Master Syllabus: MGT 66152

TROY UNIVERSITY
MASTER SYLLABUS
SORRELL COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

MGT 6615
Ethical Leadership and Management in a Global Economy

TROY UNIVERSITY SCOB MISSION STATEMENT

The Sorrell College of Business (SCOB) prepares a diverse student body, drawn primarily from Alabama and surrounding states, to become successful, ethical and engaged business professionals with the knowledge to compete in the global business environment.

To achieve this our faculty, staff, and administration will:

Provide quality undergraduate and graduate education in global business through high-quality teaching;

Serve the university and engage with business and professional communities in our primary service area through individual involvement and our centers for research and outreach;

Grow and enhance the longstanding “culture of caring” for our traditional, nontraditional, military, and international students; and

Contribute to the creation of knowledge, with a focus on the scholarship of application and integration, and teaching and learning, complemented by basic and discovery scholarship in select disciplines.

TROY UNIVERSITY SCOB VISION STATEMENT

The Sorrell College of Business strives to be a renowned teaching-focused business college graduating GEEKS ready to succeed in business and life.

Prerequisites

Graduate standing for the MSHRM program; For the MBA program, all foundation courses and acceptance into the MBA program. For the MSM program, BUS 6600 must be taken in the first term.

Description

Equips students with the critical leadership skills and solid understanding of today’s ethical theory they need to become effective business leaders in today’s turbulent times. The class explores the latest thinking in leadership theory and contemporary practices at work within organizations throughout the world. Closely connects theory to recent world events, such as the Wall Street meltdown, ethical scandals, and political turmoil. Students examine emerging topics, leadership vision and courage, leading virtual teams and actual leadership decisions.

Student Learning Outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

  1. Identify ethical dilemmas within a multicultural setting.
  2. Propose workable solutions to ethical dilemmas that are mutually beneficial to all parties.
  3. Identify implementation steps.

Purpose

This course is uniquely positioned across three degree programs (MSM, MSHRM, MBA) in an effort to place uniform emphasis on content and theories that ultimately promote active learning leading to practices that reinforce the importance of leadership, ethical business practices, and corporate social responsibility (with emphasis on long-term sustainability).

Required Activity

This course must contain a student engagement activity with the community that relates to course content. The activity may include guest speakers, site visits, projects for the community/industry, etc…

Student Engagement:

Instructors in this course will add videos, movies, site visits, guest speakers, service learning projects, or other activities designed to engage students in experiential and active learning activities designed to improve skills and the application of knowledge within the business community.

Recommended Texts*

Dubrin, A. J. (2012 or most recent). Leadership: Research, Findings, Practice, Skills (7th Edition). Mason, OH; Cengage.

Northouse, P. G. (2016). Leadership: Theory and practice (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications. ISBN: 978 -1 - 4833- 1753 - 3 eBook available.

Recommended Supplements

Lawler, E. E., III., & Worley, C. G. (2011). Management reset: Organizing for sustainable effectiveness. San Francisco, CA: Wiley. ISBN: 978-0-470-63798-2 E-Book Preferred.

*Most recent addition is required unless otherwise specified.

MGT 6615 Course Coordinator: Dr. John Mankelwicz

MSM Program

REQUIRED MSM program assessments are in this course. Please do not change or alter the assessments in any way; if there are any questions please contact the Course Coordinator.

Program SLOs with assessment component required:

MSM Assessment information link:

The Course Coordinator for MSM 6610 is Dr. John Mankelwicz

SLO 1.1 Students will demonstrate knowledge of the strategic planning process by developing a strategic plan

SLO 1.2: (A)Students will analyze and develop ethical HR solutions to build sustainable organizational capacity

MBA Progam

SLO 2.1: (A)Students will apply ethical principles in decision making

SLO 2.2: (A)Students will apply socially responsible principles in decision making

SLO 3.2: (D)Students will use knowledge and tools from multiple disciplines to recommend solutions to global business problems

MSHRM Program

SLO 3.1: (A) Students will demonstrate an awareness of ethical issues as they affect HRM practices

SLO 4.1: (A) Students will demonstrate awareness of cross-cultural issues on human resource management practices

Note: All assessment data must be completed and submitted when final grades are submitted.

Assessment rubrics can be located under SCOB Curriculum Assessment and Development in Blackboard (Assessment/graduate/rubrics/MSM).

MSM Assessment information link:

Student Engagement:

Instructors in this course will add videos, movies, site visits, guest speakers, service learning projects, or other activities designed to engage students in experiential and active learning activities designed to improve skills and the application of knowledge within the business community.

Proposed Assessment and Graduate Program SLO’s Covered in Course:

I=Basic or Introductory Level (outcome is introduced)

D=Developing Level (outcome is developed further, reinforced, or practiced)

M=Mastery Level (outcome is mastered)

A = Outcomes assessment evidence is collected.

