COURSE SYLLABUS MGT350 Fundamentals of Management

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DEPARTMENT: Management and Marketing

COURSE NUMBER & SEC.S: MGT 350-01 (Murray) CREDIT HOURS: 3

MGT 350-02 (Heath)

MGT 350-03 (Brthit)

MGT 350-04 (Union)

COURSE TITLE: Fund. of Management (ITV) SEMESTER: Summer, 2000

CLASSROOM: IT 209 MEETING TIMES: All sec.s: 7:30-9:40, MT ThF

PROFESSOR: R.B.Barton, Jr. PHONE: O: 762-6200

R: 753-8183

OFFICE: BB 413B OFFICE HOURS: 9:45 - 11:00, MT ThF

CATALOG DESCRIPTION: The fundamental concepts, relationships, and principles of managing organized activities are studied. Special emphasis is given to human behavior in organized systems, with attention to interpersonal relations, group processes, and philosophy for managing human resources effectively.

PURPOSE: To familiarize the student with the basic language of management and to introduce the student to some of the most important theories and fundamentals of management in order to prepare him/her for higher-level courses for which MGT 350 is a prerequisite.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course the student should 1) understand and be able to use appropriately the terminology of management and 2) be able to identify, understand, and apply the important theories and concepts of management within the topics covered.

CONTENT OUTLINE: This course will cover such topics as 1) the nature of management, 2) the evolution of management thought, 3) the changing management environment, 4) planning and decision making, 5) organizing, staffing, and workforce diversity 6) communicating, 7) motivating and leading, 8) managing groups, 9) change and organization development, 10) controlling,11) social responsibility and ethics, and 12) international management and cultural and diversity.

INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES: These will include lectures, questions and answers, and small group discussions. Minicases will be discussed from time to time to illustrate the application of text material.

FIELD, CLINICAL, AND/OR LABORATORY EXPERIENCES: None

RESOURCES: ITV equipment, including PowerPoint capability.

CLASS REQUIREMENTS:

Tests. There will be at least three tests, all of relatively equal weight: 40 to 50 points. The tests will consist of multiple-choice questions and, perhaps, discussion questions, depending on the number enrolled. Should it become necessary for a student to miss a test, he/she should give the professor prior notice, if possible.

Make-up tests. There will be no make-up tests in the traditional sense. Instead, any student missing a test will be required to take a totally comprehensive final test. If the student misses only one test, the final test grade will count twice. If the student misses two tests, the final test grade will count three times, etc.

Written assignments. Each student is required to hand in two 8 1/2" X 11" annotated reference pages each week for three consecutive weeks (one each Tuesday and Friday), a total of six pages. Each reference page should summarize an article on some topic related to the material being studied in this course preceded by a citation of the source. Oral reports will be given by some students on their pages when time permits. Articles may be chosen on any management-related topic from periodicals (magazines and journals), newspapers, books, or electronic sources. Reference pages must be typewritten or word processed on regular, unlined, 8 1/2" X 11" paper, front side only. Any such page written by hand, in cursive or printed, will not be accepted.

The reference entry should be separated from the article summary by one blank line. Both should be single spaced and centered on the page. The student's name should appear at the lower right corner, ending at the right margin and being separated from the article summary by one blank line. Be sure and leave equal left and right margins of one inch or more. Use of computer full justification is optional. If full justification is not used, then use hyphens to separate words at syllable breaks to make the right margin as near straight as possible. The first line of your reference entry (at the top) should establish the left and right margins. Minimum top and bottom margins equal to the left and right margins should be used if the whole front side of the page is used for the summary. If the whole front side of the page is not used, the reference entry and article summary should be vertically centered on the page. Below are examples of the front sides of two such pages, whose articles are taken from two different hard-copy sources. Some approved methods of citing electronic sources are given on two pages along with two papers from the past near the end of this syllabus.

A reference page's grade will be marked down for being late one letter for each day it is late but never lower than a "D" for lateness per se. However, these pages will not be accepted after Tuesday of the last week of classes in the summer. The following violations also will result in a letter mark down on a reference page as well:

- A page that is not 8 1/2" X 11" in dimensions,

- A page that is lined,

- A page whose writing is not centered on the page, and

- A page written on both sides, front and back.

Below are two examples for reference pages:
 
 

Grading. For students not missing any tests, grades will be computed as follows:

Three tests = 87% (29% each)

Ten reference pages = 13%

For students missing one or more tests, another weighted average will be necessary in order to take into account the greater influence of the comprehensive final test. The weights will vary, depending on the number of tests the student misses, as was indicated for Make-up tests above. The breaking points used for grading, will be as follows:

90 - 100 = A

80 - 89 = B

70 - 79 = C

60 - 69 = D

Below 60 = BLNT

Bonus points. Any student having no more than one absence for the semester will have one percentage point added to his/her end-of-term average. Also, any student taking all tests as scheduled, requiring no comprehensive final test, will receive a one- percentage-point addition to his/her end-of-term average.

AVAILABILITY OF WORK FOR EXTRA CREDIT: There will be NONE!

DEPARTMENTAL POLICY: The Department of Management and Marketing faculty expects professional-quality performance on all written work submitted for credit in our courses. Professional-quality performance includes among other things: 1)proper grammatical construction and spelling, 2) logical and clear presentation of content, and 3) neat, well-structured documents.

The faculty also expects students to be prepared for each class meeting. This includes studying assigned material before the class meeting at which it will be discussed. It also includes participating in class discussions.

ADADEMIC DISHONESTY POLICY: The College of Business and Public Affairs has an academic dishonesty policy. Each student should become familiar with it. It will be enforced. A copy of the policy may be obtained from the ITV coordinator at your site.

STUDENTS NEEDING SPECIAL ASSISTANCE: Students requiring special assistance due to a physical disability should inform the instruc- tor as soon as possible.

PROFESSORIAL PREROGATIVE: The professor reserves the right to change any part of this syllabus (except the departmental and academeic dishonesty policies noted above) he deems necessary and/or for the good of the class, contingent upon unforeseen circumstances and/or class progress. However, no change will be made capriciously or without ample prior notice to the class.

TEXT AND REFERENCES: Daft, Richard. (1997). Management. 4th ed.

Ft. Worth: Dryden. 862 pp.

PREREQUISITES: Junior standing.