NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE COURSE SYLLABUS

 

Course Title:	Principles of Management
Course Prefix & Number:		BMGT 1327	Section Number:	330	Semester/Year:	SU3/2020
Semester Credit Hours:		3	Lecture Hours:	48	Lab Hours:	0
Course Description (NCTC Catalog): Concepts, terminology, principles, theories, and issues in the field of management. In addition, outcomes will include various theories, processes, and functions of management, current topics in management, and case studies of Fortune 500 Companies.
Course Prerequisite(s): None
Required or Recommended Course Materials:   Required Text: MGMT 11th edition, Author: Chuck Williams ISBN-10: 1305661591 ISBN-13: 9781305661592

 

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

Name of Instructor:	Doug Akins
Campus/Office Location:	Corinth Campus, Room 320
Telephone Number:	Please use email
E-mail Address:	dakins@nctc.edu

 

OFFICE HOURS

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Online via Webex	Online via Webex	Online via Webex	Online via Webex	Online via Webex

 

 

 

 

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (From Academic Course Guide Manual/Workforce Education Course Manual/NCTC Catalog

At the successful completion of this course the student will be able to:
	Explain various theories, processes and functions of management
	Apply theories to a business environment
	Identify leadership roles in an organization
	Describe elements of the communication process

 

GRADING CRITERIA

# of Graded Course Elements	Graded Course Elements	Percentage Values
12	Weekly Discussion	20%
12	Case Studies	20%
12	Homework	20%
4	Exams	20%
1	Project Paper	20%
	Total points	100%

 

A	90% - 100%		D	60% - 69%
B	80% - 89%		F	0 – 59%
C	70% - 79%

 

COURSE SUBJECT OUTLINE (Major Assignments, Due Dates, and Grading Criteria)

 

1	Chapter 1 - Discussion       Chapter 1 - Quiz/Exercise	Chapter 1 - Case Study
2	Chapter 2 - Discussion       Chapter 2 - Quiz/Exercise	Chapter 2 - Case Study
3	Chapter 3 - Discussion       Chapter 3 - Quiz/Exercise	Chapter 3 - Case Study
4	Chapter 4 - Discussion       Chapter 4 - Quiz/Exercise	Chapter 4 - Case Study  Exam 1 (Ch 1-4)
5	Chapter 5 - Discussion       Chapter 5 - Quiz/Exercise	Chapter 5 - Case Study
6	Chapter 6 - Discussion       Chapter 6 - Quiz/Exercise	Chapter 6 - Case Study
7	Chapter 7 - Discussion       Chapter 7 - Quiz/Exercise	Chapter 7 - Case Study
8	Chapter 8 - Discussion       Chapter 8 - Quiz/Exercise	Chapter 8 - Case Study  Exam 2 (Ch 5-8)
	Spring Break
9	Chapter 9 - Discussion       Chapter 9 - Quiz/Exercise	Chapter 9 - Case Study
10	Chapter 10 - Discussion       Chapter 10 - Quiz/Exercise	Chapter 10- Case Study
11	Chapter 11 - Discussion       Chapter 11 - Quiz/Exercise	Chapter 11 - Case Study
12	Chapter 12 - Discussion       Chapter 12- Quiz/Exercise	Chapter 12- Case Study Exam 3 (Ch 9-12)
13	Chapter 13- Discussion       Chapter 13- Quiz/Exercise	Chapter 13- Case Study  Exam 3
14	Chapter 14- Discussion       Chapter 14- Quiz/Exercise	Chapter 14- Case Study
15	Chapter 15- Discussion       Chapter 15- Quiz/Exercise	Chapter 15- Case Study Business Plan Due
16	Exam 4 - Final	Exam 4 (Ch 13 -15)

 

 

 

