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| Dr. Patricia J. Holahan | |  |
 | | Dr. Patricia J. Holahan | | Associate Professor | | Location: | 429 Babbio Center |
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MGT 111:Social Psychology and Organizational Behaviour
Using an applied and experiential format, this course exposes students to theory, methods and research in organizational behavior and social psychology. Topics relating to individual differences and group dynamics in organizational settings are stressed. Learning occurs through discussion, group activities, and the completion of assessment instruments. Emphasis is on helping students understand and improve their skills in key areas, including decision-making, leadership, negotiation, and conflict resolution. |
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MGT 612:The Human Side of Project Leadership
Project success depends, largely, on the human side.Success in motivating project workers, organizing and leading project teams, communication and sharing information, and conflict resolution, are just a few areas that are critical for project success. However, being primarily technical people, many project managers tend to neglect these "soft" issues, assuming they are less important or that they should be addressed by direct functional managers. The purpose of this course is to increase awareness of project managers to the critical issues of managing people and to present some of the theories and practices of leading project workers and teams. |
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MGT 690:Designing Complex Organizations
Organization scientists generally think of organizations as being comprised of three levels of analysis: the individual, the group or department, and the organization itself. This course focuses on the problems and challenges managers face in dealing with the organization as a whole and the interrelationships between organization groups. Specific issues and problems which are covered include: the relationship of the organization with the external environment; the influence of the organization’s strategies, size, and production technology on the organization’s design; and strategies for managing organizational processes such as conflict, culture, and change. |
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EMT 740:Team Leadership Development in Technical Organizations
This course focuses on understanding the interplay of group, inter-group, and organizational factors on the performance of multifunctional teams in technology-based organizations. The course integrates theory and research on multifunctional teams with the skills necessary for effectively managing them. Topics covered include managing decision-making and conflict in multifunctional teams, managing the team’s boundary and inter-group relations, organizational designs that support working cross-functionally, and measuring and rewarding team performance. Cases are used to illustrate the problems of working cross-functionally. Individuals are given feedback on their team management skills. |
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MGT 689:Organizational Behavior and Design
This course exposes students to the macro and micro aspects of organizational behavior and theory that are essential to technology management. The macro aspects will focus on structural contingency theory as an approach to effective organizational design. The micro aspects will focus on leadership, teams, and individual behavior (e.g., motivation, job attitudes). Specific issues and problems which are covered include: the relationship of the organization with the external environment, the influence of the organization's strategies, culture, size, and production technology on the organization's design, and strategies for managing organizational processes such as teams, conflict, power/politics and organizational change. Current topics, that are key to technology management (e.g., virtual teams), will be stressed. |
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| | School: Howe School of Technology Management |
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| | Research & Education | |
| | Education | - Ph.D. (1992) Purdue University (Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management)
- M.Ed. (1981) University of Maryland
- B.A. (1975) University of Maryland
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| | | Research | - Conflict Management and Team Effectiveness
- Technology Adoption and Diffusion
- Innovativeness and New Product Development Processes
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| | Experience & Service | |
| | General Information | | Dr. Holahan conducts research on managing product development teams and the implementation and diffusion of new technology. She has served as a consultant to several Fortune 500 companies advising them on issues related to the installation of self-managing teams, team effectiveness, and team reward and recognition systems |
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| | Achievements & Professional Societies | |
| | Honors & Awards | - Bright Idea Award, Conflict Resolution, 2008
- Outstanding Research Award, Howe School of Technology Management 2007, 2005
- Alexander H. Crombie, Distinguished Associate Professor
- Awarded NSF research grant to study technology transfer and diffusion processes
- Awarded GE Foundation grant to develop case studies of crossfunctional teamwork
- Ameritech Scholar, 1990-1991
- David Ross Fellow, 1989
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| | | Professional Societies | - Academy of Management
- Product Development and Management Association
- American Psychological Association
- Interdisciplinary Network of Group Researchers
- American Educational Research Association
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| Journals
Lesselroth, B., Holahan, P., Adams, K. et al.. (2011). "Primary Care Provider Perceptions and Use of a Novel Medication Reconciliation Technology ", Informatics in Primary Care, 2 (19), 105-118.
Holahan, P.J., Mooney, A.C., & Paul, L.F. (2010). "Exploring Geographic Dispersion and Team Tenure as Moderators of the Relationship Between Affective and Task Conflict", Current Topics in Management, Vol. 15.
Mooney, A. C., Holahan, P. J., & Amason, A. C.. (2007). "Don’t Take it Personally: Exploring Cognitive Conflict as a Mediator of Affective Conflict", Journal of Management Studies, 5 (44), 733-758.
Holahan, P., & Mooney, A. (2005). "The Mutation of Conflict: Antecedents of functional and dysfunctional conflict and the difficulties of managing both", Projects and Profits, ICFAI University Press.
Holahan, P. J., Aronson, Z., Jurkat, P., Schoorman, D.. (2004). "Implementing Computer Technology: A Multiorganizational Test of Klein and Sorra’s model", Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, (21), 31-50.
Shi, X, Holahan, P. J., & Jurkat, P.. (2004). "Satisfaction Formation Processes in Library Users: Understanding Multisource Effects", Journal of Academic Librarianship, 30 122-131.
