Forrest S. Briscoe
Professor of Management
Department Management and Organization
Office Address 450 Business Building
Email Address
fsb10@psu.edu
Forrest S. Briscoe
Professor of Management
Department Management and Organization
Office Address 450 Business Building
Email Address
fsb10@psu.edu
Forrest Briscoe is a Professor of Management and Organization, and Frank & Mary Jean Smeal Research Fellow, in the Smeal College of Business. He also holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Sociology.
See personal website for current biography, teaching, research, and publications (link above)
Education
Ph D, Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003
BA, Environmental Sciences, Harvard University, 1995
Courses Taught
BA 804 – Ethical Leadership (2)
The objective of the ethical leadership course is to raise awareness of the key role played as a manager and leader in creating and maintaining responsible business conduct in work groups and organizations. The course is also intended to enhance the student's ability to deal with the complexities of ethical decision making in today's dynamic business environment by clarifying and applying personal values.
MGMT 494H – Research Project (Variable)
Supervised student activities on research projects identified on an individual or small-group basis.
MGMT 538 – Sem in Org Thry (3)
Current theoretical and research issues applicable to the study of design and management of complex organizations.
MGMT 600 – Thesis Research (Variable)
MGMT 601 – Ph.D Dis Full-Time
NO DESCRIPTION.
MGMT 831 – Strat Impl and Chg (2)
This course addresses the managerial challenge of strategy implementation, particularly by examining the organizational elements that must be drawn into line to support a strategy, as well as the immense difficulties of changing an organization. As such, the course relies on two overarching frameworks. The first is a model of organizational alignment; the second is a model for managing the change process. The course will emphasize application and practice, primarily by the use of cases. Students will be asked, class after class, to take the position of a senior manager or an adviser to a manager, and develop answers to questions like these: What's the real problem here? How are the elements of the problem interconnected? What should be done? How, specifically, should we go about it? Strategy Implementation and Organizational Change will be relevant for a broad array of students, including those hoping to be managers, consultants, investors, and entrepreneurs. Because the course focuses on changing entire organizations (rather than small parts of organizations), we will be primarily taking the point of view of senior managers. However, our frameworks and tools, and the skills students will develop, will be useful early in their careers, as they face the need to manage change in their own subunits, as well as the need to comprehend and contribute to firm-wide changes.
MGMT 596 – Individual Studies (Variable)
BA 571 – Strat Mgmt (2)
Analysis and application of concepts and techniques aimed at successfully developing and implementing competitive strategy in a complex business environment. B A 571 B A 571 Strategic Management for Converging Economies (3)This course introduces students to the field of strategic management and the skills and tools used by general managers to make strategic decisions. Students learn to use frameworks and perspectives for analyzing industries, competitors, and companies with an overall objective of positioning the firm to attain and sustain competitive advantage. Students learn how to identify the industry and firm-level determinants of profitability and then relate those factors to the development of competitive strategy within the context of responsible business practice. Students also learn how to evaluate strategies to understand how and why companies are successful or not. Finally, students will learn how senior managers use integrative approaches for solving strategic problems.
ENTR 597 – Special Topics (2)
Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently; several different topics may be taught in one year or semester.
BA 504 – Ethical Leadership (2)
The objective of the ethical leadership course is to raise awareness of the key role played as a manager and leader in creating and maintaining responsible business conduct in work groups and organizations. The course is also intended to enhance the student's ability to deal with the complexities of ethical decision making in today's dynamic business environment by clarifying and applying personal values.
B A 504 – Ethical Leadership (2)
This course introduces students to their ethical responsibilities as business leaders.
ENTR 596 – Individual Studies (2)
Creative projects, including nonthesis research, that are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
ENTR 597E – Creating Value Through Social Entrepreneurship (2)
Gain a toolkit of social-entrepreneur tactics for creating change; apply this toolkit to startup contexts as well as traditional managerial roles.
ENTR 596G – Applied Social Enterprise Independent Study (2)
This course will allos the student to gain a further understanding of environmentally sustainable business practices and how they can be applied to the golf industry. The student will develop useful tools that will increase the chances of entrepreneurial
B A 596 – Individual Studies (Variable)
Creative projects, including nonthesis research, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
MGMT 590 – Colloquium (Variable)
Continuing seminars which consist of a series of individual lectures by faculty, students, or outside speakers.
MGMT 326 – Organizational Behavior and Design (3)
Concepts, theories, and methods of managing people and designing organizations.
IRHR 596 – Individual Studies (variable)
Creative projects, including nonthesis research, that are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
L I R 496 – Independent Studies (variable)
Creative projects, including research and design, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
L I R 497W – Organizational Behavior: Applications to LIR (3)
Overview of selected management issues in modern organizations, combining theory with case studies.
IRHR 597A – Pro Seminar in IRHR (3)
This course provides students with an overview of research on the inner workings of employment-based organizations.
L I R 494 – Research Project (variable)
Supervised student activities on research projects identified on an individualor small-group basis.
L I R 497B – Politics of Affirmative Action (3)
This course provides students with basic tools useful for thinking about and managing careers in organizations, drawing on theory and research and then applying to real-world case studies.
L I R 100 – Industrial Relations (3)
Introductory analysis of the employment relationship and of the interrelated interests of managements, workers, unions, and the public.
IRHR 595 – Internship (variable)
Supervised off-campus, nongroup instruction, including field experiences, practicums, or internships. Written and oral critique of activity required.
IRHR 505 – Seminar in Human Resources (3)
Current human resource topics in the context of organizational strategy, planning, and responsibility.