ATTENDANCE POLICY

Regular and punctual attendance is expected of all students in all classes for which they have registered.  All absences are considered to be unauthorized unless the student is absent due to illness or emergencies as determined by the instructor.  It is the student responsibility to provide documentation as to the emergency for approval and judgement by the faculty member.  Approved college sponsored activities are the only absences for which a student should not be held liable and only when provided by a college official ahead of the absence.  Valid reasons for absence, however, do not relieve the student of the responsibility for making up required work.  Students will not be allowed to make up an examination missed due to absence unless they have reasons acceptable to the instructor.  A student who is compelled to be absent when a test is given should petition the instructor, in advance if possible, for permission to postpone the exam.  Student will be dropped from a class by the Registrar upon recommendation of the instructor who feels the student has been justifiably absent or tardy a sufficient number of times to preclude meeting the course’s objectives.    Persistent, unjustified absences from classes or laboratories will be considered sufficient cause for College officials to drop a student from the rolls of the College. From Board Policy FC (LOCAL)

Last day to withdraw from a course with a “W” is _April 3rd, 2020.

CAPSTONE Information The capstone for the Business Management Certificate is the POFT 1220 – Job Search Skills. The capstone requirement for the Business Management AAS Degree is BUSG 2380 – Cooperative Education General Business. It should be taken the last semester before graduation. This course may not be substituted.

 

DISABILITY SERVICES (Office for Students with Disabilities)

The Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) provides support services for students with disabilities, students enrolled in technical areas of study, and students who are classified as special populations (i.e. single parents).

Support services for students with disabilities might include appropriate and reasonable accommodations, or they may be in the form of personal counseling, academic counseling, career counseling, etc.  Furthermore, OSD Counselors work with students to encourage self-advocacy and promote empowerment. The Counselors also provides resource information, disability-related information, and adaptive technology for students who qualify.

If you feel you have needs for services that the institution provides, please reach out to either Wayne Smith (940) 498-6207 or Yvonne Sandman (940) 668-4321.  Alternative students may stop by Room 170 in Corinth or Room 110 in Gainesville.

 

 

 

 

CORE CURRICULUM FOUNDATIONAL COMPONENT AREA (For classes in the Core)_      

 

         Communication

         Mathematics              

         Life and Physical Science

         Language, Philosophy & Culture

         Creative Arts

         American History

 

         Government/Political Science

         Social and Behavioral Sciences

         Component Area Option

 

 

REQUIRED CORE OBJECTIVES (For classes in the Core)

 

         Critical Thinking

         Communication

         Empirical and Quantitative

 

         Teamwork

         Personal Responsibility

         Social Responsibility

 

COURSE TYPE

         Academic General Education Course (from ACGM but not in NCTC Core)

         Academic NCTC Core Curriculum Course

X         WECM Course

 

STUDENT HANDBOOK

Students are expected to follow all rules and regulations found in the student handbook and published online.

 

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY

Scholastic dishonesty shall include, but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, academic falsification, intellectual property dishonesty, academic dishonesty facilitation and collusion.  Faculty members may document and bring charges against a student who is engaged in or is suspected to be engaged in academic dishonesty.  See Student Handbook, “Student Rights & Responsibilities: Student Conduct ([FLB(LOCAL)]”. 

 

QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, or COMPLAINTS

Name of Chair/Coordinator:	Dr. Cherly Furdge
Office Location:	Corinth Campus
Telephone Number:	940-498-6238
E-mail Address:	cfurdge@nctc.edu
Name of Instructional Dean:	Debbie Huffman
Office Location:	Gainesville Campus
Telephone Number:	940-668-3357
E-mail Address:	dhuffman@nctc.edu

 

