“Dear Class of 2020,
One of the goals of LDT is to help you gain insight into your personal style of interacting with other people so that you can be a more effective team member. To learn more about your interaction style, you will be completing a Social Style and Versatility Assessment. Students over many years have found this exercise insightful and of great personal benefit. To that end, we are asking that you complete the assessment by August 15th so that we can debrief the results during class the week of August 20th.
Next week (week of July 16th), you’ll be receiving instructions about how to complete this assessment. Please keep an eye out for two emails: one email from your course instructors with details about what the assessment involves and an email from Tracom Learning, the company that administers this assessment. The instructions will also be posted on the pre-program portal, but please add our email addresses, as well as admin@maxproddata1.tracom.com, to your “safe senders” list to ensure they don’t wind up in your Junk Folder. We look forward to seeing you soon at Rotman!”
-Marlys Christianson and Jia Lin Xie, Your Leveraging Diverse Teams Instructors
-Marlys.Christianson@Rotman.Utoronto.Ca
Marlys Christianson is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour at Rotman. She received a PhD in Management & Organizations from the University of Michigan. Her research interests include the coordination of complex and interdependent work, sensemaking in high-risk environments, and resilient organizing, particularly as it relates to error detection and correction. Her work has been published in a variety of outlets, including Academy of Management Annals, Academy of Management Perspectives, Journal of Management Inquiry, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Organizational Research Methods, and Organization Science.
-xiejl@rotman.utoronto.ca
Jia Lin Xie is Magna Professor in Management and Professor of Organizational Behaviour and HR Management at Rotman. Her research focuses on the fit between employees and their work environment (P-E fit) and the effects of such fit and misfit on employee well-being. Another area of her research expertise is cross-cultural management, with a focus on Chinese organizational behavior. Jia Lin has served at editorial boards for Journal of Organizational Behavior (2006-2011) and Management and Organization Review (2003 and onward), and currently serves as the President for International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR).
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