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Course Syllabus Spring Semester 2011

Course Syllabus Spring Semester 2011 “We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started, and know the place for the first time.” T. S. Eliot.

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Course Syllabus Spring Semester 2011

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  1. Course Syllabus Spring Semester 2011 “We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started, and know the place for the first time.” T. S. Eliot Utah Valley UniversityWoodbury School of BusinessOrganizational BehaviorManagement 3000/Section 002

  2. Course and Contact Information • Instructor: Dr. Taggart F. Frost • Room: 113Woodbury • Course Meeting: TR • Course Hours: 8:30 – 9:45 AM • Telephone: 863- 6148 • E-Mail taggart.frost@uvu.edu • Office: 251 Woodbury • Office Hours: 11:15 – 12:15 PM, TR • Course Website:www.mymanagementlab.com, ftp.bus.uvu.edu/tfrost

  3. Textbook and Course Description • Textbook: Organizational Behavior by Robbins and Judge, Fourteenth Edition, Online Text or Hard Copy, Access Code for My Management Lab, Course ID# CRSCDEK-801740 • Course Description: “Studies behavioral theories and concepts for creating effective organizations. Deals with knowledge of individual, group, and organizational processes and variables focusing on practical application of how people work. Presents topics on communication, leadership, motivation, conflict management, socialization, team building, decision making, diversity, ethics, and culture. Includes lectures, case studies, oral presentations, written assignments and group projects.”

  4. Course Objectives • Describe what managers must do to manage individuals, groups, and organizational systems. • Define the field of organizational behavior and briefly discuss how diversity and national culture impact organizational behavior. • Demonstrate both self-awareness and awareness of others on key interpersonal differences such as personality, attitudes, perception, attribution, needs, and motives.

  5. Course Objectives • Effectively utilize groups/teams as well as your own interpersonal skills. • Articulate the value of human resources and the systems by which organizations attract, select, develop, evaluate, and compensate employees. • Discuss the issues related to the effective management of organizational change. • Analyze situations with ethical implication and apply ethical decision-making principles.

  6. Course Expectations • Proactive Learning: Each student must take responsibility for his or her own learning and education. It is critical that you become an intrinsic motivated student in the acquisition of knowledge, truth and wisdom. You must be an active participant in the learning process rather than being a spectator.

  7. Course Expectations • Academic Integrity: “In keeping with university policy, evidence of academic dishonesty will always result in a zero for the assignment, may result in a failing grade in the course and disciplinary review by the college. Examples of academic dishonesty include faking of data, sharing information during an exam, discussing an exam with another student who has not taken the exam, consulting reference material during an exam and submitting a written assignment which was authored by someone other than you. Do no plagiarize the work of others.”

  8. Course Expectations • Attendance and Participation: This course requires your attendance and participation with regards to in-class discussions, exercises, cases, class presentations and projects. • Students with Disabilities: “If you have any disability that may impair your ability to successfully complete this course, please contact the Accessibility Services Department located in room BU 146. Accommodations are granted for all students who have qualified documented disabilities.” • Community and Societal Contributions: It will be expected that every student will take the knowledge and skills acquired from this course and add value to the community to which he or she resides.

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  13. Course Evaluation • Quizzes– There will be three quizzes. Each quiz will consist of multiple-choice, essay questions and a case study may be included. Quizzes 1 and 2 will be given in the Testing Center during the scheduled dates. The final quiz will be given in class during Finals Week. Each quiz will be worth 75 points.

  14. Course Evaluation • Classroom Citizenship – Broadly defined, classroom citizenship is the individual effort on your part to attend class promptly and contribute, by way of participation, to the learning community. There will be 100 points for classroom citizenship. You are expected to be fully prepared to engage in discussion with respect to the readings, cases, exercises, class presentations and other additional material. Two absences will be allowed during the semester without affecting your grade. Three or more absences will reduce your final grade. “Attendance and minimum participation, speaking only when called upon, will be graded as average or C for this segment of your final grade. Higher grades are the result of participation which adds to what has already been offered or discussed, or which adds a new perspective or thought.”

  15. Course Evaluation • Classroom Citizenship – “Distracting behavior, such as completing assignments for other classes, talking while others are speaking, playing games or surfing websites and email on your laptop, text messaging on your cell phone, or other means of disrupting the class are not acceptable. If you are using your laptop and phone for other activities during class, you will be considered absent.”

  16. Course Evaluation • Personal Reflective Paper – “Effective employee motivation has long been one of management’s most difficult and important duties. Success in this endeavor is becoming more challenging in light of organizational trends to downsize and reengineer and the demands associated with managing a diverse workforce. The term motivation derives from the Latin word movere, meaning to move.” Therefore, a critical question to ask yourself is what motivates me to move toward organizational productivity and why. The purpose of this paper is to understand and evaluate your own system of motivation within an organizational setting. This paper is worth 100 points and will be due on the 14th April at the beginning of class. • Refer to Personal Reflective Paper Requirements Handout!!

  17. Course Evaluation • Ethical Verbal Team Presentations – Teams will verbally present an ethical dilemma, which is found at the end of each chapter, to the class. Each team will highlight the case, pose critical questions, and facilitate discussion. The presentation will be no longer than 30 minutes. The presentation will be worth 100 points. A detailed handout of the above requirements will be provided to each team.

  18. Course Grading • Quiz and Paper Late Assignment Policy – All quizzes must be taken on the scheduled dates. Any exception, granted by the professor, to this policy will result in a 25% penalty. All presentations and papers must be given and handed in on their appropriate due dates at the beginning of class. Any exception, authorized by the professor, will be penalized 10% per day after the due date. Projects and assignments turned in after seven days will not be accepted for credit.

  19. Course Grading • No Extra Credit – No extra credit will be given within this course. • Distribution of Points – There will be a total of 525points.

  20. Course Grading • Grading Policy – “Your total points earned in the course will be converted to a percentage which will determine your final grade based on the following School of Business grading scale:” • 0 – 59.9% E • 60 – 63.9% D- • 64.0 – 66.9% D • 67.0 – 69.9% D+ • 70.0 – 73.9% C- • 74.0 – 76.9% C • 77.0 – 79.9% C+ • 80.0 – 83.9% B- • 84.0 – 86.9% B • 87.0 – 89.9% B+ • 90.0 – 93.9% A- • 94.0 and up A

  21. Course Grading • Feedback and Advising– I strongly encourage you to meet with me during the course for feedback with regard to how you are doing academically. In so doing, I will be able to advise and offer assistance in the achievement of course objectives. As your professor, I am very willing to help you help yourself in a responsible and mature way.

  22. Class Format • 1. Introduction of topic… • 2. Review of the chapter assigned… • 3. Highlight key concepts, theories and issues found within the chapter… • 4. Highlight the class assignments (discussion questions, hands-on exercises, skills and best practices, etc)… • 5. Additional information, exercises, instruments, videos/DVD and etc… • 6. Review and summary…

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