The University of West Florida
College of Business Administration
MAN 3025 - Management Fundamentals - Fall 2003
THIS IS A COURSE REQUIREMENT AND GRADING CONTRACT. STUDENTS
ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KNOWING THE CONTENTS OF THIS CONTRACT.

Class

Management fundamentals (MAN 3025)

Time & Place

Monday 5:30 -8:25 p.m.

Place

Building 11, Room 201

Credits

3 semester hours
Professor Dr. Martin J. Hornyak
E-mail mhornyak@uwf.edu; Web page:http://uwf.edu/mhornyak/
Office Hours Bldg 76 room 113
M/T/W: 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Other times by appointment.
Work-Phone #
Home - Phone # 		(850) 474-2039
(850) 995-3277 (Before 8:30 p.m.)
Textbook
Author 		Management
Schermerhorn 7th edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2002
Almost all course documents may be downloaded and printed from the MAN3025 course library reserve
by typing the instructor's name (Hornyak) to access documents OR going to www.uwf.edu/mhornyak/.
     
Course Description: A foundation course of study in management. Process and content of management are analyzed. The course emphasizes classical, human relations, human resources, and behavioral management. The content includes: planning, organizing, leading, control, employment cycle, organizing, organization design and motivation.
Objectives:
We have seven primary objectives in this course:
 
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 To understand applied management concepts
 
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 To study management as a process, art and science
 
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 To become involved with organizational dynamics
 
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 To apply management skills in a team setting
 
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 To participate in the diagnosis of daily management
 
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 To become an involved member of an organization
 
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 To identify, assess, and develop one's own managerial style & philosophy
     
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
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 Complete all assignments and readings prior to class
Bring syllabus and text to class each day
Attend all scheduled sessions
Be responsible for any information missed & notify other group members if you are unable to attend class
The syllabus is subject to change
Readings should be completed as assigned. Each student is responsible for the information in the text.
GRADED REQUIREMENTS
   There are five basic course requirements: 4 individual examinations, 4 group exams, 1 team journal maintained by your group members, team performance appraisals (1), and a group company file project.
Total possible points 800
1. Examinations (4) 400 possible points
2. Group exams (4 @ 25) 100 possible points
3. Team Company File 150 presentation points (Include PERT Chart & PPT)
4. Team Journals 100 possible points
5. Performance Appraisal 50 possible points

As in the practical world of management there will be responsibilities and tasks that are not directly compensated. While all activities may not be measured and directly applied in the overall course assessment, personal gains from the course will come from greater knowledge, understanding, and application ability, and personal contacts made.

 
A. Examinations (4) 500 points
  Individual 400 (4 x 100) 400 total
  Group (4 x 25) 100 total
 
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 Each individual test will have 50 questions; thus, each test item will be worth 2 points toward the individual's score. The group test questions are worth .5 points each. (25 points total per exam)
 
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 To earn and receive the group grade you must be present for the exam and earn a minimum 68 percent on your individual exam. Otherwise your individual score will be posted!
B. Company File Project with PERT & Presentation PPT (150 points)
 
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 Details of the project will be discussed in class/see company file attachment
 
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 Each team will make a classroom PowerPoint presentation
 
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 Company must be approved by the professor
 
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 Presentations should be approximately 15 minutes
 
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 Each member should participate in the topic preparation and presentation
 
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 A schedule of assigned presentation dates will be posted
 
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 Early in the project development, a PERT Chart should be prepared to show the team plan
  Evaluation criteria for scoring the company file presentation
 
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 Methodology; creativity; professionalism
 
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 Creativity in presentation is encouraged (i.e., role play, games, show formats, consultant groups, varying tone of voice...)
 
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 Overall quality and clarity ...presentation should be interesting...group involvement is vital...materials professionally prepared...clarity of the presentation...thoroughness of material...presentation must reveal in-depth knowledge of topic...ability for group to respond to any questions following presentation...presentation should be organized and follow a logical sequence.
 
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 Visual aids -- overheads, charts, videos when appropriate.
 
