Course Syllabus

MGT 235 - Organizational Behavior

-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 Texts: Essentials of Organizational Behavior, Seventh Edition, Stephen P. Robbins, Prentice Hall, 2003.

The Manager's Bookshelf, A Mosaic of Contemporary Views, Sixth Edition, Jon L. Pierce and John W. Newstrom, Prentice Hall, 2002.

• About The Course. This course is designed as an overview of organizational behavioral principals 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 four parts: (1) Introduction and Foundations to Organizational Behavior, (2) Motivations, (3) Leadership, and (4) The Future. 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, an individual special topics project and a final project (read Final Take Home Test).

• Course Schedule - The following chart represents the course deadlines.

Module	Assignments	Due Dates
Orientation	Do Assignments 1-5	August 30th
1. Introduction to Organizational Behavior	Post Assignment, Read/Post Feedback	September 2^nd
2. Foundations of Individual Behavior	Post Assignment, Read/Post Feedback	September 5^th
3. Personality & Emotions	Post Assignment, Read/Post Feedback	September 10^th
4. Basic Motivation Concepts	Post Assignment, Read/Post Feedback Part One Quiz	September 15^th September 17^th & 18^th
5. Motivation: From Concepts to Application	Post Assignment, Read/Post Feedback	September 21^st
6. Individual Decision Making	Post Assignment, Read/Post Feedback	September 25^th
7. Foundations of Group Behavior	Post Assignment, Read/Post Feedback	September 30^th
8. Understanding Work Teams	Post Assignment, Read/Post Feedback Part Two Quiz	October 2^nd October 5^th & 6^th
9. Communications	Post Assignment, Read/Post Feedback	October 10^th
10. Leadership and Creating Trust	Post Assignment, Read/Post Feedback	October 15^th
11. Power and Politics	Post Assignment, Read/Post Feedback	October 19^th
12. Conflict & Negotiation	Post Assignment, Read/Post Feedback Part Three Quiz	October 24^th October 28^th & 29^th
13. Foundations of Organizational Structure, Technology & Work Design	Post Assignment, Read/Post Feedback	November 4^th
14. Human Resources and Practices & Organizational Culture	Post Assignment, Read/Post Feedback Part Four Quiz	November 11^th November 18^th & 19^th
15. Special Topics	Post Assignment, Read/Post Feedback	December 2^nd
16. Final Project	Email Project	December 9^th

• Course Grade - Your course grade will be determined on the following: The four quizzes equal 400 points, the special topics project equal 100 points and Module assignments equal 300 points, and the final project equals 100 points, for a course total points possible of 900.

Final grades will be determine by the following scale:

Grades	Scale	Grade Point Value
A Superior	900-855 Points	4.0
A-	854-810 Points	3.7
B+	809-783 Points	3.3
B Above Average	782-756 Points	3.0
B-	755-720 Points	2.7
C+	719-693 Points	2.3
C Average	692-666 Points	2.0
C-	665-630 Points	1.7
D+	629-603 Points	1.3
D Below Average	602-576 Points	1.0
D-	575-540 Points	0.7
F Failure	539 Points & Below	0.0