Course Syllabus

Management 3141

Organizational Management

Fall 2009

Instructor: Dr. Nicholas Beadles

Office: 430 Atkinson

Phone: 445-2575

E-mail: see my policy on email

Text: Consult the Bookstore. (I used to have a hyperlink here, but the University changes links).

Office Hrs: Monday/Wednesday: 10:00-11:00 AM

Monday 3:15-5:00 PM

By Appointment (I am often in at other times, feel free to drop by for a chat - - if I’m busy I’ll let you know). I’ll generally be in at 8:00 AM M/W mornings and Tuesday, but I’m not committing to being here for “office hours”.

If you have a sense of humor then you can click here for my take on office hours (if that offended you then you can click here).

Course Description

Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor. An introduction to the management process, emphasizing planning and strategy, organizational theory and structure, and organizational behavior, direction and control including leadership, motivation, team building, management information systems and current managerial issues such as total quality management, multi-cultural impact and ethical management.

This course is a requirement for all Bachelor of Business Administration degree programs within the School of Business, a minor in Management for non-business degree programs, a minor in General Business Administration for non-business majors, and a minor in International Business for non-business degree program.

Course Topics: This course is a broad-based survey of management topics including strategic management, organizational theory, organizational behavior, human resource management, operations management, international management, business ethics, and control systems.

Course topics include:

• Approaches to management theory through history.
• The functions and roles of managers in organizations.
• Influences on managerial behavior including ethics and attitudes.
• Diversity.
• The importance of the environment on managerial decision making.
• Globalization of the marketplace.
• Planning and decision making.
• Organizational structure and job design.
• Information technology’s role in organizations.
• Leadership.
• Motivation.
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
• Organizational culture.
• The growing importance of groups in organizations.
• Communication in organizations.
• Organizational politics and conflict.
• Quality management.

Expected Course Outcomes: The student will be able to:

• define management and describe what a manager does.
• describe the development of management thought.
• describe the fundamental issues of ethics and social responsibility.
• describe the strategic planning process.
• effectively use the administrative decision making process.
• describe the human resource management function.
• discuss the impact of globalization on the marketplace.
• discuss the influence of increased diversity in the business world.
• relate the various theories of motivation to the work place.
• describe the major theories of leadership.

Policies

Evaluation and Grading:

Test 1: 17% or 170 points

Test 2: 17% or 170 points

Test 3: 17% or 170 points

Test 4: 17% or 170 points

Test 5: 20% or 200 points

Class: 12% or 120 points

Total: 100% or 1000 points

Exams

Exam format can be short answer, discussion, true/false, multiple choice (if I feel like it I might even add an interactive portion to the exam). No make-ups are provided for.

Project(s)

To be discussed in class.

Students with Disabilities

It is the policy of GCSU to accommodate students with disabilities, pursuant to federal and state law. Any student with a disability who needs accommodation, for example in seating placement or in arrangements for examinations, should inform the instructor at the beginning of the course. The chair of the department offering this course is also available to assist with accommodations. Students with disabilities are also encouraged to contact the Office of Disability Support Services.

Schedule

The following schedule indicates the topics for class discussion. Please note that this is a tentative schedule and variations (actually, they can be major variations) in timing may occur. More particularly, a given topic may “slosh over” into the next week. This is especially true following a test. Be sure to read the chapters, you are responsible for the chapters whether I have covered them in class or not. If you have a question about which chapters are on the tests please ask.

Tentative Course Outline

Week of:	Topics (other readings and work will be assigned daily as we continue throughout the course).
8/17	Introduction Chapter 1 Management
8/24	Chapter 2 History of Management
8/31	Chapter 3 Organizational Environments Test 1 Chapters 1, 2, 3 on Wednesday
9/7	Labor Day no class on Monday the 7th Chapter 4 Ethics and Social Responsibility
9/14	Chapter 5 Planning and Decision Making Chapter 6 Organizational Strategy
9/21	Test 2 Chapters 4, 5, and 6 on Monday Chapter 7 Innovation and Change
9/28	Chapter 9 Designing Adaptive Organizations
10/5	Chapter 10 Managing Teams Test 3 Chapters 7, 9, and 10 on Wednesday
10/12	Fall Break 12-13 (no class on Monday the 12^th) Chapter 11 Managing Human Resource Systems (I’ll kind-of collapse 11 and 12 together).
10/19	Chapter 12 Managing Individuals and a Diverse Work Force
10/26	Chapter 13 Motivation
11/2	Test 4 Chapters 11, 12, and 13 on Monday Chapter 14 Leadership
11/9	Chapter 14 Leadership Chapter 15 Managing Communication
11/16	Chapter 15 Managing Communication Chapter 16 Control
11/23	Thanksgiving 25-27 (no class on Wed 25^th).
11/30	Chapter 16 Control Test 5 Chapters 14, 15 and 16 on Wednesday
12/7	Last day of class: Dec 7 Semester Grades Returned: Review Final Exams Dec 8-11 These times are not binding so check the exam schedule.

BY REMAINING ENROLLED IN THIS COURSE, YOU AGREE TO THE POLICIES IN THIS SYLLABUS.

I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE SYLLABUS AS NECESSARY.