Management Reading Assignments 

Fall 1999
The penalty for removing something from reserve is death!

Copy sparingly, take notes and just try to get the sense of the article
Course Outline

I. Introduction and Collaborative Learning Setup

A. Dessler, Chapter 1 (including Appendix) - Read the chapter then read the following, in order.

-Library reserve, "The Obsolescent Specialist"

-Library reserve, "A Manager's Career..."

-Handout, "The Death of Management", read and be prepared to discuss questions in class.

-Library reserve, "Skills of an Effective Administrator"

-Library reserve, "Myth of the well-educated manager"

Self Examination

-Library reserve, Take "Human Skills" evaluation and write a two page paper analyzing your score. Don't spend time on how you scored. (1) Explain why you think you scored in a particular category. (2) What are the implications of your score? Do you want to change? Can you? Should you?

-Library reserve, "Females are rated higher.."

-WSJ article on reserve, "Watershed Generation of women executives..."

-Schermerhorn, page 51-52.

  • "What are your managerial assumptions?"
  • "A 21st Century Manager
Do the two assessments and write a two page paper (same paper as for "Human Skills" ) analyzing your results.

-Take the Keirsey Temperament Sorter II here.

-WSJ article on reserve, "Is there a party animal...?"

II. History of Management

A. Dessler, Chapter 2

-Library reserve, "The Mother of ..."

Use the Appendix material from Dessler Chapter 2 to do the "What would the experts say? and The Great Management History Debate" Save your answers for class discussion and possible test questions.

III. Today's environment and today's thinking

-W. Edwards Deming - history

-Transcript of Deming Speech Just read this to get a feel for the way the man talks. It's a transcription, so the transcribers marks are a bit annoying, but just pass over them.

-Deming Institute. Click here, then click on the "Teachings" link on the left frame of the page.

-Library Reserve, "W. Edwards Deming - The Father..."

-WSJ article on reserve, "Some Manufacturers Drop..."

-WSJ article on reserve, "A Lasting Legacy..."

-Library reserve, "Job-Cutting Medicine Fails to Remedy..."

-Library reserve, "Western Companies Improve.."

-Library reserve, "Notable & Quotable"

Read and be prepared to discuss in class. Particlularly "As Lasting Legacy.."

IV. International Issues

A. Dessler Chapter 2

-WSJ article on reserve, "Power at Multinationals Shifts to Home"

-Schermerhorn, page 130. Take Cultural Attitudes Assessment. Be prepared to share results with class.

V. Ethical Issues

A. Dessler chapter 3

-Library reserve, "Ethical Leadership, Successfully Communicating.."

-NYT article "Global Business Must Mind.."

-Free Press column "So many layoffs..."

-Detroit News editorial "AT&T's Social..."

-WSJ article, "Cause-driven Companies'..."

-WSJ article, "It doesn't take a crook.."

-Free Press column, "Ethics: Two plus two.."

-Various (articles on one page)regarding The Body Shop

VI. Leadership - Introduction

A. Dessler Chapter 10

-Library reserve, WSJ article, "Fear is Nothing..."

-Library reserve, "Author offers tips to managers.."

-Library reserve, "How to choose a leadership pattern"

-Library reserve, Conflict Management: The essence..."

-Library reserve, Situational Leadership After 25 years..."

-Library reserve, WSJ article, "Sharon Wright follows..."

-Library reserve, WSJ article, "Watershed Generation...."

(review from Self Examination - now focus on the leadership skills women seem to be bringing to management)

-Library reserve, WSJ article, "Say it with a slogan"

-Library reserve, WSJ article, "Nothing suceeds like training"

-Library reserve, WSJ article, "The Power of Negative thinking"

VII. Decision Making

A.Dessler Chapter 4

-Library reserve, "Humble Decision Making "

-Review your personality type are you Rational or Intuitive?

-Library reserve, "Be Data Literate... (Jan. 12, 1999)
 
 

  VIII. Planning & Strategic Planning

A. Dessler Chapter 6, then read Chapter 5

-Library reserve, "Six Rules for Presidents" (Jan. 12, 1999)

-Library reserve, "SWOT" article by Kearns

-Library reserve, "Planning for uncertainty.."

-Library reserve, -"Whe Sears survived..."

Library reserve, "Race car driver goes home..."

Library reserve, "When monaghan returned, so did profits.."

-Library reserve, "Giants talk synergy..."

-Library reserve, "Planning as Learning", DeGeus

-Library reserve, "Time, technology dilute..."

-Library reserve, "At dawn of electricity..."

IX. Organizations

Dessler Chapters 7 , 8, 11 and 15

-Library reserve - "How to take the org temperature.."

-Library reserve, "Managing for Business Effectiveness", Drucker

-Library reserve, "Restructuring alters middle management..."

-Library reserve, "Matrix management..."

-Library reserve, "Matrix Management in Hospitals...", Burns

-Library reserve, "The Horizontal Corporation"

Library reserve, "How a young manager..."

-Library reserve, "A couple rescues.."

X. Managing People

Dessler Chapters 9, 12, 14 and 16

Library reserve,, "The Power of Negative thinking"

-Library reserve, "The Power to See Ourselves", Brouwer

-Library reserve, "A Manager's Career in the New Economy"

(review form first part of class)

Library reserve, "How to give praise and criticism"

Library reserve, "Jane Biering tells managers...."

Library reserve, "What do you hate about work...?"

Library reserve, "How to handle those nightmare.."

Library reserve, "Salary based system is relaced.."

Library reserve, "How an outdated plant..."

Library reserve,"how a creaky factory got off the hit list.."

Library reserve, " The corporation is not a classless society.."

Library reserve, " A City executive..."

Library reserve,, " will Hiring a full staff..?"