Friday, September 28, 2012

Review of Research in Management - Course Plan

Course September to December 2012

Class 1: Introduction

Class 2: Discussion on concepts Effectiveness and Efficiency


Course September to December 2011


Interesting papers

The Reality of Brands - Towards an Ontology of Marketing
http://snc.academia.edu/WolfgangGrassl/Papers/121901/The_Reality_of_Brands_Toward_an_Ontology_of_Marketing

Management - Ph.d Disserations (Thesis)

Management and Cybernetics - Paper by MIT Profs
Zenon S. Zannetos and Jarrod W. Wilcox

Research Papers Reviewed in Course





Strategic Moves and Organizational Survival in Turbulent Environments: The Case of Spanish Banks (1983-97). By: Zúñiga-Vicente, José Á.; Vicente-Lorente, José D.. Journal of Management Studies, May2006, Vol. 43 Issue 3, p485-519, 35p,
Structural Inertia and Organizational Change, Hannan and Freeman, American Sociological Review,  April 1984, Pp.149-164 http://www.business.illinois.edu/ghoetker/teaching/ba547papers_files/Hannan_Freeman_1984.pdf

ENTREPRENEUR PASSION AND PREPAREDNESS IN BUSINESS PLAN PRESENTATIONS: A PERSUASION ANALYSIS OF VENTURE CAPITALISTS’ FUNDING DECISIONS
XIAO-PING CHEN, University of Washington
XIN YAO, Wichita State University
SURESH KOTHA, University of Washington
Academy of Management Journal
2009, Vol. 52, No. 1, 199–214.

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 Summary of the paper "Building Theories from Case Study Research"  (Pradeep Kumar and Vikrant Patil)
(A recent paper on case study research 2007, Academy of Management Journal, by Eisenhardt and Graebner available  http://aom.pace.edu/AMJ/editorials/Eisenhart.Graebner.2007.pdf )
 TOWARDS A DYNAMIC THEORY OF STRATEGY
By MICHAEL E. PORTER
Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 12, 95-117 (1991)  (October?)
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Books on Research in Management - Business

Jan Dul and Tony Hak, Case Study Methodology in Business Research, Butterworth Heinemann, Amsterdam, Oxford, UK., 2008
NITIE Library: 001.42/Dul-Hak
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Course September to December 2010

Research Papers Reviewed in Course

Let chaos reign, then rein in chaos—repeatedly: managing strategic dynamics for corporate longevity. By: Burgelman, Robert A.; Grove, Andrew S.. Strategic Management Journal, Oct2007, Vol. 28 Issue 10, p965-979, 15p


Strategic Moves and Organizational Survival in Turbulent Environments: The Case of Spanish Banks (1983-97). By: Zúñiga-Vicente, José Á.; Vicente-Lorente, José D.. Journal of Management Studies, May2006, Vol. 43 Issue 3, p485-519, 35p,

ENTREPRENEUR PASSION AND PREPAREDNESS IN BUSINESS PLAN PRESENTATIONS: A PERSUASION ANALYSIS OF VENTURE CAPITALISTS’ FUNDING DECISIONS
XIAO-PING CHEN, University of Washington
XIN YAO, Wichita State University
SURESH KOTHA, University of Washington
Academy of Management Journal
2009, Vol. 52, No. 1, 199–214.


Assignments


Summaries of References in Wacker

1. Summary of the paper "Building Theories from Case Study Research"  (Pradeep Kumar and Vikrant Patil)
(A recent paper on case study research 2007, Academy of Management Journal, by Eisenhardt and Graebner available  http://aom.pace.edu/AMJ/editorials/Eisenhart.Graebner.2007.pdf )
2. A summary on Broader Product Line: A Necessity to Achieve Success Author(s): Sunder Kekre and Kannan Srinivasan
Avadhut Patwardhan and Barun Thakur
3. Summary of Fading memories: A process theory of strategic business exit in dynamic environments by Burgelman, Robert A.
4. STRATEGY AS VECTOR AND THE INERTIA OF COEVOLUTIONARY LOCK-IN,




