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The learning model used by the textbook for the class is in four
stages:
Various other things can be assembled in a portfolio. Certain items will
be required of everyone in the class. Some of these will consist of
specific responses to meet a problem posed in class. In other words, how
you would act like a manager in your specific setting and respond to an
organizational problem. One example of this type of requirement is a
budgeting exercise that you will be given.
Portfolios are flexible. In addition to the items that I ask everyone to
turn in and reflections on the art and science of management, you may want
to include other materials that demonstrate your increasing mastery of the
skills of management. For instance, you might include memos that you have
written at your workplace or summaries of solutions that you have proposed
for various work problems. I will comment on all these items
although they will be considered optional and not count towards the final
grade on the portfolio.
I will ask for your portfolios three times during our brief time together
-- once at the beginning of the second weekend session (June 23) and one
at the beginning of the third weekend session (June 30) and at the end of
the course -- on July 8. I would prefer that the portfolio be turned
in electronically as a URL posted to the Webboard. (If this seems too
dangerously public, you may send it to me via email as a Word
attachment) If neither of these options work for you, give me the
portfolio in person as a word-processed document (I would appreciate
no handwritten entries) Each time you turn it in, please
turn the entire portfolio in. I will comment on each section as it is
submitted but you will not be given an overall grade until the entire
portfolio is submitted at the end of the semester.
Criteria for Grading. My expectation is that your work will be
acceptable at a graduate level. This translates to a letter grade of
B. I will let you know
immediately if the level of your work falls below that level.
In your portfolios, I am particularly looking for evidence of application,
analysis,
synthesis, and evaluation in your comments.
Revised 6/15/2000
During the course of LIS 405 you will develop a management
portfolio that will count for 50% of your final grade in the
class. Portfolios may be broadly defined as collections of representative
work in a specific area; they are multifaceted and serve as a record of
growth and progress in that area. In developing your management portfolio
you will demonstrate your understanding of many of the topics covered in
the
class and your development in the process of learning to think
like a manager.
The portfolio is intended for steps 2, 3 and 4 of the model. We will
exercise some concepts in class and through reading. Your task in the
portfolio is to share your reflections and conclusions as you test and
analyze the concept in
other situations and then attempt to generalize
and personalize the learning.
If you have questions or suggestions, please contact
Evelyn
Daniel