MNGT 5000 - Management

Introduction

This space provides course details, rationale and context for the several sections, assignments and activities included in this course. 

We are utilizing McGraw-Hill Connect assignments that are embedded in the course and deep linked.

The intent of this course is to provide students with an overview of management and leadership skills and abilities practiced by effective managers and leaders.

This is the first of the sequence of courses in the Management & Leadership Degree Program. This course provides a pathway to success as manager in todays’ challenging and complex global business landscape utilizing the art and science of management. The course enables students to understand key characteristics of exceptional managers. This is a summary course in the discipline of management and provides the basics of managerial functions, strategy, management theory and best practices.

Course Description:

• This course introduces the principles of management and leadership by engaging the four primary managerial functions of planning, organizing, leading and controlling. Students learn to conduct environmental analysis, analyze strategy, structures, and governance utilized by managers for creating effective and efficient organizations. Students will be required to pay $30.00 course fee.

Course Learning Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1. Explain management and leadership concepts through various frameworks and tactics utilized by effective managers.
2. Practice the four functions of the management process: Planning, Organizing, Leading and Controlling.
3. Evaluate how managers and leaders prepare for external challenges and identify techniques to control internal environments.
4. Gather and analyze information to formulate and implement effective communication methods
5. Develop integrative solutions for management problems companies experience

Pre-Test and Post-Tests:

Students in this course will complete a multiple choice test in MNGt 5000 to measure their understanding of management and leadership concepts. Students will complete the same test in MNGT 6000. The results will measure how they progress through the program.

Required Textbook

Connect for Kinicki, Management: A Practical Introduction, 9e  - ISBN – 9781264348121

Weekly Schedule and Chapters and Topics

Additional objectives:

1. To learn and develop a network of contacts, starting with your classmates
2. To learn the value of an entrepreneurial team and to learn your personal strengths and weaknesses
3. To learn to be a resource for others and how to have others serve as a resource for you
4. The student has a work, health, or family emergency that prevents them from completing the course. This includes deployments and transfers; and,
5. The student has a maximum of two (2) graded assignments to complete (e.g., the final exam and the research project, the research project and a case analysis, etc.), and has attended, or will attend, at least seven out of nine weeks. 
6. Students who do not meet the above criteria should withdraw from the class.
7. Students will have thirty (30) days from the last day of the term to complete the missing assignments.
8. Students who are granted an “I” under the preceding conditions will have their final course grade reduced by one letter grade (e.g., ‘A’ reduced to ‘B’, ‘B’ reduced to ‘C’, etc.)To be aware, particularly in an entrepreneurial context, of what is and what is not ethical behavior. To have fun while learning by doing.

Grading Criteria:

Final grade will be determined based on the following and weighted as shown:

Assignments are not graded for writing styles. Instructors can refer students to the writing center via Net Tutor. Tutors are available online. Assignments are to be graded using the rubrics posted in the discussion forum. Post your questions, comments and suggestions in the discussions. You can also email joeroberts@webster.edu if there are specific questions.

Grade Point Scale:

University Policies

University policies are provided in the current course catalog and course schedules.   They are also available on the university website. This class is governed by the university’s published policies. The following policies are of particular interest: Academic Honesty: The university is committed to high standards of academic honesty. Students will be held responsible for violations of these standards. Please refer to the university’s academic honesty policies for a definition of academic dishonesty and potential disciplinary actions associated with it.

• Drops and Withdrawals:
  Please be aware that, should you choose to drop or withdraw from this course, the date on which you notify the university of your decision will determine the amount of tuition refund you receive.
  
  Please refer to the university policies on drops and withdrawals to find out what the deadlines are for dropping a course with a full refund and for withdrawing from a course with a partial refund.

• Special Services:
  If you have registered as a student with a documented disability and are entitled to classroom or testing accommodations, please inform the instructor at the beginning of the course of the accommodations you will require in this class so that these can be provided.
  
  
• Disturbances:
  Since every student is entitled to full participation in class without interruption, disruption of class by inconsiderate behavior is not acceptable. Students are expected to treat the instructor and other students with dignity and respect, especially in cases where a diversity of opinion arises. Students who engage in disruptive behavior are subject to disciplinary action, including removal from the course.
  
  
• Course and Classroom Policies:
  Syllabus is subject to revision by instructor without prior notification or consent of the student. Students are expected to complete weekly activities during that week. All students are expected to follow proper classroom etiquette.
  
  To get an “A” in this course you need to do the following: Do all homework and group work as assigned in the time period allocated. Actively participate in discussion forums. Do not be tardy and keep up with the assignments.

Weekly Discussions

Each week, there will be a one or two discussion questions (DQ) associated with the readings. You should post your initial response to Discussion Question by 11:59 p.m. Central Time on Wednesday of the class week. DQ responses posted late will be subject to the same late penalty as any other assignment.

Midterm and Final Examinations

There are open-book, timed midterm and final examinations used in this course. The examinations will be a combination of essay questions and a case analysis that will ask you to apply the theories and concepts from the course to the facts of the case. More details will be given shortly before the tests are scheduled.

Late Assignments – Assignments submitted late will be subject to a 10% penalty for each day that the assignment is late.  Assignments submitted more than five (5) days late will not be accepted. Requests for extensions of assignment due dates will be considered but before the assignment is due; however, no due dates will be extended beyond the last day of the term. Students who request an extension on any assignment beyond the last day of the term must take an ‘Incomplete’.

Incomplete Grades –Webster University policy states that the grant of a grade of ‘I’ (Incomplete) is solely at the discretion of the instructor.  An ‘I’ will only be granted under the following circumstances:

• The student has a work, health, or family emergency that prevents them from completing the course. This includes deployments and transfers; and,
• The student has a maximum of two (2) graded assignments to complete (e.g., the final exam and the research project, the research project and a case analysis, etc.), and has attended, or will attend, at least seven out of nine weeks. 
• Students who do not meet the above criteria should withdraw from the class.
• Students will have thirty (30) days from the last day of the term to complete the missing assignments.
• Students who are granted an “I” under the preceding conditions will have their final course grade reduced by one letter grade (e.g., ‘A’ reduced to ‘B’, ‘B’ reduced to ‘C’, etc.)

Exceptions to the above policies could be made on a case-by-case basis and will be at the sole discretion of the instructor.

This syllabus and all assigned activities are subject to change without notice. Students are required to check the course blackboard space for session schedules and assignments. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EACH STUDENT TO KEEP UP WITH THE CHANGES AND NOTIFICATIONS OF SUCH CHANGES.

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