Winter 2002 SYLLABUS
January 11 "Leadership Challenges in the 21st Century University"
B. Joseph White, Interim President, University of Michigan
Presentation/Reading:  "Lessons and Insights from Twenty Years of Leadership and Management"
Noreen M. Clark, Dean, School of Public Health, University of Michigan
Recommended Readings:  Warren Bennis & Joan Goldsmith. Learning to Lead: A Workbook on Becoming a Leader. 1997. Perseus Books, Cambridge, MA.  Call Number HD 57.7 B 472 and Jean Lipman-Blumen. The Connective Edge: Leading in an Interdependent World. 1996. Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, CA. Call Number HD 57.7 L76.  The Kresge Business Library is the only campus library with these books, one copy of each.
Jeffrey S. Lehman, Dean, Law School, University of Michigan
Background Reading: Leading Minds: An Anatomy of Leadership by Howard Gardner, "Chapter 2: Human Development and Leadership" and "Chapter 6: Robert Maynard Hutchins: Bringing the 'Higher Learning' to America"
Discussant:  Professor Janet Weiss, Business School and School of Public Policy, University of Michigan
Location:  School of Social Work, Educational Conference Center, 1st Floor

Interdisciplinarity in Organizational Design (two-part series)
January 18
 (Part I)		 Professor Tom Gladwin, Corporate Strategy and International Business, University of Michigan
Presentation:  "Organizations as Superorganisims: Reinhabiting Organizational Theory in the More-Than-Human World"
Background Reading: "Shifting Paradigms for Sustainable Development: Implications for Management Theory and Research," by Thomas Gladwin, James Kennelly, and Tara-Shelomith Krause from The Academy of Management Review, October 1995
Introducer: Elizabeth Monzon, CEMP, University of Michigan Business School
January 25
 (Part II)		 Professor Jack E. Dixon, Co-Director, University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute and Karl Bates, Director of Communications, Life Sciences Institute
Presentation: "The Organization of the Life Sciences Institute"
Background Reading:  None
Introducer: Klaus Weber, Ph.D. Student, Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management, Business School
February 1 Professor Gautam Ahuja, Corporate Strategy and International Business, University of Michigan
Presentation:  "When Atlas Shrugged: Pre-emption, Complexity and Division of Labor in a Theory of Approppriability"
Background Reading:  None
Introducer: Akiko Kamimura, Ph.D. Student, School of Public Health

Public Presentation of Organizations (two-part series)
February 8
 (Part I)		 Professor Mara Adelman, Department of Communication, Seattle University
Presentation: "Retail Activists: The Intersection between Consumption and Social Transformation"
Respondent:  Professor Aaron Ahuvia, University of Michigan, Dearborn
This presentation includes the showing of "Beyond Consumption: Retail at the Edge," a 20-minute documentary of retail activists recently produced by Dr. Mara Adelman and a 10-minute response by Dr. Aaron Ahuvia on micro and macro models of retail activism.
Background Reading:  "Chapter 7: Beyond Smiling: Social Support and Service Quality," by Mara B. Adelman, Aaron Ahuvia, and Cathy Goodwin from Service Quality: New Directions in Theory and Practice, Eds. Roland T. Rust and Richard Oliver, Sage Publications, 1994
Introducer: Emily Heaphy, Ph.D. Student, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Location:  School of Social Work, Educational Conference Center, 1st Floor, Room #1840
February 15 Professor Rachel Kaplan, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan
Professor Stephen Kaplan, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of Michigan
Presentation: "Physical and Conceptual Environments that Bring Out the Best in People"
Background Reading: "Informational Issues: A Perspective on Human Needs and Inclinations," by Rachel Kaplan from "Urban Forest Landscapes: Integrating Multidisciplinary Perspectives" (1995) ed. G.A. Bradley, University of Washington Press, Pp. 60-71 and "Human Nature and Environmentally Responsible Behavior," by Stephen Kaplan, Excerpt: "Reconceptualizing Human Nature," from Journal of Social Issues, (2000) Vol. 56, No. 3, 491-508.
Introducer:  Annette Wilson, Ph.D. Student, College of Architecture and Urban Planning
Location:  School of Social Work, Educational Conference Center, 1st Floor, Room #1840
February 22 Workshop:  "Missing Organizational Levels: Crossing and Probing Them"
Professor Paul Goodman, Richard M. Cyert Professorship and Director of the Institute for Strategic Development, Carnegie Mellon University
Time/Location:  9:00-10:30 a.m., UM Business School, Paton Accounting Center, 2nd Floor, Room P2011
NOTE: Enrollment limited to 15 doctoral students.  Requires pre-registration with Paula Kopka
February 22
 (Part II)		 Professor Paul Goodman, Richard M. Cyert Professorship and Director of the Institute for Strategic Development, Carnegie Mellon University
Presentation:  "Understanding Complex Systems: The Dabbawallas" (presentation will include a film and discussion)
Abstract:  "The Dabbawallas"
Background Reading:  Missing Organizational Linkages: Tools for Cross-Level Research by Paul Goodman, "Chapter 1: Beginning the Conversation" and "Chapter 6: Focusing on System-Wide Changes," Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2000 (Figure 6-1, Figures 6-3-4-5, Table 6-3, Table 6-4)
Introducer:  Jennifer Karlin, Ph.D. Student, Industrial and Operations Engineering
Location: School of Social Work, Educational Conference Center, 1st Floor, Room #1840
March 8 Professor Ellen Balka, School of Communication, Simon Fraser University
Presentation: "Technology Design with Women in Mind?  The Intersection of Gender, Skill and Organizational Issues in Participatory Technology Design Projects"
Abstract
Background Reading: "The Intersection of Gender, Skill and Organizational Issues in Participatory Technology Design Projects"
Introducer: Matthew Bietz, Ph.D. Student, School of Information
March 15 Professor David Knoke, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota
Presentation:  "Dynamics of Strategic Alliance Networks in the Global Information Sector, 1989-2000"
Background Reading: "Chapter 4: Making Connections," from Changing Organizations: Business Networks in the New Political Economy, by David Knoke, Westview Press, 2001
Introducer:  Melissa Wooten, Ph.D. Student, Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management, UM Business School

