Innovation and Leadership in American Business
Beyond Business as Usual
Fall 2006
Program Assignments
We will provide more detailed instructions on each of the assignments as the program progresses, but here is a quick summary:
- Weekly writing assignments associated with seminar readings and to serve as preparation for seminar. Five of these papers will be short (about one page) responses (referred to as Response Papers on the schedule) to the readings and are intended as preparation for seminar discussions. These must include citations, but the documentation form may be informal. Two of the papers will be longer, formal essays of three to five pages (Seminar Papers) that draw on at least two of the assigned seminar books in discussing innovation and leadership. All of these papers are due in the faculty’s email inboxes by 9:00 am of the day of seminar. The final paper (eight to ten pages) will draw on all of the quarter’s reading in analyzing what you have learned about business from your team’s experience with the simulation. The three longer papers must have formal documentation per American Psychological Association guidelines.
Please remember that these are analytical papers; they are not book reports. Since we are all reading the same books, summaries are not necessary. Also, they are not about how you feel about the books or the authors. We expect you to add value to the readings by helping us to understand or to extend the authors’ ideas in some way.
- A series of group and individual tasks associated with the Foundation simulation. These may include, in addition to decision sets associated with playing the game, quizzes, short writing assignments, oral presentations. They will be embedded in the simulation and will be scheduled as a part of your team’s play of the game. Some will be team responses and some will require individual responses.
- Papers, problems, cases and activities associated with the economics, organizational development and accounting/finance workshops. Each component of the class will have its own readings, assignments and schedule of activities.
- A final exam covering content of the program.
- Other assignments at the whim of the faculty.
Please note that faculty would like all assignments to be submitted electronically. We are committed to saving trees.
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