We welcome people who are teaching POS-related courses to send their
syllabi to us at
positiveorg@umich.edu and we will
distribute them on this Web site.
University of Michigan, cross-listed PSYCH 808.006 and MO899
Jane Dutton and Barbara
Fredrickson co-taught a
doctoral course on Positive Organizing and Human Flourishing.
View the course syllabus.
University of Michigan, MO 615
Jane Dutton taught this course on managing professional
relationships from a POS perspective. The course syllabus has embedded teaching notes in it
for most classes. Click on each class number to access the
teaching notes.
View the course syllabus.
University of Michigan, MO 314
MO314 is an undergrad elective taught by
Gretchen Spreitzer on managing change that is
taught in a business school (about half of
the students are from other disciplines around
the university). The course covers individual
change, organizational change, and change
skills. In addition to the syllabus, in-depth
teaching notes are provided on several of
the topics that have a distinct POS flavor to
them. Please share any reactions you have to the materials.
View the course syllabus.
University of Michigan, MO/OBHRM 501
Jane Dutton taught this course on how to create, foster and manage organizations
in which people thrive and perform at their best, assuming
that employee and group thriving is the key to organizational
excellence.
View the course syllabus.
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Gonzaga University, DPLS 742
Karen Norum taught Organizational Change and Appreciative Inquiry, which
looks at the emerging
field of Positive Organizational Scholarship and specifically,
Appreciative Inquiry. A highlight of the class is the sharing of the
Best Self portraits.
View the course syllabus.
Gonzaga University, DPLS 758
Karen Norum taught Leadership and Literature with a theme of
Hope and Affirmation. Positive leadership was examined
through different kinds of literature (poetry, biography, historical
fiction, wisdom stories, etc.).
View the course syllabus.
Learn more about the Doctoral Program in Leadership Studies at
Gonzaga University.
University of Pennsylvania, DYNM 673
This is a Master's level course on Organizational
Resilience offered at the University of Pennsylvania for working
professionals. It is part of a concentration of courses leading to a
Master of Science degree in Organizational Dynamics.
View the course syllabus.
Learn more about the Organizational Dynamics program at the
University of Pennsylvania.
University of Nebraska at Omaha and Agder University
College in Norway, ORG 420
The aim of this course is to enrich the students' perspectives
about the relationship between leaders and followers in organizations.
While most approaches depict managers as the crucial actors, the
perspectives included in this course emphasize the role of the subordinates.
View the course syllabus.
Case Western Reserve University, ORBH 444
This is a course on Positive Organizational Analysis and
Development offered for Executive MBAs and taught by David
Cooperrider at Case Western Reserve University.
View the course syllabus.
View course slides.
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University of Alberta, OA 633
This is a master's level elective course on "Managing
Organizational Change" in the University of Alberta
School of Business MBA program. Karen Golden-Biddle taught
this course, which has a
natural focus on POS through both its content (everyday leading,
enacting high quality connections, crafting positive organizing
practices, drawing on and changing cultural competences) and its
pedagogy of building the learning community's capacity for navigating
the dynamics of change.
View the course syllabus.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, BUSADMIN 996
This is a syllabus for a doctoral course in micro-organizational
behavior taught by Belle Ragins. In the course, Belle covers a range
of the core OB topics, and integrates POS-related articles where possible.
View the course syllabus.
