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Managing Transformations in Work, Organizations, and Society
Spring 2002
Topics
- Managing the Changing Workforce and Changing Nature of Work
- The Sustainable Corporation: Business and the Environment
- Managing Labor-Management Strategic Partnerships: Are they Sustainable?
- The Changing Workforce: Implications for Work-Family Integration
- Knowledge Work and Knowledge Management: Integrating Human Capital and IT
- Implementing Technical and Social Systems Change: The Case of Knowledge Based Work Systems
- Managing Independent Contractor/Project Worker Relations
- Managing Cultural Diversity in Global Organizations
- Leadership Skills for the 21st Century
- Transforming Regional, National and International Institutions
Readings
- Kochan, Thomas. “Building a New Social Contract at Work: A Call to Action.” Perspectives on Work 4, 1 (2000): 3-12.
- McGregor, Douglas. “The Human Side of the Enterprise.” 1957 Sloan Convocation lecture introducing Theory X and Theory Y.
- Ehrenfeld, John R. “Colorless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously: Is the Emergence of “Sustainable” Practices Meaningful?” Reflections 1, 4 (Summer 2000): 34-47.
- Senge, Peter. “From the Chair.” Reflections 1, 4 (Summer 2000): 74-75.
- Kochan, Thomas, and Saul Rubinstein. Learning from Saturn: Possibilities for Corporate Governance and Employee Relations. ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London. Chaps. 1 and 6.
- Blair, Margaret M., and Thomas Kochan. “Human Capital and the American Corporation: Perspectives from Industry.” Perspectives on Work 2, 1 (1998): 7-12.
- “IAM-Boeing Joint Programs: A Decade of Learning.” Report. 2001.
- Orlikowski, Wanda. “Managing Use Not Technology: A View from the Trenches.” Financial Times (22 Mar. 1999): 10-11. (Mastering Information Management Section)
- Cohen, Hirsh. “Studying Industries and Their People.” Perspectives on Work 2, 1 (1998): 13-17.
- Batt, Rosemary, Susan Christopherson, Ned Rightor, and Dannielle Van Jaarsveld. “Net Working: Work Patterns and Workforce Policies for the New Media Industry.” Report. Economic Policy Institute, 2001.
- Kochan, Thomas, et al. “The Effects of Diversity on Business Performance: Report of the Feasibility Study of the Diversity Research Network.” February 2002.
- Bennis, Warren, and Robert J. Thomas. “The Right Stuff.” Outlook, 2 (2001): 30-37.
- Kochan, Thomas A. “Jump-Starting a New Debate: How to Update Employment and Labor Policies for the 21st Century.” Perspectives on Work 3, 2 (1999): 12-17.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗Historical OpenCourseWare
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.