TexasTechUniversity
RawlsCollege of Business Administration
MGT 3305-001, Organization and Management
Spring, 2013
MWF, 9am-9:50am
Rm. 101
Instructor:Jerry Stevens
Office:E347
Email:
Web Page:
Phone:742-3195 (W)
798-2400(H)
Office Hours:8am-9am,; 12pm- 1pm MWF
Or by appointment
Prerequisite:Minimum 2.75 adjusted cumulative GPA
Required Texts:
Jones-George / Loose Leaf Essentials of Contemporary Management with Connect Plus, 5th EditionCourse Description:
Basic principles, concepts, and practices in the operation of management in organizations.
Course Purpose:
This course is required of all Business Administration minors, provides an introduction to the fundamentals of management, and is a prerequisite for most advanced courses in Management. The course includes perspectives on management from the individual, group, and organizational levels of analysis. One key goal of the course is to help students to learn to apply the model of the stages of team development and the model of the communication process.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe the four primary processes of management.
- Describe management by objectives and identify its common elements.
- Compare, contrast, and apply the “calm waters” and “white-water rapids” metaphors for change.
- Compare and contrast the fundamental attribution error and the self-serving bias.
- Describe and apply the model of the stages of team development.
- Compare, contrast, and apply Maslow’s, McGregor’s, and Herzberg’s theories of motivation.
- Describe and apply behavioral theories of leadership.
- Describe and apply the model of the communication process.
Methods of Assessment:
The expected learning outcomes will be assessed through:
Exams, In-Class Quizzes, Class Discussions, and Active Learning Activities
Attendance:
My expectation for attendance is that you are: (1) present, (2) on time, (3) prepared, and (4) participating.
I will not“take attendance”during class for grade. However, if you are absent and unexcused, and we have a daily quiz you will earn a zero for any daily quiz that you missed. This grade can not be “made up”.
Excused absences (e.g., university approved trips, documented illness, religious observance) as described on pages 48-49 of the 2005-06Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog will not be penalized as long as you notify me appropriately. In addition, if you know that you need to be absent for some other legitimate reason (i.e., a job interview, your brother’s wedding, a family member’s funeral, etc.) please see me in advance. I may ask for documentation, but these kinds of absences can normally be made up. Daily quizzes can be made up, but they must be made-up within one week.
Preparation for Class:
It is impossible to discuss an assignment actively without being prepared in advance. I expect you to have read the assignments, formed comments and questions, taken notes in response to the text, etc. – prior to class. Bring your textbook to class; we will routinely “use the book” in class.
Exams:
Exams will be closed book. The exams will cover material from study assignments, from the lectures, from assigned newspaper articles, and from classroom discussions and activities. Exams will notbe comprehensive, but course concepts do build on one another, requiring that you don't discard material after a exam.In addition to assigned readings, cases, and newspaper articles, anytopic discussed in class is “fair game” for an exam unless I explicitly say, “This won’t be on the exam.”
Reviews may or may not be offered in class prior to exams, depending on student participation, preparation, and interest.
No cell phones, calculators, PDA’s, earphones, or other electronic devices may be used during exams or in-class quizzes.
All threeexams are equally weighted. Only the university approved excused absences identified above will allow you to miss aexam or exam without penalty. Any missed exam must be made up within one week. All other absences from exams will result in a grade of zero for the exam that was missed.
Students authorized to take exams at the PASS Center will pick up their exams from me in person the day of the exam and return them to me in person or by campus mail that same day so that their exams can be machine graded along with those from the rest of the class.
Each examwill require a Scantron sheet. Surprisingly, some students like to arrive late for exams. If you arrive after at least one student has departed, you will not be allowed to take the exam.
Each exam will be time limited to 50 minutes.
In-Class Quizzes:
I have scheduledin-class quizzes to encourage you to be present, on time, and prepared. These quizzes will range in difficulty from “very easy” (i.e., an “attendance quiz”) to “you really should know this if you studied the assignment at all.” These quizzes may be given on any class day. If you miss a quiz for an excused absence, the quiz must be made up within one week. Unexcused absences will result in a zero for the quiz. You will be allowed to make up two quizzes that you have missed. If you have missed four of the quizzes, you will not be allowed to make up any of the quizzes.
Connect Plus Quizzes
I have scheduled 14 quizzes on Connect Plus. The quizzes will be in addition to the in-class quizzes. I will average the in-class quiz grade and the Connect Plus quiz grade. The Connect Plus quizzes are to be taken at your convenience during the time we are discussing the appropriate material. “They will be timed quizzes and will be approximately 20 questions. The in-class and Connect Plus quiz average will represent 25% of your grade.
Changes to Syllabus:
This syllabus is subject to change. Announcements in class take precedence over any other communication. “You must have mentioned that on the day I was absent,” will not be acceptable as an excuse for missed assignments, not knowingabout changes in exam dates, etc.
ADA Syllabus Statement
Any student who, because of a disability, may require special arrangements in order to meet the course requirements should contact the instructor as soon as possible to make any necessary arrangements. Students should present appropriate verification from Student Disability Services during the instructor’s office hours. Please note instructors are not allowed to provide classroom accommodations to a student until appropriate verification from Student Disability Services has been provided. For additional information, you may contact the Student Disability Services office in 335 West Hall or 806-742-2405.
