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Modules are from the following textbook:

Ancona, Deborah, Thomas Kochan, Maureen Scully, Eleanor Westney, and John VanMaanen (a team of Sloan School faculty members). Managing for the Future: Organizational Behavior and Processes. 3rd ed. Boston, MA: South-Western College Pub, March 15, 2004. ISBN: 0324055757.

Course readings.

Lec #	topics	readings
A: Organizational Processes - An Introduction
1	Introduction and Course Overview 5 Lenses* and 10 Sub-Systems**: Industries Selected	No readings are assigned for the first class. It is recommended, however, that you review on your own time the Module 3 Team Handbook (pp. 3-16) as preparation for group projects.
2	Industry/Organizational Policy Analysis Methods Case Study: "FAA/NASA Aviation and the Environment"	"Report to Congress on Aviation and the Environment." Module 1 - The "New" Organization: "Changing Organizational Models." pp. 10-21. Module 2 - Three Lenses: "Introduction." pp. 8-12.
B: Organizational Types
3	Regulatory/Administrative Organizations and NGOs Guest Speaker	Module 2 - Three Lenses: "The Strategic Design Lens." pp. 13-27. Module 9 - Organizational Action in Complex Environments: "Class Note." pp. 8-22.
4	Entrepreneurial Organizations Guest Speaker	Module 2 - Three Lenses: "The Political Lens." pp. 33-46. Module 7 - Workforce Management: "Managing a Changing Workforce in Turbulent Times." pp. 12-24. Module 8 - Managing Change in Organizations: "Overview." pp. 1-21.
5	Multi-National Organizations	Module 2 - Three Lenses: "The Cultural Lens." pp. 57-66; "Organizational Culture." pp. 67-82. Module 8 - The Managing Change in Organizations: "The Strategy that wouldn't Travel." pp. 22-27. Readings Distributed Separately Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Joel. "Passing the Point of No Return." MIT/Sloan Foundation Industry System Study. (PDF) "Socio-Technical Engineering Systems Simulation." MIT/Sloan Foundation Industry System Study. (PDF)
C: Organizational Processes (By Level)
6	Individual Motivation and Commitment Reward System Design Exercise Single Point Module: Coaching and Mentoring	Module 4 - Diverse Cognitive Styles in Teams: "Self Assessment." pp. 6-9. Reading Distributed Separately Coens, Tom, and Mary Jenkins. Abolishing Performance Appraisals. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2000. ISBN: 1576750760. Chapters 1, 2, and 3.
7	Group Dynamics and Decision Making Guest Speaker	Modules 3 - Making Teams Work: "Overview and Primer." pp. 1-14. Module 5 - Team Processes: "Overview." pp. 1-3; "Team Process Observation Guide." pp. 6-14.
8	Organizational Strategy, Structure and Process Protocols and Standards Guest Speaker	Module 6 - Teams in Organizations: "Overview and Outward Bound: Linking Teams to their Organizations." pp. 1-9; "Case: Aston-Blair, Inc." pp. 11-21. Reading Distributed Separately Doyle, John. "Protocols." (PDF)
9	Industry Alignment and Institutional Transformation Systems Change Debates	Module 8 - Managing Change in Organizations: "Overview." pp. 1-20; "Leadership of Profound Change." pp. 32-37. Readings Distributed Separately Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Joel, and J. Kevin Ford. Valuable Disconnects. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN: 0195089065. Chapter 1. Murman, Earll, et al. "Lean Thinking." Lean Enterprise Value. New York, NY: Macmillan, 2003. Chapter 4.
D: Integration
10	Industry Policy Project Presentations Student Team Presentations	No readings are assigned for this class.
11	Re-Engineering Technology Policy Organizations Guest Speaker	No readings are assigned for this class.
12	Alumni/ae Panel Open-Forum Panel Dialogue	Reading Distributed Separately Kochan, Thomas, Wanda Orlikowski, and Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld. "Beyond McGregor's Theory Y: Human Capital and Knowledge-Based Work in the 21st Century Organization."

* 5 Organizational Lenses: Structural, Political, Cultural, Economic, and Engineering

** 10 Organizational Sub-Systems: Recruitment/Selection, Leadership, Communications, Information, Decision Making, Training/Learning, Reward/Reinforcement, Negotiations/Dispute Resolution, Rotation/Sub-Contracting/Attrition/Retirement, Systems Change/Transformation