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Managing People & Organizations

Fall 2008

Bob Radin Ph.D.

 

Class Meets in Fulton 130

·         Section 1   Monday 8:30 am – 10:30 am, Wednesday 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

·         Section 2   Monday 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, Wednesday 8:30 am – 10:30 am

Office Hours: Monday & Wednesday 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm or by appointment  

Office: Fulton 226

 

Bob’s Message Board

 

Business in the MediaAssignments

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Student Discussion Leaders for the semester

Section 1

Section 2

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Agenda for Class on September 5, 2008

v  Question of the day

v  Lecture: ethics

v  Student led discussion of the readings

v  Readings Debrief

v  Guest Lecturer: Miles Arnone

v  Excerpts from America’s Trading Partners 1, 2

 

 

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 Course Information

Lecture Notes

Questions For In-Class Discussion

  • Introduction to Managing People & Organizations
  • Trust, Ethics, Integrity – Section 1   Section 2
  • Core Values
  • Perception
  • Organizational Culture
  • Teams & Teamwork
  • Communication
  • Motivation
  • Organizational Structure
  • Social Networks
  • Management
  • Leadership
  • Career Planning

Assignment: Core Values Essay

Core Values Exercise - long version)

Core Values Exercise -(short version)

See the course Syllabus  for a detailed description of the assignment

 

Examples of Essays To Help You Understand the Assignment  

Final Paper Examples

#1   #2   #3   #4   #5  #6 

Core Values Paper Examples

#1  #2  #3  #4  #5   

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Rules to help you do well

Rules for Footnotes Refer to Cite them Right, (Pears & Shields, 2005)

Footnote Guidance

 

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Outward Bound Photos

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Management Humor

Worth a Look

Five e-mails you should never send,  P. Trunk, The Hook, 2/13/2003

Example of an e-mail you should never send, Radio Shack layoff

Career Advice from CareerBuilder.com

·         What not to wear to an interview

·         The five smartest interview moves

·         Making your first impression count

The Science of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini
Scientific American; Feb2001, Vol. 284 Issue 2, p76, 6p 

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005 (Video)

The Wine Advocate Vintage Chart

 

Information about Bob

 

Speaker Information

 

September 5, 2006 - Ethics

Miles Arnone, Managing Director, Technology Investing, American Capital Strategies

Co-Author: America’s Trading Partners: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

http://www.amazon.com/Americas-Trading-Partners-Good-Ugly/dp/1595261486/ref=sr_1_1/002-8550210-3301600?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1188415386&sr=8-1

http://www.americancapital.com/our_people/people/miles_arnone.html

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September 8, 2006 – Core Values

Ralph Folz, Global Chief Operating Officer, Isobar, Inc.

http://www.isobar.net/  

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September 15, 2006 – Organizational Culture

Frank Ollington, Ph.D. SVP, Program Management, Genzyme Corporation

http://www.genzyme.com/corp/structure/corp_home.asp

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September 24, 2006 – Motivation

Tony DaDante, CEO, The Change Execution Group

http://www.thechangeexecutiongroup.com/

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October 1, 2006 – Social Networks

Cindy Brown, President & General Manager, Boston Duck Tours Inc.

http://www.bostonducktours.com

Duck, Duck, Lawsuit, Boston Magazine, August 2007

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October 3, 2006 – Management

             Howard Kogan, President, Molecular Inc.   

http://www.molecular.com 

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September 17, 2006

The Manager's Studio

Rich Meelia, President & CEO, Covidien Ltd.

http://investor.covidien.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=207592&p=irol-irhome

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November 5, 2008

The Manager’s Studio

Ron Hovsepian, President & CEO, Novell Inc.

http://www.novell.com/home/index.html

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Spring Semester, 2009

The Manager’s Studio

Brian Goldner, President & CEO, Hasbro Inc.

http://www.hasbro.com 

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Discussion Outline for all Speakers (except The Manager’s Studio)

 

Link to The Manager’s Studio Online, 2006-2008 sessions

 

 

Links to Sites & Articles of Interest

Mission, Vision & Values

Microsoft mission and values

http://members.microsoft.com/careers/mslife/whoweare/mission.mspx

 

American Express Values  

http://home3.americanexpress.com/corp/os/values.asp?us_nu=dd

 

Johnson & Johnson company credo

http://www.jnj.com/our_company/our_credo/index.htm 

 

Accenture culture  

http://careers3.accenture.com/Careers/Global/WorkingHere/OurCulture/

 

ExxonMobil guiding principles

http://www.exxonmobil.com/corporate/About/ViewPoints/Corp_V_GuidingPrinciples.asp

 

Weyerhaeuser values

http://www.weyerhaeuser.com/aboutus/ourvalues/

 

Dell "the soul of Dell"

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/corp/soulofdell/en/index?c=us&l=en&s=gen&cs= 

 

McKinsey & Co. "what we believe"

http://www.mckinsey.com/aboutus/whatwebelieve/  

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Other links

CEO Express

Carroll School of Management

Boston College

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Copyright 2008 by Bob Radin

Last Revised: September 4, 2008