New Ideas in Strategic Planning (two-part series organized by Professor Martha Feldman)
March 22 Workshop: "Understanding the Process of Organizational and Policy Change: Tools for Achieving Coherent Case-Oriented Research Designs"
 Professor Michael Barzelay, Reader in Public Management, Interdisciplinary Institute of Management and Government Department, London School of Economics
Time/Location:  9:30-11:00 a.m., UM Business School, Paton Accounting Center, 1st Floor, Room P1004
NOTE: Enrollment limited to 15 doctoral students.  Requires pre-registration with Paula Kopka
March 22
 (Part I)		 Professor Michael Barzelay, Reader in Public Management, Interdisciplinary Institute of Management and Government Department, London School of Economics
Presentation: "Strategic Visioning in Government: Analyzing the U.S. Air Force Experience" 
Background Reading:  "Chapter 7: Conclusion," Strategic Visioning in Government: Analyzing the U.S. Air Force Experience, by Michael Barzelay and Colin Campbell
Introducer: JoAnn Brooks, Ph.D. Student, School of Public Policy
March 29
 (Part II)		 Professor John Bryson, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota
Presentation: "What To Do When Stakeholders Matter: The Case of Problem Formulation for the African American Men Project of Hennepin County, Minnesota"
Abstract
Background Reading:  "What To Do When Stakeholders Matter: The Case of Problem Formulation for the African American Men Project of Hennepin County, Minnesota," by John M. Bryson, Gary L. Cunningham, and Karen J. Lokkesmoe and African American Men Project, "Crossroads: Choosing a New Direction," Final Report, January 2002, Hennepin Office of Planning & Development
Introducer:  Bowen McBeath, Ph.D. Student, School of Social Work
April 5 Professor Helmut Anheier, London School of Economics and UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research
Presentation:  "The Nonprofit Sector in Cross-National Perspective: Empirical Results from Around the World (tentative title)
Background Reading: "Chapter 1: Introducing Global Civil Society," by Helmut Anheier, Marlies, and Mary Kaldor and "Measuring Global Civil Society," by Helmut Anheier from Global Civil Society 2001. 
Introducer: David Sommerfeld, Ph.D. Student, School of Social Work
April 12 Professor Wanda Orlikowski, Information Technologies and Organizational Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Presentation:  "Studying Technology, Time, and Knowledge in Organizations: A Practice Perspective"
Background Reading: "Using Technology and Constituting Structures: A Practice Lens for Studying Technology in Organizations," by Wanda Orlikowski from Organization Science, Vol. 11, No. 4, July-August, 2000
 Introducer:  Matthew Bietz, Ph.D. Student, School of Information
May 10-11, 2002 Conference on "Social Movements and Organization Theory:  Building Bridges"
Conference Schedule
Social Movements and Organizations web page