Scott Sonenshein

In this seminar, we will cover the foundational skills to become a productive and impactful organizational scholar, including how to identify a research passion, formulate a research question, theorize the "hook" of a paper and communicate results. The course will also address other practical parts of building a career as an organizational scholar, including developing a professional network, understanding the journal submission process, and critically evaluating others' work.

The focus of this course is the research area of the assigned faculty member. Repeatable for Credit.

Students engage in an intensive learning experience to grow their leadership skills. Each student serves as the interim CEO of a manufacturing company, leading the management team responsible for strategy, marketing, financing, operations, research, and development. Students analyze financial, consumer, and operations data and develop tools to make predictions in an uncertain and changing marketplace. Keeping the company profitable - or even out of bankruptcy - is itself a challenge. In addition, the team faces difficult situations throughout the simulation that test skills learned in the core organizational behavior course and other core courses.