FALL 2000 SYLLABUS
September 8 ICOS "Founders' Day" Presentation with Professor Robert Kahn, Professor Emeritus of Psychology; Health Services Management & Policy, and Research Scientist Emeritus, Survey Research Center; Professor Rick Price, Department of Psychology, OBHRM, and Survey Research Center; and Professor Mayer Zald, Sociology Department, School of Social Work, and Business Administration
This is a rare and special opportunity to gain a unique and valued perspective on the field of organization studies and the important role played by the University of Michigan.   We are honored to have the original founders of ICOS guide us through a discussion of the intellectual heritage of the organizational studies field at Michigan.
Presentation: Organizational Theory and Research at Michigan: The Heritage

Outline of Session:
Rick Price:      Introduction to the Session
Robert Kahn:  Organizational Research at the Institute for Social Research
Mayer Zald:    Themes and Transformations in Organization Theory at Michigan
Rick Price:      Why does it work so well at Michigan?
Background Reading: "More Fragmentation? Unfinished Business in Linking the Social Sciences and the Humanities," by Mayer Zald from Administrative Science Quarterly and "Organizational and Social Environments and Health - Introduction," by Robert Kahn; and "ICOS is an Intellectual Commons: Both Precious and Fragile," by Richard Price

Adverse Medical Events: The Resurrection of Systems Theory (2-part series organized by Professor Kathie Sutcliffe)
September 15 Professor John Carroll, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Presentation: "Safety in Nuclear Power and Health Care: Bridging Industry and Professional Epistemologies"
Background Reading: "Organizational Learning Activities in High-Hazard Industries: The Logic Underlying Self-Analysis," by John Carroll from Journal of Management Studies and "When Doctors Make Mistakes," by Atul Gawande taken from The New Yorker
Introducer: Aaron Anderson, CSHPE, School of Education
September 22 Professor Kathie Sutcliffe, Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management, University of Michigan Business School
Discussant: Professor Karl Weick, Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management, University of Michigan Business School
Presentation: "Medical Residents and Medical Mistakes: The re-embedding of Practice"
Background Reading: "A Mindful Infrastructure for Organizational Reliability," by Kathleen Sutcliffe; "Error Reduction and Performance Improvement in the Emergency Department through Teamwork Training: Validation Results of the MedTeams Project," by John C. Morey, Robert Simon, Greg Jay, Robert Wears, Mary Salisbury, and Scott Berns; and "Medical Errors: How Reliable is Reliability Theory?" by Paul R. Schulman
Introducer: Katherine Lawrence, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Business School

WORKSHOP: Persisting and Surviving the Journal Review Process
September 29 Three current or former editors of organizational journals provide "behind the scenes" discussion and advice about working, persisting, and surviving the journal review process.
bullet Journal Panel Questions

Yitzhak Fried, Wayne State University, Journal of Organizational Behavior
Mark Mizruchi, University of Michigan, Administrative Science Quarterly
Jim Walsh, University of Michigan, Organization Science

Diversity and Organizations
October 6 Professor Erika Hayes James, Organization & Management, Goizueta Business School, Emory University and Professor Lynn Wooten, Corporate Strategy, Business School, University of Michigan
Presentation: "Being in the Spotlight: The factors that influence firms' responses to public diversity crises"
Background Reading: "Organizational Responses to Discrimination Lawsuits: The role of verbal accounts, stakeholder mobilization, and crisis characteristics," by Lynn Wooten and Erika James
Introducer: Laura Morgan, Business School
October 13 Professor Karen (Etty) Jehn, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Presentation: "Diversity, Conflict, and Performance in Business Units, Workgroups, and Punk Rock Bands"
Background Reading: "Why differences make a difference: A field study of diversity, conflict, and performance in work groups"
Introducer: Michele Williams, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Business School

Identity and Organizations
October 19

Workshop in Theory Development and Organizational Studies
Professor David Whetten, Organizational Behavior and Director of BYU Faculty Center, Brigham Young University
Time:  3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location:  School of Information, West Hall, Room 431
Background Reading:  "What Constitutes a Theoretical Contribution?" by David A . Whetten taken from Academy of Management Review and "Developing 'Good' Theory through Articulation and Examination," by David A. Whetten
October 20 Professor David Whetten, Organizational Behavior and Director of BYU Faculty Center, Brigham Young University
Presentation: "Organizational Identity Claims"
Background Reading: "Organizational Identity Claims," by David A. Whetten
Introducer: Ryan Quinn, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Business School
October 27 Panel on Micro Perspectives: Theories and Research on Identity, Identification, and Individuals in Organizations
Professor Jane Dutton, Organizational Behavior and Organizational Psychology, University of Michigan
Background Reading: "Ambiguous Organizational Memberships: Constructing Organizational Identities in Interactions with Others," by Caroline Bartel and Jane Dutton
Professor Monique Fleming, Departments of Organizational and Social Psychology, University of Michigan
Background Reading: "Identity and Persuasion: An Elaboration Likelihood Approach," by Monique A. Fleming and Richard E. Petty
Professor Ronit Kark, The Department of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, Hebrew University; Institute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan
Background Reading: "Untangling the Relationships Between Transformational Leadership and Followers' Identification, Dependence and Empowerment," by Ronit Kark and Boas Shamir
Professor Margaret Shih, Department of Organizational Psychology, University of Michigan
Background Reading:  "Stereotype Susceptibility: Shifts in Quantitative Performance from Socio-Cultural Identification," by Margaret Shih, Todd L. Pittinsky, and Nalini Ambady
Professor Theresa Welbourne, Organizational Behavior, University of Michigan
Background Reading:  "Who’s buying the company’s stock? An investigation into identity and stock purchase plan participation in a newly public firm," by Sandra K. Washington and Theresa M. Welbourne

