Sept 26-27

Folks,
Here is what I think we need to do for Sept 26,27 session. Let me know if I missed something.

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Sept 26

Session LOC 4
Home Work: 2 page Double space write up on P&G
Reading: Ralph T King, Peter Passell, Harvard’s Hoard. Harvard Portfolio Manager
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Session Fin Acctg 3
Home Work : JJ Snack
Reading: Course pack page 65-81 Receivables and Uncollectible Accounts,
SW Chap 6
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Session Strategy 4
Reading: BBC vs Sky TV
Assignment Questions, Excel S/S on Angel
Less Antilles Lines; The Island of SAN Huberto
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Sept 27

Session Fin Acctg 4
Homework Problem set 2 New Wave Ice Tea.

Reading: Course pack page 82-101 Revenue Recognition
SW Chap 6
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Session Mgr Stat 5
Lots of homework from book
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Session Strategy 5
Homework: Poll question on Angel (PEPSI)
Reading: Eli-Lilly
The path to Corp Responsibility
Strategy and Society
PepsiCo
Choosing Corporate and Global scope
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Leadership and Organizational Change: A look at the semester

Leadership and Organizational Change
There are a lot of moving parts to this class and I thought it would be helpful to lay them out by due date.

by September 7, 2008
Complete on-line “leading and managing” survey, separate for E or M group (A or B)

by September 8, 2008
“Note for analyzing work groups” for use in first session, and complete the other readings for the first three sessions.

September 9, 2008
FIRST CLASS: 360-degree review process: Launch Leadership Profile exercise. Read instructions for 360-process that are part of the readings assigned for session 1. Nadler & Tushman, chapter 2, Instructions for the Leadership Profile Exercise. Be prepared to answer questions on readings.

October 3, 2008
360-degree review process: Leadership Profile ratings deadline is Friday, October 3 at 5 PM.

October 10, 2008
360-degree review process: Hardcopies of Leadership Profile report, based on the 360-feedback to be distributed in the October 10 class.

October 17, 2008
360-degree review process: Self-Assessment Worksheet due October 17 via email to xz2123@columbia .edu : Based upon this feedback report you should complete a Self-Assessment Worksheet (available on Angel), which asks you a series of questions about your feedback and thereby allows you to identify things about your leadership style that you wish to leverage further or improve.

October 20, 2008
Network Exercise: Excel-based network survey due -- email it to pi17@columbia. edu

October 25, 2008
Network Exercise: We receive Prof's network summary, in the form of a "Network Workbook" in class. Study group presentation of Lincoln Electric.

November 7, 2008
360-degree review process: • Executing coaching sessions, November 7.

November 8, 2008
Network Exercise: Complete the workbook, and also discuss your network with a classmate. Study group presentation of Jerry Sanders.

November 21, 2008
Study group presentation of Xerox. 360-degree review process: A 1250-word Self-Assessment and Action Plan paper due (detailed instructions for the paper are in the readings for the executive coaching session): Turn in a hardcopy of the paper in class. The final write-up should briefly describe your strengths and weaknesses (already presented in the Self-Assessment Worksheet), and be primarily devoted to: (1) diagnosing the reasons for your weaknesses, and (2) presenting an action plan of how you intend to address your weaknesses and/or leverage your strengths.

November 22, 2008
Study group presentation of Aventis.

December 5, 2008
Study group presentation of Business Networks.

December 6, 2008
Review session: 7:30 – 8:30AM. At this session Prof will discuss the practice exam and answer any exam-related questions. Study group presentation of Ferguson.

December 13, 2008
FINAL EXAM: 9-11 a.m.The exam will focus on just the facts. It will consist of up to 20 discrete choice questions regarding specific practices that make organizations more or less effective.

Leadership and Org Change Assignments

I think this is everything for this course...

Session 1. September 9
Reading: A note for analyzing work groups.
Reading: Nadler & Tushman, chapter 2
Instructions for the Leadership Profile Exercise


Session 2. September 10

Carter Racing
Robert Frank: "Rethinking Rational Choice." Read the indicated sections.

Session 3. September 11
Exercise: Words-in-sentences exercise (instructions in course pack)

GSB webmail Access

Some of us apparently cannot access Outlook from our workplaces. Attaching the webmail url for those.

https://mail.gsb.columbia.edu/Exchange/

PS: Remember to prepend your username with gsb\

e.g.- if your username is jsmith10, the username would be gsb\jsmith10

Managerial Statistics - Preterm Reading Material

for Sessions 1-4

1. specific pages in Chapters 1-4; see Syllabus in ANGEL
2. required homework problems should be completed after the relevant class sessions

Financial Accounting - Preterm Reading Material

for Monday 9/8

1. Coursepack pages 8-27
2. Textbook SW Chapter 1-2
3. Optional Suggested Problems in SW

for Friday 9/12

1. Coursepack pages 28-43, 44-64
2. Textbook SW Chapter 3
3. Optional Suggested Problems in SW

Other

1. Online Financial Accounting Course (HBS)

Reading Material for Mandatory residence

The first assignment is to Submit the Team charter. This is due before the start of the week long residency.


This is what we need to complete before the residence period at Palisades. Please posts comments if I missed something and I will update it.

• Strategy Formulation (Mandatory Residence Week)
  

Sept 9 Session 1

Course Notes: Strategy formulation……
Ben and Jerry Case Study and related questions
Wal-Mart. Case Study and related questions

Sept 10 Session 2

Zara Case Study and related questions (On Multimedia)
Poll Question: Would you recommend selling the Zara store.
Apple Case Study and related questions

Sep 12 Session 3

Google Inc
Poll Questions
Samsung Electronics Case Study and related questions

Please post comments with the list for Micro-Econ, FinAct and Leadership corses.