Date Themes Sept 3

SAMPLE SCHEDULES OF TOPICS OR THEMES

PAUL ARPAIA, HISTORY 1003

Schedule of Themes

Date Themes

Sept 3 Intro: Syllabus and Blackboard; How historians communicate

Sept 5 How historians communicate

Sept 10 Looking at primary and secondary sources together

Sept 12 European societies in the 16 th

and 17 th

centuries: New tensions and expansionism

Sept

17

No class—The college follows a Monday schedule.

Sept 19 Sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas: Before and after the encounter

Sept 24 Near Eastern societies in the 16 th

and 17 th

centuries

Sept 26 Asian societies in the 16 th and 17 th centuries

Oct 1 Developments in 17 th

- and 18 th

-century Europe

Oct 3 Developments in 17 th - and 18 th -century Africa

Oct 8 Developments in the 17 th

- and 18 th

-century Near East

Oct 10 No class

Oct 15 Developments in 17 th

- and 18 th

-century Asia

Oct 17 Drawing conclusions about world societies in the 17 th

and 18 th

century

Oct 22 Mid-term Exam

Oct 24 The European Revolutions

Oct 29 The Industrial Revolutions

Oct 31 European ideals of the nation and state

Nov 5 New forms of identity building in African, Turkish and Indian societies

Nov 7 The confrontation of European and Asian societies in the 19 th

century

Nov 12 Drawing conclusions about the long 19 th

century

Nov 14 The Great War

Nov 19 The Bolshevik Revolution

Nov 21 The Aftermath of the Great War

Nov 26 Communism, Fascism and Nazism

Nov 28 No class—Thanksgiving Holiday

Dec 3 Anticolonialism, Nationalism and Revolution in Africa, Asia and Latin America

Dec 5 World War II and the Cold War

Dec 10 The post-Cold War Period

Dec 12 Drawing conclusions

The Final Exam will be administered during the exam period (Dec. 17-23)

BERT HANSEN, HISTORY 1000

Tues 1/28 (1)

Th 1/30 (2)

PART 1: T HE R EVOLUTION AND THE C ONSTITUTION

(10 classes, 3 chapters, 3 quizzes, 1 exam)

No preparation. Watch and discuss film clip. Handout of syllabus.

Start reading Chap. 5. Study our syllabus carefully.

Bring to class a photocopy of your Baruch ID card on an 8.5 x 11 sheet. Make sure the photo is at least moderately clear. Leave a blank margin of 1 or 2 inches at the top, just above the card.

Starting in the next class, we'll have assigned seating. If you have a special need to sit in front, add a note to the lower part of that sheet explaining your needs.

Overview of changes from 1763 to 1776. Review of some course procedures.

Handout of Chap. 5 study questions and study questions about “The Boston Massacre.”

Tues 2/4 (3) Study all of Chap. 5. Arrive early to find your assigned seat. Take a practice quiz in class. In class, students will discuss and analyze “The Boston Massacre.”

You must bring your textbook to class for this exercise.

Th 2/6 (4) No new reading. Review all of Chap. 5 for Quiz #1 . Lecture on Chap. 5. Handout of text of the

“Declaration of Independence.”

Tues 2/11 (5) For in-class discussion of the “Declaration of Independence,” bring handout of this text to class.

Prepare for class by thinking about what it says, why it says those things, and how each of its parts is related to the events studied in Chap. 5. Begin your reading of Chap. 6.

Th

2/12 WED COLLEGE CLOSED for Lincoln's Birthday.

2/13 (6) Study all of Chap 6 for Quiz #2 . Lecture and general discussion.

Special NOTE: Feb. 14th is the last day students may resign from a course without receiving the grade of “W.” (See April 11 below as last day to take a “W.”)

2/17 MON COLLEGE CLOSED for Presidents Day.

Tues 2/18 (7) Further discussion of Chap. 6. Students choosing to do the Optional Exercise # 1 during the last 10 minutes of this class; others will be dismissed then.

will write it out

Th 2/20 (8) Study all of Chap. 7 for Quiz #3 to discern topics and general structure (pp. B6-B12). Handout about “The Bill of Rights.” Lecture and discussion of Chap. 7.

. Read casually through the Constitution in the back of your textbook

Tues 2/25 (9) Discussion of The Constitution and “The Bill of Rights.”

