FALL 1999 WEEKLY SCHEDULE

 

Monday

Tuesday

Thursday

Remarks

 

Lecture and Discussion

1-3 pm

Lecture Hall 2

Seminar: 9-11 am (L2103 Kennedy, L2130 Olson)

Workshop: 12:30-2:30 – Lab I 1050

Seminar: 9-11 am (L2103 Kennedy, L2130 Olson)

Workshop: 12:30-2:30 – Lab I 1050

 

Wk 1

9/27

Orientation

Course Overview

Distribute Seminar Readings

Satsop Wells handout

****Schedule Change****

Seminar: 9-11am in GCC

"Computing in SBP21"

 

Workshop: 12:30-2:30 in

Longhouse 1007: BARNGA

Seminar: "Yellow Wallpaper"

 

Workshop: "Interpreting Financial Statements" Higgins, Ch 1

 

BRING A CALCULATOR TO ALL FINANCIAL WORKSHOPS!!!

All seminar papers due at the beginning of seminar (9am) the first day we seminar on the reading. You must bring a hard copy to seminar and post one copy on WebCT.

 

Strategic Management, Chapters 1 and 2

Wk 2

10/4

Retreat to Satsop Wells Learning Lodge, Montesano

 

Read Katzenbach & Smith handout

Retreat to Satsop Wells Learning Lodge, Montesano

Seminar: Goleman (also bring Katzenback & Smith)

 

Workshop: "Financial Analysis" Higgins, Ch 2

Seminar paper due 9am Thursday

(either reading)

 

Strategic Management, Chs. 3 & 4

Wk 3

10/11

Film: "Discovering the Future, The Business of Paradigms"

Discussion of Film

Seminar: Sobel

 

Workshop: "Financial Analysis" Higgins, Ch. 2

Seminar: Sobel continued… Bring evidence that society impedes, or does not impede, technological change

 

Workshop: "Starbucks" dry-run

Seminar paper due at 9 am on Tuesday

 

Strategic Management, Chapters 5 and 6 and "Starbucks"

Wk 4

10/18

Using On-line Resources for Understanding Financial Information and Researching Company Strategy

Seminar: Heilbroner & Thurow

 

Workshop: "Writing in SBP21"

Seminar: Heilbroner & Thurow

 

Workshop: "Caribbean Internet Café"

Written case due at 12:30

Seminar paper and paragraph description of final company paper due 9am Tues.

 

Academic journal due 9am Thurs.

 

Strategic Management, Chapters 7 and 8 and "Caribbean Café"

Wk 5

10/25

Organizational Behavior and the History of Organizational Theory

Seminar: Buckingham

 

Workshop: "Leadership Topic: Attitudes and Their Impact on Organizations"

Seminar: 5-week evaluations

 

Workshop: "W. L. Gore"

Written case due at 12:30

Seminar paper and outline of final paper due at 9am Tuesday

 

Strategic Management, Chapters 9 and 10 and "W. L. Gore"

Wk 6

11/1

Leadership Topic: Communication Theory

Seminar: Helgesen

 

Workshop: Communication: Theory into Practice

Faculty Retreat

Meet with your teams

Work on final paper

Seminar paper due at 9am Tuesday

 

Strategic Management, Chapter 11

Wk 7

11/8

History of Trade Liberalization and the WTO

Seminar: Heifetz

 

Workshop: "Financing Growth" Higgins, Ch. 3 and 4

Seminar: Heifetz

 

Workshop: "Office Max"

Written case due at 12:30

Seminar paper due at 9am Tuesday

 

Academic journal due 9am Thurs.

 

"Office Max"

 

Monday

Tuesday

Thursday

Remarks

Wk 8

11/15

Globalization and Development in 3rd World Countries

Seminar: Readings for WTO

 

Workshop: Writing – bring draft of your paper

Seminar: Meet with faculty as needed to discuss paper

 

Workshop: Black and Decker

Seminar paper due at 9am Tuesday

 

Draft of final paper due 12:30 Tues.

 

Black and Decker

11/22

BREAK

 

 

 

Wk 9

11/29

Film: "Victim of two Cultures: Richard Rodriguez"

 

Guest speaker on the topic of bi-lingual education

Seminar: Rodriguez

 

Workshop: Challenge Course

Seminar: Meet with faculty as needed to discuss paper

 

Workshop: "Habitat for Humanity"

Seminar paper due at 9am Tuesday

 

"Habitat for Humanity "

 

Final paper due 12:30 Thurs.

Wk 10

12/6

Summative Lecture

Seminar: Integration

 

Workshop: Final paper presentations

Seminar: POTLUCK!

 

Workshop: Final paper presentations

Academic journals due Monday at 1:00

Wk 11

12/13

Evaluations

Evaluations

Evaluations

 

 

 

Fall Quarter Required Readings

 

  1. Thompson and Strickland, Strategic Management Concepts and Cases, 1998
  2. Higgins, Analysis for Financial Management, 1998
  3. Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper (handout)
  4. Goleman, What Makes a Leader? (handout)
  5. Katzenback and Smith, The Wisdom of Teams (handout)
  6. Sobel, Longitude
  7. Heilbroner and Thurow, Economics Explained, 1998
  8. Buckingham and Coffman, First, Break All the Rules
  9. Rodriguez, Hunger of Memory, The Education of Richard Rodriguez
  10. Helgesen, The Female Advantage
  11. Heifetz, Leadership Without Easy Answers