Expanded Information

1. Instructor’s availability – I am available as much as possible. I will respond to all emails within 24 hours.  The only exception would be on the weekend and/or holiday but even then, I will make every effort to respond within 24 hours.  I also recommend that you take advantage of office hours.  I will have office hours (as listed on page 1 of syllabus) every week.  These hours will be in person for on campus classes and online for off campus.  If you need to meet, let me know so that I will expect you.
2. Make up and late assignments – all make up and/or late assignments will be accepted (or not) based on instructor’s discretion. All late work accepted will have a minimum of a 10% late penalty from the grade.
3. Extra credit – You will notice that there are more assignments than the points gathered. Use the extra assignments as extra credit, if you so desire. I strongly encourage everyone to take advantage of these opportunities.  Most of you might think you do not need it but then, after 16 weeks, you do.  If your grade is borderline to the next higher grade, it is greatly in your favor if you have worked the extra work.  If you did not, it makes me think that you are not going the extra step to improve your grade.
4. Lectures and reading – you will have weekly reading assignments, PowerPoint and other weekly assignments (in Canvas). Do not just try and get by with the PowerPoints only.  The exams will pull from the book also, so you do need to read the assigned chapters.
5. Program and learning outcomes – throughout the course, there will be quizzes and assignments that are related directly to the outcomes required for the course. These assignments will be specified and must be completed in one try.
6. Exams - there will be 4 exams that will cover 4 chapters each (Except for the last one).  These 4 exams include the final.  The exams will not be comprehensive but there will be up to 10-15% review questions.  The exam itself will consist of 40 – 50 questions that are true/false and/or multiple choice.  Once in a great while, if appropriate, there will be an essay question.
7. Quizzes – a quiz will be given based on a need to re-enforce or build upon a concept that is more challenging or difficult. The quiz will consist of 10 – 15 questions and usually be worth 15 points.  Remember, the goal of the quiz is not to build points, but to re-enforce a concept.
8. Discussion questions – there will be a discussion question that will pertain to the weekly topic. This question is designed to stimulate a thought provoking interaction between students.  This only works if everyone participates.  That is why the initial post is due by Wednesday of the assigned week.  The initial post should be a well thought out response to the posted question.  I will grade this on content, grammar, spelling and the timely posting.  There is no word requirement, but you must answer the posted question.  This portion of the discussion is worth 10 points.  The remaining 5 points will be awarded for the response posts.  The first response post is a reply to at least one of your fellow students.  A second post will be a follow up to a peer responding to your initial post.  The responses will be graded on content, grammar and spelling.  The first response post must be uploaded by Friday of the assigned week.  The post must not be just an agree/disagree with the person.  It must be an agree/disagree but also why you agree/disagree.  This is the only way that you will get full credit.  The second response post is to reply to a peer response to your initial post or followup.  If there is no peer response to your post, then reply to another post.

 

This would be similar to the following process.  Wednesday post your initial response to the instructor’s discussion question.  By Friday you need to reply to a class mate’s post with a substantive response.  Finally, by Sunday reply to a peer response to your initial post.  If there is no response to your initial response, then reply to another peer post.

 

Rubric for Discussion	15 points total
Initial Post	Grammar/Spelling 0-3 points
	Content 0-4 points
	Timely 0-3 points
Response Post 1	Grammar/Spelling 0-1 points
	Content 0-1 points
	Timely 0 -.5 point
Response Post 2	Grammar/Spelling 0 – 1 points
	Content 0-1 points
	Timely 0 - .5 points

 

9. Case Studies – there will be a case study associated with selected chapters. Each of these case studies will present a scenario that needs to be approached and solved by the student.  The solution must be feasible and practical.  This means that the solution should be something that most companies/managers would be able to do.  For example, you cannot solve a business global communication problem by saying the company will just launch a satellite.  While this could be a solution, it is not a solution that would be common place.  I will grade on content, grammar, spelling and timeliness. 

 

Rubric for Case Study	15 points
Grammar/Spelling	0-3 points
Content	0-7 points
Feasible Solution	0-5 points

 

