Professor: Mark Friedman

Office Hours: By mutual arrangement

Email: Mark@Third-Culture.com www.Third-Culture.com

Textbook: Cohen et al. (1995) Effective Behavior in

Organizations, Boston: Irwin McGraw-Hill.

Course Goals & Description: This course engages the student in a critical analysis of the essential concepts of organizational behavior and managing in the 21^st century. What are the major theories of organizational behavior? Is 21^st century management different from 20^th century management? From multiple perspectives, students will investigate critical workplace topics such as perception, attitudes, and personality. Students will suggest individual, and corporate responses to workplace issues.

This course is designed to hone the student’s knowledge and understanding of major organizational behavior issues. These issues touch on ethics, politics, business, and information environments. There will be a focus on computer applications as an aid in understanding some of the issues.

By the end of the course, students will understand and be able to enunciate the major organizational behavior issues. Students will be able to develop recommended solutions to organizational behavior matters from the organizational, and individual perspective.

Current Research Interests:

Computers are pervasive. In recognition, we will experimentally look at society through a mathematical and logical lens.

We’ll also play with:

The philosophical base of the world and applying philosophy
The role of argumentation
Any light shed by physics
The animal roots of human behavior
Creativity
The role of poetry
Dromology; the study of speed
Increasing importance of education and training
Technology including online surveys (Zoomerang), and streaming video.

There is a joy and love of learning, playing, and experimenting. Hold this joy close and don’t lose it. There is the idea of just in time and appropriateness. Obviously, we have more material and interests above than can be covered in five courses.

Methodology:

Through a combination of learning methods including lecture, student presentations, scientific experiments, discussion, computer learning, library research activities, group activities, DVD/video, and field trip(s), students will increase their knowledge of organizational behavior.

Evaluation:

Quizzes (announced and unannounced)……………..25%

Class Participation (classroom & online)…………....25%

Homework Assignments……………………………..25%

Group Project…………………...……………………25%

Group Project:

Each group will research and report on an organizational behavior topic of mutual interest. The reports are an informal opportunity to share with the class your findings. The class has an opportunity to ask you questions in areas of interest.

Attendance:

Makeup is available for any classes you may miss. It is your responsibility to keep up with reading and assignments.

Topics To Be Covered Over the Course of the Semester

The Context of Modern Organizations.

Ethics and Behavior in Organizations.

Organizational Culture.

Perception, Attitudes, and Personality.

Organizational Socialization.

Motivation: Need Theories, Cognitive and Behavioral Theories and Techniques.

Intrinsic Rewards and Job Design.

Groups and Intergroup Processes.

Conflict in Organizations.

Leadership and Management.

Communication Processes.

Decision-Making and Problem-Solving Processes.

Power and Political Behavior.

Stress in Organizations.

Future Directions of Organizations and Management.

Mark Friedman

Teach and consult in business and culture. At the age of three, we moved to France where my father was a teacher with the U.S. Department of Defense. Five years later, we left for Italy where I graduated from Vicenza American High School. I speak French, Italian, Czech, Chinese; some Malay/Indonesian. Graduate of Dartmouth College with a BA in Asian Studies and an MIA from Columbia University.

Clients include Fidelity, NQUSA, Blue Fin Technologies, the Cambodian American League of Lowell, Hewlett Packard, Metal Works, and Summa4. Presentations on the cross-cultural aspects of exporting for the NH Small Business Development Center. Most recent presentations are “Multicultural Marketing” (College Stores of New England), “Middle Eastern Culture,” and “Culture in International Advertising, Negotiations, and Tourism” (NH International Trade Center).

Former Secretary of the Chinese Cultural Society of Greater Nashua (1997-02) and a member of the New Hampshire International Trade Association. Webmaster of Dartmouth College class of ‘76 http://www.dartmouth.org/classes/76/class76.html

Shalom…look forward to working with you!