Calendar

LEC # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction Solo paper assigned
2 The three lenses
3 Research project methods and examples Solo paper proposal due (at end of week)
4 Perceptions and attitudes
5 Motivation
6 Motivation case
7 Cognitive style (MBTI)
8 Decision making
9 Negotiation Solo paper due (at end of week)
10 Creativity Take-home quiz
11 Social influence Take-home quiz (cont.)
12 Groups
13 Group decision making
14 Organizational analysis
15 Networks
16 Organizational culture
17 Leadership and power
18 Organizational learning
19 Presentation skills
Guest Lecturer: Karen Boiko, MIT
20 50K team visit
21 Organizational change
22 The strategy that wouldn't travel
23 The strategy that wouldn't travel (cont.)
24 In-class quiz
25 Finalist presentations TAs and students judge presentations
26 Wrap-up Awards