Evelyn Daniel
Rev. 8/14/99.

      

SCHEDULE

ASSIGNMENTS

RESOURCES

Course
Description

INSTRUCTOR

 

Fall 1999

NOTE: This course is required for all MSLS and MSIS students in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It is possible to waive this course if you can show evidence of having completed satisfactorily similar coursework elsewhere. Please see one of the instructors for the course if you wish to pursue the waiver option.

If you plan to take this course in the Fall 1999 semester, please go to the STUDENT INFORMATION FORM, fill it out and submit it.

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE



To develop personal managerial skills and a philosophy about management

To understand the management task within an organizational setting

To appreciate the complexities of organizational life and the role of the professional within an organization

To develop strategies for continued learning about management and continual development of leadership skills

To develop your own sense of how you would like to manage and be managed and what sort of organizational culture you would find most supportive as a worker or as a manager

To demonstrate good collaborative skills in working with classmates and instructor in this course to make it an effective and efficient learning environment.


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TEXTBOOKS AND READING REQUIREMENTS

Three case studies have been ordered and will be available in the Student Bookstore soon. You will not need them during the first 3 weeks of the course. These case studies are:
American Management Systems: The Knowledge Centers. Harvard Business School. 9-697-068. 1997.

SCORE! Educational Centers (A). Harvard Business School. 9-499-056. 1999.

SCORE! Educational Centers Harvard Business School. 9-499-059. 1999.

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COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING

You will have a significant amount of reading and writing to do in this class. At least one reading will be assigned for each class. Where possible, the readings will be scanned in and available to you on the Internet in a password protected site. Much of the work of the course consists of reading and reflecting on that reading in order for you to take ownership of the concepts. Your reflection will be through a portfolio.

Other assignments include a preliminary organization paper, a group presentation, and a final reflection paper. Detail for each assignment is provided through the assignments page. The weight of the course requirements is as follows:

Class participation means attending all classes or notifying me if you are unavoidably absent. It also means contributing to class and group discussions and activities.

My expectation is that you will all do satisfactory graduate level work, recognized in this university by a grade of P. If your work falls below that level, I will let you know. Some of you will do outstanding work considerably above the expected level and I'll let you know this as well.

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HONOR SYSTEM

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has had a student-administered honor system and judicial system for over 100 years. Because academic honesty and the development and nurturing of trust and trustworthiness are important to all of us as individuals, and are encouraged and promoted by the honor system, this is a most significant University tradition. The system is the responsibility of students and is regulated and governed by them, but faculty share the responsibility and readily commit to its ideals. If students in this class have questions about their responsibility under the honor code, please bring them to me or consult with the Office of the Dean of Students or the Instruments of Student Judicial Governance. This document contains all policies and procedures pertaining to the student honor system. The Honor Code is, as always, in effect in this course.

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