Th 2/27 (10) General review of the course so far.

Tues 3/4 (11) Examination #1 on everything covered so far. Handout of reading assignment for next class.

Th

PART 2: R EGIONAL C HANGES , C IVIL W AR , AND R ECONSTRUCTION


3/6 (12) Orientation to Part 2. Start reading Chap. 14. For in-class discussion, study the reading handed out at

Exam #2 about movements for social change.

Tues 3/11 (13) Lecture and discussion of tensions in the 1850s.

Th 3/13 (14) Study all of Chap. 14 for Quiz #4 .

Tues 3/18 (15) Start reading Chap. 15.


Tues 3/25 (17) Initial discussion of Chap. 16. Skim the whole chapter and begin studying the important parts.

Students choosing to do the Optional Exercise # 2 will write it out during the last 10 minutes of this class; others will be dismissed then.


Tues 4/1 (19) Continued discussion of Chap. 16.

Th 4/3 (20) Review of Part 2.

Tues 4/8 (21) Examination #2 covering all of Part 2. It may include some material from Part 1.

PART 3: T HE T WENTIES , T HE G REAT D EPRESSION , AND THE N EW D EAL


Th 4/10

Tues 4/15

(22) Lecture orientation to Part 3. Read Chap. 23. This is our last class for over two weeks.

April 11 (Friday) is the deadline for resigning any course with a “W” grade.

NO CLASS for us. THE COLLEGE FOLLOWS A WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE

SPRING VACATION runs Wed., April 16, through Thurs., April 24.

.

Tues 4/29 (23) Study Chap. 23 for Quiz #7 . Discussion of “the prosperity decade.”

Th 5/1 (24) From prosperity to crisis.

Tues 5/6 (25) Read through Chap. 24.


Tues 5/13 (27) Continued discussion of Chap. 24.

Th 5/15 (28) General course wrap up. Final Exam is cumulative, with emphasis on Part 3.

FINAL EXAM for EG24 (9:05 class) on Tuesday, May 20th , from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

FINAL EXAM for KM24p (11:10 class) on Thursday, May 22nd , from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

HELAINE J. KORN, BUSINESS POLICY (BPL) 5100

Tentative Schedule

Topic and Assignments

9

10

11

12

6

4

5

3

Session Day/Date

1

2

Tuesday, January 28

Thursday, January 30

7

8

Tuesday, February 4

Thursday, February 6







Tuesday, March 4

Thursday, March 6

Orientation and Course Preview

Distribute and review Course Syllabus

Introduction to the Case Method

Read H/J Analyzing a Case Study and Writing a Case Study Analysis pp. C2-

C14

Form teams for Business Management Laboratory and Case Analysis

The Strategic Management Process

Read H/J Chapter 1 pp. 2-40

Stakeholders and the Corporate Mission


External Analysis: The Identification of Industry Opportunities and Threats

Read H/J Chapter 3 pp.78-106, 114-120

External Analysis

Read H/J Case 19: The Evolution of the Air Express Industry, 1973-1996 pp.

C253-C263

Business Management Laboratory: Scenario, Introduction and Environment

Read BML Scenario, Chapter 1

Business Management Laboratory: Marketing Aspects; Plant and Production;

Finance and Administration

Read BML Chapters 2, 3, 4

Internal Analysis: Resources, Capabilities, Competencies, and Competitive

Advantage; Building Competitive Advantage Through Functional-level

Strategy


Skim H/J Chapter 5 pp. 158-201

Submit BML Assessment Report Draft Section I, II, III

Business-Level Strategy


Internal Analysis; Business-Level Strategy

Read H/J Case 20: Airborne Express pp. C264-C278

Examination 1

Covers H/J Chapters 1, 2, 3 (excluding pp. bottom 106-top 114), 4, 5, 6


13 Tuesday, March 11






Tuesday, April 1

Thursday, April 3








18

16

17

14

15

21

20

19

22

23

Tentative Schedule (continued)


Business Management Laboratory: Marketing Aspects; Plant and Production; Finance and Administration Review

