FALL '98 SYLLABUS

Social Capital and Building Collaborations (3-part series)
Sept. 11 Professor Denise Rousseau, Carnegie Mellon University, The Heinz School, Organization Behavior and Public Policy
Introducer:
Michele Williams, Ph.D. Student, OBHRM
Presentation:
"Relational Wealth"
Background Reading: "Relational Wealth: A New Model for Employment in the 21st Century," by Carrie Leana and Denise Rousseau
Sept. 18 SPECIAL ICOS EVENT: BROWN BAG PRESENTATION
Professor Barbara Czarniawska, Goteborg University, Gothenburg Research Institute, School of Economics & Commercial Law, Sweden
Time/Location: 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Room 3048, East Hall, Organizational Psychology Dept.
Topic: "The Silver Braid: Ethnology, Constructionism, and Literary Theory in Organizational Studies," based on Chapters 1&2 of "Narrating the Organization," by Barbara Czarniawska
Background Reading: "Narrating the Organization" (Chapters 1&2)
Sept. 18 Professor Ranjay Gulati, Northwestern University, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Organization Behavior
Introducer:
Glenn Hoetker, Ph.D. Student, International Business
Presentation:
"Where do inter-organizational networks come from?"
Background Reading: "Where do inter-organizational networks come from?"
Sept. 25 Professor Frances Westley, McGill University, Faculty of Management
Introducer: Glen Dowell, Ph.D. Student, Corporate Strategy
Presentation: "Collaboration, Social Capital and Adaptive Management of Natural Resources: Cases of successful management of endangered spaces and species"
Background Reading:
"Governing Design: The Management of Social Systems and Ecosystems Management"
Oct. 2 Professor Jennifer Chatman, University of California-Berkeley, Haas School of Business, Organizational Behavior and Industrial Relations
Introducer: Stephen Ball, Ph.D Student, Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education
Presentation: "Being different yet feeling similar: The influence of demographic composition and organizational culture on work processes and outcomes"
Background Reading: "Being different yet feeling similar: The influence of demographic composition and organizational culture on work processes and outcomes"
Oct. 9 Professor Ruth Wageman, Columbia University, School of Business, Management of Organizations
Introducer: Carol Himelhoch, Ph.D. Student, Rackham Graduate School of Studies
Presentation: "Toward a Theory of Team Coaching"
Background Reading: "How Leaders Foster Self-Managing Team" Effectiveness: Design Choices vs. Hands-On Coaching"
Oct. 16 Book Sharing Garden
Come to a different kind of ICOS. Everyone comes with a copy of one of their favorite books relevant to organization studies. Bring a brief abstract of the book on a 3"x5" index card.
Oct. 23 Professor Allan Afuah, University of Michigan, Corporate Strategy
Introducer: Jan Lundquist, Ph.D. Student, Center for Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education
Presentation: "Competitive Advantage from Intellectual Capital: The Case of Cholesterol Ethical Drugs"
Background Reading: "Competitive Advantage from Intellectual Capital: The Case of Cholesterol Ethical Drugs"
Likert Treasures
Oct. 30 Professor C.V. Harquail, University of Virginia (recipient of the first Likert Dissertation Paper Award), Darden Graduate School of Business, Business Administration
Discussant: Professor Taylor Cox, University of Michigan Business School, Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management
Introducer: Professor Michael Cohen, University of Michigan, School of Information
Presentation: "Why Some Women Advocate While Others Assimilate: The influence of social identification on individuals' advocacy for a group"
Background Reading: "Why Some Women Advocate While Others Assimilate: The influence of social identification on individuals' advocacy for a group"
Nov. 6 Professor Karl Weick, University of Michigan Business School, The Rensis Likert Collegiate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Psychology
Introducer: Stephanie Bulger, Ph.D. Student, Center for Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education
Presentation: "Firefighting as a Microcosm of Organizing"
Background Reading: "The Collapse of Sensemaking in Organizations: The Mann Gulch Disaster," "Summary of report investigating the South Canyon wildland fire disaster in 1994," and "South Canyon Revisited: Lessons from High Reliability Organizations"
The Use of Trust in Organizations (2-part series organized by Jane Banaszak-Holl and Denise Anthony)
Nov. 13 Professor Peter Kollock, UCLA, Department of Sociology
Introducer: Elena Rocco, Ph.D. Student, Visiting research investigator at CREW
Presentation: "The Production of Trust in On-Line Markets"
Background Reading: "The Production of Trust in On-Line Markets"
Nov. 20 Professor Denise Anthony, University of Michigan, Department of Health Policy
Introducer: Maureen Comfort, Ph.D. Student, Health Management and Policy
Presentation: "Organizing Trust: How micro-creditors facilitate trust in borrowing groups"
Background Reading: "Investing in Trust: Building Cooperation in Micro-Credit Borrowing Groups"
Doing Ethnography (2-part series)
Dec. 4 Professor John Van Maanen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Organization Studies
Introducer: David Obstfeld, Ph.D. Student, OBHRM
Presentation: "Ethnography: Past, Present, Future"
Background Reading: From "Qualitative Studies of Organizations," the introduction essay "Different Strokes"
Dec. 11 CANCELLED
Professor
Gary Alan Fine, Northwestern University, Department of Sociology