Ancona, Deborah, and Henrik Bresman. X-teams: How to Build Teams That Lead, Innovate and Succeed. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 2007. ISBN: 9781591396925.
Whetten, David, and Kim Cameron. Developing Management Skills. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2007. ISBN: 9780131747425.
All readings are from Ancona unless noted otherwise.
Course readings.
| SES # |
TOPICS |
READINGS |
| 1 |
X-teams |
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| 2 |
The distributed leadership model and the leadership program |
Chapter 1 |
| 3 |
Ideas fair |
Chapters 2-4 |
| 4 |
Setting up for exploration |
Chapters 5-6 |
| 5 |
Influence skills for exploration |
Whetten and Cameron. "Transforming Power into Influence." In Building a Strong Power Base and Using Influence Wisely, pp. 270-277. (Be sure to read this section carefully.) |
| 6 |
Preparation for interim reports |
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| 7 |
Interim presentations |
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| 8 |
Exploitation |
Chapters 8-9 |
| 9 |
Outside speaker: Joan Wood, Senior Vice President, Leadership and Organization Development, Genzyme Corporation |
Chapters 8-9 |
| 10 |
Moving into exportation |
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| 11 |
Final presentations |
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