| Jan. 9 | Professor Andrew Abbott,
University of Chicago, Social Sciences Presentation: "Disciplines and Interdisciplines" Background Reading: N/A (NOTE: Students who are enrolled in this class, please stay after session for summary assignments (3 per term) given according to registered credits). |
| Jan. 16 | Discussion: Reading
and discussion of Professor John Holland's
"Emergence" prior to his presentation on
January 23, 1998. Discussion Leaders: Professor Michael Cohen and Professor Anjali Sastry |
| Jan. 23 | Professor John Holland,
University of Michigan, Electrical Engineering &
Computer Science Presentation: "Emergence" Background Reading: "Emergence: From Chaos to Order" by John H. Holland. |
| Jan. 30 | Professor Michael Morris,
Stanford University, Graduate School of Business Presentation: "Culture, Sensemaking, and Networking: Comparative studies of cognitive structure and relationship structures" Background Reading: "Self Organization and Social Organization: American and Chinese Constructions," by Steven Su, Chi-yue Chiu, Ying-yi Hong, Kwok Leung, Kaiping Peng, and Michael Morris |
| Relational Practices in Organizations (Two-part series organized by Jane Hassinger) | |
| Feb. 6 | Professor Jane Dutton,
University
of Michigan Business School, Organizational Behavior and
Human Resource Management Presentation: "Being valued and devalued at work." This presentation will be a combination of lecture and workshop in the form of small break-out groups. Background Reading: "The Revaluing of Devalued Work: The power of relationships for transforming the meaning of work" by Jane Dutton, Gelaye Debebe, and Amy Wrzesniewski. |
| Feb. 13 | Professor Joyce Fletcher,
Northeastern University, Cooperative Education Presentation: "Beyond 'Disappearing': Further Implications of Relational Practice for Organizational Studies" Background Reading: "Relational Practice: A Feminist Reconstruction of Work." |
| Feb. 20 | Professor Roderick
Kramer, Stanford University, Organizational Behavior Presentation: "Playing with Paranoia: Consequences of Suspicion in Social Systems" Background Reading: "The Tale of the Tapes: Nixon, Watergate, and Presidential Paranoia Revisited," by Roderick Kramer and Benjamin Hanna |
| Feb. 27 | Professor Avi Kluger,
The
Hebrew University - Mount Scopus, School of Business
Administration Presentation: "The Myth of Learning and Motivating through Feedback" Background Reading: "The Effects of Feedback Interventions on Performance: A Historical Review, a Meta-Analysis, and a Preliminary Feedback Intervention Theory," by Avraham N. Kluger and Angelo DeNisi |
| March 13 | Professor Bud Gibson,
University of Michigan Business School, Computer
and Information Systems Presentation: "Learning in Dynamic Decision Tasks: Computational Model and Empirical Investigations" Background Reading: "A Connectionist Formulation of Learning in Dynamic Decision-Making Tasks," by F.P. Gibson and D.C. Plaut |
| March 20 | Professor Hayagreeva
"Huggy" Rao, University of Michigan
Business School and Joseph Porac,
University of Illinois at Urbana, Business Administration Presentation: "Personnel Flows and Social Structure: Two Empirical Studies" Notes on Managerial Migration Across Firms, by Joe Porac Background Reading: "Executive migration and organizational foundings: Portfolio manager movement and the creation of international stock funds by mutual fund families; 1986-1994," by Prof. Hayagreeva Rao and Prof. Robert Drazin |
| March 27 | Professor Margaret
Hedstrom, University of Michigan, School of
Information Presentation: "Organizational Setting of Record-Keeping" Professor Richard Cox, University of Pittsburgh, School of Information Sciences Presentation: "'Hard work and low pay, but much to compensate': Requirements for Entry-Level Records Professionals, 1976-1997, in the Information Age" Professor Wendy Duff, University of Toronto, Faculty of Information Studies Presentation: "Warrant-Based Recordkeeping and it's Implications for Information Professionals" Professor Elizabeth Yakel, University of Pittsburgh, School of Information Sciences Presentation: Synopsis: "Recordkeeping and Knowledge Creation: Reporting, Consulting, and Conferencing in Radiology" Background Reading: "Archival Position Advertisements: Trends and Practices in the Information Age, 1976-1990," by Richard J. Cox and "Increasing the Acceptance of Functional Requirements for Electronic Evidence," by Wendy Duff |
| Evolution of Firms (1st of two-part series organized by Will Mitchell) | |
| April 3 | Professor Richard
Langlois, University of Connecticut, Department of
Economics Presentation: "The Evolution of Competitive Advantage in the Worldwide Semiconductor Industry, 1947-1996" Background Reading: "The Evolution of Competitive Advantage in the Worldwide Semiconductor Industry, 1947-1996" |
| April 10 | Session on Graduate
Student Careers Outside Academia Location: Room K1320, UM Business School Organizers: Catherine Augustine and Patricia Parkerton Presentation: This session will be devoted to doctoral student career options. We will focus on interesting careers pursued by University of Michigan Ph.D. recipients in the social sciences who did not choose professorial jobs. We will be presenting a panel of several graduates who have chosen various career paths, including consulting, research, and policymaking. They will briefly discuss their career options, with time for questions/discussion. We are also planning to include an expert on job opportunities for Ph.D. graduates. Presenters: Stephanie Mackie Lewis, Senior Consultant, Booz-Allen & Hamilton; Sirkka Kauffman, Coordinator of Institutional Assessment at Marymount University, Virginia; Margaret Weigers, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR), Department of Health & Human Services; Erhard Bruderer, President & Co-Founder, Swiss Consulting Group; and Tom Lehker, Senior Assistant Director for Graduate Student Services, University of Michigan's Career Planning & Placement office |
| Evolution of Firms (2nd of two-part series organized by Will Mitchell) | |
| April 17 | Professor William Barnett, Stanford
University, Strategic Management & Organizational
Behavior Presentation: "The Red Queen in Organizational Creation and Development." Background Reading: N/A |