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Announcements/Reminders

Updated February 20, 2008

Special Information for Participants

Undergraduate Courses Offered - Coaching Opportunity Results

For the first time in its 31 year history, Organizational Dynamics will be offering two undergraduate courses in upcoming months: DYNM 202, Organizational Dynamics for the Modern Workplace, taught by Jean-Marc Choukroun, and DYNM 201, Team Dynamics in Organizational Settings, taught by Bill Wilkinsky, which will be offered in the Spring 2008 term. These courses are proposed to be part of the new "B-Flat Minor" (Budgeting, Finance, Leadership, And Teamwork) currently being proposed by the College of Arts and Sciences.

DYNM 201 has a special significance to Organizational Dynamics graduate students, as advanced Coaching students will facilitate and support the undergraduate teams. Interested coaching students should consult the course description for DYNM 645 section 016 for more information. Dr. Wilkinsky will be happy to answer your questions: wsw@sas.upenn.edu or 215-898-6967.

Intra-University Graduate Registration a Two-Way Street

Students in other graduate courses at Penn have been enrolling in Organizational Dynamics courses for several years now, and most O.D. students have shared their classrooms with degree candidates from Wharton MBA, Graduate Nursing, Graduate Education, Master of Liberal Arts, Fels Institute, or Graduate Social Policy and Practice. Organizational Dynamics degree candidates are, likewise, permitted to register in elective courses offered by other schools at Penn that might be of particular interest to O.D. students. If you are interested in registering for a course in another graduate school at Penn, please contact Dr. Larry Starr by email for approval.

The Graduate School of Nursing has recommended the following courses to Organizational Dynamics students:

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Day(s) Begin Date Course Cat. Conc. Faculty Time(s)
Monday 01/14/2008 DYNM 611: Strategic Perspectives on Coaching A LM, OC Smith 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Monday 01/14/2008 DYNM 501: Foundations of Organizational Dynamics F Barstow 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Monday 01/14/2008 DYNM 705: Capstone Course Starr 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Monday 01/14/2008 DYNM 608: Organizational Dynamics of Working in the Global Marketplace F LM, GL Tschoegl 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Tuesday 01/16/2008 DYNM 202 - 001: Organizational Dynamics for the Modern Workplace Choukroun 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday 01/15/2008 DYNM 201 - 001: Team Dynamics in Organizational Settings Wilkinsky 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Tuesday 05/27/2008 DYNM 603: Administrative Decision Making and Problem Solving DE PR Starr 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Tuesday 01/15/2008 DYNM 677: Human Capital and Human Nature: Sources of Creativity and Innovation F, A LM Bauer 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Tuesday 01/15/2008 DYNM 667: Complexity, Sustainablility and Systems Thinking DE, F PR Barstow 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Tuesday 01/15/2008 DYNM 645 - 004: Practicum in Coaching and Facilitating Team Development A OC Wilkinsky See notes below
Tuesday 01/15/2008 DYNM 640: Virtual Collaboration F, A LM, GL, PR Reyes Course Closed
Wednesday 01/16/2008 DYNM 676: Human Rights and Global Order F, A GL, PR Teune Course Cancelled
Wednesday 01/16/2008 DYNM 648: Ethics and Leadership F LM Fielder 6:30PM - 9:30 PM
Thursday 01/17/2008 DYNM 641: The Art and Science of Organizational Coaching F PR, OC Wilkinsky 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Thursday 01/17/2008 DYNM 631: Strategic Planning and the Process of Implementation DE LM, PR, P3 Tomazinis 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Thursday 01/17/2008 DYNM 669: Leadership in Organizations: Public and Private, Personal and Professional F, A LM Larkin Course Closed
Friday/Saturday 01/18/2008 DYNM 651: Group Team Dynamics: Understanding the Overt and Covert Dynamics That Support Effective Work DE, A PR Zane, Kaminstein See notes below.
Friday 01/18/2008 DYNM 645 - 016: Project Based Laboratory: Flight 93 National Memorial DE PR Barstow 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Friday 01/18/2008 DYNM 626: Leading the Professional Service Organization A LM, PR Eldred 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Saturday 01/19/2008 DYNM 671: Ownership Matters F LM Lamas Course Closed
Saturday 01/19/2008 DYNM 634: Process Improvement Tools and Strategies DE, A LM, PR, P3 Stankard See notes below
Saturday 01/19/2008 DYNM 610: Knowing Yourself: The Coach as an Instrument of Change A PR, OC Napier See notes below
Saturday 09/20/2008 DYNM 605: Assessing and Managing Project Risk DE, A PR, P3 Hornbacher 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Saturday 01/19/2008 DYNM 619: Organizational Project Management F LM, P3 Choukroun See notes below
Saturday 01/19/2008 DYNM 624: Program Leadership F, A LM, PR, P3 Heaslip 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Saturday 01/19/2007 DYNM 655: Using the Political Process to Effect Organizational Change A LM, PR Gale, Brady 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Saturday 01/19/2008 DYNM 639: Team Strategy Project A P3 Adler To be announced
Saturday 01/19/2008 DYNM 621: Managing Project Portfolios A LM, PR, P3 Bayney See notes below
Saturday 01/19/2008 DYNM 613: Is Bigger Inevitable, Better, or Worse in Organizations? F LM Licht Course Cancelled
Saturday 01/19/2008 DYNM 605: Assessing and Managing Project Risk A LM, PR, P3 Hornbacher See notes below

