Organizational Theory & Behavior, Welcome to Abilene & Brave New World!
Resources: Syllabus, Jerry Harvey's Definition of Cheating, Class Lecture - Whiteboard Notes
Class Meeting Times: Mon-Wed, 11-12:30 PM, 38-209
Live Online Access: https://join.freeconferencecall.com/sivanov (emergencies only), instructions
Student Support: Hany Makhlouf Academic Center for Student Support (38-114)
Office Hours: Before/after class, and by appointment (online, day, evenings, and weekends)
Course Readings:
Required:
The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education, W. Edwards Deming
These books are also given to students free of charge as a collection of articles:
The Abilene Paradox and Other Meditations on Management, ISBN: 0787902772, Jerry B. Harvey (in UDC Library on Reserve)
Obedience to Authority, ISBN: 006131983X, Stanley Milgram (free on Google), free downloadable PDF (in UDC Library on Reserve)
Optional:
The Broken Heart: The Medical Consequences of Loneliness, ISBN: 0465007694, James J. Lynch
The Principles of Scientific Management, ISBN: 0393003981, Frederick Taylor
A General Theory of Bureaucracy, ISBN: 0435824783, Elliott Jaques
On the Psychology of Military Incompetence, ISBN: 0712658890, Norman Dixon (in UDC Library on Reserve)
A General Theory of Bureaucracy, ISBN: 0435824783, Elliott Jaques
A Cry Unheard: New Insights into the Medical Consequences of Loneliness, ISBN: 1890862118, James J. Lynch (in UDC Library on Reserve)
Organization, ISBN: 0140217606, Wilfred Brown
The Abilene Paradox and Other Meditations on Management, ISBN: 0787902772, Jerry B. Harvey (in UDC Library on Reserve)
Swatting Flies and Telling Lies: Stories of a Mad Organizational Consultant, Jerry B. Harvey
Executive Leadership: A Practical Guide to Managing Complexity, ISBN: 0962107018, Elliott Jaques, Stephen D. Clement
It's All About Work: Organizing Your Company To Get Work Done, ISBN: 0988639602, Stephen D. Clement
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil, ISBN: 0140187650, Hannah Arendt
Escape from Freedom, ISBN: 0805031499, Erich Fromm
Our Own Worst Enemy, ISBN: 0708840388, Norman F. Dixon
How Come Every Time I Get Stabbed in the Back My Fingerprints Are on the Knife? And Other Meditations on Management, ISBN: 0787947873, Jerry Harvey
The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace, ISBN: 0684848589, Peck
People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil, ISBN: 0684848597, Peck
Requisite Organization, ISBN: 1886436045, Elliott Jaques
Social Power and the CEO, ISBN: 1567205518, Elliott Jaques
Narcissistic Leaders: Who Succeeds and Who Fails, ISBN: 1422104141, Maccoby
The Leaders We Need, ISBN: 1422101665, Michael Maccoby
Accountability Leadership: How to Strengthen Productivity Through Sound Managerial Leadership, ISBN: 1564145514, Gerald A. Kraines
The Prince, Nicolo Machiavelli (free on Google Books)
The Art of War, ISBN: 0195014766, Sun Tzu (author), Samuel Griffith (translator)
The Age of Fallibility, ISBN: 1586483595, George Soros
The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business, ISBN: 0674940520, Alfred D. Chandler Jr.
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory--A Clear Explanation that Anyone Can Understand, ISBN: 0517029618, Albert Einstein
Man's Search for Meaning, ISBN: 0807014273, Viktor E. Frankl
Unhealthy Societies: The Afflictions of Inequality, ISBN: 0415092353, Wilkinson
The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today, Ricks
Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism That Serves Humanity's Most Pressing Needs, ISBN: 1586488244, Muhammad Yunus
Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100, ISBN: 0307473333, Michio Kaku
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Additional Theme |
Readings[3] |
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Week 1: |
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Mon, Aug 26, #1 |
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Introduction |
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Wed, Aug 28, #2 |
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Introduction |
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Week 2: |
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Mon, Sep 2, – |
Labor Day Observance (University Closed) |
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Wed, Sep 4, #3 |
Syllabus Q&A |
Introduction (continued), Language, The Language of Organizations, Reflexivity, Primary and Secondary Sources |
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Week 3: |
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Mon, Sep 9, #4 |
Assignment 0-A: books |
“How Are We Doing?” class discussion of organizations and organizational experience |
Working at: - Yahoo - Microsoft - Amazon - Apple - Army - IBM - AA - Uber - University |
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Wed, Sep 11, #5 |
Assignment 0-B: voting |
Ethical & Moral Principles, Anaclitic Depression, Loneliness, Conversation |
Harvey – Cheating
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Week 4: |
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Mon, Sep 16, #6 |
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Cheating in Organizations |
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Wed, Sep 18, #7 |
Paper 1 |
Principles of Work, Trust in Organizations |
Milgram – 1, 2 |
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Video Lecture 1: Feararchy and Organizations (additional make-up class) |
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Week 5: |
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Mon, Sep 23, #8 |
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Work in Organizations / What Organizations Really Do? |
Deming – 1 Milgram – 3 |
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Wed, Sep 25, #9 |
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Historical Overview: Systems Thinking in Mgt. and Introduction to Major Works: Taylor, Follett, Argyris, Herzberg, McGregor, Lewin, Bion, Harvey, Isaac, Deming, Jaques, Dixon, Maccoby, Chomsky, others |
Milgram – 4 Einstein/Freud Productive Narcissist HBR Article |
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Week 6: |
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Mon, Sep 30, #10 |
Movie: [4] Challenger |
The Abilene Paradox, Organizations and Phrog Farms, and other mediations on management, discussion |
Milgram – 5, 6 Deming – 2 Abilene Paradox |
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Wed, Oct 2, #11 |
Paper 2 Movie: Abilene Paradox, followed by class discussion |
Research and Fallacies in Management, Unicorns |
Milgram – 7, 8 |
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Wed, Oct 2, – 12:30 – 1:50 PM |
Distinguished Lecture Series, On Leadership Special Event, Guest Speaker: Darryl Vernon Poole The Changing Eras of Civilizations: My Experiences of 50 Years of the Past and 50 Years into the Future |
Deming – 3 Milgram – 7 Machiavelli – 12, 13 |
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Week 7: |
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Mon, Oct 7, #12 |
In-class Short Game |
Deming in Organizations |
Milgram – 9, 10 Deming – 3 |
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Wed, Oct 9, #13 |
