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I'd be happy to compile a list and send out to the group. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. 

Hi Jeanine,

 

For motivation, I give them two articles I've pulled from the media. One I dub "procreation day" and the other "lottery day". I give them the articles a class or two before we hit the material. When we go over them, I randomly assign one of the articles to each group. They take about 10-15 minutes to discuss the questions. Then they present their answers to the class as a whole and we discuss them.

 

For your convenience, I'll attach  the articles and the questions.

 

Take care, and I look forward to seeing exercises for some of the other topics on your list.

 

    Best,

        Lisa

 

 

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Dear OB Colleagues,

Thank you very much,

Jeanine

 

Jeanine K. Andreassi, PhD
Assistant Professor of Management
John F. Welch College of Business
Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, CT 06825
203-371-7878
andreassij@sacredheart.edu

Jeanine, for leadership I use three kits composed of incompatible "tinker toys" (from different manufacturers) that will be used to build towers by teams of students.  Prior to the exercise I take the team leaders aside and recruit them as confederates.  One will act as a "democratic" theory y leader, the other an "autocratic" x leader and a third will be a "laissez faire" or uncaring leader.  Towers are built with goals of height, sturdiness and aesthetics.  Invariably the democratic team wins demonstrating the importance of leadership type in creative work.

 

This is not my invention, by the way.  I was introduced to this method by Dr. Mary Crow at the University of Texas at Arlington.

 

James Guzak

Oklahoma City University