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This sample
syllabus was used by Dr. Fran McKee-Ryan during Winter 2005. It should be
replaced with the syllabus that will be used by Marla Hacker.
BA 352—Organizational Behavior (
Dr. Fran
McKee-Ryan
Winter 2005
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Class
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T/Th 8 – 10 am OR 10 am – noon |
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Office
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Bexell
424 |
Office
Hours |
T/W/Th 2:30-3:30 |
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E-mail |
Phone |
737-6030 |
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TA |
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TA
Contact |
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Books |
Required:
Kinicki, A. & Kreitner, R. (2003). Organizational
Behavior: Key Concepts, Skills, & Best Practices. Byham, W. C. (1998). Zapp! The Lightning of Empowerment. Recommended: Covey, S. R. (1989). The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Covey, S. R.
(2004). The 8th Habit: From
Effectiveness to Greatness. |
MY PHILOSOPHY OF LEARNING
Learning is an active process! My goal as an instructor is to help
you learn to think.
(That
doesn’t mean to tell you what to think, but to encourage you to grow
& develop in the way you think about things.)
My role is to establish a
constructive learning environment where you are comfortable to share your ideas
and opinions openly.
I
will come prepared and use various different techniques to stimulate your
thinking.
Your job is to “own” your personal learning.
My expectations are that each of you will:
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¨ come to class regularly ¨ be prepared for
each session (i.e., complete any reading and/or assignment) ¨ make regular and
meaningful contributions
to class discussions |
¨ actively contribute to
your team activities ¨ behave
professionally and with integrity ¨ adopt
airplane takeoff rules: We begin on
time and all portable electronic devices must be stowed. No cell phones at
any time. |
WHY DO YOU
NEED THIS CLASS?
No matter what career you have, you
will either manage others or be managed. If management was easy and common-sense, Dilbert would not be a household name.
Effective use of “human resources” (employees) is a critical component for
successful business in today’s global, service-oriented economy. Whatever your major, working with and through
others (the definition of management) is crucial to your success. BA 352 gives you an opportunity to learn
about organizational behavior & management in a way that you can apply it
throughout your career.
What Can You Expect to Learn During
the Next 10 Weeks?
Ø Traditional & current organizational behavior (
Ø Insight into human behavior at work (on the individual, group, and
organizational level) by emphasizing theory, research, practice, and personal
experience.
Ø Why employees are among organizations’ most valuable resources.
THE PAYOFF—After
Successfully Completing This Course—You Will Be Able To:
Ø Spot a “Dilbert Manager” from across the room and know what to do to
avoid being in someone’s “bad boss” story.
Ø Solve real-world management dilemmas & problems using 100 years of
research in business.
Ø Communicate your views and ideas in a coherent and competent way (both
verbally and in writing).
Ø Be a team player and make a valuable contribution to high-quality
products.
Ø Apply what you know about management and org behavior to your own
career.
LEARNING
ASSESSMENTS
EXAMS
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There
are two
exams: a midterm and a comprehensive
final (making up about 55% of your overall grade). Exams are not given early or
late and grades are not curved. Exams are about half essay, and half some
combination of multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and matching. The final exam
is comprehensive, and we’ll have a review session. Its focus is application of
what you’ve learned.
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Any
material covered in class or in the text may appear on an exam. Some
questions are on facts/definitions, but most ask you to apply the
material (i.e., integrate your OB knowledge
with real-world problems). Thus you need to be able to think about and apply
the concepts we learn in class to succeed. Questions are from the book and from
class, including (but not limited to) lectures, class discussions, videos,
speakers, exercises, and team activities.
Personal
Reflection & Team Process Paper
This
paper is a 2-5 pages to a) individually respond to what you have learned about
management &
PARTNER CASES
You will work with a partner to complete two case
analysis papers: CSRs at Computerized
Solutions and Zapp! The Lightning of
Empowerment.
TEAM PROJECTS
Students form themselves into teams that keep the same members for the
term (so that the team becomes a focal point for skill development &
learning). Your team’s success depends on
you. In extreme cases, a non-contributing group member may be “fired” from
the team. A fired team member must either a) be “hired” by another team or b)
complete all remaining team assignments alone.
Key points related to teamwork:
¨ All
team members are responsible for the content included in any team assignment or
project you turn in. Make
sure that your project is something you’re willing to put your name on.
¨ Each
team assignment must be a cohesive team project. It must not seem like four or five sections that have been cut &
pasted together without knowing each others’ parts!
¨ Each
team member must contribute to each team project. It’s not OK to have each
person do half of the assignments.
¨ Every
team member must present at least once during the term. Not all members have to
present at each presentation.
¨ Collaborate
only with the members of your team on the projects: you should not discuss them with any other teams (from your class or
other classes).
¨ Team
members rate the performance of each team member and allocate points
accordingly.
