Cynthia V. Fukami

Teaching Effectiveness in the Organizational Sciences: Recognizing and Enhancing the Scholarship of Teaching

The 1997 Special Research Forum on Teaching Effectiveness in the Organizational Sciences represents an effort both to recognize the role of the scholarship of teaching and to enhance teaching effec...

Employee Absenteeism: The Role of Ease of Movement

The article discusses research pertaining to the role of perceived ease of movement on employee absenteeism. Ease of movement refers to an individuals perception of the attractiveness and availabi...

The Third Road

Most business schools expect faculty members to be good researchers or good teachers, but not both. Groomed to be successful at a research institution, there was little emphasis placed on the authors development as a teacher. In her first full-time job, she found that there were few rewards for effective teaching. Based on her own experiences in the classroom and support from colleagues in the Organizational Behavior Teaching Society, the author successfully searched for a career that combined teaching and research. The essay concludes with advice to doctoral students and others who aspire to pursue the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Stage 4: The Raging Debates

This article addresses the ongoing debates that have followed major curriculum change to a transdisciplinary, integrated core in the MBA program at the University of Denver: consistency within and across courses, alternative models of disciplinary integration, and the role of student course evaluations in a team teaching environment. The article concludes by sharing lessons learned from the experience and by offering advice to those who might also invest in major curricular change.

COLORADO BENEFITS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: DECISION TIME

The project to develop the Colorado Benefits Management System (CBMS) was begun with high hopes and the best of intentions. Its vision was to replace six aging legacy systems supporting various State administered welfare programs with a single system using current technologies. The expected benefits from CBMS were better service to clients and assurance that the State’s welfare programs were being administered properly. The bulk of the development effort was outsourced to a large systems integration firm, and a comprehensive project oversight structure was put in place. Despite these actions, the project was troubled from the start. Nearing one more projected conversion date, the two executive sponsors of the project were faced with a decision of whether or not to implement the system despite protests from the user community that CBMS was not ready to be put into operation.

Women/Men/Management.

Point of Departure The Socio-Technical Environment The Economic Environment The Political Environment About Roles and Stereotypes Working Together Communication Motivation and Rewards Leadership and Power Performance and Perceptions of Performance Career Choices and Career Development Change: A Look at the Future References Author Index Subject Index