UGBA105 Sections 102, 104, 106

1. UGBA105 Sections 102, 104, 106 Week 1: Welcome & Intro

2. Overview • Introductions • The people • The course • Section expectations • Preparing a case • Next steps and Q&A

3. 1. Introductions

4. About me • Education • Ph.D. Candidate, Organizational Behavior • Research: Social networks and innovation • Currently conducting field work in the Silicon Valley • BA, The Evergreen State College (Olympia, WA) • Organizational Studies & Mathematics • Prior work experience • Product management: Excite.com • Operations management: Throw.com • Non-profit consulting and training

5. About you Front • Name (First, Last) • Preferred email address • Year at Berkeley • What’s your dream job? Back • What do you want out of this course? • What do you expect from me as your GSI? • Anything else you’d like me to know?

6. About Org Behavior Organizational Behavior • Applied social science • Multidisciplinary, drawing on learning from Psychology Sociology Anthropology PoliSci Economics People Teams Organizations Industries

7. Course Structure Organization Level Group Level Individual Level

8. Why should you care? • Toolkit for analyzing and understanding organizations • Greater understanding of yourself and others • Skills as an employee/volunteer, manager, team member

9. 2. Section expectations

10. Overview: Requirements Class Participation: 15% • Contributions in section, lecture • Attendance • Team work - presentation and team ratings Exams: 50% • Mid-term and Final both will have take- home essay questions and an in-class exam

11. Requirements (cont.) Team Project: 30% • As a group find and study a “real” organization • 12-15 page paper and class presentation Participation in Research Experiments: 5%

12. Guidelines for class • How do you want this to operate?

13. Expectations: From GSI • Preparation • Engagement • Respect • Errr …. cellphones off please!

14. Expectations: Of Each Other What should the “ground rules” be in order that all students get what they need from these discussion sections?

15. Plagiarism: What is it? • Plagiarism: use of intellectual material produced by another person without acknowledging its source, for example: • Wholesale copying of passages from works of others without acknowledgment. • Use of the views, opinions, or insights of another without acknowledgment. • Paraphrasing of another person’s characteristic or original phraseology, metaphor, or other literary device without acknowledgment. (http://students.berkeley.edu/osl/sja.asp?id=983&rcol=1202)

16. Original Text The joker in the European pack was Italy. For a time hopes were entertained of her as a force against Germany, but these disappeared under Mussolini. In 1935 Italy made a belated attempt to participate in the scramble for Africa by invading Ethiopia. It was clearly a breach of the covenant of the League of Nations for one of its members to attack another. France and Great Britain, as great powers, Mediterranean powers, and African colonial power, were bound to take the lead against Italy at the league. But they did so feebly and half-heartedly because they did not want to alienate a possible ally against Germany. The result was the worst possible: the league failed to check aggression, Ethiopia lost her independence, and Italy was alienated after all. J.M. Roberts, History of the World (New York: Knopf, 1976), p. 845.

17. Example 1 (or A) Much has been written about German rearmament and militarism in the period 1933-1939. But Germany's dominance in Europe was by no means a forgone conclusion. The fact is that the balance of power might have been tipped against Hitler if one or two things had turned out differently. Take Italy's gravitation toward an alliance with Germany, for example. That alliance seemed so very far from inevitable that Britain and France actually muted their criticism of the Ethiopian invasion in the hope of remaining friends with Italy. They opposed the Italians in the League of Nations, as J.M. Roberts observed, "feebly and half-heartedly because they did not want to alienate a possible ally against Germany.“(1) Suppose Italy, France, and Britain had retained a certain common interest. Would Hitler have been able to get away with his remarkable bluffing and bullying in the later thirties? (1) J.M. Roberts, History of the World (New York: Knopf, 1976), p. 845

18. Example B Italy was the joker in the European deck. Under Mussolini in 1935, she make a belated attempt to participate in the scramble for Africa by invading Ethiopia. As J.M. Roberts points out, this violated the covenant of the League of Nations.(1) But France and Britain, not wanting to alienate a possible ally against Germany, put up only feeble and half-hearted opposition to the Ethiopian adventure. The outcome, as Roberts observes, was "the worst possible: the league failed to check aggression, Ethiopia lost her independence, and Italy was alienated after all.“ (2) (1) J.M. Roberts, History of the World (New York: Knopf, 1976), p. 845. (2) Roberts, p. 845.

19. Example 2 Italy, one might say, was the joker in the European deck. When she invaded Ethiopia, it was clearly a breach of the covenant of the League of Nations; yet the efforts of England and France to take the lead against her were feeble and half-hearted. It appears that those great powers had no wish to alienate a possible ally against Hitler's rearmed Germany.

20. Important distinctions • Common knowledge • If you don’t have to look it up (and neither do your friends) then you don’t have to cite it • Ex: There are 50 states in the U.S. Sacramento is the capitol of California • Quotations • Paraphrasing • Using someone else’s ideas, but putting them in your own words

21. Avoiding plagiarism • It starts with note-taking • Check your paraphrases against the original text to make sure you haven’t just rearranged a couple words • Use quotation marks in your notes when you write things down verbatim • When in doubt, cite! • It’s okay if your paper is covered in citations

22. 3. Preparing a case

23. Cases • Written about “real-world” examples • Experiential learning without actually being in the situation • Benefit from opinions and experience of your colleagues

24. Discussion and Section • Questions or clarifications of material • Case analysis • Other activities to reinforce and expand your understanding of organizational behavior  e.g. debates, role playing, self evaluation metrics

25. Cases: What to do • Skim the case - 10 minutes max. • Read the discussion questions. • Re-read the case - 20 minutes or more. • While reading, take notes: • Assumptions, Problems, Time-line

26. Cases: What to do • Develop possible courses of action - 10 to 15 minutes • Identify the limitations of each • Choose the best course of action - 10 minutes • Be able to defend why this is the best choice • How might you mitigate potential negative outcomes?

27. 4. Logistics & next steps

28. FAQ Q: Can I get into this class? A: Sadly, I don’t know. For all registration questions, see: http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/Undergrad/enrollment.html Q: Can I switch sections? A: Sorry – same story. Please see the above URL. Q: I’m on the waitlist. How do I get the readings? A: Temporary access is available through Study.net. Log in through Catalyst for details. Q: How are grades determined? A: Please see the syllabus.

29. FAQ (cont.) Q: I lost my copy of the syllabus. Can I get another? A: Sure. You may download it from the website: http://courses.haas.berkeley.edu/fall2006/ugba105/ Q: Where’s the section info? A: It’s on the main course website. Just click on the link that says “Jennifer’s sections,” or go to: http://courses.haas.berkeley.edu/fall2006/ugba105/Jennifer.html

30. How to find me • My contact info: • Email: kurkoski@haas.berkeley.edu (best way to contact me, outside of office hours) • Office: F422 • Office hours: Tuesdays, 10:00-11:00 AM, or by appointment if that time doesn’t work • I want you to enjoy this class and I’m here to help! • Please feel free to talk with me about BA105, grad school, careers, or research! And now, the syllabus …

31. NEXT CLASS • Email me a photo of yourself • Name tent (see the website for directions) • Read case analysis memo (I will put the reading on the website) • Prepare the Allentown case (I will email you case questions)