Week One (Spt. 2)
Course Orientation
Morgan Mindstretchers 1-20, Types of Knowledge
Orientation to primary sources
Week Two (Spt. 9)
Making Sense of Organizations
Case groups assigned
Readings:
Bolman & Deal - Chpts. 1 & 2
Morgan - Reading 21
Ways of Seeing, Ways of Knowing (on course site)
Assignments Due:
Applications for Bolman & Deal chapters 1 & 2
APA cites & 3-5 sentence summaries for 2 articles on discussion board
Week Three (Spt. 16)
The Structural Frame
Readings:
Bolman & Deal - Chpts. 3, 4, & 5
Assignments Due:
Applications for any two of the Bolman & Deal chapters
APA cites & 3-5 sentence summaries for 2 articles on discussion board
Week Four (Spt. 23)
The Human Resource Frame
Readings:
Bolman & Deal - Chpts. 6, 7, & 8
Transforming Knowledge (on course site)
Mindsets (on course site)
Assignments Due:
Applications for any two of the Bolman & Deal chapters
APA cites & 3-5 sentence summaries for 2 articles on discussion board
Week Five (Spt. 30)
The Political Frame
Readings:
Bolman & Deal - Chpts. 9, 10, & 11
Eclipse of the Public (on course site)
Assignments Due:
Applications for any two of the Bolman & Deal chapters
APA cites & 3-5 sentence summaries for 2 articles on discussion board
Week Six (Oct. 7)
Case Study Analysis
Readings:
none
Assignments Due:
Group project tasks
APA cites & 3-5 sentence summaries for 2 articles on discussion board
Week Seven (Oct. 21)
Case presentations
Readings:
none
Assignments Due:
Case presentation and paper
Week Eight (Oct. 28)
The Symbolic Frame
Readings:
Bolman & Deal - Chpts. 12, 13, & 14
Assignments Due:
Applications for any two of the Bolman & Deal chapters
Week Nine (Nov. 11)
Organizations as Brains & Organizations as Organisms
Readings:
Morgan - Readings 27-49
Assignments Due:
Applications for any two of the Morgan readings
Week Ten (Nov. 18)
Organizations as Machines
Readings:
Morgan - Readings 22-26
Assignments Due:
Two copies of final paper draft
Applications for any two of the Morgan readings
Week Eleven (Nov. 25)
Organizations as Cultures & Organizations as Political Systems
Readings:
Morgan - Readings 50-64
Assignments Due:
Peer edits of two of your classmates' reports
Applications for any two of the Morgan readings
Week Twelve (Dec. 2)
Organizations as Psychic Prisons & Organizations as Instruments of Domination
Readings:
Morgan - Readings 65-73
Assignments Due:
Final papers
Week Thirteen (Dec. 9)
Improving Leadership Practice
Readings:
Bolman & Deal - Chpts. 15-21
Learning Communities (on course site)
Assignments Due:
Applications for any two of the Bolman & Deal chapters