(Ideally both during the program and just before graduation)

PROPOSED ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENT FOR STUDENTS

Making Ethical and Socially Responsible Leadership Decisions in the Context of Globalization*

*(This is a hypothetical scenario using fictional companies in fictional locations)

By

Mike Schraeder

Troy University Montgomery

(Updated 2/25/14)

Introduction:

You recently graduated with an MBA from a reputable university and have been hired as a regional director (assigned to the southern region) for a relatively large corporation (Mega Food, Inc.). Mega Food manufactures a variety of food products that are currently distributed and sold only in the United States. The corporation employs over 5,000 individuals in 20 facilities located throughout the United States. Most of these facilities were privately owned by the founder or members of the founders’ families and managed locally prior to being acquired by Mega Food. Overall, Mega Food, which is a publicly traded company, has had a relatively stable track record of profitability that is 5% below the industry average (Total revenues for the last five years have averaged $250 million). In the last three (3) years, shareholders have intensified pressures for Mega Food to increase overall profitability to meet or exceed the industry average.

As regional director for the southern region, you have direct responsibility for the overseeing the performance of five (5) facilities. One of the facilities in your region specializes in manufacturing a variety of chocolate candies that are shipped to numerous wholesalers throughout the United States. The facility is located in Orchard, Georgia, a small, rural community with a population of 5,000. The facility employs 125 individuals in a variety of positions and typically generates a modest profit of $100,000 annually for Mega Food. The Senior Vice President for your division has asked you to evaluate the Orchard facility and make a formal recommendation regarding whether or not the operations performed by this facility should remain in Orchard or if the Orchard facility should be closed and the operations transferred to the country of Frostburg.

Additional Details Regarding the Orchard Facility:

  1. The breakdown of employees, by category, who work for the Orchard facility are as follows:
  1. Average tenure with the company is over 10 years, but several of the employees have worked for the company over 20 years and are nearing retirement.
  1. The Orchard facility is the largest single employer within a 100 mile radius of the town of Orchard and the only large employer remaining in the area.
  1. In addition to employing 125 individuals in the Orchard facility, several of the raw products and materials (such as milk and flour) are purchased from local farmers operating within a 50 mile radius of the facility.

Additional Details Regarding the Country of Frostburg:

  1. The country is still developing in terms of infrastructure , but has made considerable progress recently in attracting companies looking for access to cheaper labor and access to less expensive raw materials.
  1. Average labor costs for individuals with a skill set required to be an assembly line worker are approximately $2 per hour.
  1. Costs for physical facilities and equipment are lower in Frostburg than the US.
  1. Labor laws and regulations related to human resource management are not well developed in Frostburg. Consequently, employees in Frostburg have far fewer protections than US workers, including safeguards that are related to the safety and health of workers.
  1. Environmental laws are less formal in Frostburg. Consequently, products such as milk, flour and other ingredients that are used to manufacture the chocolate do not undergo regular inspections. Further, the types of chemicals and pesticides used on food products grown in Frostburg are not readily apparent.

Summary of Your Analysis:

After careful analysis, you have determined that Mega Food could conservatively generate an additional profit of $250,000 annually (within 3 to 5 years) by relocating the operations of the Orchard facility to Frostburg. Further, you have determined that there is the potential to increase this level of profitability significantly within a period of 5 to 10 years after relocating to Frostburg. These additional gains would result from improved skill levels of workers related to ongoing training, improved infrastructure, and process improvements.

WRITING ASSIGNMENT

The Following Questions are Required for MSM/MSHRM/MBA Program Assessment

  1. Identify and specifically describe 3 to 5 major ethical issues you would encounter in the process of formulating your recommendation. In your response, please justify or support why you feel that each of the issues have ethical implications.
/ Program SLO’s Assessed/Targeted
MSM-SLO 1.2
MBA-SLO 2.1
MSHRM-SLO 3.1
  1. Identify and specifically describe 3 to 5 issues related to social responsibility (with implications related to sustainability) that you would encounter in the process of formulating your recommendation. In your response, please justify or support why you feel that each of the issues have implications related to social responsibility.
/ Program SLO’s Assessed/Targeted
MSM-SLO 1.2
MBA-SLO 2.2
MSHRM-
  1. Identify and specifically describe 3 to 5 major global trends that are specifically influencing Mega Food to consider relocating operations of the Orchard facility to the country of Frostburg. In your response, please be specific in stating why or how each of the global trends is directly impacting Mega Food.
/ Program SLO’s Assessed/Targeted
MSM-
MBA-
MSHRM-SLO 4.1
  1. Summarize 3 to 5 major challenges that Mega Food would encounter if they chose to relocate the operations of the Orchard facility to the country of Frostburg.
/ Program SLO’s Assessed/Targeted
MSM-SLO 1.2
MBA- SLO 2.1/SLO 2.2
MSHRM- SLO 3.1
  1. What would be your official recommendation to Mega Food? Please support your answer by providing rationale that incorporates appropriate concepts covered in your business courses.
/ Program SLO’s Assessed/Targeted
MSM-
MBA-
MSHRM-
**THIS QUESTION SYNTHESIZES ALL SLO’S DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF THE STUDENTS’ RESPONSES
  1. This question has two parts. For this question, assume that you are a consultant that has been hired by Mega Food to make a recommendation regarding this scenario (instead of an internal employee).
  1. List and describe three major ethical issues you would encounter in analyzing this situation and making your recommendation. Please justify/support your response.
  2. As a consultant, would you make the same recommendation that you listed in response to Question #5 (above)? Why or why not?
/ Program SLO’s Assessed/Targeted
MSM-
MBA-
MSHRM-

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