PSYC 513 / ORGB 603 Syllabus
Week #
Week 1
Topic and Readings
Assignments and Cases
Meeting and Introduction to OB
K & K (2004) Chapter 1 and Learning Module C (Research Methods)
27-29
Sept.
Lawrence, P. L. (1990) Historical development of Organizational Behavior. In J. W.
Lorsch (ed.) Handbook of Organizational Behavior. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice
Hall.
Pfeffer, J. (1995). Producing sustainable competitive advantage through the effective
management of people. Academy of Management Executive, 9, 55-72.
Week 2
4-6
Oct.
Hofstede, G. (1993). Cultural constraints in management theories. Academy of
Management Executive, 7, 81-94.
Individual Differences: Self concept, Personality and Emotions
K & K (2004) Chapter 5
George, J. (1992) The role of personality in organizational life: Issues and evidence.
Journal of Management, 18(2), 185-213.
Askhanasy, N.M. & Daus C.S. (2002). Emotion in the workplace: The new challenge for
managers. Academy of Management Executive, 16(1), 76-86.
Week 3
11-13
Oct.
What are your self-monitoring tendencies?
K & K (2002) Page 159.
Where is your locus of control?
Page 170.
How do you score on Big Five Personality Factors?
Page 182-183.
Values, Attitudes and Abilities
Send your results and rankings to the instructor via
email.
OB Exercise:
K & K (2004) Chapter 6
What is your cognitive style? Page 219.
Roy, D. F. (1959). “Banana Time”: Job satisfaction and informal interaction. Human
Organization, 18, 158-168.
Send your scores on 4 styles to the instructor via
email.
Staw, B. M. (1986). Organizational psychology and the pursuit of the happy/productive
worker. California Management Review, 28(4), 40-53.
Week 4
Social Perception and Attributions
“Who Are We?” paper due (Oct 18)
K & K (2004) Chapter 7
18-20
Oct.
Livingston, J. S. (1988). Pygmalion in Management. Harvard Business Review. SeptOct. 121-130.
Case Study: Persons of the Year: The
whistleblowers. Time Magazine, December 30,
2002- January 6, 2003. pp. 38-62.
Crant, J. M. & Bateman, T. S. (1993). Assignment of credit and blame for performance
outcomes. Academy of Management Journal, 36(1), 7-27.
Fels, A. (2004). Do women lack ambition? Harvard Business Review, April, 50-60.
Banaji, M. R., Bazerman, M. H., & Chugh D. (2003) How (un)ethical are you? Harvard
Business Review, Dec., 56-64.
Week 5
Motivation
25-27
Oct.
K & K (2004) Chapter 8 - 9
Maslow, A. H. (1943) A theory of human motivation. Psychological Review, 50, 370396.
How do your work goals compare internationally? K
& K (2004) Page 142-143
Send your results and rankings to the instructor via
email.
Amabile, T. M. (1997). Motivating creativity in organizations: On doing what you love
and loving what you do. California Management Review, 40, 39-58.
Week 6
Nadler, D. A., & Lawler, E. E. I. (1995). Motivation: A diagnostic approach. In D. A.
Kolb, J. S. Osland, & I. M. Rubin (Eds.), The organizational behavior reader (pp. 125135). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Improving Job Performance: Feedback, Rewards and Reinforcement
1 Nov.
K & K (2004) Chapter 10
(No class
on 3 Nov)
Kerr, S. (1975). On the folly of rewarding A, while hoping for B. Academy of
Management Journal, 18, 769-783.
Case Study: Mary Kay Case (answer the questions
given before you come to class).
Team division of labor and process contract due
Kohn, A. (1993). Why incentive plans cannot work. Harvard Business Review, SeptOct. 54-63.
Week 7
Individual and Organizational Decision Making
8-10
Nov.
K & K (2004) Chapter 11
OB Exercise:
Assessing participation in your group decision
making. Page 386
Bazerman, M. (1994). Judgment in managerial decision making. (Chapter 3) New York:
John Wiley & Sons.
Take the overconfidence quiz! (Do not look at the
answers first).
Pearlstein S. (2002, January 27). The Compromise Effect. . . And the New Thinking
About Money Is That Your Irrationality Is Predictable. Washington Post, Page H01.
Send your scores to the instructor via email.
Casablanca. In Practice.
Nutt, P. C. (1999). Surprising but true: Half the decisions in organizations fail.
Academy of Management Executive, 13, 75-90.
Case Study: Gioia, D. A. (1996). Why I didn’t
recognize Pinto fire hazards: How organizational
scripts channel managers’ thoughts and actions. In
M. D. Ermann and R. J. Lundman (eds.), Corporate
and governmental deviance: Problems of
organizational behavior in contemporary society
(5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
Week 8
Communication in Organizations: Dyads and Networks
HBR Case and instructions for the case analysis are
distributed.
15-17
Nov.
K & K (2004) Chapter 15.
Handout: Culture and communication
Hall, J. (1973). Communication revisited. California Management Review, 15 (3).
Krackhardt, D. & Hanson, J. R. (1993). Informal networks: The company behind the
chart. Harvard Business Review, July-August, 104-111.
Week 9
22-24
Nov.
