Teaching with a Positive Lens
At the 2012, 2013, and 2016 Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, Jane Dutton of the University of Michigan (along Karen Golden-Biddle of Boston University (2012), Marc Lavine of University of Massachusetts, Boston (2013), and Arne Carlsen of BI Norwegian Business School (2016)) hosted professional development workshops on teaching with a Positive Organizational Scholarship perspective. Among the goals was the sharing of Positive Organizational Scholarship-inspired topics and processes that could be used in teaching graduate and undergraduate students. This collection includes some of the materials that contributors to the workshops shared.
Below are materials shared by participants in workshops on teaching with a POS perspective held at the annual meetings of the Academy of Management (AOM).
The Positive Leadership Game
The Positive Leadership Game
Gretchen Spreitzer and Robert Quinn, University of Michigan
Beginning Your Class
Setting the Stage: Using the First Day of Class to Create an Understanding of the Need for a Positive View of Organizational Behavior
Spencer Harrison, Boston College
From AOM 2013
The Business School (MBA) Apprentice
The Business School Apprentice: A New Form of Experiential Learning
Adam M. Grant, University of Pennsylvania
From AOM 2012
Embodying What We Advocate
Good Teacher, Great Teacher: How to Embody What We Advocate
Robert E. Quinn, University of Michigan
From AOM 2012
Energy Management for Full Student Engagement: the Energy Audit
Energy Audit – Awareness and Action
Traci Grant and Gretchen Spreitzer, University of Michigan
From AOM 2012
Energy Intervention Worksheet
Gretchen Spreitzer, University of Michigan
From AOM 2012
Helping Students Manage Their Energy: Taking Their Pulse with the Energy Audit
Gretchen Spreitzer and Traci Grant, Journal of Management Education
December 2011
Job Crafting in Action
Job Crafting Exercise
Amy Wrzesniewski, Yale University, discussed the Job Crafting Exercise.
From AOM 2012
Leading for Impact
Leading for Impact – Notes for Teaching an MBA Elective
Shelley Brickson, University of Illinois at Chicago
From AOM 2012
Positive and Ethical People Practices
Human Resource Management: Positive and Ethical People Practices
Dana McDaniel Sumpter, California State University, Long Beach
From AOM 2013
A Positive Lens on Sustainability
A Positive Lens on Sustainability through a Systems Approach
Jennifer Howard-Grenville
From AOM 2012
Teaching About High-Performace Teams
Classroom as Organization Meet POS: Teaching About High Performance Teams
David S. Bright, Wright State University
From AOM 2013
Teaching About Positive Relationships
Teaching to Make a Difference: Nourishing Our Students (and Ourselves) through Using a Positive Organizational Scholarship Perspective
Jane Dutton, University of Michigan, and Karen Golden-Biddle, Boston University
From AOM 2012
Building High Quality Connections at Lightning Speed
Jane Dutton, University of Michigan
From AOM 2012
Teaching about Positive Relationships
Jane Dutton, University of Michigan
From AOM 2012
Teaching Leadership in a Relational Context
Relational Coordination in Healthcare: Three Teaching Ideas Promoting Positive Connections
Gene Beyt, Brandeis University
From AOM 2013
Teaching Leadership in a Relational Context: Using Action Learning Teams and Projects
Kathy E. Kram, Boston University
From AOM 2012
"Seeding" POS
“Seeding” POS in an Undergraduate Capstone Course
Lynn Perry Wooten, University of Michigan
From AOM 2012
Surfacing Positive Energy
Surfacing positive (and negative!) energy of units or organizations and developing leadership interventions
Bernd Vogel, University of Reading
From AOM 2012
What Can We Teach the Social Change Agent?
Overview of Oana Branzei’s presentation and a list of resources
Oana Branzei, The University of Western Ontario
From AOM 2012
Materials on Social Entrepreneur Craig Kielburger
Craig Kielburger cases
Mary M. Cross and Mark Reno, The University of Western Ontario
(A six-part video case series featuring social entrepreneur Craig Kielburger as he faces pivotal moments in his life and the remarkable evolution of his organization.)
Page one of the background case A Movement is Born
Page one of each of the remaining five cases
From AOM 2012
Sample frameworks and syllabi for teaching the social change agent
Sustainability in Action
Oana Branzei, The University of Western Ontario
Social Enterprise
Oana Branzei, The University of Western Ontario
Social Innovation
Oana Branzei, The University of Western Ontario
From AOM 2012
Virtuous downsizing
Virtuous downsizing
Scott Sonenshein, Rice University
From AOM 2012
Empathy at work: Core ideas for teaching an introduction to empathy
Empathy at work: Core ideas for teaching an introduction to empathy
Sally Maitlis, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
From AOM 2016
Sharing and responding to positive and negative emotions at work
Sharing and responding to positive and negative emotions at work
Kristina M. Workman, Cornell University School of Hotel Administration
From AOM 2016
Teaching generative relationships through experiential learning
Teaching generative relationships through experiential learning
Arne Carlsen, BI Norwegian Business School
From AOM 2016
Teaching how to manage negotiations with character
Teaching how to manage negotiations with character
John Paul Stephens, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University
From AOM 2016
Creating your developmental network map
Creating your developmental network map
Wendy Murphy, Babson College
From AOM 2016
Designing a high impact course on managing professional relationships
Designing a high impact course on managing professional relationships
Jane Dutton, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
From AOM 2016
Teaching Positive Relationships at Work
Organizers:
Jason Kanov (Western Washington University) and Kerry Gibson (Babson College)
Presenters:
David Bright (Wright State University), Jody Hoffer Gittell (Brandeis University), and Angela Passarelli (College of Charleston)
From AOM 2017
About this PDW:
This lively and engaging PDW focused on enhancing participants’ skills with regard to teaching about positive relationships at work (PRW). It introduced attendees to existing exercises useful for teaching the skills and knowledge required to build and participate in positive workplace relationships via well-crafted “teaching blasts” by invited presenters.
In addition, attendees worked collaboratively to craft new teaching tools focused on self-selected PRW topics of interest. Workgroups shared and received feedback on their newly developed teaching tools. Each participant had the opportunity to leave the workshop with multiple, actionable ideas for enhancing their teaching of PRWs within a variety of possible class topics and formats.
Related resources:
Teaching a Course on Positive Relationships
From POS Research Conference, June 5-6, 2019
Teaching a Course on Positive Relationships (PowerPoint File)
Teaching a Course on Positive Relationships (Workshop Video)
Jane Dutton, Sally Maitlis and Arne Carlsen
