Fall 2002 SYLLABUS |
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| September 6 | Professor Walter 'Woody' Powell,
School of Education,
Organizational Behavior, Sociology, and Director, Scandinavian Consortium of
Organizational Research, Stanford University Presentation: "Practicing Polygamy with Good Taste: The Evolution of Interorganizational Collaboration in the Life Sciences" Background Reading: "Practicing Polygamy with Good Taste: The Evolution of Interorganizational Collaboration in the Life Sciences," Tables, Figures by Walter Powell, Douglas White, Kenneth Koput, and Jason Owen-Smith Introducer: Klaus Weber, Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management, UM Business School |
| "New Research on Organizational Strategy" (3-part Series) | |
| September 13 Part I |
Professor Gabriel Szulanski,
Strategy and Management, INSEAD/Wharton Presentation: "A Replication Perspective of Stickiness: The Role of Accuracy in Knowledge Transfer" Abstract Background Reading: "Opening the Black Box of Knowledge Transfer: The Role of Replication Accuracy," by Gabriel Szulanski, Sidney Winter, Rossella Cappetta, and Christophe Van den Bulte Introducer: Jeremy Birnholtz, CREW, School of Information |
| September 20 Part II |
Professor Brian Pentland,
Department
of Accounting and Information Systems, Eli Broad Graduate School of
Management, Michigan State University Presentation: "Conceptualizing and Measuring Organizational Routines" Background Reading: "Sequential Variety in Work Processes," and "Re-Theorizing Organizational Routines as a Source of Flexibility and Change," by Martha Feldman and Brian Pentland Introducer: Michael Cohen, School of Information |
| September 27 Part III |
"New UMBS Research on
Strategy" Panel organized by Allan Afuah and Gautam Ahuja,
Corporate Strategy & International Business, UM Business School Professor Sendil Ethiraj, Corporate Strategy, UM Business School Presentation: "Exploring Complex System Design: Where do Modules Come From?" Professor Fritz Foley, Corporate Strategy, UM Business School Presentation: "The Effects of Having a Foreign Parent: An Analysis of the Growth of U.S. Multinational Affiliates" Background Reading: "The Effects of Having an American Parent: An Analysis of the Growth of U.S. Multinational Affiliates" Professor Arvids Ziedonis, Corporate Strategy & International Business, UM Business School Presentation: "Real Options in Technology Acquisition: The Case of University Technology Licensing" Background Reading: "Real Options in Technology Acquisition" Professor Rosemarie Ziedonis, Corporate Strategy & International Business, UM Business School Presentation: "Intellectual Property Rights and Firm Strategy" Background Reading: "When the Giants' Shoulders are Crowded: Fragmented Rights and Patent Strategies in Semiconductors" Introducers: Professor Allan Afuah and Professor Gautam Ahuja, Corporate Strategy & International Business, University of Michigan Business School |
| October 4 |
Professor Gregory Markus,
Institute
for Social Research, Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan Presentation: "The Organizational Basis of Civic Participation" Background Reading: "Civic Participation in American Cities" Introducer: Bowen McBeath, School of Social Work |
| October 11 | Professor Susan Sturm,
Columbia
Law School, Columbia University Presentation: "Racetalk: Experiments with Learning and Transformation" Background Reading: "Racetalk: Experiments with Learning and Transformation," with Lani Guinier Introducer: Emily Heaphy, Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management, Business School |
| "Organizational Change in the Health Sector" (2-part Series organized by Jane Banaszak-Holl and Diane Kaplan Vinokur) | |
| October 18 Part I |
Professor Steven Bernstein,
Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
Medical School Professor Richard Van Harrison, Medical Education, University of Michigan Medical School Presentation: "Changing Physician Behavior at the University of Michigan Health System: Guidelines, Performance Measurement, and Interventions" Background Reading: "The Clinical Guideline Process within a Managed Care Organization," by Robin Richman, Diane R. Lancaster; "The Development of Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines," by Richard T. Connis, David G. Nickinovich, Robert A. Caplan, James F. Arens; "Improving the Quality of Medical Care: Building Bridges Among Professional Pride, Payer Profit, and Patient Satisfaction," by Richard Grol Introducer: Julie Berson-Grand, School of Public Health |
| "Music, Metaphors, and Organizations" (two-part series) | |
| October 25 Part I |
Professor Victoria
Johnson, Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management
and Fellow, Society of Scholars, University of Michigan Business School Presentation: "Organizational Persistence and Institutional Rupture: The Paris Opera in the French Revolution" Background Reading: "Organizational Persistence and Institutional Rupture: The Paris Opera in the French Revolution" Introducer: Diane Kaplan Vinokur, School of Social Work |
| November 1 Part II |
Roger
Nierenberg, Conductor,
Stamford Symphony Orchestra Presentation: "The Musical Paradigm: Fostering High Performance Teams, Leadership Styles, and Organizational Dynamics" Background Reading: "Speak Softly, but Carry a Big Baton" Introducer: Katherine Richards-Schuster, School of Social Work |
| "Organizations in Europe and the European Union" (Co-sponsored with the European Union Center, UM International Institute) | |
| November 8 | Professor Christopher
Ansell, Department of Political Science, University of California at
Berkeley Presentation: "The Institutional Integration of Europe" Background Reading: "Territoriality, Authority, Democracy," Chapter 12, by Christopher Ansell from On Restructuring Territoriality: Europe and North America, Christopher K. Ansell and Giuseppe Di Palma, Eds. Introducer: Klaus Weber, Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management, Business School |
| "New Trends in Information Technology" (Session organized by Bud Gibson and Co-sponsored with UM Business School, Computer and Information Systems Department) | |
| November 15 | Professor Lee S. Sproull,
Information
Systems Management/OB, Director of the Digital Economy Initiative, Leonard
N. Stern School of Business, New York University Presentation: "Voluntary Associations on the Net: A New Form of Social Organization" Abstract Location: UM Business School, Room D1273, First Floor Background Reading: "Essence of Distributed Work: The Case of the Linux Kernel," by Jae Yun Moon and Lee Sproull Introducer: Matthew Bietz, School of Information, University of Michigan |
| "Organizational Change in the Health Sector" (2-part Series organized by Jane Banaszak-Holl and Diane Kaplan Vinokur) | |
| November 22 Part II |
Professor Alfred Franzblau,
Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of
Michigan Presentation: "Research on Musculoskeletal Disorders: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome" Background Reading: "What is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome," by Alfred Franzblau, M.D. and Robert A. Werner, M.D. Introducer: Jacoba Lilius, Organizational Psychology, University of Michigan |
| November 29 | Thanksgiving Break -- No Classes |
| December 6 |
Professor J. Frank Yates,
Psychology
Department, University of Michigan Presentation: "Decision Management Challenges" Background Reading: "Decision Management: How to Assure Better Decisions in Your Company," Chapter 1, The Art of Decision Management, by J. Frank Yates (to appear January 2003, Jossey-Bass, Inc., San Francisco) Introducer: Monica Worline, Organizational Psychology |