| Week
and students giving presentation |
Topic |
Preparatory Reading for
Teaching Session |
Basic Readings for Class
Discussion See Reading List details of texts
(With the exception of Weeks 1 and 7, Readings relate to topic(s) of
previous week) |
Week Activity Each week
students are expected to :
 | Read Preparatory Material for Teaching Session |
| Undertake reading listed below in this column |
| Undertake one additional reading of the student's own
choice that is selected from articles and books cited in the basic short readings for the
week |
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1 |
Introduction : Back to the Future
- Organization and Postmodern Analysis |
Jaffee, Ch 11 Knights and
Willmott, Ch 1 |
Jaffee xv-xx; 18-19 Knights and
Willmott 9-14
|
Speed read Jaffee and Knights and Willmott to gain overview of texts. This is crucial preparation for the course |
|
2 |
Back to the Past - The Factory
and Human Organization |
Jaffee, Chs 3 and 4 Knights and
Willmott 128-137 |
Knights and Willmott 30-32;
163-170; 158-162 Thompson and McHugh 374-380
|
Speed read Jaffee and Knights and Willmott to gain overview of texts. This is crucial preparation for the course. |
|
3 |
Organizing through Hierarchies,
Markets, Clans, Networks,etc |
Jaffee, Chs 5 and 10 |
Jaffee 86-7; 75-77 Knights and
Willmott 35-44
Thompson and McHugh 45-53 |
Extend reading to other texts,
especially Thompson and McHugh See additional reading list
Identify topic for Term Paper
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|
4 Vasilis
Markides
Natali
Moroz
Jonathan
Zetlaoui
Paula
Moreno
|
Emergent Forms of Organization
and Ways of Organizing |
Jaffee, Ch 6 |
Jaffee 117-124 Knights and
Willmott 140-142
Thompson and McHugh 149-156 |
Extend reading to other texts.
Identify topic for Term Paper
Presentations begin |
5
Jaspinder
Sagoo
Alison Gilbert
Justin
Lam
Asma
Khalil
Kamaljit
Nagpal |
Environment and Technology
|
Jaffee, Chs 9 and 8 |
Jaffee 129-147 Knights and
Willmott 108-118
Thompson and McHugh 167-175 |
Start to prepare
Term Paper
Presentations continue |
|
6 Celia
Hadjichristodoulou
Davinder Badial
Qian Li
X. Hu
X.Gui |
Conceptual Frameworks of
Analysis; Definitions and Conceptions of Organization |
Jaffee, Ch 2 and 1 |
Jaffee 226-234; 34-41 Knights
and Willmott 68-74; 163-170
Thompson and McHugh 54-61 |
Continue to
prepare
Term paper
Presentations continue |
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7 |
Emerging Organizational Paradigms |
Jaffee, Ch 7 |
Jaffee 168-172 Knights and
Willmott 88-99
Thompson and McHugh 357-380; 388-395 |
Continue to
prepare
Term paper |
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8 |
Review |
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Continue to
prepare
Term paper |