Influence, Power and Politics
K & K (2004) Chapter 16
Kotter, J. P. (1977). Power, dependence and effective management. Harvard Business
Review, July-August, 125-136.
Salancik, G. R. & Pfeffer, J. (1977). Who gets power – and how they hold on to it: A
strategic-contingency model of power. Organizational Dynamics, Winter, 3-21.
Jackall, R. (1983). Moral mazes: Bureaucracy and managerial work. Harvard Business
Review, 61, 188-130.
Movie Analysis Due (Nov 22)
Case Study: Vandivier, Kermit. Why Should My
Conscience Bother Me? In In the Name of
Profit. Edited by R. Heilbroner. Garden City, NY:
Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1972, pp. 3-31.
Week 10
Group Dynamics and Teamwork in Organizations
29 Nov –
1 Dec
K & K (2004) Chapter 12 – 13
Barker, J. R. (1993). Tightening the iron cage: Concertive control in self-managing
teams. Administrative Science Quarterly, 38, 408-437.
Week 11
6-8
Dec
Katzenbach, J. R. & Smith, D. K. (March-April, 1993). The discipline of teams. Harvard
Business Review, 71 (2), 111-120.
Conflict-Cooperation and Negotiations
K & K (2004) Chapter 14
Fisher, R. & Ury, W. (1981). Getting to Yes: Negotiating agreement without giving in.
“Don’t bargain over positions”, pp.3-14. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Case Study: The team that wasn’t by Suzy
Wetlaufer.
OB Exercise:
Is this a mature work group or team? Page 439-440.
Student Team Development Project. Page 478.
Send your scores to the instructor via email.
OB Exercise:
What is your primary conflicting handling style?
Page 511.
Send your scores to the instructor via email.
Bazerman M. (1994). Judgment in Managerial Decision Making (3 rd edition, Chapter 8).
New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Week 12
13-15
Dec
Thompson, L., & Leonardelli, G. J. (2004) The big bang: The evolution of negotiation
research. Academy of Management Executive, 18(3), 113-117.
Leadership
K & K (2004) Chapter 17
Case Study:
Useem, M. Eugene Cranz returns Apollo 13 to
Earth. In The Leadership Moment. New York:
Three Rivers Press.
Goleman, D. (1998) What makes a leader. Harvard Business Review, Nov-Dec, 93-102.
Kotter, J. P. (1990). What leaders really do. Harvard Business Review, May-June,
103-111.
Byrne, J. A. (1998). JACK: A close-up look at how America’s #1 manager runs GE.
Business Week, June 8, 91-108.
Quinn, R. E. (2005). Moments of greatness: Entering the fundamental state of
leadership. Harward Business Review, July-Aug, 75-83.
Paşa, S. F., Kabasakal, H. & Bodur, M. (2001). Society, Organisations, and Leadership
in Turkey. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 50, 559-589.
HBS Case Analysis Due (Dec 15)
OB Exercise:
Assessing Teacher’s Leadership Style, Class
Satisfaction and Role Clarity. Page 604.
Send your scores to the instructor via email.
Week 13
20-22
Dec
Organizational Culture and Socialization
K & K (2004) Chapter 3
Schein, E. H. (1984). Coming to a new awareness of organizational culture. Sloan
Management Review, Winter, 3-16.
O’Reilly, C. O. (Summer, 1989). Corporations, culture, and commitment: Motivation
and social control in organizations. California Management Review, 9-25.
Collins, James C., and Jerry I. Porras. Cult-like Cultures. Chapter 6 in Built to Last:
Successful Habits of Visionary Companies. HarperBusiness, 1998, pp. 115-139.
Van Maanen, J. (1983). Golden passports: Managerial socialization and graduate
education. The Review of Higher Education, 6 (4), 435-455.
Week 14
Organizational Change: Problems and Critiques
27-29
Dec
K & K (2004), Chapter 19
Biggart, N. W. (1977). The creative-destructive process of organizational change: The
case of the post office. Administrative Science Quarterly, 22, 410-426.
Hurst, D. K. (1991). Cautionary tales from the Kalahari: how hunters become herders
(and may have trouble changing back). Academy of Management Executive, 5(3), 7486.
Beer, M., Eisenstat, R. A., & Spector, B. (1990). Why change programs don’t produce
change. Harvard Business Review, Nov-Dec, 158-166.
Case Study:
Van Maanen, J. (1989). The smile factory: Work at
Disneyland. In P. J. Frost et al (eds.) Reframing
Organizational Culture. Newbury Park, CA: Sage,
58-76.
Study Questions:
1. What is Disney's culture?
2. What role does this culture play in Disney's
success (and in their failures)?
3. Reflect on the culture of your last organization.
Was it "cult-like" in the way described by Collins
and Porras? Is this a good or bad attribute? Looking
back, what was the impact on your behavior of
being a part of that culture?
Case Study:
Beers, M. C. (1996). The strategy that wouldn’t
travel. Harvard Business Review, Nov-Dec, 18-31.
Individual evaluation of team process and
performance (Team Project 1_phase 3) due (Dec
27)
Optional reading:
Woodworth, W. & Nelson, R. (1979). Witch
doctors, messianics, sorcerers, and OD consultants:
Parallels and paradigms. Organizational Dynamics,
Autumn, 17-33.