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  • Course length: 16 weeks
Week 1
Lesson 1: Getting Started
Assignments:

Please complete the following assignments in the order listed below:

  1. Read Lesson 1 Commentary
  2. Complete Lesson 1 Assignment: Practice Using the Course Tools
  3. Before you begin your assignments, please complete the Academic Integrity Form located under the "Activities" link.
Week 2
Lesson 2: Work & Careers in the 21st Century
Assignments:

Please complete the following assignments in the order listed below:

  1. Read Lesson 2 Introduction
  2. Read Time (2009), Harrington & Hall (2007), and Drucker (2005)
  3. Submit Lesson 2 Assignment: Managing Oneself
Week 3
Lesson 3: Identity
Assignments:

Complete the following assignments in the order listed below:

  1. Read Lesson 3 Introduction
  2. Read Hall (2004), Morrison (2002), and Ibarra & Lineback (2005)
  3. Submit Lesson 3 Assignment: Your Identities and Story
Week 4
Lesson 4: Intelligence, Part 1
Assignments:

Complete the following assignments in the order listed below:

  1. Read Lesson 4 Introduction
  2. Watch Jensen YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=229ehewjdUk
  3. Read Weiten (2008) and Weinberg (1989), Schmidt & Hunter (2004), and Gladwell (2007)
  4. Submit Lesson 4 Assignment: The Wonderlic and Your Thoughts
Week 5
Lesson 5: Intelligence, Part 2
Assignments:

Complete the following assignments in the order listed below:

  1. Read Lesson 5 Introduction
  2. Read Steele & Aronson (1995), Dweck (2002), Good et al. (2003), and Gladwell (2001)
  3. Submit Lesson 5 Assignment: Your Implicit Theory of Intelligence
Week 6
Lesson 6: Personality
Assignments:

Complete the following tasks in the order listed below.

  1. Read Lesson 6 Introduction
  2. Read Barrick & Mount (1991), Hogan et al. (1996), Gladwell (2004), Dweck (2008) and Cunningham (2012)
  3. Submit Lesson 6 Assignment: Personality Inventories
  Week 7
Lesson 7: Multiple Intelligences - Multimedia Assignment
Assignments:

Complete the following tasks in the order listed below.

  1. Read Lesson 7 Introduction
  2. Read Lievens & Chan (2010), Goleman (1998), Murphy & Sideman (2006), and MacCann & Roberts (2008)
  3. Submit Lesson 7 Assignment: Measuring Emotional Intelligence
  4. First Multi-media Assignment: Complete Tasks 1 and 2 for Lessons 2-7
Week 8
Lesson 8: Mid-term Exam
Assignments:

Complete the following tasks in the order listed below.

  1. Review for Mid-Term Exam
  2. Complete the Mid-Term Exam
  3. First Multi-media Assignment: Complete Task 3 and comment on at least one other student's multi-media assignment submission
Week 9
Lesson 9: Interests
Assignments:

Complete the following tasks in the order listed below.

  1. Read Lesson 9 Introduction
  2. Read Fouad (2007), Assouline & Meir (1987), and Bulter & Waldroop (1999)
  3. Submit Lesson 9 Assignment: Assessing Your Interests

Week 10
Lesson 10: Values
Assignments:

Complete the following tasks in the order listed below.

  1. Read Lesson 10 Introduction
  2. Read Sull & Houlder (2005), Rokeach (1973), and Schwartz (2009)
  3. Submit Lesson 10 Assignment: Your What Matters Most Worksheet
Week 11
Lesson 11: Organizational Culture and P-O Fit
Assignments:

Complete the following tasks in the order listed below.

  1. Read Lesson 11 Introduction
  2. Read Erickson & Gratton (2007), Schneider (1987), Judge & Bretz (1992), and Kristof-Brown & Jansen (2007)
  3. Submit Lesson 11 Assignment: Researching an Organization’s Culture
Week 12
Lesson 12: Employee Engagement
Assignments:

Complete the following tasks in the order listed below.

  1. Read Lesson 12 Introduction
  2. Watch Cszicksentmihiyli TED Video from YouTube
  3. Read Time (2008), Tugend (2009), Macey et al. (2009), Macey & Schneider (2008),
  4. Submit Lesson 12 Assignment: Your Engagement Experiences
Week 13
Lesson 13: Social Networks at Work
Assignments:

Complete the following tasks in the order listed below.

  1. Read Lesson 13 Introduction
  2. Read Allen et al. (2009), Meister & Willyerd (2010), Kram & Isabella (1985), and Day & Kilduff (2003)
  3. Submit Lesson 13 Assignment: Self-Monitoring and Mentors
Week 14
Fall Break
Assignments:
  1. Have a great break!
Week 15
Lesson 14: Feedback - Multimedia Assignment
Assignments:

Complete the following tasks in the order listed below.

  1. Read Lesson 14 Introduction
  2. Read Jackman & Strober (2003), Peiperl (2001), Brett, J.F. & Atwater, L.E. (2001), and Mone & London (2010)
  3. Submit Lesson 14 Assignment: Providing Feedback
  4. Second Multi-media Assignment: Complete Tasks 1 and 2 for Lessons 10-14
Week 16
Lesson 15: Final Exam
Assignments:

Complete the following tasks in the order listed below.

  1. Review for Final Exam
  2. Complete the Final Exam
  3. Second Multi-media Assignment: Complete Task 3 and comment on at least one other student's multi-media assignment submission
  4. SRTE (non-graded)
All Week 16 assignments are due by 9:00 AM ET North American eastern time.

 

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