Updated 04/2/08

ICOS
The Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies  

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INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE ON
ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES
SEMINAR SERIES

Co-Directors:
MICHAEL COHEN, School of Information and JERRY DAVIS, Business School

Winter 2008 Syllabus

School of Information 702, Business Administration 840

The seminar provides a forum for the discussion of research and theory about organizations and organizational processes. In keeping with its interdisciplinary character, the seminar will consider both macro and micro processes and their intersection. Discussion leaders will be drawn from faculty and advanced graduate students within The University of Michigan as well as from other universities and centers for research on organizations. ICOS related announcements are sent via e-mail on <icos-list@umich.edu>. General inquiries should be directed to Paula Kopka, ICOS Coordinator, 936-1525, or e-mail <pkopka@umich.edu>.

Note:  Unless otherwise noted on the syllabus, all sessions are held at the School of Education, Room 4212, Friday's from 1:30-3:00 p.m.  The seminar will now begin promptly at 1:30 p.m., instead of 'Michigan Time'.

Winter 2008 SYLLABUS
January 4 Professor David Harrison, Management & Organization, Smeal College of Business, Penn State University
Presentation:  "What's the Difference? Making (Further) Sense of the Diversity Narrative in Organizations"
Background Reading: "What's the Difference? Diversity Constructs as Separation, Variety, or Disparity in Organizations," David A. Harrison and Katherine J. Klein
Web Page: http://www.personal.psu.edu/dah35/
Introducer: Flannery Stevens, Ph.D. Student, Management & Organizations
January 11 Panel Session:  "Academic Leadership in the 21st Century" 

Provost Teresa Sullivan, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Web Page: http://www.provost.umich.edu/about/senior_staff/t_sullivan.html

Dean Deboral Ball, Dean of the School of Education
Web Page: http://sitemaker.soe.umich.edu/soe/faculty_introduction&mode=single&recordID=50710

Dean Janet Weiss, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs–Graduate Studies and Dean of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies
Web Page: http://www.provost.umich.edu/about/senior_staff/j_weiss.html

Tom Finholt, Associate Dean for Research and Innovation, School of Information
Web Page: http://www.si.umich.edu/people/faculty-detail.htm?sid=37
January 18
 Professor Ranaan Lipshitz, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, University of Haifa
Presentation: "Paradigms and Mindfulness in Decision Making: Why the Israel Defense Force (I.D.F.) Failed in the Second Lebanon War"
Background Reading:  N/A
Web Page:  http://hevra.haifa.ac.il/~psy/en/staff/show_details.php?UserID=229&user_type=1
Introducer:  Jude Yew, Ph.D. Student, School of Information
     Co-Sponsored with Strategy
January 25 Professor Martin Ruef, Department of Sociology, Princeton University
Presentation: "Credit and Classification: Defining Industry Boundaries in 19th Century America"
Background Reading:  "Credit and Classification: Defining Industry Boundaries in 19th Century America"
Location:  Ross School of Business, Lower Level, Room E0530
Web Page:  http://sociology.princeton.edu/Faculty/Ruef/
Introducer:  Helena Buhr, Ph.D. Student, Sociology
February 1 Professor John Hollenbeck, Broad College of Business, Michigan State University
Presentation:  "Tactical Leadership and Sub-Unit Coordination: Structure and Planning in Teams of Teams"
Background Readings:
bulletJohnson, M.D., Hollenbeck, J.R., Ilgen, D.R., Humphrey, S.E., Meyer, C. J., & Jundt, D. K. (2006). Cutthroat cooperation: Asymmetrical adaptation of team reward structures. Academy of Management Journal, 49, 103-120.
bulletMoon, H., Hollenbeck, J.R., Humphrey, S.E., Ilgen, D.R., West, B., Ellis, A., and Porter, C.O.L.H. (2004) Asymmetrical adaptability: Dynamic structures as one-way streets. Academy of Management Journal, 47, 681-696.

Web Page:  http://www.bus.msu.edu/staff/staff.cfm?staffID=151
Introducer: Jeffrey Bednar, Ph.D. Student, Ross School of Business
     Co-Sponsored with Strategy
February 8 Professor Rebecca Henderson, Behavior and Policy Sciences, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Presentation: "Making Waves: Innovation and Diseconomies of Scope in the History of the Computing Industry"
Background Reading: "Making Waves: Innovation and Diseconomies of Scope in the History of the Computing Industry"
Location:  Ross School of Business, 1st Floor, Room E1530
Web Page:  http://mitsloan.mit.edu/faculty/detail.php?in_spseqno=54&co_list=F
Introducer:  Mark Madrilejo, Ph.D. Student, Ross School of Business
February 15 Professor Kim Elsbach, Graduate School of Management, University of California-Davis
Presentation: "When Creativity and Collaboration Collide: A Study of Idea-Sharing and Identity Among Toy Designers"
Background Reading:  "When Creativity and Collaboration Collide: A Study of Idea-Sharing and Identity Among Toy Designers"
Web Page:  http://www.gsm.ucdavis.edu/Faculty/index.aspx?id=570
Introducer: Maria Farkas, Ph.D. Student, Sociology and Management & Organizations
     Co-Sponsored with Strategy
February 22 Professor Brian Uzzi, Management & Organizations, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Presentation:  "Outstanding Scientific Knowledge: How Status and Cohesion Shapes Scientists' Collaboration Networks and their Performance"
Abstract
Location:  Ross School of Business, Room E0530
Background Reading: No Reading
Web Page: http://www20.kellogg.northwestern.edu/facdir/facpage.asp?sid=578
Introducer: Natalie Cotton, Ph.D. Student, Ross School of Business
     Co-Sponsored with Strategy
March 7

