Course Syllabus: EMGT 5110 Managerial Decision Making
Summer 2015 Mon & Wed 4:00-6:30 PM Central Time Room 209 CompSci
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Instructor: Jim Highfill.
E-Mail:
Contact Prof. Highfill;
· I recommend that students use email to reach me, but you also can call the Engineering Management office and leave a message. They will get it to me. If you send an email from a non-mst.edu address, I will reply to that address if a reply is appropriate. However, if I initiate a message, I will usually be sending it to your mst.edu address.
· I will try to reply to emails from students (both on-line and on-campus) as quickly as I can. This might be within a few minutes or as much as 24 hours or more depending upon the timing of your message and what information I might require to reply. I usually won’t respond to messages I receive after class meetings until the next day at the earliest. I usually won’t respond to email messages received after about 9 PM central time on other days until the next day at the earliest. (I might, but I can’t guarantee it.) Please be aware that I might need to forward an email from you to a staff person or another faculty member to provide a response.
· If you need to meet with me in person for some reason, please contact me directly via email and I will arrange a time and a campus location with you or speak with you by telephone if you are an online student. I will try to be on-campus in my office between about 2 PM and 3:00 PM central time on Mondays & Wednesdays. I also may be on-campus but do not have an official office.
Course Objectives: · To introduce students to the principles, processes, and practices of making decisions in organizations including negotiation processes.
· To provide students with sufficient background to permit them to successfully evaluate arguments and evidence associated with managerial practice and scholarship in the areas of behavioral decision making and negotiation.
· To develop students’ abilities to independently assimilate and integrate concepts and examples from decision making and negotiation research and application.
Course Format: ·The course consists of regular class meetings conducted in a lecture/discussion format supplemented by the text and assignments. We will make use of relevant Internet resources, including “Blackboard” https://blackboard.mst.edu/webapps/login/ .
· This syllabus applies to both the on-campus and the online sections. Online students should familiarize themselves with the information available from the Video Communications Center (VCC) http://vcc.mst.edu/stus/index.html
Online students should contact the VCC at for any questions or problems associated with the technical aspects of connections and so forth.
Text: · Bazerman, Max H. & Moore, Don A. (2013). 8th ed. Judgment in Managerial Decision Making, Hoboken NJ: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 978-1-118-06570-9
The grading policy and schedule appear below and on the following pages.
Grading Policy:
Grades for all students will be assigned based upon the following percentages:
90 –100 = A
80 – 89 = B
70 – 79 = C
60 – 69 = D (F for grad students)
0 – 59 = F
Grading elements for ON-CAMPUS UNDERGRADUATES:
Grading for on-campus undergraduates will be based upon the points accumulated from exams, assignments (including quizzes, if any), and class participation as described in the following paragraphs.
· Assignments and quizzes (if any), and participation.
Assignments and quizzes: Details and instructions including due dates for out of class work will be distributed at the appropriate time throughout the course. Assignments submitted to me late will not receive full credit. Quizzes (if any) will usually be announced in advance, but I reserve the right to give unannounced quizzes if I feel that it is appropriate.
Class participation: *Class participation refers to your attendance, conduct, class citizenship, and contributions to the overall success of the course and the learning experiences of your fellow students.
*I plan to take attendance. Excessive unjustified absences (per my judgment) will result in substantial reductions in or elimination of your participation credit. I understand students occasionally have good reasons why they cannot attend class, but your grade will suffer if you don’t attend regularly.
*Please note that if you engage in inappropriate classroom behaviors I reserve the right to penalize you also through point deductions or other procedures the university authorizes.
*Any use of electronic devices in class without my permission will be considered inappropriate and subject to penalty. This includes using phones, mp3 players (ipods), tablets, computers, or other mobile devices for texting, web-surfing, reading email, or playing games. Other examples of behaviors subject to penalties include (but aren’t limited to) sleeping, inappropriate talking, working on tasks unrelated to this class during this class, distracting others (including me) or disrupting class in any way.
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Grading elements for on-campus GRADUATE students and all ONLINE (distance) students:
Grading for the on-campus grad students (if any) and the online section students will be based upon individual assignments completed throughout the course in lieu of exams (this will comprise 75% of your grade). Assignment requirements and guidelines for the grad / online students will be issued separately.
There will also be a course paper that I will assign that will be weighted as 15% of your grade. Instructions and guidelines, including due dates, will be provided separately from this syllabus.
Finally, participation will be weighted as 10% of your grade. I understand online students may sometimes have work schedule conflicts and I take that into account. However, your participation credit is largely based upon your attendance and any occasional interactions with me that I may require or recommend. If you are unable to attend class due to an ongoing work schedule conflict, please make sure you discuss your situation with me. If you do not have such a work schedule conflict, then I expect you to attend live. Online students without a work schedule conflict who are missing class frequently will not earn their participation credit. (If you need to miss class on some rare occasions, please let me know and you probably will not need to be concerned.)
NOTE: You must earn your grade from those grade elements above in the proportions stated. DO NOT request to do “extra” work to raise your grade. I cannot allow students to earn grades via means not available to everyone else in their grading element group (e.g., online students) and it doesn’t make sense to allow, for example, anyone who doesn’t have an “A” at the end of the course to do “extra” work to receive an “A.”
