1. Welcome to BADM 720: Managerial and Organizational Science
Distribute Syllabus, student data sheet
Brief introduction
Call roll. Seating chart for next week
Discuss syllabus in detail
Previous results *
Please see Jennifer in AB 313 if you want to see my student evaluations from previous semesters (ratings and comments).

2. Spring 12 Results by Assignment
Independent Learning 94%
Midterm exam 75%
Cases %
Final Exam %
Extra Credit points

3. Grade distribution Spring 12
C = 1
D = 0
F = 0
Do you really want me to grade on a curve?

4. Fall 12 Results by Assignment
Independent Learning 90%
Midterm exam 75%
Cases %
Final Exam %
Extra Credit points

5. Grade distribution Fall 12
C = 0
D = 0
F = 0
Do you really want me to grade on a curve?

6. Don’t lose perspective – stay focused on the big picture.
One data point (e.g. test score) will NOT determine your final grade.
Your grade in this class is more a result of your behavior and the choices you make during the semester than intelligence or ability.
Come to EVERY class PREPARED
Don’t quit
Get help EARLY
Hold YOURSELF accountable for results
Everyone who WANTS to pass this class will, if they consistently make the right choices.

7. Creative Tension Goal/Ideal “the way things could be” Current State
“the way things are”
Gap
Delay

8. R. Quinn (1996) Deep Change
Excellence is a form of deviance. If you perform beyond the norms, you will disrupt all the existing control systems. Those systems will then alter and begin to work to routinize your efforts. That is, the systems will adjust and try to make you normal. The way to achieve and maintain excellence is to deviate from the norms. You become excellent because you are doing things normal people do not want to do. You become excellent by choosing a path that is risky and painful, a path that is not appealing to others. (p. 176, emphasis added).