Professor Joe Porac, Management & Organizations, Stern School of Business, New York University
Presentation: "Matthew or Martha? Positive and Negative Returns to High Status Among Organizational Elites"
Abstract
Background Reading: 

bulletGraffin, S.D., Wade, J.B., Porac, J.  "The Impact of CEO Status Diffusion on the Economic Outcomes of Other Senior Managers."  In press.  Organization Science.
bulletWade, J.B., Porac, J.F., Pollock, T.G., Graffin, S.D. (2006)  "The Burden of Celebrity: The Impact of CEO Certification Contests on CEO Pay and Performance." Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 49, No. 4, 643-660.

Location:  Ross School of Business, Room E1550
Web Page: http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/facultyindex.cgi?id=326
Introducer:  Olenka Kacperczyk, Ph.D. Student, Management & Organizations
March 14

Professor Jeff Edwards, Organizational Behavior/Strategy, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina
Presentation:  "Methods for Integrating Moderation and Mediation: A General Analytical Framework Using Moderated Path Analysis"
Background Reading:  Edwards, J. R., & Lambert, L. S.  (2007).  "Methods for integrating moderation and mediation: A general analytical framework using moderated path analysis." Psychological Methods, 12, 1-22. 
Web Page: http://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/Faculty/search/detail.cfm?person_id=79
Introducer: Kate Heynoski, Ph.D. Student, Industrial & Operations Engineering
March 21 Likert Dissertation Prize Winners

Adam Grant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill:  "The Significance of Task Significance: Job Performance Effects, Relational Mechanisms, and Boundary Conditions"

Francisco Polidoro, University of Texas at Austin:  "Inertia in the Assessment of Technological Innovations: An Examination of the FDA Approval of New Drugs"
March 28

Professor Isabel Fernandez-Mateo, Strategic and International Management, London Business School
Presentation: "Relationship Duration and Returns to Brokerage in the Staffing Sector"
Background Reading: "Relationship Duration and Returns to Brokerage in the Staffing Sector," Matthew Bidwell and Isabel Fernandez-Mateo
Web Page: http://faculty.london.edu/ifernandezmateo/
Introducer: Ned Wellman, Ph.D. student, Management & Organizations
April 4
 Professor Cristina Gibson, Organization and Strategy, Paul Merage School of Business, University of California-Irvine
Presentation: "The Science and Art of Global Collaboration: Investigating Antecedents and Consequences of External Adjustment"
Abstract
Background Reading:  "When Complex Change is Status Quo: Investigating Antecedents and Consequences to Collaboration External Adjustment" (paper available upon request) 
Web Page: http://www.merage.uci.edu/Faculty/FacultyDirectory/FacultyProfiles.aspx?FacultyID=5316
Introducer:  Chak Fu Lam, Ph.D. student, Management & Organizations
April 11

Professor Kai Zheng, School of Public Health and School of Information, University of Michigan
Presentation:  "User Reaction to IT Systems in Health Care: A Multi-Site Multi-Approach Study"
Abstract

Background Reading: 

bulletZheng, K., Padman, R., Johnson, M.P. "User Acceptance and Adoption of a Clinical Reminder System: A developmental Trajectory Approach"
bulletZeng, K., Padman, R., Johnson, M.P., Diamond, H.S.  "An Interface-Driven Analysis of User Behavior of an Electronic Health Records System"

Web Page: http://www.si.umich.edu/people/faculty-detail.htm?sid=402
Web Page:  http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/faculty/profile.cfm?uniqname=kzheng
Introducer:  Rosalind Keith, Ph.D. student, School of Information
PAPER DISTRIBUTION: Before each Friday seminar, papers to be discussed during the next week will be distributed to participants through the on-line syllabus on the ICOS web page or via campus mail. Should you wish to be added to the ICOS Mailing List or email list, please send your name and campus address by e-mail to <pkopka@umich.edu>. Course related announcements will be sent via e-mail on <icos-list@umich.edu>.
NOTIFICATION: All attendees at the Organizational Studies Seminar Series of ICOS agree that their likeness may be, either in whole or in part, videotaped, audio taped, reproduced in any other media and/or shown, presented, or listened to or distributed by the Regents of the University of Michigan and by other educational institutions and individuals authorized by it, for educational and non-commercial purposes.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION
3-4 CREDITS: Students will read all papers presented at the seminar, attend each session, and write a paper for review by an affiliated faculty member of the Business School faculty sponsor (Jerry Davis) or School of Information faculty sponsor (Michael Cohen). Papers written for this seminar are expected to be written for this course alone.
2 CREDITS: Students will read all papers, attend each seminar, and write a mini-paper (10-15 pages) for review by an affiliated faculty member or the Business School faculty sponsor (Jerry Davis) or School of Information faculty sponsor (Michael Cohen).
1 CREDIT: Students will read all papers presented at the seminar, as well as attend each session.
AUDITORS: Interested students may obtain permission to audit the course from Jerry Davis (Business School) or Michael Cohen (School of Information).
COURSE-RELATED QUESTIONS: Contact Jerry Davis by telephone or e-mail at 647-4737, <gfdavis@umich.edu> or Michael Cohen at 647-8027, <mdc@umich.edu>. Messages can also be sent to Paula Kopka, ICOS Coordinator, <pkopka@umich.edu>.