SYLLABUS

1. Wayland Baptist University, San Antonio Campus, School of Business

2. Mission Statement: Wayland Baptist University exists to educate students in an academically challenging,

Learning-focused and distinctively Christian environment for professional success, lifelong learning, and service to God and humankind.

3. Course: MGMT 3304 – SA03 Principles of Management

4. Term: Summer 2009: May 25 – August 8, 2009

5. Instructor: Thaddeus G. Fernandez

6. Office Phone and email: 210-464-4824 / tgf21222@swbell.net

7. Office Hours, Building, and Location: N/A

8. Class Meeting Time and Location: Thursday, 4:00 p.m. – 8:10 p.m.; Boeing

9. Catalog Description: Concepts of management for both profit and nonprofit organizations; management functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling; and managerial skills and roles in today's environment

10. Prerequisites: none

11. Required Textbook and Resources:

BOOK	AUTHOR	ED	YEAR	PUBLISHER	ISBN#	REVIEW
Management	Robbins/Coulter	9th	2007	Pearson	0-132-25773-4	Spring 09

12. Optional Materials:

13. Course Outcome Competencies:

Upon completion of this course the student should be able to:

• Define management and the management process and explain the functions of management in an organization.
• Discuss the four major historical eras of management theory and distinguish two major contributions made by each historical era.
• Define organization culture and describe the seven dimensions of organization culture
• Describe the two external environments and distinguish the impact each environment has on management.
• Distinguish between international management and U.S. management.
• Discuss the concept of social responsibility and discuss the role of ethics within the application of the management process.
• Outline the steps in decision making and describe the three decision types.
• Define planning and explain the utility of goals in planning in management.
• Diagram the strategic management planning process and differentiate between corporate and functional strategic plans.
• Describe the application of planning tools in goal setting and planning.
• Define communications and explain the nature of formal and informal communications within an organization.
• Discuss the functional role of human resource management in strategic planning and organizing
• List and describe techniques for reducing resistance of organizational members to change and two techniques for reducing members stress to change.

14. Attendance Requirements: Attendance at all lectures is required. If absent for class, it is the student’s responsibility to obtain information missed in class. Any student who misses 25% (three classes) or more of the regularly scheduled class meetings will receive a grade of “F” for the course. Three tardies / early departures will equal one absence; a tardy is defined as 10 or minutes.

15. Disability Statement: “It is university policy that no otherwise qualified disabled person be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any educational program or activity in the university.”

16: Course Requirements and Grading Criteria:

A= 90 -100% B=80-89% C=70-79% D=60-69% F=59 and below

17. Tentative Schedule: (Calendar, Topics, Assignments)

Date	Classroom Activity	Assignment Due
May 28	Chapters 1 & 2 / Introduction to Management	Read
June 4	Chapters 3 , 4 & 5 / Defining	Case: A Perfect Response to an Imperfect Store Research Proposal Outlines.
June 11	Chapters 6 & 7 / Planning	Read
June 18	Chapters 8 & 9 / Planning	Case: Fast Company
June 25	Chapter 10 & 11; Review for Exam / Organizing	Case: Fixing What’s Broken : HP’s Structural Challenge
July 2	Mid-Term Examination / Chapters 12 & 13 / Organizing	Read
July 9	Chapters 14 & 15 / Leading	Case: Washington Mutual Read
July 16	Chapters 16 & 17 / Leading	Oral outlines due
July 23	Chapter 18 / Controlling	Case: Blurred Vision
July 30	Chapter 19/ ; Review for Exam /Controlling	Research Papers due
Aug 6	Final Examination	None

June 4 - Research proposal outlines due. Outline should be no more than two pages and will include the following:

Name: / Proposed Topic: / Draft Abstract: / Sources you have to date.

July 23 - Oral presentations 10-12 minutes; provide written outline one week prior (topic, body, and conclusion) students are expected to ask a least one thought provoking question after the presentation (not timed).

July 30 – Research papers due, 15 to 20 pages body, APA format; be sure to include an abstract. Papers will be double-spaced, Times New Roman 12.

18. Additional information as desired by the faculty member.

This class will adhere to zero tolerance for using someone else’s work as your own. It will result in course failure if written of verbal presentations are plagiarized. Any research is subject to comparison with Turnitit.com at the discretion of the instructor.