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Course in 2010


1. MANAGEMENT AS A PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINE. By: Squires, Geoffrey. Journal of Management Studies, Jun2001, Vol. 38 Issue 4, p473-487, 15p,
2. Strategic Moves and Organizational Survival in Turbulent Environments: The Case of Spanish Banks (1983-97). By: Zúñiga-Vicente, José Á.; Vicente-Lorente, José D.. Journal of Management Studies, May2006, Vol. 43 Issue 3, p485-519, 35p, 
3. Performance management: a framework for management control systems research
Management Accounting Research, 1999, 10, 363-382
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4. TOWARDS A DYNAMIC THEORY OF STRATEGY
By MICHAEL E. PORTER
Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 12, 95-117 (1991)  (October?)
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5 Let chaos reign, then rein in chaos—repeatedly: managing strategic dynamics for corporate longevity. By: Burgelman, Robert A.; Grove, Andrew S.. Strategic Management Journal, Oct2007, Vol. 28 Issue 10, p965-979, 15p

6. ENTREPRENEUR PASSION AND PREPAREDNESS IN BUSINESS PLAN PRESENTATIONS: A PERSUASION ANALYSIS OF VENTURE CAPITALISTS’ FUNDING DECISIONS
XIAO-PING CHEN, University of Washington
XIN YAO, Wichita State University
SURESH KOTHA, University of Washington
Academy of Management Journal
2009, Vol. 52, No. 1, 199–214.
7. Autoconscious mind and consciousness . It is a research paper more of theoretical research paper published in open journal of medicine.
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Related Knol

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Knols on Research Methodology


Literature Review

A Systems Approach to Conduct an Effective Literature Review in Support of Information Systems Research
2006
http://inform.nu/Articles/Vol9/V9p181-212Levy99.pdf


Recommended for Reading
Four Steps That Turn Reading into Learning (you have ask questions during reading and connect your present reading to the knowledge you already have)
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Summaries by the Participants in the Course of Selected Research Papers Quoted in the Main Papers
BJ Nitnaware.

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Assignment 1:
SUMMARY OF WHITLEY, R., “THE SCIENTIFIC STATUS OF MANAGEMENT RESEARCH AS A PRACTICALLY-ORIENTED SOCIAL SCIENCE”
http://knol.google.com/k/bhagwan-nitnaware/summary-of-whitley-r-the-scientific/vmb9kgh0kpvc/15

Assignment 2:
SUMMARY OF BURGELMAN, R. A. , “A PROCESS MODEL OF STRATEGIC BUSINESS EXIT: IMPLICATIONS FOR AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE"
http://knol.google.com/k/bhagwan-nitnaware/summary-of-burgelman-r-a-a-process/vmb9kgh0kpvc/18

Assignment 3:
SUMMARY OF Porter, M.E., “TOWARDS A DYNAMIC THEORY OF STRATEGY”
http://knol.google.com/k/bhagwan-nitnaware/summary-of-porter-m-e-towards-a-dynamic/vmb9kgh0kpvc/16

Assignment 4:
SUMMARY OF PORTER, M. E., “THE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF NATIONS”
http://knol.google.com/k/bhagwan-nitnaware/summary-of-porter-m-e-the-competitive/vmb9kgh0kpvc/17
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Rajiv Ranjan Sinha
R K Meshram
---Assignment1: On the nature of managerial tasks and skills: their distinguishing characteristics and organization

http://knol.google.com/k/anonymous/on-the-nature-of-managerial-tasks-and/2ukicyhkvrmo1/3

---Assignment2:Resource – based View of the Firm

http://knol.google.com/k/anonymous/resource-based-view-of-the-firm-birger/2ukicyhkvrmo1/2

----Assignment3:Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management

http://knol.google.com/k/anonymous/dynamic-capabilities-and-strategic/2ukicyhkvrmo1/1

----Assignment4:Random Walks and Sustained Competitive Advantage

http://knol.google.com/k/anonymous/random-walks-and-sustained-competitive/2ukicyhkvrmo1/4
Somnath Roy
1. Professionalizing Management and Managing Professionalization - Reed, M. and Anthony, R. (1992). 
3. Core Competence of the Organization
Original knol - http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao/review-of-research-in-management-course/ 2utb2lsm2k7a/ 2386