MEM #424

LEADERSHIP AND
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

INSTRUCTOR
GAIL BERGER, PHD

MASTER OF ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Fall 2016
 Course Packet Contents

Session #1
Required:
“Introduction: The Power of Reframing,” “Simple Ideas, Complex Organizations,” and
“Reframing Leadership” by Bolman and Deal. In Reframing Organizations, 2008, 3-40; 334-
372.
“Why Should My Conscience Bother Me? by Vandivier

Session #2
Required:
“Here’s the No. 1 Predictor of Career Success, According to Network Science” by Simmons. In
Business Insider, January 20, 2015.

Optional
“Psychological Traps,” by Rubin. In Psychology Today, March 1981.

Session #3
Required:
“Motivation: A Diagnostic Approach,” by Nadler and Lawler. In Lawler (Ed.), The
Nature of Individuals, 67-78.

“On the Folly of Rewarding A While Hoping for B” by Kerr. In Academy of Management
Executive, Volume 9(1), 1995, 7-14.

“More on the Folly,” by Kerr. In Academy of Management Executive, Volume 9(1), 15-16.

“Why You Hate Work: by Schwartz and Porath. In The New York Times, June 1, 2014.

“Three Secrets of Organizational Effectiveness” by Newton and Davis. In Strategy + Business,

Autumn 2014.
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