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Deming in Organizations |
Milgram – 9, 10 Deming – 3 |
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Week 8: |
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Mon, Oct 14, – |
Columbus Day Observance (University Closed) |
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Wed, Oct 16, #14 |
Great Book Extra Credit Selection Deadline Movie: Types of Organizations |
Management Diseases
and Obstacles Organizational Theory, Foundations Applied Theories in Organizations, Types of Organizations, Associations and Hierarchies Organizational Structure, Types of Teams and Teamwork |
Deming – 4 Milgram – 11 |
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Week 9: |
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Mon, Oct 21, #15 |
In-class Exercise: time-span of the role |
Role, Role
Measurement, and Role Types Authorities, Accountabilities |
Milgram – 12, 13 Deming – 5 |
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Wed, Oct 23, #16 |
Movie: Managerial/Team Leadership
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Organizational
Structure Structure of Managerial Hierarchies Types of Teams and Teamwork Strategic Management, Leadership Good and Evil in Organizations
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Milgram – 14 The Great CEO Pay Heist Psych Foundations Herzberg – One More Time |
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Video Lecture 2: Organizational Design Concepts (additional make-up class) |
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Week 10: |
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Mon, Oct 28, #17 |
Movie: Corporate Leadership |
Performance Appraisal,
Promotion, Mentorship Systems Systems of Compensations, Language Motivation, Talent Pool Development |
Milgram – 15 Deming – 6 |
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Wed,Oct 30, #18 |
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Discussion: Deputies in Organizations |
Milgram – 16 |
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Week 11: |
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Mon, Nov 4, #19 |
Movie: Corporate Leadership |
Performance Appraisal,
Promotion, Mentorship Systems Systems of Compensations, Language Motivation, Talent Pool Development |
Milgram – 15 Deming – 6 EJ Levels with You |
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Wed, Nov 6, #20 |
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Discussion: Deputies in Organizations |
Milgram – 16 |
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Week 12: |
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Mon, Nov 11, – |
Veteran’s Day Observance (University Closed) |
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Mon, Nov 13, #21 |
Movie: Group Tyranny |
Milgram's Studies |
Milgram – 17, 18 |
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Week 13: |
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Mon, Nov 18, #22 |
Exams 2 & 3 |
General Review |
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Wed, Nov 20, #23 |
Exam 1 |
Exam 1 (Remember Assignment 0-B: voting) |
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Week 14: |
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Mon, Nov 25, #24 |
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Team / Individual Project Work & Review |
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Wed, Nov 27, #25 |
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Team / Individual Project Work & Review |
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Week 15: |
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Mon, Dec 2, #26 |
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Wed, Dec 4, #27 |
Class Party |
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Week 16: |
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Mon, Dec 9, #28 |
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Wed, Dec 11, #29 |
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Week 17: |
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Mon, Dec 16, #30 |
Paper 3 (final version) |
Exams 2 & 3 (additional) |
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[2] UDC Academic Calendar: www.udc.edu/registrar/academic-calendars
[3] All assigned reading is due before class; for a complete required reading list, please visit the class’ website at www.SergeyIvanov.org (all articles are posted as PDF files on the class web site – italicized above).
Other Notes (Syllabus, page 3):
Instruction Method: Conversations[1] and Discussions, Group Exercises, Papers, and Projects
Attendance: is mandatory. University defines attendance as follows: www.sbpa.info/advising-registration/procedures-policies/university-policies
Definition of attendance-good class participation, and missed/unprepared class:
Good class participation (attendance) is defined as being visibly present during entire duration of the class, actively taking notes, and contributing (see technology expectations below). Coming to class not having read the required reading assignments, using a cellphone, or other electronic devices during class, as well as eating, talking, sleeping, leaving-returning, and other non-participative behaviors, is considered as one missed class, not earning the attendance-participation credit. Two 15-30 min late count as one missed class. Thirty or more minutes late count as one missed class.
Technology Expectations
Please turn off all electronic devices and put them away. The students must obtain a notebook for this class, and take notes by hand using a pen. The following commentary explains some of my reasoning to using this approach (click here to access the opinion).
Assignments: Papers 1, 2, and 3
Grading: 2017-2019 Course Catalog, The Undergraduate Grading System (p. 51)
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Assignment: |
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Grade:
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Paper 1 |
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5 |
100 – 90 |
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Paper 2 |
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10 |
80 – 89 |
B |
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Paper 3, term project |
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30 |
70 – 79 |
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Paper 3 Presentation |
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10 |
60 – 69 |
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Exam 1, in-class |
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30 |
59 and below |
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Exam 2, take-home
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15 |
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Great Book/Other Extra Credit
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100 |
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[1] The word conversation has a root in the word life, from Old French, conversation, or Latin, conversationem (nom. conversatio) "act of living with" ((2008). Conversation Definition. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/conversation: Dictionary.com).