DYNM 202 - 001: Organizational Dynamics for the Modern Workplace

Please note that beginning Tuesday, February 19, DYNM 202-001 will be taught by Dr. Jean-Marc Choukroun. Partnering with Dr. Choukroun will be Dr. Marcia Wilkof .

DYNM 201 - 001: Team Dynamics in Organizational Settings

The course will meet for 14 weeks, 2.5 hour sessions.

DYNM 645 - 004: Practicum in Coaching and Facilitating Team Development

This is a practicum for coaching students who have completed DYNM 637: Coaching and Facilitating Teams. Students are also urged to have completed DYNM 641: Art and Science of Organizational Coaching before requesting entry into this course.

Students will participate as supervised team coaches for students in our first undergraduate course, DYNM 201: Team Dynamics in Organizational Settings, which runs concurrently with DYNM 645 – on Tuesday from 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm. In addition to attending all 12 meetings of DYNM 201, students in DYNM 645 may be required to meet occasionally prior to the class for preparation, after the class for debriefing, and at other to-be-defined times to discuss the developmental progress and issues of their assigned teams and the members of those teams. For more information contact Dr. Wilikinsky.

NOTE: Since there is a Penn requirement that a professor cannot be assigned to two courses at the same time, DYNM 645 is listed as running between 3:30 pm and 6:00 pm and DYNM 201 is listed as running between 6:30 pm and 9:30 pm. The actual times Organizational Dynamics students will be involved in this practicum is when DYNM 201is held, except for extra meetings as noted above.

DYNM 640: Virtual Collaboration

The course overview and assignments will be presented January 15th and students will have an opportunity to become familiar with the course tools. Regular classes will run from January 22 through April 22.

PLEASE NOTE: There is no Program Fee for this course, as class will be entirely off campus. Instead the two course text books and a headphone for the virtual classes will have to be ordered online by each individual student with no reimbursement from the Program Office. The course software and online bulkpack materials will be free of charge.

DYNM 651: Group Team Dynamics: Understanding the Overt and Covert Dynamics That Support Effective Work

DYNM 651 will meet on the following special schedule:
  • Friday, January 18 - 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Saturday, January 19 - 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Friday, January 25 - 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Friday, February 8 - 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Friday, February 22 - 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Saturday, March 1 - 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Friday, March 7 - 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Friday, March 14 - 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Friday, April 4 - 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM

DYNM 671: Ownership Matters

DYNM 671 will meet on the following special schedule:
  • Saturday, February 2, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday, February 9, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday, February 16, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday, February 23, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday, March 1, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

DYNM 634: Process Improvement Tools and Strategies

DYNM 634 will meet on the following special schedule:
  • January 19 - 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • February 2- 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • February 16 - 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • March 1 - 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • March 22 - 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • April 12 - 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • April 19 - 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM -- Backup date if any of the above is postponed,

DYNM 610: Knowing Yourself: The Coach as an Instrument of Change

DYNM 610 will meet on the following special schedule:
  • Saturday and Sunday, March 15 and 16, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, April 5, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, April 26, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, May 10, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

DYNM 605: Assessing and Managing Project Risk

DYNM 605 will meet on the following special schedule:

  • TBA

DYNM 619: Organizational Project Management

DYNM 619 will meet on the following special schedule:

  • Saturday, January 19, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday, February 2, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday, February 16, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday, March 1, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday, March 15, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday, March 29, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday, April 12, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday, April 26, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

DYNM 621: Managing Project Portfolios

DYNM 621 will meet on the following special schedule:

  • Saturday, January 19, 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday, February 2, 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday, February 16, 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday, March 1, 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday, March 15, 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday, March 29, 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday, April 12, 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday, April 26, 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM

DYNM 613: Is Bigger Inevitable, Better, or Worse in Organizations?

DYNM 613 will meet on the following special schedule:

  • Saturday, January 19, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday, January 26, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday, February 9, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday, February 16, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday, February 23, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday, March 1, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

DYNM 605: Assessing and Managing Project Risk

DYNM 605 will meet on the following special schedule:

  • Saturday, January 19, 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Saturday, February 2, 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Saturday, February 16, 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Saturday, March 1, 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Saturday, March 15, 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Saturday, March 29, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday, April 12, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday, April 26, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

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