OS 608 Organizational Behavior and Performance Management

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OS 608Organizational Behavior and Performance
Management

• Fall 2006
• Sandy Fisher

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Agenda for Today

• Review syllabus
• Discuss course expectations
• Exercise Uncovering memories from undergraduate
  OB

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Purpose of this class

• Consider issues every manager needs to address,
  regardless of specific area of expertise
• Why do people (employees, suppliers, vendors) act
  in such strange/stupid ways?
• How can I as a manager get them to act
  differently?
• What are my operating assumptions and how do they
  affect my behavior?

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Organization of the Class

• I assume you all have access (either through
  memory or a textbook) to basic OB
  concepts/theories.
• We will focus on application to current issues.
• Organized around Five Minds of a Manager by
  Gosling and Mintzberg (HBR, 2003)

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Readings

• All are current articles from management journals
  and business press
• Coursepack from Xanedu.com
• Purchase at bookstore
• Also accessible on-line
• Can find articles through various library
  resources if necessary
• A few will be distributed in class (as noted in
  schedule)

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Grading

• Four written assignments
• Reflective essay
• Leadership essay
• IAT Results essay
• Performance feedback assessment
• Take-home exam (due 12/13)
• Participation (class and labs)

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Lab Schedule

• Thursday October 26 - Introduction
• Tuesday November 8 - Decision making
• Tuesday November 28 - Performance evaluation and
  feedback role play

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Exercise

• Form groups of 3-4
• Identify one theory from OB that you think could
  be helpful to actual leaders/managers in an
  organization
• Describe theory to the class, why you think it
  would be useful

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First lab is tomorrow

• 230 - 345, Snell 213
• No preparation necessary

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For Monday

• Read Gosling and Mintzberg The Five Minds of the
  Manager and Kotter article
• Write reflective essay
• 2-3 pages, double-spaced
• Describe and reflect on the events you have
  experienced in the MBA program so far, related to
  your own managerial development
• Essays will be graded on extent to which you
  address ideas from Gosling and Mintzberg, provide
  examples to support your thoughts, and clearly
  present your thoughts.