got to do with it? Rothman, J. (2016, February 22). Shut up and sit down. The New Yorker. Case: VA [materials on course Moodle site] What were the original problems here? What lead to them? What has been done to try to solve these issues? Why have efforts not been totally successful? reflections assignment Week 2 Class 3. 9/12 Publicness of all organizations Kettl, Donald (2015) “The job of government: Interweaving public functions and private hands.” Bryson, Crosby and Bloomberg (2014), “Public Value Governance.” In pairs, discuss personal reflections and report out themes Not graded but in 1-page on personal value reflections Class 4. 9/14 Organizational “hybrids” Battilana, Lee, Walker, and Dorsey (2012). “In Search of Hybrid Ideal.” Phills and Change (2005) “The Price of Commercial Success: MPR.” MPR “case” Week 3 Class 5. 9/19 Beginning the work: Team formation Schwartz (2004). Effective Work Woolley et al (2010) Evidence for a collective intelligence factor (and accompanying media piece) Casciaro, T., & Lobo, M.S. (2005). Competent lovable fools, and the formation of social networks. Students put into their work groups; groups meet to discuss norms and expectations agreement MMS to handout policy fields and org’al analysis assignment Class 6. 9/21 Managerial Ethics Dobel, J.P. “Value Driven Leading: A Management Approach.” Case discussions Draft norms agreement due end of week; upload to Moodle
Week 5 Class 9. 10/3 Institutional and authority C. and S. Clegg. (2006) Some Dare Call It Power. Bryson (see week 3), sections that focus specifically on power differentials among stakeholders Watkins-Hayes, Celeste. (2011) Race, respect, and red tape: Inside the black box of racially representative bureaucracies. Students analyze power distributions/issues in their fields; share and compare in small groups MMS to handout Oral Policy assignment 10. 10/5 Institutional change and change agents Goodwin and Jasper (2009) Introduction to The Social Movements Reader: Cases and Concepts Quinn, R., Tompkins-Stange, M., & Meyerson, D. (2014). Beyond Grantmaking Philanthropic Foundations as Agents of Change and Institutional Entrepreneurs. Revisit CASE: “The To Be Human: The Dilemmas Of Rights-Based Programming At (A) Case discussion After case discussion, students pair up to go over practice memo and get/give feedback Practice Individual Memo assignment: bring draft memo class to discuss with a partner(s) Upload final draft memo to Moodle by Sunday, 10/8, 11:59 pm. Week 6 Class 11. 10/10 Oral policy field briefs Class 12. 10/12 Finish oral policy field briefs Meet back in classroom at 10:40 am to debrief MMS to handout Memo Asgn #1 on CSUH
ORGANIZATIONS AND HOW THEY WORK Class/ Date Topics Readings [NOTE: Full citations appear at end of syllabus] Application Ind’l Asgn Due Team Asgn Due Week 7 13. 10/17 Work Groups: and conflict Eisenhardt, K.., J.L. Kahwajy & L.J. Bourgeois III. (1997) How management teams can have a good fight. Shore et al, (2011) Inclusion and diversity in work groups Start Carver State University Hospital simulation Class 14. 10/18 Group and conflict, con’t Case: Carver University Hospital (CSUH) Simulation Finish CSUH simulation Upload Memo #1 by Sunday, 10/22, 11:59 pm. Week 8 Class 15. 10/24 Organizational structure Bolman L and T. Deal. (2013). Chapters 3 & 4 in Reframing Organizations, 5th Edition. map basic structure of their organizations and relate to external environment MMS to hand out Memo Asgn #2 16. 10/26 Organizational “technology” Sandfort, J. (2010) Human Service Organizational Technology. Case: Making Work Pay (A) 1. Map out the process of the Jobs Plus program. What are its assumptions? 2. What does this process look like if you are a resident of RV? Where are mismatches? 3. What programs changes would you recommend to Alice? Teams map operations of their organizations Upload ASP #2 (organization structure and operations) by Sunday, 10/29, 11:59 pm Week 9
Kallman (2015) Professional Activism and Social Change. Mobilizing Ideas. 26. 11/30 Networks and collaborations Mcguire, M. & Agranoff, R. (2011) The Limitations of Public Management Networks. Public Administration Huxham C (2003) Theorizing Collaboration Practice Case: “Corrente Viva: ‘United we stand, divided we fall” in the challenge to sustainability.” Can Corrente Viva be kept alive without the direct intervention of Nucleo Maturi and Jos Schoenmaker? Without the financial support that ensured its start-up? How can Corrente Viva be re-designed to enhance actual mobilization and involvement of all of its member civil society organizations? If it cannot maintain the network configurations, what may be alternatives? If the network is maintained, what challenges will it have to overcome in terms of management and governance of its work? Case discussion submit drafts of final memo and oral presentation to MMS and Emma Week 14 Classes 27 and 28. 12/5 and 12/7 Team Presentations Teams upload final reports and presentations to Moodle before class on day of