Aproximate Times and Topic

9:00	REVIEW Questions, Comments, Portfolio Sharing relating to Chapter 1 - Organizational Socialization Questions, Comments, etc. relative to Chapter 2 - Skills and Roles of a Manager Questions, comments, etc. relative to Chapter 3 - the Learner and the Learning Organization Achievement, Affiliation and Power Motivations (McClelland's Theory of Motivation In-class exercise. In trios or teams grouped on like TAT pictures chosen for analysis, exchange stories and score the imagery in the stories on the presence of indicators of achievement, power and affiliation motivations. General discussion of similiarities and differences in the motivational concerns perceived in the stories and the relevance or importance of these concerns in the context of different jobs. Follow-up on the discussion in your portfolio tonight.
10:15	Break
10:30	VALUES AND ETHICS Instrumental and End Values Kohlberg's Levels of Moral Development Case: Confidentiality (to be distributed) In-class nominal exercise and discussion. Please read the case individually and then discuss in groups. Try to relate your discussion to the concepts described in the text. For your portfolio, do the personal application assignment described on pp. 121-122.
12:00	LUNCH
1:15	CREATING EFFECTIVE WORK GROUPS Comments from the morning sessions Interpersonal Communication and the Communication Model Nonassertive, Assertive and Aggressive Communication Active Listening In-class exercise. In groups of three or four, we will do the Active Listening Exercise described on pp. 179-184 of the text. For your portfolio entry tonight or subsequently: If you are currently working, take the Communication Climate Inventory from the text and report your results. (by the way, these concepts apply to a marriage or parent-child relationship or roommate arrangement as well if you're not working and want to try the Inventory anyway). Comment on your experiences with defensive communication and your experiments with active listening.
2:30	Break
2:45	GROUP PROCESS Comments on previous exercises Stages of Group Development Two Dimensions for Productive Groups: Task Accomplishment Maintaining Group Cohesive In-class exercise. Inner-Outer Exercise, pp. 228 - 231. In your portfolio, describe your experiences (good and bad) in working with groups. Can you apply the concepts described in the book and experienced in the exercise to analyzing your past experience and recommending steps you can take for better experiences in the future?
3:45	PROBLEM SOLVING Situation Analysis -- Leader Problem Definition -- Leader Problem Analysis -- Detective Solution Analysis -- Inventor, Creator Implementation Analysis -- Coordinator, Manager The Dialectics of Problem Solving -- Divergent Thinking (Green Mode) and Convergent Thinking (Red Mode) In-class Exercise. We may be just too tired by this time in the day but if not and if we're up for a little role play, we can try to do a version of the Cardiotronics Case (pp. 255-ff in text).
4:45	PREPARATION FOR NEXT WEEK Feedback Worksheet for Instructor (in-class or perhaps online) Catch up on the reading from the chapters we covered in class (1-5, 7. 9 and 10). Catch up on portfolio entries in order to turn in next Friday for preliminary evaluation/grade. Read ahead -- chapters 11, 15, 16 plus other readings to be announced for Friday, July 23 and chapter 18 plus additional readings for Saturday, July 24