Re-read BML Chapters 2, 3, 4

Business Management Laboratory: Trial Decision

Submit Trial Decision

Business Management Laboratory: Analyzing Results

Business Management Laboratory: Initial Decision

Submit BML Decision # 1

Strategy in the Global Environment



Read H/J Chapter 3 pp. bottom 106-top 114

Corporate Strategy—Vertical Integration, Diversification, and Strategic

Alliances



Submit Case Analysis Written Report and Oral Presentation Draft

Corporate Development--Building and Restructuring the Corporation


Designing Organizational Structure; Designing Strategic Control Systems




Matching Structure and Control to Strategy; Implementing Strategic Change



Submit BML Assessment Report Draft Section IV, V, VI

Case 21: Wal-Mart Stores: Strategies for Continued Dominance

Read H/J Case 21: Wal-Mart Stores: Strategies for Continued Dominance C279-

C291


NO CLASS—Follow a Wednesday Schedule

NO CLASS—Spring Recess



Examination 2

Covers H/J Chapters 3 (pp. bottom 106-top 114), 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14


24 Thursday, May 1

25 Tuesday, May 6

26

27

Thursday, May 8

Tuesday, May 13

28

Final

Exam

Period

Thursday, May 15

Thursday, May 22

6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Tentative Schedule (continued)


Case Analysis Written Reports and Oral Presentations

Read H/J Case 26: Outback Goes International, pp. C369-390

Submit/Present Case Analysis Written Reports and Oral Presentations—Teams

1 & 2

Submit Case Issue Memoranda—Teams 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8



Read H/J Case 14 ATL: Strategic Positioning pp. C178-C191


3 & 4




Read H/J Case 11: RealNetworks pp. C141-154


5 & 6




Read H/J Case 10: Amazon.com: Expanding Beyond Books pp. C120-C140


7 & 8



Wrap-up and Course Summary

BML Assessment

Submit BML Assessment Written Reports and Oral Presentations

Submit Team Member Performance Appraisals

DONALD H. SCHEPERS, BUS 9100

Jan. 10 (R)

Jan. 14 (M)

Jan. 16 (W)

Jan. 17 (R)

Date

Jan. 2 (W)

Jan. 3 (R)

Jan. 7 (M)

Jan 8 (T)

Jan. 9 (W)

Jan. 22 (T)

Jan. 23 (W)

Jan. 24 (R)

Topic

Markets and (Im)Perfect Competition, CSR

Stakeholders

Issue Life Cycle

Corporate Governance

(Ned Regan)

Ethical Climate and Individual Decision Making

Whistleblowing

(Larry Zicklin)

Business & Community Relationship

Environmental Issues

Consumer Issues: Information, Product Safety

Employee Issues: Fair Treatment, Privacy, Safety

Employment Issues: Discrimination

International Trade Issues

Assignment

Ch. 2, 27-54

Ch. 7, 214-235

Ch. 3

Ch. 18, 593-605

Sethi (handout)

Eli Lilly (instructor)

Ch. 17

Royal Trustco Case

Ch. 4, 107-117

Ch. 5, 145-167

Badaracco & Webb (handout)

Insider Trading (A)

Reading packet

Ch. 12, 364-388

Ch. 13

GM & City of Norwood (B)

Ch. 12

Alyeska Pipeline (C)

Ch. 9

Ch. 10

GM’s X-Car (D)

Ch. 14

Ch. 15

Warner-Lambert (E)

Ch. 16

UAL (F)

CAROL SERON & NANCY ARIES, PAF 9120

COURSE OUTLINE and READING ASSIGNMENTS

Class 1

Introduction: New ways of seeing familiar organizations . This class will consider what are organizations and what function managers serve within organizations. Students will also be oriented to case method teaching and the use of Black Board.

Readings:

Bolman and Deal. Chapters 1 and 2.

Harvard Business School, Test Your Management IQ. www.hbsp.harvard.edu/hbsp/hp_survey/index.html

Jose Gomez-Ibaflex and Joseph Kalt. "Learning by Case Method" Kennedy

School of Government. N15-86-1136.0

Class 2

Organization structure and its impact on management: We will begin by considering the basic elements of an organization and the determinants of various organizational designs.

We will consider how formalization and centralization enable organizations to achieve their goals.

Readings:

Bolman and Deal. Chapters 3, 4, and 5.

Mintzberg, H. “Organization Design: Fashion or Fit?” Harvard Business Review.

