M710 Syllabus Spring 2001
Dr. Mike McCullough
Phone: 901 425 3316
Fax: 901 425 3319
Email: mccullou@lambuth.edu or tangamc869@cs.com
Course website: http://www.utm.edu/~mikem/mikemc~1.htm
Office Martin: School of Business Building Room 120 Hours: 1:30-2:30 MW and by arrangement
Office Jackson: Lambuth Jones Hall Room 214 Hours: 9-11 T-F and by arrangement
Objective
This course is designed to be an inquiry into the methods, rationale, and values or organizing. The units of
analysis will be the organization, the individual as part of the organization and inter-organizational
relationships.
Texts
Gabriel, Y., Fineman, S. & Sims, D. (2000). Organizing and Organizations, 2nd ed., London: Sage.
Marion, R. (1999). The Edge of Organization, Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Schedule
January 8
January 10
January 17
January 22
January 24
January 29
January 31
February 5
February 7
February 12
February 14
February 19
February 21
February 26
February 28
March 5
March 7
March 19
March 21
March 26
March 28
April 2
April 4
April 9
April 11
April 16
April 18
April 23
April 25
April 30
Introduction
Introduction continued
Life as creation of wealth
Sensemaking/Making Sense in O’s: Gold Nuggets, Signal Events and Cautionary Tales
Digital versus analog dilemma
O&O Chapters 1 & 2
O&O Chapters 3 & 4
O&O Chapters 5 & 6
O&O Chapters 7 & 8
O&O Chapters 9 & 10
O&O Chapters 11 & 12
O&O Chapters 13 & 14
O&O Chapters 15 & 16
O&O Chapters 17 & 18
O&O Chapters 19 & 20
EofO Chapters 1-4
EofO Chapter 5
EofO Chapter 6 & 7
EofO Chapters 8
EofO Chapter 9
EofO Chapter 10
EofO Chapter 11
EofO Chapter 12 & 13
EofO Chapter 14-16
Authority and Change
Sleepwalkers
The comedy of politics
Pathology and Effectiveness
Ludema on Hope
Wrap-up
Research Paper
The paper should be submitted using American Psychological Association (APA) Style. The paper should
be from 2 to 4 thousand words long. You must have at least five citations (each with a corresponding
reference). Along with your paper you should submit an abstract of between 150 and 200 words. You
should also prepare to field questions from the class regarding your paper. The questions you are asked
will be derived from the abstract you distribute to the class.
Research Paper Topics
You may choose to write a paper on one of the following topics, or one of your own choosing:
Justice
Social capital
Citizenship behavior
The escalation of commitment to a failed course of action
Organizational effectiveness
Webs of inclusion
Well being
The sometimes short distance between autocracy and democracy
The future of leadership in organizations
What women can teach men about management
What men can teach women about power
The importance of spirituality in organizations
What we can learn about organizational theory (organizational behavior) from: (Movie, book, TV show)
The future of work
Managing paradox
Management versus leadership
Why individuals and organizations underachieve
Zen and the art of organizational management
How structure affects organizational effectiveness
Lessons from:
Valujet Crash
Challenger Disaster
Paducah & Oak Ridge
Champion International Paper
Union Carbide
Grade determination
Exams
Midterm
Final
Research paper
Class Participation
30%
40%
20%
10%
Exam grades
Exams will be all essays. The essays will be graded on clarity of expression, insight, organization, and
coverage of the question.
Class rules
Anticipated absences should be discussed with the instructor. The midterm exam is in-class. The final is
take-home. The final will pertain mainly to the second half of the class, but may draw inspiration from the
first half as well. If you use sources for the answers to the take-home exam, you should give these sources
as citations in the body of the paper and references at the end of the paper. Classmates are inappropriate
sources.
Reading
Reading should be completed by the date listed on the Syllabus.
Question and answer
You will be expected to submit an abstract of your paper for everyone in the class by April 2 nd. You should
also submit two questions, one for two separate abstracts, to be asked and answered in class (by the author
of the abstract). This means each student will be the author of one abstract and two questions and the
responder to one or more questions. Questions submitted by April 9 th. The instructor will serve as
moderator of the question and answer session. Please do not read anything in to one student getting more
discussion time than another. We will have authors respond to questions beginning on April 16 th.
APA Style
NOTES IN TEXT
The APA calls its style "reference citations in text" and discusses them in detail on pages 168-174 of its
manual. Each time you quote from another work or wish to refer to it, use the author’s name (or title, if that
is how it appears in your bibliography) followed by the publication date in parentheses.
Example:
Smith (1995) compared reaction times … In a recent study of reaction times, Smith (1995) found …
On the decision to provide free child care ("Study Finds," 1989) … The book College Bound Seniors
(1978) …
BOOKS
(indent) Author, A. A.(Ed.). (date). Title of the book. Location: Publisher.
Give inclusive page numbers of the article or chapter in parentheses after the title.
Craik, F. I. (Ed.). (1989). Varieties of memory and consciousness. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Mitchell, T. R., & Larson, J. R., Jr. (1987). People in organizations: An introduction to organizational
behavior (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
O’Neil, J. M., & Egan, J. (1992). Men’s and women’s gender role journeys: Metaphor for healing,
transition, and transformation. In B. R. Wainrib (Ed.), Gender issues across the life cycle
(pp. 107-123). New York: Springer.
LECTURES, SPEECHES, and ADDRESSES
Sabato, L. (1991, 29 October). Politics on the edge. Talk presented for the Window Series at
Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville, VA.
PERIODICALS
Deutsch, F. M., & Servis, L. J. (1993). Husbands at home: Predictors of paternal participation in
childcare and housework. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65, 1154-1166.
Henry, W. A., (1990, September 9). Beyond the melting pot. Time, 135, 28-31
WORLD WIDE WEB SOURCES
All references begin with the same information that would be provided for a printed source (or as much of
that information as possible). The Web information is then placed at the end of the reference. It is important
to use "Retrieved (date) from" because documents on the Web may change in content, move, or be
removed from a site altogether.
Article in a Journal
Jacobson, J. W., & Schwartz, A. A. (1995). A history of facilitated communication: Science,
pseudoscience, and antiscience: Science working group on facilitated communication. American
Psychologist, 50, 750-765. Retrieved January 25, 1998 from the World Wide Web:
http://www.apa.org/journals/jacobson.html
Books
Nesbit, E. (1908). Ballads and lyrics of socialism. London: Ashley. Retrieved April 26, 1997 from the
World Wide Web: http://www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/nesbit/ballsoc.html
Newspaper Article:
Sleek, S. (1996, January). Psychologists build a culture of peace. APA Monitor, pp. 1, 33
[Newspaper, selected stories on line]. Retrieved January 25, 1996 from the World Wide Web:
http://www.apa.org/monitor/peacea.html
Scholarly Projects and Professional Sites
American Psychological Association. (1995, September 15). APA public policy action alert:
Legislation would affect grant recipients [Announcement posted on the World Wide Web]. Washington,
DC: Author. Retrieved January 25, 1996 from the World Wide Web: http://www.apa.org/ppo/istook.html
Men and Women Differ in Brain Structures. (April 23, 1999). Mental Health Net & CMHC Systems.
Retrieved April 29, 1999 from the World Wide Web: http://mentalhelp.net/articles/brain3.htm
[APA reference information Retrieved January 9, 2000 from the World Wide Web:
http://sapphire.pvcc.cc.va.us/library/apadocu.htm ]