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 Professional attire, quality of charts, overheads, signs, or equipment, which helps the viewer better, visualize the subject.
C. Performance Appraisal (50 points)
 
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 Each student will be required to participate in designing a performance appraisal form for your team. Each student will participate in completing this performance appraisals for the team's course and company file project efforts.
D. Team Journal (100 points)
 
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 Team Journal: Each team will maintain a journal where minutes of their group meetings will be recorded. The initial sheet will record the dates and times for all team meetings (identifying those missing, as well as those in attendance). Be sure to identify the journal by a team name and logo. Your group must take a team picture for placement on the cover. Individual responses to the various course exercises and activities must be included and recorded in this team journal. After the exercises are discussed in your teams, a team summary of the group's exercise discussion must be included in the journal.
GRADE/POINT CONVERSION
 
1.
Exams
 
Individual
Group
100
.25
125 x 4
  

500 		 
 
2.
Group Project
  150
 
3.
Performance Appraisal
50
 
4.
Team Journal
100
 
TOTAL
   800
Grading Scale:
    
     
94 - 100
 A
     
90 - 93
 A-
 

 

 
88 - 89
 B+
     
84 - 87
 B
     
80 - 83
 B-
 
 
78 - 79
 C+
     
74 - 77
 C
     
70 - 73
 C-
     
68 - 69
 D+
     
64 - 67
 D
     
60 - 63
 D-
     
Below
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SCHEDULE OF CLASSES
PART 1 - MANAGEMENT TODAY
Week 1 - August 25   Assignment
 
  		• Introductions and expectations Ch. 1
     
  		• Syllabus and schedule review  
     
  		• Group processes/teamwork  
     
  		• Introduction to Management  
     
  		• Form Teams  
     
  • Each team member should type a brief bio to be maintained in the journal
  • Each bio should be in the journal by the end of the first week of class.
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    Design Team logo and name - post on journal cover ASAP
    Develop attendance roster - Due [in journal] by the end of the first week
    		  
     
    •Exercise 1: My Best Manager
    •Exercise 2: What Managers Do
    		  
     
    		   
    Week 2 - September 1
    		No Class Enjoy!
     
    		Choose and discuss a company for Company File Project: [See Company File Exercise Attachment]  
     
    		o Ben and Jerry's
    o WalMart
    o Xerox
    o Harley Davidson
    o ASA
    o Coca Cola
    o Air Canada
    o Toys R Us
    o Ford, GM
    o Nike
    o Fed Ex
    o Others as approved
    		  
  		• Submit via e-mail: Company for Company File Presentation
    Week 3 - September 8
    		Ch. 16 & 17
     
  • Understanding Groups and Teams
  • Communication and Interpersonal Skills
  • Exercise 27: Work Team Dynamic
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    Week 4 - September 15
    		 
     
  • Environment & diversity Ch. 2
  • Information & decision-making
  • Exercise 13: The Future Workplace
    		•  Ch. 2
    Ch. 3
      Part 2 - CONTEXT Ch. 4
    Week 5 - September 22  
     
  • Exam 1
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  • Exam covers Ch. 1, 2, 3, 16, 17
  • Exam: Multiple Choice/True & False format 50 questions, each worth 2 points
  • Immediately following the individual exam will be a group exam covering the same text material.
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  • Historical Foundations
  • Exercise 6: The Great Management Debat
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    Week 6 - September 29 Ch. 5 & 6
     
  • Global Dimensions
  • Behavior
  • Exercise 8: Confronting Ethical Dilemmas
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      Part 3 - MISSION Ch. 7
    Week 7 - October 6  
     
  • Planning & Control
  • PERT Charts
  • Exercise PERT: Do Individual PERT Problems
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    Week 8 - October 13
    		 Ch. 8
     
  • Strategic Management
  • Exercise 11: Strategic Scenario: Use Your Team's Selection For Company File Project
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    Week 9 - October 20
    		 
     
  • Exam 2
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  • Exam covers Ch. 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8
  • Exam: Multiple Choice/True & False format
  • 50 questions, each worth 2 points
  • Immediately following the individual exam will be a group exam that covers the same text material.
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    Part 4 - ORGANIZATION
    		  
     
  • Organizing
    		• Ch. 10
    Week 10 - October 27
    		 
     
  • Organizing and organizational design
  • Human Resources Management
  • Exercise 16: Work vs. Family - You be the judge
    		• Ch. 11
    Ch. 12
    Part 5 - LEADERSHIP
    		  