(January 1, 1981).

Malcolm Gladwell. “The Talent Myth: Are smart people overrated?” The New

Yorker, (July 22, 2002)28-32.

Class 3

This class will continue to examine the rational organization and the determinants of organizational structure. In addition, we will consider more adaptive organizational structures.

Class 4

Readings:


Starting from Scratch: Alice Rivlin and the Congressional Budget Office (Part A),

Kennedy School of Government, C16-88-872.0.

Topic for Library Assignment Due

This class will consider more explicitly the function of mission and governance in the non-profit sector. The fundamental question being asked is whether ownership matters.

Readings:

Sharon Oster. Strategic Management for Nonprofit Organizations. New York:

Oxford University Press, 1995, chapter 2, “The Mission of the Nonprofit

Organization 17-28.

Sharon Oster. Strategic Management for Nonprofit Organizations. New York:

Oxford University Press, 1995, Chapter 6, “The Nonprofit Board of Directors”, pp. 65-86.

Medicine and the Profit Motive: The Proposed Sale of McLean Hospital.

Kennedy School of Government. C16-93-1176.0

First Response Paper Due

Class 5 – October 4

This class will consider the case of technology and how it impacts organizational structure.

Reading

S. Cohen and D. Mankin. “The Changing Nature of Work: Managing the Impact of Information Technology” in S. Mohrman, J. Galbraith and E. Lawler, Eds.

Tomorrow’s Organization: Crafting Winning Capabilities in a Dynamic World.

San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1998.

Bibliography for Library Assignment Due

Class 6

Beyond Rationality: the Human Relations Frame. This frame was developed in response to the bureaucratic model. It recognizes that managing human relations is as important as performing tasks within the organization. This class will begin to examine how managers can get the most out of the people on their staff. The focus of the discussion will be participation and team work.

Readings:


Job Enrichment in the Bureau of Worker’s Compensation. Kennedy School of

Government C16-80-350.0.

Prepare exercise for discussion in class:

“NASA Moon survival Task”. Prepare the first part of the “NASA Moon Survival task” prior to class.

Class 7

This class will look at the issues of leadership and participation with the organization.

Readings:

Abraham Zaleznik. “Managers and Leaders: Are they Different?” Harvard

Business Review (March/April 1997) (originally appeared May/June 1977) 126-

135.

Jim Collins. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others

Don’t. New York: Harper Business, 2001, Chapter 2, “Level 5 Leadership” pp.

17-40, and Chapter 5, “the Hedgehog Concept” pp.90-119.

Taking Charge: Rose Washington and the Spofford Juuvenile Detention Center.

Kennedy School of Government, C15-89-875.0.

Class 8

There is an assumption that good communications and good interpersonal relations will resolve interpersonal and organizational problems. This is not always the case as some problems are rooted in differences that are not amenable to resolution.

Readings:


Computer-Aided Police Dispatching in Houston, Texas.” Kennedy School of

Government, C16-90-985.0.

Second Response Paper Due

Class 9

This class will examine the function of negotiation in a politicized environment.

Managers must understand interests, generate options, make tradeoffs, and use standards to judge options.

Readings:

Roger Fisher and William Ury. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without

Giving In. New York: Penguin Books. 3-94.

Computer-Aided Police Dispatching in Houston, Texas.” Kennedy School of

Government, C16-90-985.0. (Continued)

Major Themes in the Literature Due

Class 10

The current environment is forcing organizations into networks, alliances, and mergers.

The first half of class will consider why organizations cannot sit still and the significance of adaptation on the internal structure of the organizations.

Readings:

Jay Galbraith. “Designing the Networked Organization: Leveraging Size and

Competencies” in S. Mohrman, J. Galbraith and E. Lawler, Eds. Tomorrow’s

Organization: Crafting Winning Capabilities in a Dynamic World. San Francisco:

Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1998.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (A). Harvard Business School 9-598-

001.

Prepare exercises for discussion in class.

“Judging the Degree of Fit between Organization and Environment” in Gareth

Morgan. Creative Organization Theory: A Resource Book. Beverley Hills: A

Sage Publications, Inc. 1989, 274-275.

