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CURRICULUM REVISIONS - BUSINESS 

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Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies at its 

meeting of November 13, 1984 gives rise to the following motion: 

MOTION: 

"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of 

Governors, as set forth in S.84-68 , the following changes 

Delete BUS. 489-3 Small Groups and Organizations 

New course BUS. 483-3 Organizations and Careers 

Students who wish to elect Organizational Behaviour 

as an area of concentration and who wish to complete 

the 'Personnel Stream' may take any two of BUS. 481, 

BUS. 482 and BUS. 483" 

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MEMORANDUM

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Senate Committee on 

The Faculty of Business Administration's Undergraduate Curriculum 

Committee approved the following motion at its meeting of June 4, 1984: 

"That Bus. 489-3, Small Groups and Organizations, be deleted 

and replaced with Bus. 483-3, Organizations and Careers. 

Students who wish to elect Organizational Behaviour as an 

Area of Concentration and who wish to complete the 'Personnel 

Stream' may take any two pf Bus. 481, Bus. 482, and Bus. 483." 

Would you please place this item on the agenda of the November 13th 

meeting of the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies. 

Thnk you. 

SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

MEMORANDUM

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The faculty in the Organizational Behaviour area of the Faculty of 

Business Administration wish to modify our undergraduate course 

offerings. We wish to delete the course BUS 489 Small Groups and 

Organizations and to replace it with BUS 483 Organizations and Careers. 

BUS 489 has been offered little in the past and has less relevance for 

faculty and student interests than the proposed BUS 483. The course 

content for BUS 483 has been 'tested' when it was first taught in 

Fall, 1983.under the label of BUS 472 - Seminar in Organizational 

Behaviour. The proposed new course is of interest to several faculty 

(McShane, Ross, Wexler. & Pinfield) and complements the existing 

BUS 481 and BUS 482 sequence. 

We propose that students wishing to elect Organizational Behaviour 

as an Area of Concentration and who wish to complete the 'Personnel 

Stream' be required to take BUS 481 and BUS 483. 

I am enclosing for the information of the Undergraduate Curriculum 

Committee a copy of the course outline and a reading list as the 

course was taught in Fall, 1983. We anticipate little change from 

this format. 

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NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM 

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Calendar Information 

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Department 

Business Administration 

•bbreviation Code: 

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Course Number: 

483 ? 

Credit Hours: 

3

Vector: 

Title of Course: 

Organizations and Careers 

Calendar Description of Course: 

This course will examine various perspectives on careers. You willstudy 

the processes by which individuals.choose, enter, move through,.and leave 

formal organizations. You will alo examine the literature which suggests 

that careers can be managed, either by the individual or by the organization, as 

Nature of Course well as the literature which suggests that careers occur as a 

Wiisites (or 

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Sther)random events or previously established social forces. 

Bus. 372 or Bus. 374 and 60 hours 

What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is 

approved: ? 

BUS. 489 

2. Scheduling 

How frequently will the course be offered? Twice per year 

Semester in 

which the 

course will first be offered? 

85-3 as Bus. 483 

Which of your present faculty would 

be available 

to make the proposed offering 

possible' ? 

McShane, Wexler, Ross, P1 

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3. Objectives of the Course 

e key task will be to review, evaluate and synthesize clusters of papers for the 

purposes of: 1) Identifying the key issues associated with a particular perspective 

on organizational careers; 2) Developing broader or deeper (or both) theories which 

relate to the notion of careers; 3) Designging studies which would permit researchers 

to validate theoretical propositions developed from these syntheses. 

4.

Budgetary and Space Reqrenents (for information only) 

What additional resources will be required in the following areas: 

Faculty ? 

None 

Staff 

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None 

Library ? 

NONE 

Audio Visual NONE 

Space ? 

None 

Equipment None 

5. Approval 

Date: 

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Department Chairman                     

Chairman, SCUS 

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73-34b:- (When completing this form, for 

instructions see 

Memorandum SCUS 73-34a. 

