Atkinson Hall Room 430

Phone 445-2575 Fax 445-0602

•  Due Monday August 24th

  • Using Galileo locate (yep use technology). and read "We Can't All Be Above Average" by Geoffrey Colvin.  Fortune Aug 13, 2001 v 144 issue 3 page 48

  • Read Making the Grade

  • In Chapter 1 ignore Section 4 (pages 10-13). I'll tell you more about this in class.

   

•  Due Monday August 31th: Topic: Organizational Environments

  • Find and read: "What It Takes To Be Great" Geoffrey Colvin. Fortune. New York: Oct 30, 2006.Vol. 154, Iss. 9; pg. 88

  • "Chaos By Design" Adam Lashinky. Fortune. New York: Oct 2, 2006. Vol. 154, Iss. 7; p. 86

  • "Managing In Chaos" Geoffrey Colvin. Fortune. New York: Oct 2, 2006. Vol. 154, Iss. 7; p. 76

  • "It's All in the Sauce" Jack Welch. Fortune. New York: Apr 18, 2005. Vol. 151, Iss. 8; p. 138 (4 pages

   

• Wednesday September 2nd

  • Test: Bring big blue scantron (8.5 x 11) like the one you took your quiz on.

  • The test will be multiple choice and it will be as challenging as the quiz you took on Monday (consider the quiz a practice test on the readings and reflective of the kinds of questions I will ask you over the book/lectures).

   

•  Due Wednesday September 9th

  • Read Oxymoron 101 from Forbes

  • Read "The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits" by Milton Friedman

  • Read this and this from Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.

   

• Due Monday September 14th (we may not discuss this, I haven't decided yet)

  • God & business Marc Gunther. Fortune. New York: Jul 9, 2001. Vol. 144, Iss. 1; pg. 58, 13 pgs

• Due Monday October 5 (for the test)

  • "Why Dream Teams Fail." Colvin, Geoffrey, Fortune,  2006-06-12,  153:11,  87(4) 

    • Use Galileo to find it (if you just go to the Fortune website you have to click all the sub-sections to get the complete article).

  • From "Wharton to War." Vesterman, Jim  Fortune,  2006-06-12,  153:11,  105(3) 

   

• Due Wednesday October 14 Topic(s): Managing Human Resource Systems and Managing Individuals and a Diverse Workforce

  • "The Making of a UPS Driver" Nadira A Hira. Fortune. New York: Nov 12, 2007. Vol. 156, Iss. 10; p. 118

  • "The War Over Unconscious Bias" Roger Parloff. Fortune. New York: Oct 15, 2007. Vol. 156, Iss. 8; pg. 90

• Due Monday November 9th (note that all readings are due on the 9th)

  • Leadership The Great Intimidators. By: Kramer, Roderick M.. Harvard Business Review, Feb2006, Vol. 84 Issue 2, p88-96, 9p, 2c; (AN 19406188)

  • "The Secrets of His Success" by Steven Covey. Found at: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/11/29/8192718/index.htm

   

• Due Monday November 16th

  • Death by INFORMATION OVERLOAD. By: Hemp, Paul. Harvard Business Review, Sep2009, Vol. 87 Issue 9, p82-89

  • Why You Didn't Get That Promotion. By: Beeson, John. Harvard Business Review, Jun2009, Vol. 87 Issue 6, p101-105

  • What's Needed Next: A Culture of Candor. By: O'Toole, James; Bennis, Warren. Harvard Business Review, Jun2009, Vol. 87 Issue 6, p54-61

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