à Individual
grades are computed based on the average of all team member responses.
à Ratings are confidential,
non-negotiable, and are not changed once calculated.
à Evaluations
are due at the time of your team presentation, or you forfeit the opportunity
to rate your teammates and lose 5 points.
SMALLER PROJECT: 7-Habits Assignment
Note: Projects will be returned after all 7
(or 8) habits have been presented, regardless of when your team presents.
Each team is responsible for one of the seven habits from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
and 2 deliverables:
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Handout: Write a 1-page handout (can be double-sided). A
manager should be able to pick up that piece of paper and implement the habit
based only this document. This should be provided to your peers. Note:
All written material must be written by your team—not taken directly from existing sources.
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Presentation: Each team has 20 minutes (only) to overview
the Habit to the class (5 minutes) and provide an activity to illustrate the
Habit in a practical way for the class. This should “personalize” the habit to your
classmates. (10-15 minutes).
BIGGER
PROJECT: International Handbook
Businesses today operate
in a global economy, and research shows that managerial practices and behaviors
must be modified for different cultures. The purpose of this assignment is to
identify action strategies that should be used when working abroad in a
business setting. You have been hired as consultants to develop a handbook to
prepare US employees for a short-term international assignment. 4 deliverables:
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Team:
Project Plan Develop a blueprint for the project: develop a
statement of purpose; identify key activities, deliverables, accountability,
etc.; provide peer evaluation criteria & weighting;
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Individual:
Research Summary
o
Visit the website http://www.plagiarism.org/research_site/e_what_is_plagiarism.html
and read “what is plagiarism?” and “types of plagiarism”. Write (do
not cut & paste!) a ½ -1 page
summary & interpretation of this document.
o
As a team, conduct significant research and find as
much information as you can about your country.
Then each person writes an annotated bibliography for 5 (or more)
different sources (i.e., each source can only be used by one team member). This
bibliography includes the full citation and a summary of the information found
in the source.
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Team:
Handbook Summarize your research findings in a colorful,
creative handbook (no more than 12 sheets of paper, including title page,
pictures, graphs, bibliography, etc.). Note: All written
material must be written by your team—not
taken directly from existing sources.
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Team:
Presentation Briefly (10 minutes) present your findings to the
class in an interesting and informative way.
EXTRA CREDIT
You may earn up to 10 points in extra credit by reading a reading
a book about business management (and the topics we cover in class), writing a
book report/review, and presenting your findings to the class. The book must be
one that you find on your own—NOT one that you read for another class. Prepare a written summary (2 pages) and a
class presentation (5 minutes) integrating material from class with the book. Make it interesting and fun! Only one
student can do the extra credit on a given book—first come first served—and
it’s by instructor approval. You must sign up on the calendar in my office; if
you don’t present on the day you signed up, your opportunity expires. No credit
is given unless both parts are completed, so this cannot be done after the term
ends and grades are calculated.
GRADING
CRITERIA/COURSE POLICIES
Grading Criteria If you think of OSU as
providing a product to consumers, you are it. My job (along with the other faculty
here) is to make the best “product” that I can to put on the market (when you
get a job). So, I think of graded assignments in terms of whether I would want
them to reflect the quality of
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A |
Excellent! |
Superior Work! Sign my
name and send to the client. Note: The grade of “A”
in BA 352 is reserved for those assignments that represent truly exceptional
work. |
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B |
Above Average |
Really Good Work.
Demonstrates professional competence. Make a few changes and it’s
ready to go. |
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C |
Average |
Needs More Work. Quite a few
areas need to be reworked/improved, but has good potential |
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D |
Below
Average |
Marginally
Acceptable. Needs a major overhaul. |
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F |
Fails |
Completely Unacceptable. |
Late Assignments/Makeups Unless you have
an acceptable reason and give advance notice, I deduct 25% of the
available points for late submissions and give no points once an assignment is
returned to the class. All assignments are due at the beginning of class.
Academic Dishonesty If any portion of any assignment has been
“borrowed” from another source, this constitutes plagiarism and is subject to
the Academic Dishonesty Policy below.
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Any case of academic dishonesty results in a grade
of F for the course and filing of a report with the Student Conduct
Office. This action is allowed by
Academic Regulations & Procedures as described in the Schedule of
Classes. I expect you to know and
understand these policies and regulations. If questions arise, see me right away! For more information, see OSU’s student
conduct website http://www.orst.edu/admin/stucon/index.htm
and/or the Academic Issues page http://www.orst.edu/admin/stucon/achon.htm.
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A Note on Plagiarism (quoted from the APA): “Authors should cite the
sources of their ideas and methods as well as put quotation marks around
phrases taken from another source. The change or reordering of a few words in a
sentence does not relieve authors of the obligation to quote and recognize
appropriately the source of their material.”