10. Semester project paper – The semester paper will be based on a prominent person in the business world (in a leadership role). The selected person should be someone that interests the student.  The paper must answer the following questions about the selected person:
    1. The purpose of the paper is to select a well-known business leader and evaluate their management style. The person that you select should be someone that is commonly known or can be researched.  It cannot be someone that you know that works for a small business/company that would be hard to collect data on (except for you).  The reason for this is twofold: (1) I need to be able to evaluate your paper and (2) I would like to learn about these people too.
    2. Please select your topic and submit it to the instructor by the end of week 3. I will then give the OK or, my silence will give the OK.  If I find the selection inappropriate or not a good one, I will let you know.  If I don’t tell you otherwise assume that your selection is OK.  If you are still wondering, then feel free to ask me.
    3. The sections of the paper fall into five areas: Introduction, History, Pros, Cons and Results/summary.  The introduction is just that, a brief introduction to your selection and a high-level overview of what company they run and how their management is viewed externally and internally.  For example: ‘Blank’ is CEO and has taken the XYZ company from the brink of bankruptcy to the heights of business glory.  But the journey hasn’t been all smooth sailing.  While ‘Blank’ is considered a very effective CEO in the business community, S/He can be viewed very differently internally.  Most of the employee’s respect ‘Blank’ but find their management style to be very abrasive and combative.  It is common for people to call ‘Blank’ names (behind their back of course) and there have been numerous occasions where employees have left meetings with ‘Blank’ crying.  Well you should get the idea
    4. The history section is to discuss how this executive came up through the ranks of the business world. Pay special attention to any other leaders of renown that may have mentored them.  Also consider the impact if they came up through the same business that they now run or did they come from the ‘outside’?  Reflect on whether you think this makes a difference. 
    5. The next two sections are to discuss the pros and cons of their management style. Which of the skills that they exhibit can be quantified into one of these categories (pro or con)?  You can use chapter 1 section 1-5 (What Companies Look for in Managers) and chapter 14 (all of it) for a reference.  The goal is to discuss what areas that you think are in their favor vs what you would avoid in a manager.  This area is going to be partly subjective but if you make a well-reasoned explanation that is all that is asked.
    6. The results of management style and summary section is where you can put some numbers and data to re-enforce how well the executive is doing. In this section, you need to look at the period that the executive has been in charge and how the company has responded.  Has it grown?  Has it changed markets?  Has the culture changed?  This data can then be re-enforced with data (like stock price during this period, etc.).
    7. Then summarize your thoughts on how you think this executive is doing, any areas that you think would be good to improve/change and would you work for this company?
    8. The ‘other’ section is straight forward so I won’t go into it.
    9. The paper does not have a word requirement, but it does have a content requirement. If your discussion of each of the rubric areas is not detailed enough to meet the required criteria it will be graded accordingly, so plan accordingly.
    10. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.

 

Paper Rubric	Poor	Fair	Good
Introduction	Included but gives few highlights or is poorly defined 1-7 points	Basic overview but not fully defined 8-12 points	Gives highlights of the subject and leads into the following sections 13-20 points
History	Included but gives few highlights or is poorly defined 1-7 points	Basic overview but not fully defined 8-12 points	Gives highlights of the subject 13-20 points
Management Style	Included but poorly defined 1-7 points	Information not fully explained.  Gives <4 examples 8-12 points	Information well-presented and explained.  Gives 4-5 examples 13-20 points
Results	Included but poorly defined 1-7 points	Information not fully explained.  Gives <4 examples 8-12 points	Information well-presented and explained.  Gives 4-5 examples 13-20 points
Others	Poorly organized and not using Times Roman 12 font 1-7 points	Uses Times Roman 12 font, each section contains clear headers, good grammar/spelling 8-12 points	Uses Times Roman 12 font, each section contains clear headers, minimal grammar/spelling errors 13-20 points

 

Misc.

1. Assignments will be posted in the appropriate module in Canvas. It is the student’s responsibility to check on a regular basis the course content in Canvas. 
2. Students are responsible for keeping track of their own grades. Grades for each of the assignments and exams will be posted in Canvas.  If you believe the grade posted is in error, please contact your instructor immediately.
3. It is the student’s responsibility to drop the class. The instructor will not drop the class for you.  You are required the fill out the required paperwork necessary to drop the class before the last drop date.
4. The instructor reserves the right to change group assignments, group members, course assignments, grading policies, and assignment schedules at any time.
5. On-campus classes will have attendance recorded each class session. This will count up to 10% of your grade.
6. Online attendance is measured by on time completion of assignments. If you are continually late with assignments, there will be a 10% reduction in your overall grade.