SYLLABUS
1.
2. Mission Statement:
learning-focused
and distinctively Christian environment for professional success, lifelong
learning, and service to God and humankind.
3. Course: MGMT 4313
– SA01, 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)