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15.343 | Spring 2002 | Graduate

# Managing Transformations in Work, Organizations, and Society

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1 | “HP’s Efforts Towards Environmental Sustainability.” 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. “New Realities in Today’s Workforce.” In The Towers Perrin Report 2001. (www.towersperrin.com) Herman, Alexis M. “Futurework: Trends and Challenges for Work in the 21st Century.” Executive Summary, Labor Day 1999 – A Report of the United States Department of Labor. (PDF)

2 | 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. The MIT 21st Century Manifesto Working Group.* “What do we really want? A manifesto for the organizations of the 21st Century.” MIT Initiative on Inventing the Organizations of the 21st Century – Discussion Paper. November 1999. (PDF) *The MIT 21st Century Manifesto Working Group includes the following MIT faculty members: Deborah Ancona, Lotte Bailyn, Erik Brynjolfsson, John Carroll, Tom Kochan, Don Lessard, Thomas Malone (chair), Wanda Orlikowski, Jack Rockart, Michael Scott Morton, Peter Senge, John Sterman, and JoAnne Yates.

3 | Deakin, Simon, Maria Hudson, Suzanne Konzelmann, and Frank Wilkinson. “Phoenix from the Ashes: Labor Management Partnerships in Britain.” 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. Kochan, Thomas, Robert McKersie, and Susan Eaton. “Taking Stock of the Kaiser Permanente Labor Management Partnership: A Mid Course Assessment.” Kaiser Draft Case Study. Deakin, Simon, Richard Hobbs, Suzanne Konzelmann, and Frank Wilkinson. “Partnership, Ownership and Control: The Impact of Corporate Governance on Employment Relations.”

4 | Bailyn, Lotte, Robert Drago, and Thomas Kochan. “Integrating Work and Family: Toward a Holistic Perspective.” Executive Summary and Personal Vignettes. A Report of the Sloan Work-Family Policy Network – Executive Summary. Kochan, Thomas. “Part-Time Partner Redux.” Draft case. “More than Part-Time: The Effect of Reduced-Hours Arrangements on the Retention, Recruitment, and Success of Women Attorneys in Law Firms.” A Report of the Employment Issues Committee of the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts, 2000 (Read the Executive Summary). The full report is available at www.womensbar.org

5 | 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. Prusak, Laurence, and Salvatore Parise. “Information Systems as a Conduit for the Transfer of Knowledge.” Leaders for the Total Enterprise. “A Strategic Vision: Building on and Strengthening the Success of the LFM and SDM Programs.” Orlikowski, Wanda. “Managing Use Not Technology: A View from the Trenches.” Financial Times (22 Mar. 1999): 10-11. (Mastering Information Management Section) Report of the 21st Century Workforce Commission. (Read the Executive Summary and Chapter 1 and the Conclusions. Skim through the rest. It can be found at: https://web.archive.org/web/20011127163928/http://workforce21.org/ )

6 | Cohen, Hirsh. “Studying Industries and Their People.” Perspectives on Work 2, 1 (1998): 13-17. Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Joel, and Thomas Kochan. “Integrating Social and Technical Systems: Lessons from the Auto Industry.” (PDF) Instructions for the Auto Industry “Brownfield” Transformation Simulation. Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Joel. “Passing the Point of No Return: Accelerated Implementation of a Lean Manufacturing System.” (PDF)

7 | 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. Talent Wars excerpt no. 2 (Found at the following websites) Winning the Talent Wars (PDF) www.aquent.com (Skim their website) www.monster.com (Skim their website) http://urlm.co/www.workingtoday.org (Skim their website)

8 | Fannie Mae Diversity Workbook. (Skim and consider using as a benchmark against practices in your company.) It can be found at: http://www.fanniemae.com/portal/index.html

9 | Kochan, Thomas, et al. “The Effects of Diversity on Business Performance: Report of the Feasibility Study of the Diversity Research Network.” February 2002.

10 | Bennis, Warren, and Robert J. Thomas. “The Right Stuff.” Outlook, 2 (2001): 30-37. Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Joel, et al. “Building a 21st Century Aerospace Workforce: Policy White Paper for the Commission on the Future of the Aerospace Industry.” 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.

## Course Info

##### Instructors

- Prof. Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld
- Prof. Thomas A. Kochan
- Prof. Wanda Orlikowski

##### Departments

- Sloan School of Management

##### As Taught In

Spring 2002

##### Level

Graduate

##### Topics

- Business
  - Business Ethics
  - Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management
  - Leadership
  - Management
  - Organizational Behavior

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