Subject: EDMP

Term: Spring 2015

EDMP 617: Technology and Social System Design (100/7264)

Berente, N

Managers are designers who shape the social and technical world we inhabit. This course explores the process of design and asks how managers can become better designers and interventionists who anticipate and evaluate the social, economic, and political consequences of existing and emerging products, processes, and organizational forms.

EDMP 638: Qualitative Inquiry I (100/5250)

Boland, R

COURSE IS RESTRICTED TO EDM STUDENTS ONLY

EDMP 640: Social Ethics: Contemporary Issues (100/5475)

Anderson, T

The course draws upon intellectual ancestors and current thinkers in moral philosophy and ethics to assist each student in identifying, analyzing, and discussing social and ethical questions pertaining to the definition and purpose of contemporary life, the need for moral coherence, and the meaning of life in a global society. The unifying theme of the course is Tolstoy's question, "How then shall we live?" The course does not seek to provide answers to the great questions of life. Rather, it tries to expand each student's capacity to grapple with such questions.

EDMP 643: Measuring Business Behaviors and Structures (100/5251)

Somers, A

COURSE IS RESTRICTED TO EDM STUDENTS ONLY

EDMP 649: Causal Analysis of Business Problems II (100/5336)

Buse, K

Building upon the first course in Model Building & Validation, this course will guide students through the theoretically-grounded variance models that are required for testing through structural equation modeling (SEM) in the quantitative portion of their research. Fundamental concepts in model testing will be reinforced using path analysis, and will include a deeper exploration of moderation by addressing topics such as moderated mediation and interaction effects. Beyond the analysis the course will emphasize precise and accurate formulation of theoretical models and associated reasoning, as well as careful interpretation of findings. The class will also delve into testing of data assumptions and prepare students for the model testing portion of their capstone assignments.

EDMP 664: Knowledge Dissemination to Influence Managerial Practice (100/5370)

Liozu, S

The aim of this course is twofold. First, it supports students organizing and writing their DM thesis overview or their PhD thesis proposal. Also discussed are ways to organize and communicate in scientific genres, their aims and their generic properties. Secondly, students become acquainted with scientific communication and publishing. Effective reviewing, criteria for judging articles and theses, management of review processes, and how to communicate and respond to reviews are topics discussed. The course also addresses publication strategies and ways of managing and communicating scientific and managerial knowledge to different stakeholders.

EDMP 672: Flourishing Enterprise: Creating Sustainable Value for Business and World Benefit (100/5349)

Laszlo, C

This course is designed to galvanize new visions of business and society, as well as organizational leadership. The course is born of a conviction that the future of human society and the natural world is intimately linked to the future of the world economy, business enterprises, and management education. The course presentations, books, dialogues, and interview projects are organized around three themes: (1) the state of the world and the economics possibilities of our time, (2) the business case for understanding business as an agent of world benefit--how business performance can profit from current and future advances in sustainable design and social entrepreneurship; and (3) tools for becoming a change leader--including the methods of Appreciative Inquiry and new insights about "strength-based" change emerging from the science of human strengths. The overarching aim is to provide a powerful introduction to the many facets of sustainable value creation as a complete managerial approach.

EDMP 673: Understanding, Designing, Managing Complex Systems (100/5350)

Aron, D

The purpose of this course is to provide a perspective on systems thinking and complex systems and aid PhD students in expanding the ideas in their research on systems, systems models, and complex systems. The work of the course will develop with increasingly difficult books on the subject of complex systems, a major case study in health care, and individual applications of the concepts to their potential research model and methods.

EDMP 677: Designing Sustainable Systems (100/5411)

Saillant, R

Students in teams will recognize and work in practice on a managerial problem that involves dimensions of sustainability and design. They will develop a set of solutions to the problem by generating alternative models and intervention strategies to address the problem. The project results in a short presentation and written communication of the solution in a form of a poster or prototype. The course will also include presentations of intervention and action research approaches and issues of inquiry validation and theory development.

EDMP 699: Applied Research Project Continuation (100/5298)

Lyytinen, K

COURSE IS RESTRICTED TO EDM STUDENTS ONLY

EDMP 699: Applied Research Project Continuation (102/5451)

Boland, R

Program participants who have not successfully completed their Applied Research Projects before the start of the fall semester following their third year of enrollment in the E.D.M. Program will have seven years from the date of their initial matriculation into the Program to complete degree requirements. If their work continues beyond the normal 54 credit hours of designed courses, they will register for Applied Research Project Continuation. Continuation credits may also be used for students enrolling in the Program after August 2000, who have not completed their required course work and research requirements within the Program's required 54 semester credit hours.