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 4313SA01, Structure and Process of Organization

                         

4.    Term: Summer 2009

 

5.    Instructor: Mr. Jeff W. Humphrey

 

6.    Office Phone and email: (210) 394-4498, humphreyjw@earthlink.net

 

7.    Office Hours, Building, and Location: Available 30 minutes prior to class and for 30 minutes after class (class room)

 

8.    Class Meeting Time and Location: Saturday, 8:00 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. Lackland Air Force Base, Bldg. 5725, Rm 243

 

9.    Catalog Description: A systems approach to the study of organizations, influence of macro and micro environments on organization activity, alternative design process, organizational change and development, and applications of situational/contingency theory of management. Prerequisite: MGMT 3304 or consent of instructor.

 

10.  Prerequisites: MGMT 3304 or consent of division.

 

11.  Required Textbook and Resources:

 

BOOK

AUTHOR

ED

YEAR

PUBLISHER

ISBN#

REVIEW

Supervision Today!

Robbins/DeCenzo

6th

2010

Pearson Education, Inc.

0-13-503842-1

Spring 09

 

12.  Optional Materials: None

 

13.  Course Outcome Competencies:

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

·         Define and Understand supervisors’ role and challenges in today’s environment.

·         Identify the significant changes that have occurred in the composition of the workforce.

·         Define productivity, benchmarking, and six sigma, and critical path.

·         Describe the ingredients common to goal-setting. 

·         Explain how strategic and business planning should link from the top to the bottom of an organization. 

·         Define organizing, and, describe and discuss how to organize an effective department.    

·         Understand how to acquire the right people and describe the Human Resource Management process to include appraisals, feedback, conflict resolution and labor relations.       

·         Describe how to design and implement controls. 

·         Understand the decision-making process; describe decision styles and approaches to problem solving.

·         Define motivation and be able to identify motivational theories.

·         Explain the effect of workforce diversity on motivating employees.

·         Define/describe groups, teams, effective leadership styles and communication processes.

 

14.  Attendance Requirements: Any student who misses 25% or more of the regular scheduled class meetings will

receive a grade of “F” for the course.  Three tardy occurrences will be counted as one absence.

 

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: Students will demonstrate competency through two (2) written             examinations, an eight (8) to ten (10) page research paper (in APA format), a ten (10) minute oral presentation

            based on the content of the assigned research paper, and participation and attendance as follows:

            1. Mid-Term Exam                             30 points

            2. Final Exam                                      30 points

            3. Research Paper                              20 points

            4. Research Paper Oral Presentation            10 points

            5. Participation and Attendance______ 10 points

                                                                         100 points total         

            The University has a standard grade scale: A = 90-100, B = 80-89, C = 70-79, D = 60-69, and F = Below 60.

 

 

            17.  TENTATIVE SCHEDULE: (Calendar, Topics, Assignments)

 

      DATE                              ASSIGNMENT

 

May 30        Introduction / Research Paper Assignments / Chapter 1

                      

June 6         Chapters 2 & 3

 

June 13       Chapters 4 & 5

 

June 20       Chapters 6 & 7

 

June 27       Chapters 8 & 9

 

July 4        Mid-Term Exam (Chapters 1-9) / Begin Chapter 10

 

July 11        Chapters 10 & 11

 

July 18        Chapters 12 & 13 / Research Papers Due / Oral                      Presentations

 

July 25        Chapters 14 & 15 / Oral Presentations

 

August 1       Chapter 16 / Oral Presentations

 

August 8      Final Exam (Chapters 10-16)