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h course outline). 

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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY 

Faculty of Business. Administration 

COURSE OUTLINE 

COURSE: Business Administration 472-3 ? 

SEMESTER: Fall, 1983 

TITLE: Seminar in Organizational Behaviour 

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INSTRUCTOR: L. Pinfield 

Text:. 

Hall, 0.1.., Careers in Organizations, Scott, Foresinan, 1976. 

This course will examine various perspectives on careers. We will study 

• the processes. by which individuals choose, enter, move through, and leave 

formal organizations. We will also examine the literature which suggests 

that, careers can, be managed., either by the individual or by the organiza- 

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tion, as well' as the literature which suggests, that careers occur as a 

consequence of either random events, or previously established social forces. 

Cl:ass sessions will consist mainly of discussions centered around the assigned 

readings.. Individual class members will be asked to summarize and repot 

an readings. The ke 

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task however wil:l be to review, eva:luate. and synthesize 

cluster's: of papers for 

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the, purposes of:, 

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I.., Id:ent.if'ying the key. issues associated with a particular perspective 

on organizational careers.. 

2... Developing broader' or deeper (or both) theories, which relate to 

the, n o.t,i;on. of careers- 

3., Designing studies which would permit researchers to validate theo- 

retical propostic.ns: developed from these syntheses.. 

The seminar will be a collective enterprise in which we will seek to identify 

what we (think, we), 

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know, what, we. ought to: know, and how we might gain know- 

ledge of areas, where ou.r understanding is deficient. 

Seminar part.icipants will be requi:red. to produce two relatively short theory 

papers during the semester 

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and a more substantial term paper by the end of 

tjie. s;emes.t,e.r'., Weightings of assignments will be: 

Paper 

1/1 ? 

20%

Paper //2. ? 

20%

Term Paper ? 

40%

ParticIpation. ? 

20%

BUS 472 ? 

Fall, 1984 

Careers in Organizations ? 

Reading List 

Sept.. 14 

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A. Introduction to Course 

Hall, D.T. ? 

Careers in Organization 

Scott Foresman, 1976 ? 

Chapter 1 

Sarason, S.B. et.al 

. 'Aging and the Nature of Work' in Hill, 

R.E. et.al 

. Adult Career Transitions: Current Research 

Perspectives. Michigan Business Paper 

1f66. 

B. Adult Development 

Sheehy, C. Passages: Predictable Crises In Adult Life. 

Levinson, D.J. et.al 

. The Seasons of a Man's Life, Knopf, 1978 

Erikson, E.H. Childhood and Society (2nd Ed.), Norton, 1963. 

Schein, E.11. Career pynamics. Addison-Wesley, 1978 

Chapters 3 and 5 

(pp. 

27-35; 49-61). 

Sept. 21 ? 

Career Choice 

Hall, D.T. Chapter 2. 

pp.

10-46. 

Sheehy, C. "Pulling Up Roots". 

pp.

34-73. 

Holland, J.L. Making Vocational Choices: A Theory of Careers. 

Prentice-Hall, 1973. 

Porter, Lawler and Hackman, Behavior in Organization, Chapter 5 

( pp . 

131-159)"Individuals and Organizations Attracting and 

Selecting Each Other." 

Sept. 28 ? 

Types of Career 

Hall, D.T. Chapter 3 

(pp. 

47-92) 

Schein, E.H. Career Dynamics: Meeting Individual Organizational 

Needs. 

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Addison-Wesley, 1978., Chapter 4, pp. 36-48. 

Becker, H.S. 'The Career of the Schoolteacher' in Glasser, B.S. 

Organizational Careers. 

'Organizational Career Patterns of Business Leaders', by W. Lloyd 

Warner and James C. Abbeglen in Glaser, B.S. (ed) Organizational 

Careers: ? 

A Sourcebook for Theory, Aldine, 1968. 

Bailyn, L., "The slow-burn way to the top: some thoughts on the 

early years of organizational careers" In 

C.