Class 11

Cultures and rituals are one of the determinants of organizational life. This last frame is important to understanding the mission, vision and values of the organization

Readings:

Bolman and Deal. Modern Approaches to Organizations. Chapters 12, 13, and 14.

Prepare exercises for discussion in class.

McLean, Adrian. “Viewing Your Organization as if You were a Visitor from a

Foreign Land” in Gareth Morgan. Creative Organization Theory: A Resource

Book. Beverley Hills: A Sage Publications, Inc. 1989, 32-33.

“Understanding the Culture of Your Organization” in Gareth Morgan. Creative

Organization Theory: A Resource Book. Beverley Hills: A Sage Publications, Inc.

1989, 297-298.

Third Response Paper Due

Class 12

Using cultural symbols to make a difference: Seeing, working with, developing the cultural frame is often more difficult than it appears at first sight.

Readings:

Hall, Edward T. “Culture: A Complex and Subtle Language” in G. Morgan (ed.), Creative Organizational

Theory . London: Sage Publications, pp. 150-156.

Wilkins, Alan. “Corporate Culture: The Role of Stories” in G. Morgan (ed.),

Creative Organizational Theory . London: Sage Publications, pp. 159-162.

Environmental Protection Agency: Ruckelshaus Returns. Kennedy School of

Government, Case Program. C16-85-638.

Class 13

Workforce diversity exemplifies the need to manage conflict within the organization.

Readings:

R. Roosevelt Thomas, “From Affirmative Action to Affirming Diversity” in

J.Gabarro, Ed. Managing People and Organizations. Cambridge: Harvard

Business School, 1992, 499-515.

David Thomas and John Gabarro. Breaking Through: The Making of Minority

Executives in Corporate America. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1999,

Chapter 1, Minority Success in the Corporate Mainstream and Chapter 3, The

Career Tournament and Its Rules”.

Jackall, Robert. Moral Mazes: the World of Corporate Managers. New York:

Oxford University Press, 1988. Chapter 2. “The Social Structure of Managerial

Work”; and Chapter 3, “The Main Chance”.

New England Aquarium and Diversity. Kennedy School of Government C116-96-

1340.

Class 14

The practice and theory of organizational management

Readings:

Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert Sutton. The Knowing-Doing Gap: How Smart

Companies Turn Knowledge into Action. Boston: Harvard Business School Press,

1999.

Recommended:

Bolman and Deal. Modern Approaches to Organizations. Chapters 15-21.

Library Assignment Due

DAN WILLIAMS, PAF 9172

COURSE OVERVIEW:

Course Introduction and Review of PAF 9170

Date/Session

1/27/03 01

Moore and McCabe, Chapter 3 and section 2.5

David de Vaus, Chapters 1 through 3

Overview of a complete research proposal using secondary data. Review of hypothesis testing and t tests.

[Moore and McCabe, Chapters 1, 3 through 8]

[Assignment of project]

Date/Session

2/03/03 02

Experimental Design


Moore and McCabe Chapters 6 and 7 (review, only)

Date/Session

2/10/03 03

NO Class on 2/17

Cross-Tabs and  2

Moore and McCabe, Chapter 2 Section 2.6, Chapter 9

Stephenson, et. al.

, Chapter 9

Date/Session

2/24/03 04

ANOVA

Moore and McCabe, Chapter 12


, Chapter 12

Date/Session

3/3/03 05

Two Way ANOVA



, Chapter 13

Date/Session

3/10/03 06

Cross-Sectional Design

David de Vaus, Chapter 10 through 12

Date/Session

3/17/03 07

Midterm

Date/Session

3/24/03 08

Correlation, Descriptive Regression and Diagnostics



, Chapter 2

Date/Session

3/31/03 09

Simple Linear Regression



, Chapter 10

Date/Session

4/7/03 10

Multiple Regression, the basics



, Chapter 11

Date/Session

Multiple Regression, Binomial Variables and Tweaks

Handouts provided by the professor.

4/14/03 11

4/21 spring break

Date/Session

4/28/03 12

Longitudinal Design


Date/Session

5/5/03 13

Longitudinal Methods

Williams, reprint

Take home final exam

David de Vaus, Chapter 13 through 15

Paper Due

Case Design

Date/Session

5/12/03 14

5/19/03

Final Exam Date: Research project due at the professor’s office at

6 p.m.

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