Management Consulting, Welcome to Abilene!
Resources: Syllabus, Jerry Harvey's Definition of Cheating, Class Lecture - Whiteboard Notes
Class Meeting Times: Wednesdays, 4:30 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 Practice of Managerial Leadership, ISBN-10: 1469190826, Nancy Lee
The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education, ISBN: 0911379053, W. Edwards Deming
Reference:
Hiring Talent: Decoding Levels of Work in the Behavioral Interview, ISBN: 0988916517, Tom Foster
Out of the Crisis, ISBN: 0262541157, W. Edwards Deming
Requisite Organization: The CEO's Guide to Creative Structure and Leadership, ISBN: 096210700X, Elliott Jaques
The Broken Heart: The Medical Consequences of Loneliness, ISBN: 0465007694, James J. Lynch
The Principles of Scientific Management, ISBN: 0393003981, Frederick Taylor
Optional:
A Cry Unheard: New Insights into the Medical Consequences of Loneliness, ISBN: 1890862118, James J. Lynch
On the Psychology of Military Incompetence, ISBN: 0712658890, Norman Dixon
A General Theory of Bureaucracy, ISBN: 0435824783, Elliott Jaques
Organization, ISBN: 0140217606, Wilfred Brown
Swatting Flies and Telling Lies: Stories of a Mad Organizational Consultant, Jerry B. Harvey
Obedience to Authority, ISBN: 006131983X, Stanley Milgram
The Prince (click for free download), Niccolo Machiavelli (free on Google Books)
On the Psychology of Military Incompetence, ISBN: 0712658890, Norman Dixon
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, M. Scott Peck
People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil, ISBN: 0684848597, M. Scott 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, Michael 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 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, Richard G. Wilkinson
The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today, ISBN: 1594204047, Thomas E. 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
The Prophet, ISBN: 0394404289, Kahlil Gibran
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Additional Theme |
Readings[3] |
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Wed, May 22, #1 |
Assignment 0-A: books Syllabus Q&A |
Introduction, Language, The Language of Organizations, Reflexivity, Primary and Secondary Sources |
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Video Lecture 1: Feararchy and Organizations (additional make-up class / reading day) |
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Video Lecture 2: The History of Corporations (additional make-up class / reading day) |
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Reading Day 1: |
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Wed, May 29, #2
4:30 PM |
Assignment 0-B: voting Movie: [4] Types of Organizations (review)
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Methods to Organizational Consulting Bureaucracy and Associations How are we doing? Why study organizations? On Measures Work, Measurement of Work Stratification of Organization Multidimensional Capability to Work |
Lee – 1
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Wed, May 29, #3 |
Great Book Extra Credit Selection Deadline |
Methods of study On Manners Surveys vs. Interviews On Roles in General Roles of Organizational / Management Consultants Survey Conduction / Class Practice Data Recording & Analysis Survey/Study Challenges |
Lee – 2 Deming – 1-4 |
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Video Lecture 3: Organizational Design Concepts (additional make-up class / reading day) |
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Reading Day 2: Working at: - Yahoo - Amazon - Apple - Army - IBM |
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Wed, June 5, #4
4:30 PM |
Paper 1 Current Org Chart Jaques Org Chart Deming Org Chart Other Org / Work Chart Movie: Managerial/Team Leadership Movie: Corporate Leadership |
Deming Methods to Organizations Management Diseases and Obstacles |
Lee – 3 Deming – 5, 6 |
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Wed, June 5, #5 |
Movie: Challenger |
Deming Methods to Organizations |
Lee – 4 |
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Video Lecture 4: More on Corporations – a Perspective (additional make-up class / reading day) |
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Reading Day 3: Lee – 5, 6, 7 |
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Wed, June 12, #6 4:30 PM |
Paper 2 |
General Review Team / Individual Project Work & Review |
Lee – 5, 6, 7 |
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Wed, June 12, #7 |
Exams 1, 2, 3 |
(Remember Assignment 0-B: voting) |
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Wed, June 19, #8 5 PM |
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Wed, July 10, #9 |
Paper 3 |
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[1] Dates and topics on the syllabus may change slightly to accommodate the class’ needs.
[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).
[4] All movies used in class are mini-movies on a specific topic to encourage and enhance the class conversation.
