Winter 2005 SYLLABUS |
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| January 7 | Professor
Sheena Iyengar, Management and Psychology, Columbia University Presentation: "How Choices are Demotivating: Evidence from 401(k) Investors and Speed Daters" Background Reading: "The Psychological Costs of Ever Increasing Choice: A Fallback to the Sure Bet," Sheena S. Iyengar, Wei Jiang Introducer: Michael Cohen Web Page: www.columbia.edu/~ss957 |
| January 14 |
Professor Claus
Rerup, Organizational Behavior, Richard Ivey School of Business,
University of Western Ontario Presentation: "Variations in Organizational Mindfulness" (presentation has not been posted per Professor Rerup's request) Background Reading: "Bridging Mindful and Less Mindful Perspectives on Organizational Learning," Daniel Levinthal, Claus Rerup and "Variations in Organizational Mindfulness," Claus Rerup Introducer: Marlys Christianson, Management & Organizations, Ross School of Business Web Page: http://www.ivey.uwo.ca/faculty/Claus_Rerup.htm |
| January 21 |
Professor Allan
Afuah, Corporate Strategy & International Business, Ross School of
Business, University of Michigan Presentation: "A Resource-based View of Africa: Why Africa cannot take care of itself despite its numerous valuable resources" Abstract Recommended reading: You can read anything on free riding or Africa’s resources. You could also read King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochshild, Houghton Mifflin (1999) but keep in mind that the book is just one point of view. Introducer: Aleksandra Kacperczyk, Management & Organizations, Ross School of Business Web Page: http://www.bus.umich.edu/FacultyBios/FacultyBio.asp?id=000279039 |
| Co-Sponsored by the Nonprofit & Public Management Center, the Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service & Learning, and ICOS | |
| January 28 | David Bornstein,
Independent Journalist Presentation: "Will Our Great-Grandchildren Go to Museums to See What Poverty Was?: The Emergence of Social Entrepreneurship and its Implications on Our Lives and on the World" Abstract Location: Asquith (Lorch) Auditorium, Lorch Hall, 611 Tappan, Ford School of Public Policy Introducer: Adam Grant, Psychology Web Page: http://www.howtochangetheworld.org |
| February 4 |
ICOS 15th
Anniversary Symposium,
celebrating
fifteen years of interdisciplinary community focused on the science of
organizational studies at the University of Michigan. We will also have
great food and drinks provided by Food For All Seasons, as well as collectable artifacts. Guest Panelists: Paul Courant, Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs; June Howard, Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary Initiatives, Rackham Graduate School; Robert Kahn, Research Scientist Emeritus, Survey Research Center; Rick Price, Director of LSA Organizational Studies, Professor of Psychology, Research Professor Survey Research Center Location: Rackham School of Graduate Studies, 915 East Washington, Assembly Hall |
| Co-Sponsored by the School of Public Policy, Political Science, Nonprofit & Public Management Center, Center for Advancing Research and Solutions for Society (CARSS) and ICOS | |
| February 11 |
Professor Robert Putnam,
Peter & Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy,
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University |
| February 18 |
ICOS Dissertation Poster
Session Dissertation Descriptions Coordinators: Jeremy Birnholtz, School of Information and Emily Heaphy, Ross School of Business Locations: Phelps Lounge, Assembly Hall Building, 2nd Floor, Ross School of Business |
| February 25 | Professor Andy
Hoffman, Ross School of Business and School of Natural Resources &
Environment, University of Michigan Presentation: "Reconsidering the role of the practical-theorist: (Re) connecting organizational theory to practice" Background Reading: "Reconsidering the role of the practical-theorist: (Re) connecting organizational theory to practice," "Does OMT Matter Anymore?" and "Interview with Michael Tushman: 2003 OMT Distinguished Scholar" Introducer: Christopher Jensen, School of Education Web Page: http://www.bus.umich.edu/FacultyBios/FacultyBio.asp?id=000642602 |
| March 11 | Professor John