Brooklyn Derr (ed.) 

Work, Family and the Career. Praegar, 1980. 

Kotter, John. The General Managers 

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'Career Patterns of Manual Workers' by Robert. Blauner, in Glaser. 

'The Chief Executive.' by C. Wright Mills in Glaser., 

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40.

Lopata,. H.Z.,. 'The Life Cycle-of the Hbus.ewife?&.. Sociology and. 

Social Research,. 51, (1966),, 5-22. 

Roth, J.A. 'The Study of Career. Timetables-". 

. in Glaser... 

Career Entry & Establishment. 

Hall, D.T. Chapter 4 (pp. 93-133).. 

Aram, J..D. ? 

Dilemmas of Administrative Behavior 

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.. Prentice-Hall, 1978 

esp. Ch. 2 (Individual & Collective. Interests-, Ch., 5 Individual 

&.

Group). 

Porter, Lawler & Hackmañ_ Behavior. 

ih.

Organization, Chapter 6: 

"Adaptation processes.::. Individuals and organizations learning, 

to accommodate to each other",, pp.. 160-187. 

Sheehy, G. Passages. The Trying 

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Twenties, pp.. 84-137.. 

Wanous,, J..P. Organizational Entry.. Addison-Wesley, 199O.. 

'

Louis, M.R.. Surprise & Sense Making:, What Newcomers Experience 

in Entering Unfamiliar Organizational. Settings." ASQ., 1980,, 25,, 

226-251 

Socialization 

Hall, D.T. Chapter 4, 

pp.

93-132.. 

Schein,, E.H. Chapters 7-9, pp.. 81-123.. 

Feldman, D. 'A Contingency.theory of socialization', 

Administrative Science Quarterly,. 1976,. 21, 4.33-4.52., 

Van Maanen, 'Police socialization: a longitudinal examination of job 

attitudes in. an urban police department', Administrative Science 

Quarterly. 1975 

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20, 207-228.. 

Berlew and. Hall, 'The Socialization of managers: Effects of 

Expectations on performance',. Administrative- Science Quarterly, 

1966, II, 207-223.. 

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Pascale,. Richard, 'Fitting 

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New Employees into the Company Culture' 

Fortune, May 28, 19,84. 

Mid-Career Issues/Career Transitions 

Hall,. D.T. Chapter 5, 

pp.

134-149.. 

Schein, E.H. Chapter 13, 

pp.

173-186. 

Sofer, C. Men in Mid-Career, Cambridge Univ., Press. 1970. 

Lawrence, B.S. 'The Myth of the Mid-Life Crisis' in Hill, R.E. et. al. 

(eds) Adult Career Transitions. 

Oct. 5 

Oct. 12 

Oct.. 19 

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Hill, R.E. & Miller, E.L. 'Job Change & the Seasons of a Man's Life', 

in Hill, R.E. et.al 

. (eds) Adult Career Transitions. 

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Sheehy, C. Passages, 'Deadline Decade', 

pp.

242-354. 

Korman, Abraham, K., Willig-Beman, U., D. Lang, 'Career Success 

and Personal Failure: Alienation In Professions and Managers'. 

Academy of Management Journal. 1981, 24 

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342-360. 

Oct. 26 

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Careers for Women 

Hall, D.T. 

pp.

33-36. 

Sheehy, G. Passages, "But I'm Unique!", 

pp.

177-241. 

Hall, D.T. "A model of coping with role conflict: the role 

behavior of college-educated women". Administrative Science 

Quarterly, 1972, 17, 471-436. 

O'Leary, 'Some additudinal barriers to occupational aspirations 

in women". Psychological Bulletin, 1974, 81, 809-826. 

Terborg, J.R., "Women in Management; A Research Review", 

Journal of Applied Psychology, 1977, 62, 647-664. 

Smith, C.B. 