     
  • Exam 3
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  • Exam covers Ch. 10, 11 and 12
  • Exam: Multiple Choice/True & False format
  • 50 questions, each worth 2 points
  • Immediately following the individual exam will be the group exam that covers the same text material.
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  • Leadership
  • Exercise 19: Empowering Others
    		•  Ch. 13
    Week 12 - November 10
    		 
     
  • Motivation
  • Performance/Job Design
  • Exercise 30: Force Field Analysis
    		• Ch. 14
    Ch. 15
    Week 13 - November 17
    		  
     
  • Change Leadership
  • Exercise 25: Feedback and Assertiveness
    		• Ch. 18
    Week 14 - November 24
    		  
     
  • Company File Presentations
  • Exercise 24: Upward Appraisal: Answer Question 1 in Team Journal
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    Week 15 - December 1
    		  
     
  • Company File Presentations
  • Final Exam Preparation
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    Week 16 - Finals
    		  
     
  • Final Exam: December 8
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  • Exam covers Ch. 13, 14, 15 and 18
  • Exam: Multiple Choice/True & False format
  • 50 questions, each worth 2 points
  • Immediately following the individual exam will be the group exam that covers the same text material.
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    Company File Project
    (Kirby & Kirby, 1996, Journal Of Management Education, Page 135-140)
    Objective: Purpose is to apply the topics from the lecture and the text to current events in the corporate world. It is hoped that by continually researching and thinking about a firm, students will come to a clearer understanding of the issues faced by corporate managers today. Grading: Evaluation of the company file project is based on equal weighting of three components: written responses to questions about the company, class discussion, and an oral presentation. Each student is asked to evaluate the performance of his or her fellow group members.
    Oral Presentation: Each group gives an oral presentation summarizing its findings about its company. The presentation must demonstrate that the group has a clear understanding of the main topics in the class as well as how these topics relate/interrelate with one another. Presentation should be no longer than 15 minutes each followed by questions from the audience.
    Questions: See connections to MAN3025 schedule in the syllabus below. Each set of questions must be answered plus any other interesting information your team discovered on the organization. These should be placed, collected, and organized in your company file to be turned in at the completion of the semester.
    Social Policy (Chapter 6, 7, 8):
    		1) Describe an ethical dilemma, currently facing you company.
    2) In your opinion, what is the correct response to the dilemma identified above?
    3) On what assumptions are you basing your answers?
    International Management (Chapter 5, 7, 8):
    		1) How would you describe your company's level of globalization? Explain why.
    2) Excluding the U.S. (unless your company operates soley within U.S. Borders), describe the key environmental factors of the country your company operates in.
    Strategy Formulation & Implementation (Chapter 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, etc)
    		) What is your company's mission statement?
    2) List/explain the major strengths of your organization.
    3) List/explain the major weaknesses of your organization.
    4) What are some of the external opportunities your organization faces?
    5) What are some of the external threats your organization faces?
    6) How would you characterize your organization's overall strategy?
    Corporate Culture: (Chapter 1, 2)
    		Make an assessment of the company's culture.
    1) What do you believe to be the underlying values and beliefs of the organization?
    2) Is it important to your firm's strategy and operations?
    Managerial Decision Making (Chapter 3)
    		1) Use the classical decision making model to discuss a major nonprogrammed decision your company has recently made.
    2) Come up with some alternative that the company could have used to solve the same problem. Again be creative.
    The External Environment (Chapter 2)
    		1) Describe the major elements of your company's task environment. Limit description to 1 to 2 sentences for each element.
    2) List and describe the major elements of your organization's general environment. Limit your description to 1 to 2 sentences for each element.
    3) Describe the level of uncertainty facing your company. What are the implications of this uncertainty facing your company?
    Organizational Structure (Chapter 10, 11
    		1) Describe your company's formal organizational structure (tall or flat)
    2) Describe the organizational structure of your organization (functional, divisional, matrix, team, network)
    3) Draw an organizational chart of your organization.
    Human Resources Management (HRM) (Chapter 12)
    		1. Describe a HRM issue currently facing your organization. Discuss its potential impact on the company.
    2. Given your knowledge of the company, if you were HRM director, what qualities would you look for in an individual during the selection process? Focus on the general fit wit the goals of the company and not characteristics for a specific job.
    		 
    THESE ARE JUST EXAMPLES OF QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED IN YOUR COMPANY FILE. ADD YOUR OWN QUESTIONS TO ASSIST YOUR ANALYSIS