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If you “cut
& paste” something from the internet or any other source, you MUST use quotation marks around the material you
cut & pasted. Material that is summarized
from a source MUST be referenced
(parenthetically or with a number). Please do not fail this class by violating this simple rule.
Ø Written Assignments
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Your
work must be professional!
o
Proof
your work. No assignment that has not been proofread and
double-checked for typographical and/or grammatical errors will earn an A
(excluding in-class writing assignments, such as essay questions on exams). NOTE: 5 or more spelling and/or grammar errors =
— 10%.
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Assignments
must be typed.
o
Standard
1” or 1.25” margins
o
either
10-point Arial or 12-point Times New Roman only
o
1.5
line spacing
o
Put
your Name, Class Day/Time, and/or Group Name on each paper you turn in. ID #s are not necessary!
o
Staple
the pages together. No need for fancy binding. If you
really want to bind your International Project, please use binding that makes
it easy to read & turn pages and don’t use a slippery report cover.
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I
will review an advanced draft of a paper up to one week before it is due. See me for details.
¨
For
information about how important writing is to managers, read
this: (http://www.writingcommission.org/prod_downloads/writingcom/writing-ticket-to-work.pdf)
GRADING
INFORMATION
POINT SUMMARY
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Grade |
Points |
Assignment
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Points |
Your
Score |
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A |
465
– 500 |
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Midterm |
100 |
__________ |
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A- |
450
– 464 |
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Final
Exam |
150 |
__________ |
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B+ |
440
– 449 |
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Partner
Cases (2 @ 5 pts each) |
10 |
__________ |
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B |
415
– 439 |
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7-Habits—Team |
100 |
__________ |
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B- |
400
– 414 |
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International
Project (IP): Project Plan—Team |
20 |
__________ |
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C+ |
390
– 399 |
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IP
Research Summary—Individual |
30 |
__________ |
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C |
365
– 389 |
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IP
Handbook & Presentation—Team |
70 |
__________ |
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C- |
350
– 364 |
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Personal Reflection & Team Process Paper |
20 |
__________ |
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D |
326
– 349
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TOTAL
POINTS |
500 |
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F |
<
325 |
Though
rarely done, I reserve the right to curve grades at the end of the term.
However, I do not round grades. I try to
give students the benefit of the doubt in grading throughout the term. There is
also an extra credit opportunity (see p. 3).
SCHEDULE
*
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Week—Dates Topic |
Tuesday |
Thursday |
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1—Jan
4 & 6 Intro Management |
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Read: Ch 1
(pp 2-17, HOE p 14) |
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2—Jan
11 & 13 Org
Culture/ Ethics International |
Read: Ch 2
(pp 22-41, IE p 42, q 1) Team Sign-ups Due |
Read: Ch 3
(pp 44-62, HOE, p 51; IE p 62) Guest Speakers – International Business |
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3—
Jan 18 & 20 Percept/
Attrib Diversity/Indiv Diff |
Read: Ch 4 (pp 64-87, IE p 87) International Project Plan Due |
Read: Ch 5
(88-112, IE p 112-113) Habit 1 |
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4—
Jan 25 & 27 Motivation |
Read: Ch 6 (pp 114-133, IE p 133) International Research summaries Due Habit 2 |
Read: Ch 7 (pp 134-155, IE p 155) Habit 3 |
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5—Feb
1 & 3 Performance
MGT |
Partner Case CSRs at
Computerized SolutionsAssignments\Case--Computerized
Solutions.doc Habit 4 |
Read: Ch 8
(pp 156-174, HOE p 161,
IE p 174) Habit 5 |
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6—
Feb 8 & 10 Midterm Groups/Teams |
Midterm |
Read: Ch
10 (pp 198-217, IE p 217) Habit 6 |
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7—
Feb 15 & 17 Decision
Making Power
& Empowerment |
Read: Ch 9 (pp 176-191, HOE p 185) Habit 7 |
Read: Ch 13 (pp 262-272, IE p 277) Partner Case ZAPP! Habit 8 |
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8—
Feb 22 & 23 Leadership Communication |
Read: Ch
14 (pp 278-298, HOE, p
293, IE p 298) |
Read: Ch
12 (pp 238-260, HOE p 249, IE p 260) International Handbooks Due |
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9—Mar
1 & 3 Presentations Human Resource MGT |
In-Class International Presentations |
In-Class International Presentations |
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10—
Mar 8 & 10 Course Wrap-up |
(Guest Speakers) From the Trenches: Life on the “Other Side” of the Degree |
FINAL EXAM REVIEW Personal Reflection & Team Process Paper
Due Friday, 5 pm |
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Finals Thursday March 17 – 7:30am |
Comprehensive Final (Common BA 352) |
Thursday, March 17th at 7:30 am Place TBA |
* Schedule is subject to
change as announced in class. It is your responsibility to be aware of
changes. Exam dates will not
change, however.