Everyone should read the excerpts of these books which will be handed out. A few people will discuss these books and the issues they raise and use this for their term paper assignments. Term paper reports concluded. The purpose of these assignments is to encourage students to keep up with the reading material and spend some time thinking about it. Choose any combination of cases, articles and chapters from the course assignments adding up to a total of five.
Case analyses are due before participating in or viewing the class in which the case is discussed.
In doing an article or chapter critique state your opinion of the potential value of the article or chapter for managing technical professionals and give reasons for your opinion. Unsatisfactory work will be returned to be resubmitted for a possible 3 points. Comments will not ordinarily be written on these papers, but feel free to contact the instructor if you have any questions about what is expected. Consulting assignment . The purpose of this assignment is to have students work as members of consulting teams to solve real problems in managing technical professionals.