Each week you will find application readings drawn from the Harvard Business Review and other business outlets. These short articles will always have
connections with the content of the session. These readings will usually deal with real world management challenges. For most modules, you will write a
paragraph or two with your “takeaways” from the readings associated with the topic of that module. These should describe a “Takeaways” from the
reading(s) that struck you as something that you could apply to your current or future managerial tasks.
Assessment of your responses to these cases will focus on:
Clarity of describing the idea from the reading.
Attempt to relate the ideas from the reading to your experience.
Evaluative reactions to the ideas in the article (Positive and/or negative).
1. Read Robbins & Judge chapter 7
2. Enhancing the Benefits and Overcoming the Pitfalls of Goal Setting. Latham, G.P., & Locke, E.A. Organizational Dynamics, Nov. 2006, pp. 332-340.
3. Why It’s So Hard to Be Fair., Brockner, J. Harvard Business Review, Mar. 2006, pp. 122-129.
4. On the Folly of Rewarding A, While Hoping for B. (An Academy Classic), Kerr, S. Academy of Management Executive, 1995, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 7-14.