Academic Integrity:
It is expected that each person will do his or her own work except where I explicitly authorize it. Scholastic dishonesty on any of the assignments or exams will merit a grade of F for the course. Cheating, plagiarism, collusion, falsifying academic records, and misrepresenting facts as defined on page 49 of the 2005-06Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog will not be tolerated. For help, see
In my opinion, most students would prefer not to cheat. On the other hand, we kid ourselves if we do not recognize that a culture of cheating prevails in many classrooms. While the truly creative cheater will always remain one or more steps ahead of the teacher, I will take certain basic steps to try to reduce cheating. Look for multiple exam versions, no use of calculators, random seating for exams, exchange of Scantron sheets, etc. to be employed from time to time. To those of you who don’t cheat, I apologize in advance.
Civility in the Classroom:
Students are expected to assist in maintaining a classroom environment that is conducive to learning. In order to assure that all students have an opportunity to gain from time spent in class, unless otherwise approved by the instructor, students are prohibited from using cellular phones or beepers, eating or drinking in class, making offensive remarks, reading newspapers, sleeping, or engaging in any other form of distraction. In particular, I consider late arrival to class, early departure from class,ringing cell phones or beepers, and talking with your neighboras classroom incivilities. Inappropriate behavior in the classroom shall result in, minimally, a request to leave class.
Please don’t “pack up” to leave until I’m finished.
Grading:
Grades will be awarded for the following items:
75 % Exams1 – 3
25 % In Class and Connect Plus Quizzes
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100 % Total Possible
Your final course average will be the arithmetic weighted average of all of your grades. You will find your grades posted on-line, and each grade will be weighted as described above.
Amazingly, students will sometimes not do all of their assigned work!They may then find, at or near the end of the semester, that they are failing or that they may “make a C” and their GPA “can’t stand this.” They then come to me and ask for extra credit assignments or for the opportunity to do assignments that they “missed” earlier in the semester. Some have even claimed–more than two months after assignments have been graded and returned–that they “just now” noticed that they don’t have a grade for anassignment that they “know” that they turned in and that I must have lost it. Folks, we are not going to play these games. If you believe you are missing a grade, you have one class period from the time a quiz or assignment is due to meet with me to work it out. Otherwise, the grade stands. “I wasn’t there that day,” or “I can’t access the on-line quizzes from home,” or other such comments will not be excuses.
Grading Practices:
A90-100 Excellent = The student can critique and synthesize course concepts (i.e., can see pros
and cons, strengths and weaknesses and can integrate concepts into meaningful wholes).
B 80-89.44Good =The student can apply and analyze course concepts (i.e., can put his or her understanding to work in the workplace and can find connections between concepts).
C70-79.44Average =The student has comprehended course concepts (i.e., in addition to knowing
what also knows why—understands).
D60-69.44Inferior =The student has minimally absorbed course concepts (i.e., knows what was
covered, but not much more).
F00-59.44Failure = None of the above.
As described on pages 2, 48, and 50 of the 2005-06 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog, students may drop the course through the 45th class day and receive a grade of W regardless of their progress in the class. The grade of WF will no longer be given. If the class has not been dropped within the specified time period, the student must complete the course and receive a grade.
Although I do my best to be fair and consistent, grading is inherently somewhat subjective. It’s not unusual for students to be dissatisfied with a grade that they have earned. I will be happy to discuss your grade with you in my office. Please note the phrase “in my office.” I will not discuss grades before or after class, by telephone, or by email.
Still, I do occasionally make outright mistakes in grading such as adding up points on a exam incorrectly, entering a wrong answer on a exam key, entering incorrect grades into the “grade book”, etc. If you find these kinds of errors, please bring them to my attention – in my office – immediately.
There may–or may not–be a curve applied in assigning final grades based on your final course average. Don’t count on it. Don’t assume that grading practices in past semesters of the course will necessarily be repeated in this semester’s course. Don’t plan on “round ups” or anything else beyond what is in this syllabus to “make your grade.”
Tentative Course Schedule:*
Date / Scheduled Course Topic / PreparationJan 16 / Course Introduction
Jan 18-23 / Chap 1 / R&D Chap 1
Jan 25-30 / Chap 2 / R&D Chap 2
Feb 1-6 / Chap 3 / R&D Chap 3
Feb 8-13 / Chap 4 / R&D Chap 4
Feb 15-20 / Chap 5 / R&D Chap 5
Feb 22 / Exam 1 / Chap 1-5
Feb 25-Mar 1 / Chap 6 / R&D Chap 6
Mar 4-8 / Chap 7 / R&D Chap 7
Mar 18-22 / Chap 8 / R&D Chap 8
Mar 25-29 / Chap 9 / R&D Chap 9
Apr 1-5 / Chap 10 / R&D Chap 10
Apr 8 / Exam 2 / Chap 6-10
Apr 10-15 / Chap 11 / R&D Chap 11
Apr 12-17 / Chap 12 / R&D Chap 12
Apr 19-24 / Chap 13 / R&D Chap 13
Apr 29-May 3 / Chap 14 / R&D Chap 14
May 6 / Exam 3 / Chap 11-14
*Please note that changes may be made to the syllabus. All changes will be announced during class at least one day ahead of the scheduled class.