2502B Phone: 268-6988 E-mail: dabbish@cmu.edu Office Hours: T-Th 3:30-4:20 |
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Secretarial
Assistance
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Cindy Cryder E-mail: ccryder@andrew.cmu.edu Zixia Sheng E-mail: zsheng@andrew.cmu.edu Office: Porter Hall 321 Phone: 268-2869 Office Hours: by appointment |
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Eileen Simeone Office: Porter Hall 223E Phone: 268-3255 E-mail:eileens@andrew.cmu.edu Eileen can make
appointments with Toby |
Course Objectives |
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The major goal of this
course is to develop understanding of individual behavior, work groups, and
organizations so that students can apply the theories and concepts learned in
this course to organizational settings.
1)
How
do individuals, groups, and organizations make decisions? Why do some of them
make better decisions than others? 2)
Why
are certain work groups or organizations more successful than others? How do
you create effective teams? How can you be a good team leader or player? 3)
What
are the differences between hierarchies and markets? What is transaction cost?
How do transaction costs determine the boundaries between hierarchies and
markets? 4)
What
factors affect an organization’s structure? What are the advantages and
disadvantages of different organizational structures? 5)
What
is a learning organization? How do organizations learn and innovate? 6)
What
is organizational culture? How does organizational culture interact with other
organizational characteristics to influence organizational performance? |
Class Schedule
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Assignment / Activity |
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Course Introduction |
08/31 |
No readings for today |
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Why & How to Study Organizations? |
09/02 |
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Individuals in Organizations |
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Schemas and Information Sampling |
09/07 |
Decision Scenario |
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Individual Decision Making |
09/09 |
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Group Dynamics |
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Group Processes |
09/14 |
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Group exercise |
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Group Composition |
09/16 |
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Group Decision Making |
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Group Decision Making |
09/21 |
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Survival Exercise |
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Groupthink |
09/23 |
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Quiz 1 Video tape |
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Behavioral Theory of Firms |
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New Types of Groups |
09/28 |
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Case Study |
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Behavioral Theory of Firms |
09/30 |
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Organizational Structure and Design |
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Organizational Structure |
10/05 |
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Organizational Design |
10/07 |
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Power and Conflict |
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Power, Influence, and Politics |
10/12 |
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Conflict in Organizations |
10/14 |
Quiz 2 |
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Social Networks |
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Power and Influence in Social Networks |
10/19 |
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Mid-term Exam Date Social Networks Analysis |
10/21 |
Mid-term Exam |
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Economics and Organizations / Organizational Culture |
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Contracting and Firm Boundaries |
10/26 |
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Organizational Culture |
10/28 |
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Organizational Learning / Markets |
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Organizational Culture (cont.) |
11/02 |
Disney Video |
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Markets vs. Organizations |
11/04 |
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Bureaucratic Politics |
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Bureaucracy |
11/09 |
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Political Institutions |
11/11 |
Quiz 3 |
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Organizational Change |
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Organizational Change |
11/16 |
Network Video |
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Organizational Learning & Learning
Organizations |
11/18 |
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Organizations and Their Environments |
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Organizational Environments |
11/23 |
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NO CLASS – Thanksgiving Break |
11/25 |
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Population Ecology |
11/30 |
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Motivation and Leadership |
12/02 |
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Review Class |
12/07 |
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Evaluation |
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Review Class |
12/09 |
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Group Project |
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Final Exam |
12/14 |
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Final Exam |