SYLLABUS for
Motivation / Satisfaction /
Leadership
APPL 642.185 (class no. 2211) Spring
2006
Instructor: Tom Mitchell, Ph.D. 837-5348
Email: TMITCHELL@ubalt.edu
Home Page: http://home.edu/tmitch
Office hrs: Tuesdays & Thursdays 12:30 - 1:30 PM; Thursdays 4:00 - 5:00 PM
Class: Thursdays 8:15 - 10:45 PM in Academic Center 413
WEB BOARD FOR CLASS IS: WebTyco
Schedule and dates for assignment
Discussion Questions for Class
B. Course description: Using motivation as a central concept, this course will provide the student with an in-depth understanding of how person and environmental factors interact to influence organizational behavior. Predominant motivational theories will be used to explain how group dynamics and cross-cultural influences affect motivation, and how attitudes toward the job and the organization relate to performance. Students will learn to apply motivational techniques to improve work performance and satisfaction.
(1) Analyze causes for organizational behavior and develop effective ways to improve work performance.
(2) Gain an experiential understanding of how group activity may facilitate or inhibit work performance.
(3) Improve their ability to work effectively with others to solve problems related to organizational behavior.
III. Class format: Assigned readings will be discussed. Ideas and conclusions generated from the discussions will be used by groups to solve problems presented in case studies. Case studies will be discussed in class and on
IV. Texts required:
Bass, Bernard M. & Riggio, R. E. (2006). Transformational Leadership LEA, Pub. ISBN 0-8058-4762-6
Porter, L. W., Bigley, G. A., & Steers, R. M., (2003). Motivation and Work Behavior. 7th ed. McGraw Hill ISBN 0-07-248162-5
Harvard Case Studies (3) (to be distributed in class)
V. Course requirements for each student:
Exams:
Two written essay exams (midterm and final) covering course content
One written case report
instructions
50% 2 Exams (25% each)
25% 1 Written Case Report
25% 3 Case data analysis
100% TOTAL Grade Scale:
90-100 A; 85-89 B+; 80-84 B;
75-79 C+; 70 C
Information from Toronto on Group Dynamics/ teamwork
How
to manage groups
Being
a valuable group member
Running
effective team meetings
Groups
that work
Value Based Management site (information on all sorts of management techniques, etc.)
Feb 2, 9, 16, 23, | Apr 6, 13, 20, 27 |
Mar 2, 9, 16 , 23 (Spring Break) 30(Midterm) | May 4, 11, 18 (Final Exam) |
Notes for Steers, Porter, & Bigley (1996)
Management Speak
(learn how to understand your boss)
Readings in Organizational
Psychology (J. LeBreton, E. Tenn State)
class date Chapters
/ Readings (see Bibliography at end)
(2) Feb 9 Part one:
INITIAL CONSIDERATIONS (Web discussions)
Porter: Chapter
1 Motivation in Organizations (p. 1)
Terrence R. Mitchell & Denise
Daniels
Observation
and Commentary on Recent Research in Work Motivation (p. 26)
U.
Toronto Motivation theory (Instructor: Chun Wei Choo
Early
Cognitive theorists
Ppoint presentation for Motivation theories
Job
Characteristics Model (Hackman & Oldham 1976)
JCM
ppoint
Contingency
models of leadership
(3) Feb 16
(Class
discussion)
Porter: Chapter
2 Conceptual Approaches to Motivation at Work (p. 46)
(4) Feb 23 Part
two: CENTRAL ISSUES IN MOTIVATION AT WORK
Porter: Chapter 3 The
Role of Cognition, Beliefs, and Attitudes in Motivation
McGrath outline of trait paradigm
(5) Mar 2 Porter: Chapter 4 The Role of Goals and Intentions in Motivation
** Group activity: apply the steps for influence to Sedalia decisions:
(p 293) see below
LOQ
site http://www.creativeorgdesign.com/testpages/loq.htm
** Administer / self-score the LOQ Find evidence to support or not support the use of LOQ in an organization
(6) Mar 9 Porter: Chapter 5 The Role of Affect in Motivation
Viswanath Venkatest & Cheri Speier
Computer
Technology Training in the Workplace: A longitudinal investigation of the
Effect of Mood
Schneider et al. (2003)
Which comes first: Employee attitudes or organizational financial
and market performance? JAP, 88, No. 5.
-> PRESENT:
Case I Sedalia:
-> Case
II First Federal: Organize
(7) Mar 16 *** Midterm Exam ***
Mar 23 ********** Spring Break **************
(8) Mar 30 Porter: Chapter 6 The Role of Social Influences in Motivation
Rewarding competitors over
collaborators WSJ 2/14/06
Bonus not a Cure-all
(9) Apr 6 Porter: Chapter 7 The Role of Cross-Cultural Influences in Work Motivation
Geert Hofstede Gia
Cultural
Constraints in Management Theories (p. 344)
Michael Frese,
Wolfgang Kring, Andrea Soose & Jeannette Zempel
Personal Initiative at Work: Differences between East and West Germany
(p. 375)
(10) Apr 13 Porter: Chapter 8 The Role of Individual Differences in Motivation
for information
on Hackman and Oldham's JCM
General
Causality Scale (Deci & Ryan)
see Deci and
Ryan's site for Self-Determination theory
-> DUE: Data analysis report for First Federal due
(11) Apr 20 PART THREE:
APPLICATIONS
OF MOTIVATIONAL APPROACHES
Porter: Chapter 9 Rewards
->
PRESENT:
Case II First Federal:
-> Organize:
Case III
Megalith:
(13) May 4 Porter: Chapter 11 Motivating Creativity and Innovation (p. 559)
-> PRESENT: Case III Megalith:
(15) May 18 *** Final Exam ***