Paul MacDuffie, Management, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania Presentation: "Collaboration in Supply Chains: With and Without Trust" Abstract Background Reading: "Collaboration in Supply Chains: With and Without Trust," "The Road to 'Root Cause': Shop-Floor Problem-Solving at Three Auto Assembly Plants," J.P. MacDuffie, Management Science, Vol. 43, No. 4, Pp 479-502, April 1997 Introducer: Michelle Barton, Management & Organizations, Ross School of Business Web Page: http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/faculty/macduffj.html |
| Co-Sponsored by Corporate Strategy & International Business and ICOS | |
| March 18 | Professor Joel
Podolny, Leadership & Management, Harvard Business School Presentation: "A Sociological (De)construction of the Relationship Between Status and Quality" Location: Ross School of Business, Room D1270, 1st Floor Background Reading: "A Sociological (De)construction of the Relationship Between Status and Quality" Introducer: Aradhana Roy, CSIB, Ross School of Business Web Page: http://dor.hbs.edu/fi_redirect.jhtml?facInfo=bio&facEmId=jpodolny&loc=extn Corporate Strategy & International Business Seminar Schedule |
| March 25 | Professor Jeff
Liker, Department of Industrial & Operations Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Michigan Presentation: "The Toyota Way: A Sociotechnical Learning Organization in Action" Background Reading: The World-Class Power of the Toyota Way: "Chapter 1: The Toyota Way: Using Operational Excellence as a Strategic Weapon," Chapter 2: "How Toyota Became the World's Best Manufacturer: The Story of the Toyoda Family and the Toyota Production System," Chapter 4: "The 14 Principles of the Toyota Way: An Executive Summary of the Culture Behind TPS," Chapter 20: "Principle 14: Become a Learning Organization Through Relentless Reflection (Hansei) and Continuous Improvement (Kaizen)" Introducer: Eleanor Feit, Marketing, Ross School of Business Web Page: http://ioe.engin.umich.edu/people/fac/liker.html |
| Co-Sponsored by Corporate Strategy & International Business and ICOS | |
| April 1 | Professor
Hayagreeva "Huggy" Rao, Management & Organizations, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern
University Presentation: "Border Patrol: Culinary Categories as Constraints in French Gastronomy" Background Reading: "Institutional Change in Toque Ville: Nouvelle Cuisine as an Identity Movement in French Gastronomy," Hayagreeva Rao, Phillipe Monin, Rodolphe Durant, in American Journal of Sociology, 2003; "Foundations of a Theory of Social Forms," Laszlo Polos, Michael Hannan, Glenn Carroll Location: Ross School of Business, Kresge Business Administration Building, 1st Floor, Room K1310 Introducer: David Benson, Corporate Strategy, Ross School of Business Web Page: http://www1.kellogg.northwestern.edu/facdir/facpage.asp Corporate Strategy & International Business Seminar Schedule |
| April 8 |
Professor Marc
Schneiberg, Department of Sociology, Reed College Presentation: "Private, Public or Cooperative?: Ownership, Organizational Form and Industrial Order in the US Electrical Utility Industry in the Progressive Era and Early New Deal" Background Reading: "Organizational Heterogeneity and the Production of New Forms: Politics, Social Movements and Mutual Companies in American Fire Insurance, 1900-1930," Marc Schneiberg 2002. Research in the sociology of Organizations, M. Lounsbury and M. Ventresca, eds. JAI Press 19: 39-89; "Varieties in Capitalism, Varieties of Association: Collaborative Learning in American Industry, 1900 to 1925," Gerald Berk and Marc Schneiberg, Politics and Society 1: 1-43 Introducer: Chris Marquis, Management & Organizations, Ross School of Business Web Page: http://academic.reed.edu/sociology/fac.html |
| April 15 | Professor
Marlena Fiol, Health Administration, Management, Business School, University of Colorado-Denver Presentation: "Identity & Legitimacy: Borrowed, Broken Down, and Built Up," work in progress with Elaine Romananelli and Ed O'Connor Abstract Background Reading: "Stuff Matters: Artifacts, Identity, and Legitimacy in the U.S. Medical Profession," C. Marlena Fiol and Edward J. O'Connor, to appear in A. Rafaeli & M. Pratt (eds.), 2004, Artifacts and Organizations, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Mahwah, NJ. Introducer: Ryan Smerek, School of Education Web Page: http://www.cudenver.edu/academics/colleges/business/faculty/management/cFiol.htm |