31 March	Course Introduction Facilitator: Dunn Syllabus Overview REFLECTIVE JOURNAL: Please respond to the following, WITHOUT referencing any resource materials: Provide a definition of work.
02 April	Course Schedule Overview Facilitator: Dunn To send seminar topic choices, click here Definition(s) of WORK
07 April	The Meaning of Work...Setting the Context Facilitator: Dunn A handout for this and the following two class sessions can be downloaded by clicking here The Hungry Spirit: Beyond Capitalism..., Chapter 8 (read excerpt by clicking here) Terkel, Studs. 'Working'. (Chapter titles: Donna Murray) Seminar Facilitation and/or Reading Report Proposals Due REFLECTIVE JOURNAL: Compare and contrast the notion of 'work' and 'job.'
09 April	The Meaning of Work...Setting the Context Facilitator: Dunn The Hungry Spirit: Beyond Capitalism..., Chapter 9 Terkel, Studs. 'Working'. (Chapter titles: Carl Murray Bates, Walter Lundquist, Nora Watson) Collins, Jim. What Comes Next?
14 April	The Meaning of Work...Setting the Context Facilitator: Dunn Terkel, Studs. 'Working'. (Chapter title: Roberta Victor) Taylor, Frederick. `The Principles of Scientific Management' The World According to Me CONTRACTS DUE REFLECTIVE JOURNAL: What aspects of meaningful work are most central to your finding meaning in your work?
16 April	The Meaning of Work...Setting the Context (Wrap-Up) Facilitator: Dunn WRITING ASSIGNMENT 1 DUE
21 April	Gender Gap in the Workplace: Resentment and Role Reversal Facilitator: Chelsea Brandon & Mariya Lyashenko Why are there so few women in information technology? Assessing the role of personality in career choices Terkel, Studs. 'Working'. (Chapter titles: Therese Carter, Jesusita Novarro) Discussion Questions REFLECTIVE JOURNAL: What specific recommendations can you offer to help resolve the workplace gender inequities discussed in class today?
23 April	Take Charge, Own Your Happiness, and Laught at the Sad People Facilitator: Angela Heinrich & Sarah Aker The CNN Money article: Can Money Buy Happiness? Science Magazine: The Secret to Happiness (If students have trouble accessing content on the Science website because of subscription restrictions, it can be accessed through any university computer, or on your personal computer via the WWU library "journals" page.) Happiness at Work Index - British online article The Good Workplace Satisfaction with Life Scale Discussion Questions
28 April	The Industrialization of Work... Facilitator: Dunn Steinbeck on Corporate Social Responsibility Workplace Violence: Its Nature and Extent DISCUSSION QUESTIONS REFLECTIVE JOURNAL: In what ways do the notions of effeciency and effectiveness impact your ability to experience meaning in your work?
30 April	The Cultural Construction of Work Facilitator: Sam Bedell, Meg Harris, & Kime McClintock The Hunters: Scarce Resources in the Kalahari Discussion Questions WRITING ASSIGNMENT 2 DUE
05 May	Work and the Commons Facilitator: Dunn 'The Tragedy of the Commons' (Hardin) An Exercise in Game Theory Commons Game DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Reading Report How to Make David a Better Sling: Corporate Irresponsibility and What it Means for the Poor Devin Lee REFLECTIVE JOURNAL: It has been suggested free-market captialism is as much a story about collaboration as it is a story about competition. Contemplate how these two perspectives might be reconciled.
07 May	Working Together: Pros and Cons Facilitator: Stacy Hotes Complete the Team Player Survey Tough interview question: 'Are you a team player?' DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
12 May	Work and the Closet Facilitator: Dunn Reading Report Many Jobs and Only One Passion Cari Jamieson REFLECTIVE JOURNAL: Each of us has identities which are 'closeted.' Articulate the most salient of these in your own life, and ruminate on the cost of keeping this aspect of your personal identity separate from your work identity.
14 May	Work and the Global Economy Facilitator: Sam Bedell, Meg Harris, & Kime McClintock Kobayashi-Hillary: Jobs of the future: No office, no paycheck Garrigues: Starting Over Garrigues: Argentine Workers Build New Economy DISCUSSION QUESTIONS REFLECTIVE JOURNAL: Explain what is happening to the commons in our game...and the part you have played in making that happen. WRITING ASSIGNMENT 3 DUE
19 May	"What is this University For?" Faculty Roundtable and Campus Discussion Click here for details as to time and place
21 May (Class extended one hour today)	Gordon Gekko or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Short-Term Corporate Profit Facilitator: John Hayes Reading Report Corporate Persons and Robotic People Michael Lang Simply Meaning Facilitator: Brendan Lind REFLECTIVE JOURNAL: Suspend your thinking about work and meaning. Reflect simply on what meaning...means.
26 May	Final Project Preparation REFLECTIVE JOURNAL: So...you committed early on in this term to keep this class session and the next free of work and/or school commitments. How did you do?
28 May	Final Project Preparation WRITING ASSIGNMENT 4 DUE
02 June	Final Project Presentations Facilitator: Dunn
04 June	Final Project Presentations Facilitator: Dunn
10 June	FINAL EXAMINATION DAY WRITING ASSIGNMENT 5 DUE