Holahan, P. J., Jurkat, P., Friedman, E.. (2000). "Evaluation of a mentor teacher model for enhancing mathematics instruction through the use of computers", Journal of Research on Computing in Education, (32), 336-350.
Holahan, P. J., Schoorman, D. (1996). "Psychological antecedents of escalation behavior: Effects of choice, responsibility, and decision consequences", Journal of Applied Psychology, (81), 786-794.
Holahan, P. J., Medsker, G., Williams, L. (1994). "A review of current practices for evaluating causal models in organizational behavior and human resources management research", Journal of Management, (20), 439-464.
Williams, L., & Holahan, P. (1994). "Parsimony based fit indices for multiple indicator models: Do they work?", Structural Equation Modeling, (1), 161-189.
Conference Proceedings
Holahan, P., Brown, C., Abraham, C., & Lesselroth, B.. (2011). "Integrating self-service kiosks into healthcare delivery organizations", Proceedings International Conference on Information Systems, Shanghai, China.
Holahan, P.J., Mooney, A.C., & Paul, L.F. (2009). "An Examination of the Effects of Geographic Dispersion and Team Tenure on the Relationship between Task and Relationship Conflict", Proceedings Southern Management Association, Asheville, NC.
Holahan, P.J., Mooney, A.C., & Paul, L.F. (2009). "Does Task Conflict Trigger More Relationship Conflict in Geographically Distributed Teams?", Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Chicago, IL.
Holahan, P.J., Mooney, A.C., Mayer, R. & Paul, L.F. (2008). "Virtuality and Media Synchronicity: Their Effects on Conflict in Virtual Teams", Proceedings Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research, Kansas City, MO.
Holahan, P. J. (2007). "Not So Fast: Do Decision Attributes Really Mediate Conflict and Team Performance?", Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research (INGRoup Conference), Lansing, MI.
Holahan, P.J, & Sullivan, Z.Z. (2006). "Exploring How Product Development Practices Differ for Incremental, More Innovative, and Radical Development Projects", Proceedings Portland International Conference Managament Engineering Technology, Istanbul, Turkey.
Holahan, P.J., & Mooney, A.C. (2004). "Conflict, Decision Making, and Project Team Performance", Academy of Management Annual Meetings, New Orleans, LA.
Mooney, A.C., & Holahan, P.J. (2004). "Managing Conflict in Project Teams: Gaining the Benefits, Avoiding the Costs", Academy of Management Annual Meetings, New Orleans, LA.
Holahan, P. J., Mooney, A.. (2003). "Understanding conflict in project teams: An investigation of team, task, and organizational determinants", Portland International Conference on Engineering Technology and Management, Portland, OR.
Holahan, P. J., Lynn, G., Akgun, A.. (2003). "Determinants of cross-functional integration and speed-to-market in product development teams", Portland International Conference on Engineering Technology and Management, Portland, OR.
Holahan, P. Aronson, Z., Jurkat, P., Schoorman, D.. (2002). "Implementing computer Technology: A Field Test and an Extension of Klein and Sorra's Model", Academy of Management Conference, Denver.
Holahan, P. J. (2000). "Determinants of cross-functional integration and cross-functional team performance: A preliminary test of a theoretical model", Proceedings American Soceity of Engineering Management Conference, Washington, D.C.
Holahan, P. J.. (2000). "Integrating a team skills thread into an executive masters' of technology management program", American Society of Engineering Management Conference, Washington, D.C.
| | Book Chapters
Mooney, A.C., Holahan, P.J., & Amason, A.C. (2008). "Don’t take it personally: Exploring cognitive conflict as a mediator of affective conflict. ", Reprinted In The Seventh Annual Volume of Publications by New Jersey’s Business Faculty,.
Mooney, A., Holahan, P., & Amason, A. (2007). "An Alternative Approach to Understanding Conflict", In The Human Side of Project Leadership, PMI Institute.
Markham, S., & Holahan, P.J. (2004). "Influence and politics in product development. ", In K. B. Kahn (ed.), Handbook of New Product Development, 2nd Edition, 144-157. , NY: John Wiley & Sons.
Holahan, P. J., & Markham, S. (1996). "Factors affecting crossfunctional team effectiveness. ", In M. Rosenau (ed.), Handbook of New Product Development, 119-135. , NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Markham, S., & Holahan, P. J. (1996). "Political behavior in the product development process. ", In M. Rosenau (ed.), Handbook of New Product Development, 107-117., NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Report
Holahan, P.J., & Sullivan, Z.Z.. (2007). "Best Practices for Radical, More Innovative and Incremental Innovations: Evidence from the Field", Working Paper.
Holahan, P. J. (1999). "Successfully transferring new technology to school systems: A study of key individual, organizational, and contextual determinants. ", Technical report prepared under NSF Contract REC-9603458.
Holahan, P.J., & MacFarlane, R. (1999). "Using telecommunications technology to mentor at-risk middle school science students: Effects on students’ science achievement, vocational interest and the classroom environment. ", Report prepared for a research grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Holahan, P.J., & Jurkat, P.J. (1996). "Enhancing mathematics instruction through computer oriented active learning environments: An evaluation", Report prepared under NSF contract #ESI-9253265.
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