Principles of Management

COURSE SYLLABUS

Course Code:

BUS130

Instructor:

Tabitha Stewart

E-mail: tabithastewart@forrestcollege.edu

            tabitha332002@yahoo.com

Phone: 918-5847

             228-7667

Credit Hours:

4.5 credit hours awarded upon completion of course

Course Schedule:

This course meets in room 104 on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7:38 pm to 9:41 pm starting June 30, 2008 to September 13, 2008.

Text:

Supervisory Management The Art of Inspiring, Empowering, and Developing People 7th Edition. Mosley, Megginson, Pietri Thomson/Southwestern Publishing, 2008 ISBN# 0-324-20206-7

Course Description:

This course develops and understanding of why management is needed in organizations.  This will help the learner understand and describe the different levels of management.  This course will give the learner an opportunity to explain and discuss the basic skills that are required for effective management.

Course Objectives:

Note:  You may expect that questions on your tests/exams will be based upon demonstrating your knowledge of the following course objectives.

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1.    Explain why management is needed in al organizations

2.    Describe the different levels of management

3.    Discuss what managers do

4.    Explain the basic skills required for effective management

5.    Explain where supervisors come from

6.    Clarify the different relationships supervisory managers have eith others

7.    Discuss the emerging position of supervisory managers

8.    Discuss some trends challenging supervisors

Prerequisite:

BUS105 or Permission of Instructor

Course Outline:

Note: Instructor reserves the right to modify the outline as the needs of the class dictate

 

Week One:

Introductions; FJC Catalog

Chapters One and Two: Supervisory Management Roles and Challenges; Planning and Organization

Week Two:

Chapters Three:

Chapter Four:

Chapter Five

Week Three:

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Assignment chapter Eight: Research one person and type and present a 3-page report on a person who has been or is a great motivator in our world.

Due Date TBA

Week Four:

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Week Five:

Chapter Eleven

Week Six:

Chapter Twelve

Midterm Exam Chapters 1-7

Week Seven:

Chapter Thirteen

Find an article on any of the following topics: Absenteeism, Tardiness, or Insubordination.  Please type a 1-page reflection on the article you found.

Week Eight:

Chapter Fourteen

Week Nine:

Chapter Fourteen continued

Week Ten:

Chapter Fifteen

Week Eleven:

Chapter Fifteen continued

Week Twelve:

Chapter 16

Review for final Exam Chapters 8-16

Please note that you will be allowed to revise assignments in order to improve your grade – DO NOT expect an A on your first submission!  Plan to maintain a notebook and include al assignments for this course.  IN this notebook you should include your first draft as well as all subsequent and final drafts.  This will enable you to review your progress as the course proceeds.

We will blog weekly on the following blog:

http://tabithamanagementclasses.blogspot.com/

Note: You may expect that questions on your test/exams will be based upon demonstrating your basic understanding of the following course objectives.

Instruction Method:

A variety of instruction techniques will be used in this course.  These practices include (but are not limited to) class lecture; small group work; discussion; group projects; out-of-class assignments; individual assignments; electronically based research; expected e-mail communications, etc.

Grading:

Grading Scale:                   A  =  90-100

                                            B  =  80-89

                                            C  =  70-79

                                            D  =  60-69

                                            F  =  Below 60

Attendance:

Regular attendance is expected because it is through regular attendance that you will hear and learn from the experience of your instructor as well as from the input (questions, answers, discussions, concerns) of others of the members of your class.  You may also “attend” classes (when you are not physically able to be present in class) by communicating with members of your assigned group and finding out from them what class materials you have missed and/or other aspects of what went on in class that you should know about.  You can also “attend” by keeping in touch with your instructor through the use of e-mail.  Let your instructor and members of your group know that you might be late, or that you’re too ill to come to class, or that you’ve missed an assignment and are trying your best to complete it, etc.  As you can see by the section on grade assignment (above), you will earn one point for every week of perfect attendance.  You attend ten weeks and you receive a very positive 10% of your grade.  You must be in attendance for your scheduled test dates.  You must be in attendance for your scheduled group presentation dates.

Make-up work:

It is the individual student’s responsibility to find out from one of his classmates and/or group members what materials he/she might have missed as the result of having missed a class session.  Call your classmates; e-mail them; keep up with them; be responsible for getting the information that you need in order to demonstrate competence in this course..

Academic Dishonesty

Plagiarism and cheating are serious offenses and may be punished by failure on exam, or homework or failure of the course, and/or suspension /expulsion from the college.

Resources

The College has adequate resources to assist students in researching projects (i.e. books, magazines, newspapers, Internet, LIRN).

Changes

In accordance with the policy of the College, your instructor has the right to change the syllabus in a manner that he/she feels necessary in order to better accomplish the goal(s) of this course.