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  • 1.  Doctoral Reading Lists

    Posted 05-27-2009 17:16


    Greetings OB list!

    We are finally getting around to compiling a Doctoral Reading List for our Doctoral Management students.  If applicable, I was hoping that some of you might be willing to share your program's OB reading list.   You can send it directly to me at matthews@utpa.edu

     I'd be glad to compile and share with those interested.

    A BIG thanks in advance,

    linda

    Linda Matthews, PhD
    Associate Professor of Management
    College of Business
    University of Texas Pan American

    956 381-3382 (office)
    956 384-5065 (fax)



  • 2.  Doctoral Reading Lists

    Posted 05-28-2009 07:57

    Below is the reply I offered when Linda posted the same request on the HR Listserv.

     

    This may be a good time to raise some concern about doctoral reading lists. In my admittedly limited experience, these lists tend to become enormous documents that can distract doctoral students from more important goals. Certainly, doctoral students need to be familiar with a number of important theories and paradigms, and if this is not happening in their classes, then a reading list might be appropriate. But a major goal of doctoral education, in my opinion, is teaching students to construct theory. That goal is aided by having students immerse themselves in specific literatures. Forcing them to be comprehensive, if that's the purpose of the list, may be less helpful in achieving that goal.

     

    Bruce

     

    Bruce M. Meglino
    The Moore School of Business
    University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208
    Voice: 803.777-5970; Fax: 803.777-6876
    http://mooreschool.sc.edu/moore/mgmt/profiles/meglino.htm

    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Linda Matthews [matthews@UTPA.EDU]
    Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:15 PM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: [OB-LIST] Doctoral Reading Lists



    Greetings OB list!

    We are finally getting around to compiling a Doctoral Reading List for our Doctoral Management students.  If applicable, I was hoping that some of you might be willing to share your program's OB reading list.   You can send it directly to me at matthews@utpa.edu

     I'd be glad to compile and share with those interested.

    A BIG thanks in advance,

    linda

    Linda Matthews, PhD
    Associate Professor of Management
    College of Business
    University of Texas Pan American

    956 381-3382 (office)
    956 384-5065 (fax)






  • 3.  Doctoral Reading Lists

    Posted 05-28-2009 10:25
    attached is a recent reading list for my leadership phd seminar
    Hank sims

    Henry P Sims, Jr
    Professor of Management & Organization
    University of Maryland
    hsims@rhsmith.umd.edu, www.hanksims.com
    301-486-0787 (Md)
    240-380-6795 (cell)
    336-854-2185 (NC)

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    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    From: Linda Matthews <matthews@UTPA.EDU>
    Sent by: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv <OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU>
    Date: 05/27/2009 05:15PM
    Subject: [OB-LIST] Doctoral Reading Lists



    Greetings OB list!

    We are finally getting around to compiling a Doctoral Reading List for our Doctoral Management students.  If applicable, I was hoping that some of you might be willing to share your program's OB reading list.   You can send it directly to me at matthews@utpa.edu

     I'd be glad to compile and share with those interested.

    A BIG thanks in advance,

    linda

    Linda Matthews, PhD
    Associate Professor of Management
    College of Business
    University of Texas Pan American

    956 381-3382 (office)
    956 384-5065 (fax)



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