Qualification Assignment

Summary of the Process

Appendix A:
Typical Course Outcomes

Appendix B:
Why NOT Take OB374?

Sample OB374 Syllabi
Meeting Once a Week
Meeting Twice a week

The Week At Inverness

Interpersonal Learning

T-groups and the Nature of Experiential Learning

Introduction

In the past several years, many more students have bid for Interpersonal Dynamics than can enroll. There are severe staffing constraints that prevent us from adding new sections. However, many of the students who now take the course do so because they have heard it's a "must course" but really have no idea what they are getting into.

This is a very different course (both in content and in the learning process) from others at the GSB. Furthermore, this course is not for everybody. In fact, there is a subset that takes it who probably shouldn't have and who get very little out of the experience. Furthermore, their non-involvement detracts from the learning of others. (See Appendix B for the reasons not to take OB374). We don't believe this is a "must course" or that students' lives will be unfulfilled if they haven't had Interpersonal Dynamics.

Our guess is that, in the 11 sections being taught, there are enough seats for those students who really understand the course and decide they want it. The purpose of this qualification process is to help you make that informed choice. Our guess is that we will actually turn down very few students in this initial screening. But this process increases the chance that you know what the course is about and that it is right for you. Informed self-selection is our goal.

Important:

• Once you are qualified, it works for any section and any quarter in the future.  You do not have to re-qualify.

• Some of the sections meet twice a week, and some meet only once a week.

• There is a weekend requirement for all sections, so be sure to check prior to registering that you do not have a conflict.

  • Autumn 2012
    • Section 1 - Bristol - November 2-4, 2012
      Section 2 - Bristol - November 9-11, 2012
      Section 3 - Dexter - November 9-11, 2012

    Winter 2013

    • Section 1 - Francisco - March 8-10, 2013
      Section 2 - Dexter - March 1-3, 2013
      Section 3 - Bristol - March 1-3, 2013
      Section 4 - Sloan - Bristol - February 22-24, 2013
       
  • Spring 2013
    • Section 1 - Bristol - May 17-19, 2013
    • Section 2 - Francisco - May 31-June 2, 2013
    • Section 3 - Robin - May 17-19, 2013
    • Section 4 - Dexter - May 17-19, 2013

  Attendance at the first two class sessions is Mandatory.  Failure to attend any portion of either of the first two sessions will result in being immediately dropped from the course, or not being allowed to add.

Qualification Deadlines

In order to take OB374, you must submit a qualification paper by the date listed below for the section you are enrolled or waitlisted for.

• If you are enrolled or waitlisted and fail to submit a qualification paper by the due date listed below, you will be dropped.

• You can still submit a paper after the deadline to be added to the end of the waitlist.

• If you fail to submit a qualification paper prior to the first section meeting, you will not be allowed to add the course that quarter, period.

At the conclusion of Super Round, and the close of each round of registration, anyone who has preferenced or enrolled in a section of OB374 will receive an email notification that they are required to submit a qualification paper by the deadline or suffer the above listed consequences.  Approximately 10 days prior to the deadline for each quarter one reminder email will be sent to those students that have yet to fulfill the qualification assignment requirement.

Please note:

• If your qualification paper is not approved, you will be given feedback from our reader and the opportunity to revise and resubmit.

• If your qualification paper is not approved prior to the first section meeting, you will be dropped from the course.

• We encourage you to submit your paper well before the due date to allow ample time in case a revision is necessary.

These are the deadlines for submitting your qualification assignment for the 2012/2013 Academic Year:

If you are enrolled or waitlisted for Autumn 2012 which begins September 24^th,
 the due date is: September 7^th at 9:00am.

If you are enrolled or waitlisted for Winter 2013 which begins January 7^th,
the due date is: December 7^th at 9:00am.

If you are enrolled or waitlisted for Spring 2013 which begins April 4^th,
the due date is: March 15^th at 9:00am.

You may submit your qualification assignment at any time before the deadline, regardless of which quarter you wish to take the course.

Waitlisted Students

If the section of OB374 you are waitlisted for has a time/course conflict with a course in which you are enrolled, you must submit a drop-if-enroll request to ensure that you are not skipped by the waitlist processor.

Instructions on how to submit a drop-if-enroll via Axess are available at: https://mygsb.stanford.edu/mba/academics/secondyear/howtosubmitdropifenrollmbatwo.cfm

OB374 for Non-GSB Stanford Graduate Students

All of the 2012/2013 sections of OB374, with the exception of the winter Sloan section. are open to non-GSB Graduate Students:

However, non-GSB students may not register for the course prior to the quarter.

• Non-GSB students must attend the first two meetings, in their entirety, of the section(s) they wish to try to enroll in.

• If there are any open seats left at the end of the second class meeting after all GSB students wishing to add have been accommodated, then non-GSB students can fill those empty seats.

• If there are more non-GSB students wishing to add a section than there are open spaces, the spaces will be allotted in order of prequalification submission date.

Note:  It is generally considered a long shot for a non-GSB student to be allotted a seat in OB374.  While most sections start with long waitlists of GSB students, it is impossible to predict how many seats, if any at all, will be available at the end of the second meeting for non-GSB students.  For example, in the fall 2009 quarter we offered three sections.  They all had long waitlists.  One section had to turn students away, one section accommodated everyone interested and was completely filled, and one section ended up with two seats left unfilled.

Process

• The only thing non-GSB students need to do beyond following the pre-qualification instructions above is to identify yourself as a non-GSB student to the instructor at the first class meeting.

• At the end of the second class meeting the instructors will provide a list of any non-GSB students allotted a seat to Paul Mattish.  Paul will then instruct GSB Academic Operations to enroll these students.  If there are any issues in the enrollment process, it will be the students responsibility to work with GSB Academic Operations to resolve the problems.

 TGR Status: OB374 is a 5 unit course.  If a non-GSB student is on TGR status and only allowed 3 units, the student is responsible for paying their school for the extra units at the rate the students school charges.  The student can try to petition the appropriate authority at their school to request waiver of paying for the extra unit, but in our experience this has never been granted and the students have always had to pay for it.   The GSB will not waive the 4^th and 5^th unit under any circumstances, period. Please Do Not ask.