Course Syllabus
MGT 201 - Principals of
Management
-The Internet
Course
Fall
2002 Semester
Instructor: Michael
D. Downey, MPA, Ph.D.
Email:
downey@wncc.nevada.edu
Telephone: 775-445-4415 (Work)
775-883-2177 (Home)
Required
Text: Modern Management, 9th
Edition, Samuel C. Certo, Prentice Hall.
Ø About The Course. This course is designed as an overview of
management principals to be delivered via the Internet. Except for the teaching pedagogy (that is,
the teaching method), this course will give you the same background in
management as the traditional course taught on campus.
Any Distance Education course will require you to be
more responsible for your learning experience than traditional classes. This "Active Learning" mode is even
more important in an Internet class. You
must be very much "pro-active" in doing your reading and assignments,
in asking questions when you have problems, and keeping up with the deadlines
that have been established for the course.
The course is structured into five parts: (1)
Introduction to Management, (2) Planning, (3) Organizing, (4)Influencing, and
(5) Controlling. Within each part you
will several Modules that will introduce a major concept(s), will list
objectives and will include study notes and assignments. At the end of each Part you will have a
"time sensitive" Quiz. In
addition to the Quizzes, you will have a group project, an individual project
and a final project (read Final Take Home Test).
Ø Course Grade - Your course grade will be
determined on the following: The
five quizzes equal one third, Module assignments equal one third, and the final
project equals on third.
Ø Course Schedule - The following chart
represents the course deadlines.
|
Module |
Assignments |
Due Dates |
|
Orientation |
Do
Assignments 1-5 |
|
|
1. Management & Management Careers |
Post
Assignment, Read/Post Feedback |
|
|
2. Managing:
History & Current Thinking |
Post
Assignment, Read/Post Feedback |
|
|
3. Corporate Social Responsibility &
Business Ethics |
Post
Assignment, Read/Post Feedback |
|
|
4. Management and Diversity |
Post
Assignment, Read/Post Feedback Part
One Review & Quiz One |
|
|
5. Managing in the Globe Arena &
Principals of Planning |
Post
Assignment, Read/Post Feedback |
|
|
6. Making Decisions & Strategic Planning |
Post
Assignment, Read/Post Feedback |
September
27, 2002 |
|
7. Plans & Planning Tools |
Post
Assignment, Read/Post Feedback Part
Two Review & Quiz
Two |
|
|
8. Fundamentals of Organizing &
Responsibility, Authority & Delegation |
Post
Assignment, Read/Post Feedback |
October
10. 2002 |
|
9. Managing Human Resources &
Organizational Change and Stress |
Post
Assignment, Read/Post Feedback Email
Part Two Part
Three Review & Quiz
Three |
|
|
10. Fundamentals of Influencing &
Leadership |
Post
Assignment, Read/Post Feedback Email
Part Two |
|
|
11. Motivation & Groups, Teams & Corp.
Culture |
Post
Assignment, Read/Post Feedback Email
Part Two |
October
26, 2002 |
|
12. Understanding People |
Post
Assignment, Read/Post Feedback Part
Four Review & Quiz
Four |
|
|
13. Principals of Controlling & Production
Management |
Post
Assignment, Read/Post Feedback |
|
|
14. Information Technology & the Internet |
Post
Assignment, Read/Post Feedback Part
Five Review & Quiz
Five |
|
|
15. Special Topics |
Post
Assignment, Read/Post Feedback |
|
|
16. Final Project |
Email
Project |
|
Grades
will be determined by the following scale:
|
Grades |
Scale |
Grade Point Value |
|
A |
100-95 |
4.0 |
|
A- |
94-90 |
3.7 |
|
B+ |
89-87 |
3.3 |
|
B Above Average |
86-84 |
3.0 |
|
B- |
83-80 |
2.7 |
|
C+ |
79-77 |
2.3 |
|
C Average |
76-74 |
2.0 |
|
C- |
73-70 |
1.7 |
|
D+ |
69-67 |
1.3 |
|
D Below Average |
66-64 |
1.0 |
|
D- |
63-60 |
0.7 |
|
F |
Failure |
0.0 |