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On conclusion of this course, you should be able to:

To define the complexities of the management task within an organizational setting To develop strategies to deal with the routine and unforeseen (reactive) as well as the unknown (proactive) in organizational/professional life To develop a sense of how you would like to manage and be managed as well as the kind of organizational culture that you would find most supportive whether you are a worker or a manager To demonstrate leadership and good collaborative skills in helping to make the class an effective and efficient learning environment To display personal managerial skills and an ability to think like a manager To develop strategies for continued learning about management and the continual development of leadership skills

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Textbook and Other Readings

The textbook for the class is:

Kolb, David A., Joyce S. Osland and Irwin M. Rubin. ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR; AN EXPERIENTIAL APPROACH. 6th ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1995. ISBN: 0-13-151010-X

You may purchase the book through the campus bookstore or directly from one of the online book vendors.

In addition, you will want to explore other readings on management especially those directly applicable to your chosen career path. The resources page of this class provides some useful items. You can find others as well.

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Assignments, Exams and Grading

Assignments

You are expected to attend and participate actively in each class session. Active involvement in the class is fundamental to learning and I will give weight to this factor in grading. Participation in class can be accomplished in several ways, e.g., speaking in class making sure your comments are relevant and of reasonable length and frequency, active listening and encouragement to fellow classmates, providing comments, questions, and suggestions on the Webboard for the class, in other words being an active learner and a good citizen of the class.

The major assignment for the class is a portfolio or reflective journal. You are asked to write some comments following each class reflecting on the topic and exercises that were on the agenda. Sometimes you will be asked to write about a particular topic or to do an additional exercise and write about it. Your reflections in the portfolio will account for half your grade in the course.

A listserv will be available to the class so that you can post questions, comments, or suggestions.

Exams

There will be a short-answer final exam on the last day of class.

Grading

This course is offered for 1 unit. Most of the assignments for reflection in your portfolio will be done individually but there will be some options to do an assignment as a team; if done as a team, each of you should write up their reflections about the assignment independently.

Please see assignments for more detail about the portfolio requirements and when sections of the portfolio may be turned in for an interim grade.

Grading will be based on the following weights:

Assignments Class Participation Portfolio Final Exam

1 Unit 20% 50% 30%

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Class Policies and the Honor Code

Except for the exam or for specifically indicated assignments, collaboration with your classmates is highly desireable and encouraged. Sharing your work and giving and receiving assistance from others in the class is valuable. My major interest is in your learning which will best proceed as we share questions, answers, and experiences.

I will post a schedule for each day we will spend together. Our workshop days will be a combination of lecture, exercises and discussion. You will want to participate actively in class discussions by asking and responding to questions and by offering your observations and ideas.

Class policies that you should be aware of:

• All assignment due dates (for reading and portfolio submissions) will be posted in advance. In the event a deadline adjustment is announced during a class session, you are responsible for knowing about it. (It will be helpful to have a class buddy).

• Your portfolio entries may be private if you wish or you may elect to share all or portions with other members of the class. I may occasionally ask for volunteers to talk about or read from their portfolio entries. An open atmosphere in which members of the class comment in helpful ways on each other's work is encouraged.

• Attendance at every on-campus class session is expected. If you have an unavoidable absence, please let me know ahead of time, if at all possible. If you are absent, it is your responsibility to propose to me how you might make up for the missed experience. We will then negotiate your proposal.

• Asssigned chapters of the text and other readings are to be completed prior to scheduled interactive sessions (with the exception of the first session where it may not be possible).

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Revised 6/15/2000.