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Preface

The purpose of these materials is to provide additional depth in a few key areas within the broad subject of management and organizational behavior. These materials should be accessed and printed by the end of the first week of class. Please bring these articles with you to class. You may wish to use a "three-hole punch" for each printed articles and place them in a three-ring binder for convenience. The placement and use of each article with the course is listed in the Course Outline.

The reference in brackets is a link to either the CSUN Library online database or the public web site from which the article may be accessed. Most of the CSUN Library databases oriented toward business students are collected in the Information Sources: Business and Economics index. Finding the article is probably best done with a search that uses the author's name and a keyword from the article title. With respect to the materials available via the CSUN Library online databases, I recommend selecting the highest-quality print output that is available. Often, this means selecting the "PDF" format (for binary files).

Peer-Reviewed Materials

In general, the "peer-reviewed" materials are "theory-based" readings. These are significant in rigor and have provided persistent insight, often over decades.

• Christensen, C. (2002), "The Rules of Innovation", Technology Review, Jun, Vol. 105 No. 5, pp. 32-38 [ ABI Inform ]

• Kerr, S. (1995), "On the Folly of Hoping for A while Rewarding B", Academy of Management Executive, 9(1), pp. 7-14 (revision from the original first published in 1975) [ ABI Inform ]

• Pinto, J., and Kharbanda, O. P. (1995), "Lessons for an Accidental Profession", Business Horizons, Mar/Apr, pp. 41-50 [ Science Direct ]

Non-Peer-Reviewed Materials

In general, the "non-peer-reviewed" materials are "practice-based" materials. These are timely in relevance and tend to be good examples of either best business practices or complex issues that are likely to confront a future manager.

• Ball, J. (2007), "The Carbon-Neutral Vacation", Wall Street Journal, Jul 28 [ ABI Inform ]

• Covel, S. (2008), "How to Get Workers to Think and Act Like Owners; Employee-Owned Firm Van Meter Industrial Prospered After Its Employees were Persuaded to Take their Company Stock Seriously", Wall Street Journal, Feb 7 [ ABI Inform ]

• Dvorak, P. (2007), "How Teams Can Work Well Together From Far Apart", Wall Street Journal, Sep 17 [ ABI Inform ]

• Dvorak, P. (2007), "Plain English Gets Harder In Global Era", Wall Street Journal, Nov 5 [ ABI Inform ]

• Hymowitz, C. (2007), "Best Way to Save: Analyze Why Talent is Going Out the Door", Wall Street Journal, Sep 24 [ ABI Inform ]

• Kesmodel, D. (2007), "How 'Chief Beer Taster' Blended Molson, Coors", Wall Street Journal, Oct 1 [ ABI Inform ]

• Peterson, J. (2007), "At some companies, older skilled workers are golden", Los Angeles Times, Sep 3 [ ProQuest ]

• Sandberg, J. (2007), "I'm Not Really Late, I'm Just Indulging in Magical Thinking", Wall Street Journal, Nov 13 [ ABI Inform ]

• White, E. (2007), "Firms Step Up Training for Front-Line Managers", Wall Street Journal, Aug 27 [ ABI Inform ]

Reference Materials

The "quasi-peer-reviewed" materials are short, "encyclopedic-like" materials. These are good starting points for initial study and further intellectual pursuit.

• Michael Porter's Value Chain (Wikipedia) [ .html ] (click on the image for a larger display)

• Strategy--Michael Porter's "Five Forces" (WikiPedia) [ .html ] (click on the image for a larger display)

• Strategy--Balanced Scorecard (WikiPedia) [ .html ]

• Social Networks (Wikipedia) [ .html ]

Instructor-provided Materials

The materials are brief summaries of topics that are typically not included in the textbook or other materials. These materials originate with the instructor in some form.

• Rational Expectations and Social Exchange Theories [ .pdf ] (Sunday, December 3, 2017)

• Strategy (Economic Benefit and Cost Drivers) [ .pdf ] (Sunday, November 19, 2017)

• Project Management [ .pdf ] (Sunday, August 27, 2017)

• Brief Analysis of Covel article [ .ppt ] (Wednesday, September 1, 2010)