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Contents
Contact
and Class Details
Course
Objective
Attendance
Exams
Quizzes
Presentation
Final Grade
Schedule
Contact
and Class Details
| Instructor |
Jim Mager |
| Meeting time |
8:00 a.m. to 10:10 a.m., MW |
| Phone |
650-2669 or 650-2750 |
| Office Hours |
10:30 a.m. to noon on Monday and Wednesday and by
appointment |
| Office |
Room AH 2126 |
Text:
Robbins, Steven and Coulter, Mary, MANAGEMENT, Sixth Ed.,
ã
1999.
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Course
Objective:
This course is designed to provide an understanding of
basic concepts of management within organizations. Discussions will focus on how organizations function within
their external and internal environments, and the fundamentals of the
manager's job within the organization. Course material will be both
from the text and lecture. Lecture material can, and will, be from
sources other than the text.
To
add to the quality of the class meetings, staying current with the
readings would be greatly appreciated. The more prepared that you
come to class, the more we can have meaningful and enjoyable discussions
about management principles. Of course, if you would rather not
prepare for class and just passively sit there, I will be forced to hold
mostly a lecture session--BORING! You decide.
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Attendance:
I
realize things such as family, work, and children can take priority,
however, you have signed up for this course. My assumption is that
you have allocated time to attend the meetings. If coming to the
class meetings cannot be given your priority, I can respect your
situation. By the same token, please understand that the goals,
objectives, and activities of the class will move forward regardless of
what priorities you have set.
Attendance
will not be taken. As "excused" absences will not be
granted, it is not necessary to seek my permission to miss class.
Coming to class is your choice and I will honor your decision. Upon
exercising your choice, also expect to accept the responsibility and
consequences for the outcome of that decision.
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Exams:
There will be four exams with 70 questions each.
Exams will be mostly comprised of multiple choice and true/false.
The number of questions will be announced prior to each exam. On
occasion, essay questions may be included. A request for
making up, or rescheduling an exam, will be given very little
consideration (in most cases it will not be honored). A make-up exam
will be considered in only the most dire, and documented, cases (your
debilitating illness or the death of an immediate family member). If
a make-up test is granted, you should expect it to be an extremely challenging
essay exam.
A "scantron" sheet is
required to be brought with the participant for the exam.
These sheets are available at the bookstore.
Tests will cover text and lecture material.
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Quizzes:
There
will be unannounced quizzes of current material being covered.
The points for the quizzes will accumulate up to 25 points.
Missed quizzes cannot be made up. As with tests,
quizzes may cover text and lecture material.
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Final
Grade:
The final grade will be determined as follows:
305
points possible
from tests, quizzes and the case.
90%
and above is an A
80% and above is a B
70% and above is a C
60% and above is a D
Below 60% is an E
Note:
Being
"close" to the next higher grade range does not imply that the
student is to be given the benefit of the doubt. The time to
demonstrate that a higher grade had been earned is throughout the duration
of the class--not during a "negotiation" session at the end of
the term. The "eleventh hour lobby" for a higher grade is
not welcome!
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Schedule:
| June 5 |
Test # 1 |
Chapters 1 through 6 |
| June 26 |
Test # 2 |
Chapters 7 through 11 |
| July 17 |
Test # 3 |
Chapters 12 through 16 |
| Finals Week |
Test # 4 |
17 through 19 & Comprehensive |
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