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Business Leadership MGHC02 Summer 2013

Detailed Outline of Weekly Activities

www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~phanira/WebSkills/summer2013-course-outline-skills.htm

Supplemental Webcasts at https://lecturecast.utsc.utoronto.ca/login.php you MUST attend class, videos are just for review!

Course Syllabus here (with marks breakdown)

Date / Topic/Assignment/Materials Due
·  “Ppt” = Powerpoint slides of the lecture available 12am on day of class /
Readings/Tasks to Complete before Class
▪ All readings are available online at UT library. You will need your UT student id to access them off-campus. If the link doesn’t work, use the “Online Article Finder” page. Click here for instructions on how to search using Article Finder / In Class Activities
May6 / Course Introduction (ppt link here) / 1. Get Handouts Learning from Inventories & Role Plays Marcic et al., p.309 & 310
2. Assess your Current Professional Network
May8 / 1. Self Awareness (ppt here)
2. Due: You will be asked to discuss the meaning of particular items of the following questionnaires AND you will be asked to show a completed (soft/hard copy) of these questionnaires to the professor so have a soft/hard copy of the completed items with you in class.
1. Your own assessment of your interpersonal and intrapersonal skills (link here)
2. Your own assessment of BIG 5 personality traits long short form here
3. Your friend or family member’s (reflected) assessment of your interpersonal and intrapersonal skills (link here) / 1.  Journal = Academy of Management Learning & Education online article = Hogan & Warrenfeltz (2003). Educating the Modern Manager Volume 2, Issue 1 Only pages 78-83 of
2.  Descriptions of Big-5 Personality Dimensions at www.erin.utoronto.ca/~w3psyuli/survey/bigfive/bigfiveresults.htm
3.  Handout from 1st day of class “Learning from Inventories” Marcic et al., p.310
4.  Review Assignment 1 details (doc) & grading sheet & ppt / 1. Discuss Self Awareness Results
2. Review Assignment 1 details (doc) & grading sheet & ppt
May 13 / Goal Setting (ppt)
**Attendance is mandatory
New: how to access psycinfo – for research on questionnaires / Journal= Academy of Management Executive online article by G. Latham (2004). The motivational benefits of goal setting. Volume 18, Issue 4 p. 126-129. / 1. Role Play -- Setting Goals for Others
2. Do role play with someone you never knew before and ask them to assess your interpersonal an intra personal skills (link here) for Assignment 1.
May 15 / **Meet in IC306 (Finance Lab) Please attend the section you are registered in!!!
1.  Leadership –I: What does a leader do? (ppt)
2.  Due: You will be asked to discuss the meaning of particular items of the following questionnaires AND you will be asked to show a completed (soft/hard copy) to the professor for class participation marks so have a soft/hard copy of the completed items with you in class
a.  “Understanding Your Leadership Style” (link) / Readings:
1.  Journal= Harvard Business Review online article by Mintzberg, H. (March-April 1990). The manager’s job: Folklore and fact. Vol. 68, Iss. 2, p.163-176
2.  Handout from 1st day of class “Learning from role-plays” by Marcic et al p.309
Read/Do before coming to class -- background for Role Play activity:
1.  Read In-Basket Exercise Role Information
2. Ensure that you are receiving emails from the class listserv (only sent to your UTorid account) for today’s exercise
1.  Complete “Understanding Your Leadership Style” (link)
2.  Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9UjeTMb3Yk / 1.  In-basket Exercise (Greenberg & Rollag, 2003)
2.  Link to inbox exercise scoring key to complete after class
3.  Discussion questions & answers (emailed to students during class)
May 22 / **Meet in IC306 (Finance Lab)
DUE Assignment 1 Please submit in the section you are registered in!!!
I. How to do Assignment 2
1.  Set goals (ppt) needed for Assignment 2 ( application of goal setting)
2.  Gain Knowledge on how to obtain goals set for assignment 2: Detailed Tutorial on psycinfo (ppt)
II. Another Goal Setting Application:
Career goals (ppt) and worksheet / Read requirements for Assignment 2 (doc) and grading sheet / 1. Worksheet for assignment 2 Goals (worksheet)
2. Career Goal worksheet
May 27 / Giving Performance Feedback (ppt) / Readings:
1.  Journal= Academy of Management Executive online article by Dinisi & Kluger Feedback effectiveness: Can 360-degree appraisals be improved? Volume 14 Issue 1 p. 129-139.
2.  Harvard Business Review online article by Manzoni, J. A Better Way to Deliver Bad News Sep2002, Vol. 80 Issue 9, p114-119,
Bring printouts to class (do not complete)
Assessment of your performance feedback behaviors / 1. Do Performance Feedback Exercise (adapted from Lewicki et al) with Agenda (new)
2. Get an assessment of your performance feedback behaviors
May 29 / Negotiation (ppt) / Journal= Academy of Management Executive online article by Thompson, L. & Leonardelli, G. (2004). The big bang: The evolution of negotiation research. Vol.18 Iss.3 p.113-117. / 1. Ugli Orange Negotiation Exercise (Marcic et al)
2. Discussion questions (new)
3 Learning Points (new)
June 3 / Persuasion (ppt) / Readings:
Journal= Harvard Business Review online article by R. Cialdini (Oct 2001). Harnessing the science of persuasion. Vol. 79,Iss. 9,p.72-79
Bring printouts to class:
Download but do not complete Your influence strategy and others’ influence strategy questionnaires / 1.  Salary Negotiation Exercise Discussion questions (ppt)
2.  Complete your influence strategy AFTER exercise in class (bring printout)
3.  Complete others’ influence strategy AFTER exercise in class (bring printout)
June 5 / Creating a Group Vision (ppt)
Group Decision Making (ppt) / 1. Journal= Harvard Business Review online article by M. Bazerman & D. Chugh (Jan 2006). Decisions without blinders. Vol 84 Iss 1 p. 88-97
2. Journal= Collins, J & Porras,J. (1996). Building your company vision. Harvard Business Review; Sep/Oct96, Vol.74 Issue 5, p65-77. / Group Decision Making Exercise (discussion qs in main ppt)
Group Visioning Exercise
June 10 / Group decision Making Debriefing
Ethics (ppt) / Journal= Harvard Business Review online article by M. H. Bazerman, G. Lowenstein & D. Moore (Nov 2002). Why good accountants do bad audits. Vol. 80,Iss. 11,p.96-102.
June 12 / **Meet in IC306 (Finance Lab)
New Workshop on Assignment 2
Mandatory Attendance
Bring draft soft copy of assignment 2
June 17 / Leadership – How to be an adaptable leader ppt
If time permits: Leadership: Implicit Theories about Leadership
DUE: Assignment 2
DUE Participation Coupons:
**Put all your participation coupons in an envelope. Label the envelope with your name and number of coupons. Upload your photo on blackboard / House, R. (1996) Path-goal theory of leadership: Lessons, legacy, and a reformulated theory. Journal= Leadership Quarterly Vol Issue 3 pp 326-327. / Leadership Drawing Exercise (if time permits)
Path Goal Leadership Exercise (discussion questions In main ppt)
June 22 / Final Exam 2-4p

Radhakrishnan Summer 2013 MGH C02 Course Outline