SIMS220
Management of Information Systems and Services
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Prof. Yale Braunstein |
Prof. Nancy Van House |
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yale@sims |
vanhouse@sims |
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203B South Hall |
307A South Hall |
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642-2235 |
642-0855 |
TA: Deborah Chalsty
dchalsty@sims
Grading:
20% class participation
40% periodic small assignments
40% final paper/project
Textbook: Greenberg and Baron, Behavior in Organizations, 6th ed. Prentice-Hall, 1997.
Tentative Schedule and Some Readings:
More readings will be added; schedule subject to change.
I. INTRO TO THE COURSE
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Week 1 |
Jan. 20 & 22 |
Intro |
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ch 1 & 2 from text |
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Mintzberg on managers |
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Kraut et al on managers |
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Kling, The centrality of organizations in the computerization of society, from Kling |
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II. PEOPLE IN ORGANIZATIONS
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Jan. 27 & 29 |
The individual in organizations |
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Text ch 3 & 4 Abilities, personality, learning; perception; |
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Text ch 5 & 6 Motivation, commitment, and rewards |
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Feb. 3 & 5 |
Group processes, teams |
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ch 8, 9, 11, 14 to p. 483 Tannen, Deborah. "The power of talk." Harvard Business Review 73:5 (Sept-Oct 95) p. 138-148. |
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Feb. 10 & 12 |
Decision making |
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ch 10; |
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Feb. 17 & 19 |
Influence, power, politics |
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ch 12 & 13; |
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III. ENVIRONMENT & ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES
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6a |
Feb. 24 |
Information industry |
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6b |
Feb. 26 |
Org structure and design (1) |
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ch. 15; additional readings TBA |
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7a |
Mar. 3 |
Org structure and design (2) |
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7b |
Mar. 5 |
Org change and learning (1) |
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ch. 16 |
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Selections from Senge, The Fifth Discipline |
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8a |
Mar. 10 |
Org change and learning (2) |
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8b |
Mar. 12 |
Human resources policies and practices |
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VI. PRESENTATIONS
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9-14 |
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Student presentations |
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15 |
May 5 & 7 |
Wrap up and review |