Revisions to this syllabus and additional course information:
Although I do not plan to make changes to this syllabus, if the need for revisions or corrections arises, I will post those changes on Blackboard and announce them in class. I will also post additional course information on Blackboard as appropriate (e.g., instructions for papers & presentations). Please make sure that you monitor Blackboard and your S&T email account for additional course information during the semester.
Course Schedule: · The TENTATIVE course schedule is below.
NOTE: You should be reading the text material per the following schedule to keep up.
I plan to follow the sequences of topics below; however, I may continue discussing topics listed in one week during the following week if necessary. I may also start a topic from the next week during the previous week if it seems reasonable to do so.
I may elect to spend more time during class on certain chapters and topics than on others so lectures may not be exactly proportional to the text content. I may not discuss all topics covered in any given chapter.
NOTE to Undergraduates in the on-campus section:
Unless I explicitly indicate that some topics in the text are not covered on the exam, you are responsible for any topic covered in each chapter. If any adjustments to the schedule are needed, I will announce them in class and via Blackboard.
·Please note the various important dates and deadlines for the fall semester:
http://registrar.mst.edu/media/administrative/registrar/documents/calendars/fs14dates.pdf
Week 1 Jun 8 / Intro, Chapter 1 and related topics; possibly start next week’s topic if time permitsWeek 2 Jun 10 / Chapter 2 and related topics;
Week 3 Jun 15 / Chapter 3 topics and related topics
Week 4 Jun 17 / Chapter 4 and related topics
Week 5 Jun 22 / Chapter 5 and related topics
Week 6 Jun 24 / Chapter 6 and related topics
Week 7 Jun 29 / Chapter 7 and related topics
Week 8 Jul 1 / Chapter 8 and related topics
Week 9 Jul 6 / Mathematical Models for Decision Making
Week 10 Jul 8 / Chapter 9 and related topics
Week 11 Jul 13 / Use of Statistics and Decisions at Multiple Organization Levels
Week 12 Jul 15 / Chapter 10 and related topics
Week 13 Jul 20 / Chapter 11 and related topics
Week 14 Jul 22 / Chapter 12 and related topics
Week 15 Jul 27 / Map of Book and how to use the text as Reference
Week 16 Jul 29 / “Bad Decisions” Revisited with Strategy Discussion
Academic Integrity: · I believe most students are honest and ethical. However, I believe it is appropriate for me to explicitly state my policy on cheating and plagiarism.
· In addition to not actually cheating or plagiarizing, students must make every reasonable effort to avoid the appearance of cheating and plagiarism. Cheating on an exam may result in a score of “0” for that exam. Anyone suspected of cheating or plagiarism may face suspension from the course and a course grade of “F.” Additional penalties may be incurred in accordance with university regulations: http://registrar.mst.edu/academicregs/index.html
· There is an Honor Code developed and endorsed by the Missouri S&T Student Council: the Honor Code can be found at this link: http://stuco.mst.edu/about/honor.shtml. Please read and reflect upon the Honor code and its emphasis on HONESTY and RESPECT.
Page 30 of the Student Academic Regulations handbook describes the student standard of conduct relative to the University of Missouri System's Collected Rules and Regulations section 200.010, and offers descriptions of academic dishonesty including cheating, plagiarism or sabotage.
Other informational resources for students regarding ethics and integrity can be found online at http://ugs.mst.edu/academicintegrity/studentresources-ai
Academic Alert System: http://academicalert.mst.edu
·The purpose of the Academic Alert System is to improve the overall academic success of students by improving communication among students, instructors and advisors; reducing the time required for students to be informed of their academic status in a course; and informing students of actions necessary by them in order to meet the academic requirements in their courses.
(NOTE: I usually do not use the academic alert system with Graduate students, but I may if I believe it would be appropriate in a particular case. For Graduate students, I usually communicate with you via email or in person about academic issues before or instead of using the academic alert system.)
S&Tconnect: https://blackboard.mst.edu/ (S&Tconnect tab)
Coming fall 2014, Missouri S&T is implementing a new advising system as part of the four UM campuses Comprehensive Retention Initiative called S&Tconnect. S&Tconnect provides an enhanced system that allows students to request appointments with their instructors and advisors via the S&Tconnect calendar, which syncs with the faculty or staff member’s Outlook Exchange calendar. S&Tconnect will also facilitate better communication overall to help build student academic success and increase student retention. S&Tconnect Early Alert will replace the Academic Alert system used by Missouri S&T. However, Academic Alert will continue to run in parallel with Early Alert until the end of the fall 2014 semester. Training will be provided beginning opening week of fall 2014 semester.
NOTE: Please email me directly for any appointment requests as I am often not on-campus.
Academic Support: · Students who may require academic support should be aware of the following:
Disability Support Services: http://dss.mst.edu
Students inquiring about academic accommodations because of a disability should contact
Disability Support Services so that appropriate and reasonable accommodative services can be
determined and recommended. Disability Support Services is located in 204 Norwood Hall. Their phone number is 341-4211 and their email is .
"If you have a documented disability and anticipate needing accommodations in this course, you are strongly encouraged to meet with me (Dr. Spurlock) early in the semester. You will need to request that the Disability Services staff send a letter to me verifying your disability and specifying the accommodation you will need before I can arrange your accommodation."
The Burns & McDonnell Student Success Center
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Visit the B&MSSC at 198 Toomey Hall; 573-341-7596; ; facebook: www.facebook.com/mstssc ; web: www.studentsuccess.com
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