Sunday, February 11 Class discussion of readings, The New Pioneers , The Human Equation and the cases, is premised on the argument that a powerful revolution is reshaping the management and operations of American business and creating an opportunity for a collaborative new work-place. Group 1 will be especially responsible for the Southwest Airlines case, Group 2 for ServiceMaster , and Group 3 for Portman Hotel . Each group will write brief responses to the questions for each case they are not responsible for. The group assigned to a case will synthesize the material both from the readings and case, clearly analyze the case as an outgrowth of the read material and critically examine the connection between the readings and the case. The results will be professionally presented.
Nothing written is required to be submitted.
Involving the entire class during the presentation either through questions or discussion or both is critical. Sunday, February 25 Class discussion of readings, The New Pioneers, The Human Equation and the cases is premised on the argument that a powerful revolution is reshaping the operation of American business and creating opportunities. Group 1 will be especially responsible for The Visionary Design System , Group 2 for PPG Industries, and Group 3 for Jack Stack . Each group will write brief responses to the questions for each case they are not responsible for. The group assigned to a case will synthesize the material both from the readings and case, clearly analyze the case as an outgrowth of the read material and critically examine the connection between the readings and the case.