'

Influence of Internal Opportunity Structure & Sex 

of Worker on Turnover Patterns.' ASQ. 1979 

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, 24, 362-381 

Kanter, Rosabeth M.H.: Men & Women of the Corporation. Basic. 1976 

Nov. 2 

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Career Management 

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Individual Perspective 

London, M. & Stumpf, J.A. Managing Careers, Addison Wesley, 1982.. 

Section II 'The Individual's Role in Career Management', pp. 31-101. 

Rotter, J.P., Faux,V.A. & McArthur, C.C., Self-Assessment and 

Career Development, Prentice-Hall, 1978. 

Granovetter, M.S., Getting a Job: A Study of Contacts and Careers, 

Harvard University Press, 1974. 

MacCoby, Michael. The Gamesman. Simon & Schuster, 1976. Bantam, 1978. 

Bolles, R.N. What Color Is your Parachute? Ten Speed Press. 1980. 

Dill, W.R., Hilton, T.L. & Reitman. The New Managers. Prentice-Hall, 1962. 

Nov. 9 

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Career Management - Organizational Perspective 

London & Stumpf, Chapter 5, 

pp.

105-158 

Chapters 7 & 8 pp. 205-286 

Sdhein, E.H. 

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Part III, 

pp.

189-256 

Digman, L.A., 'How well-managed organizations develop theirexecutives'. 

Organizational Dynamics, 1978, 7 (2), 63-80. 

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Nov. 16 

Rosenbaum, J.E. Organization Career Mobility 

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; Promotion Chances 

in a Corporation, during Period 

s.of

Ctowt'h. & Contraction.' 

Am. J. of Sociolqgy, 19.T9-,._8__ 5,. 21-48.. 

Steman,. S. & Kondä, 

SL.L.. 

"Careers 

.    and Organ'iz'ational Labor 

Markets.:, Demographic Models of Organizational Behavior., 

1983. Am.. J. of Sociology, 88, 

pp., 

637-685.. 

Random Careers 

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Nov. 23 

Rosenbaum-,, James E.., 'TOurnament. Mobility: Career Patterns in a 

Corporation".. Administrative Science Quarterly, 1979, 24, 220-241., 

March,, James C. & James C.. March, 'A1most. random' careers:. The 

Wisconsin School Superintendency, 1940-1972". Administrative 

Science Quarterly', 

,

1977',. 22,, 377-409. 

Seligman,. David,, 'Luck and Careers'.. Fortune, Nov. 16, 1981.. 

Jencks,L.. Who Gets Ahead? Basic. Books, New' York,, 1977.. 

Plateaued. Careers 

Viega, J..F.. "PIa.teaued. vs.. Non-Plateaued Managers.: Career patterns,, 

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attitudes and path potential'.. Academy of Management Journal, 

1981, 24, 566-578.. 

Ference,. T..P.,, Stoner, J..A..F.. & Warren E.,K., 'Managing the career 

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plateau'. Academy' of Management Review. l977,,2, 602-612. 

Bailyn,. L. 'The slow burn way to the top: some thought.s on. the 

early years of organizational careers'. In C.B. Derr' (Ed), Work, 

family and the career:' New frontiers in, theory and research. 

Praeger,. 1980,. 

pp., 

94-106. 

Dalton, G.W., Thompson, P.M., &. Price, R.L.. 'The four stages of 

professional careers - A new look at. performance by professionals'. 

Organization. Dynamics.. 1977 

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Nov. 30 

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Pre-Determined Careers? 

Pfeffer, J. 'Toward. an Examination of Stratification in 

Organizations'. Administrative Science Quarterly. 1977, 22, 553-567. 

Blau, P.M. & Duncan, 0.D. The American Occupational Structure. 

1967, Wiley.. 

Sewell, W.H. 'Inequality of opportunity for higher education'. 

American Sociological Review.. 1971, 36, 793-809., 

Kalleberg, Arne L.,, Soreen,, Aage,. B.. "The Sociology of Labor 

Markets", in Annaul Review of Sociology', 1979, 3.51-379.. 

Jencks, C. Who Gets Ahead? Basic Boo, New York,. 1977.. 

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