Studying Organizations Through the Lens of Sport: Opportunities for Theory Testing and Development (2-part series organized by Professor Richard Wolfe)
November 3 Professor Barry Staw, Haas School of Business, University of California
Presentation: "Leadership, Communication Style, and Team Performance"
Location:  UM Business School, Executive Education, Room 0750 (reception to follow)
Introducer: Professor Richard Wolfe, Division of Kinesiology, University of Michigan

WORKSHOP:  The objective of this work shop is to investigate how studying various organizational phenomena within sport can contribute to our understanding of organizations.  When one reviews the landscape of organizational studies, one sees a number of issues which might be effectively studied within sport: i.e., concurrent competition and collaboration; diversity; corporate/organizational reputation; organizational identification; leadership; high-performance teams; franchising.  The work shop will be organized around a number of sessions each of which will address one of the above issues.  If you are interested in participating in the workshop, please contact Richard Wolfe at wolfer@umich.edu.   Workshop Web Page: http://www.si.umich.edu/ICOS/Presentations/sport/
November 2
November 4		 Professor Carol Barr, Sport Management, University of Massachusetts
Professor Caroline Bartel, Stern School of Business, New York University
Professor Kim Cameron, Business School, University of Michigan
Professor Deborah Crown, College of Business University of Alabama
Professor Janet Dukerich, College of Business, The University of Texas
Professor Wendy Frisby, School of Human Kinetics, University of British Columbia
Professor C. Keith Harrison, Division of Kinesiology, University of Michigan
Professor Andrei Markovits, Germanic Languages, Sociology, University of Michigan
Professor Laura Poppo, Pamplin School of Business, Virginia Tech University
Professor Mark Shanley, Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University
Professor Barry Staw, Haas School of Business, University of California
Professor James Terborg, Lundquist College of Business, University of Oregon
Professor John Tropman, School of Social Work, University of Michigan
Professor John Usher, Faculty of Business, Memorial University
Professor Jim Weese, Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Windsor
Professor Richard Wolfe, Division of Kinesiology, University of Michigan
Location: UM Business School, Executive Education, Room 0770
November 10 Professor Patrick Wright, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University
Presentation: "Studying Organizations through the Lens of Sport:   Opportunities and Challenges; The Case of NCAA Basketball and Strategic Human Resource Management"
Background Reading: "Matches Between Human Resources and Strategy Among NCAA Basketball Teams," by Patrick M. Wright, Dennis L. Smart, and Gary C. McMahan from Academy of Management Journal and "Team Cognitive Ability as a Predictor of Team Performance," by Patrick M. Wright, Gary C. McMahan, Dennis Smart, and Blaine McCormick
Introducer: Tim Vogus, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Business School
November 17 Learning from the Exemplary Case: Three Windows into the Financial Women's Association of New York
 Moderators/Introducers/Discussants:  Professor Abigail Stewart, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan and Professor Mary Corcoran, Women's Studies, University of Michigan

Window 1: The Organization - Professor Anjali Sastry and Professor Fiona Lee, University of Michigan Business School
Window 2: Mentorship Programs - Professor Stacy Blake-Beard, Harvard University (co-author Eileen McGowan, Harvard University)
Background Reading: "Insights from Multiple Perspectives: Mentor and Protege Reflections on a Formal High School Mentoring Program," by Stacy Blake-Beard and Eileen McGowan
Window 3: Entrepreneurship - Elizabeth Wierba and Professor Laurie Morgan, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan
Introducer: Professor Abigail Stewart, Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Organizations and the Internet (2-part series organized by Professor Allan Afuah)
December 1 Professor John King, Dean, School of Information, University of Michigan
Presentation: "Commerce with an E: The Transformational Dimensions of Information and Technology in Global Provisioning"
Introducer: Kelly Garrett, School of Information
December 8 Professor Allan Afuah, Corporate Strategy, University of Michigan Business School
Presentation: "Redefining Firm Boundaries in the Face of the Internet: Are Firms Really Shrinking?"
Background Reading: "Redefining Firm Boundaries in the Face of the Internet: Are Firms Really Shrinking?"
Introducer: Stephen Ball, CSHPE, School of Education