MNGT 5590: Weekly Course Schedule

Sample Syllabi Weekly Schedules:

The syllabi shown below are to assist you with developing your course syllabus. If you are teaching a WebNet+ section or an in person section use the on ground version. If you are teaching an online section follow the online version. You are required to follow the course structure posted. 

Online Section Weekly Schedule

Weekly Topics

Week 1 Chapters 1 and 2

Topics Covered: The evolution of management, organizational effectiveness, and forces shaping managerial practice.  Cultures and values influencing workplace behavior, characteristics of effective socialization.

Week 2 Chapters 3 and 4

Topics Covered: Individual differences, perception and attributions

Week 3 Chapters 5 and 6

Topics Covered: Content and process approaches to motivation; job design and performance, job enrichment, and quality of work life.

Week 4 Chapters 7 and 8

Topics Covered: Performance evaluation, rewards; the emerging study of workplace misbehavior.

Week 5 Chapters 9 and 10

Topics Covered: Managing individual stress; the nature and kinds of groups and teams.

Week 6 Chapters 12, 13, and 15

Topics Covered: Power and politics, the elements of communication and barriers to effective communication; the nature of leadership, behavioral and situational approaches.

Week 7 Chapters 11 and 14

Topics Covered: Managing conflicts, negotiations, and the art and science of decision-making

Week 8 Chapters 16 and 17

Topics Covered: Organizational structure and design; models of organizational change and development

Week 9 No readings

Final Paper

 

On ground Section Weekly Schedule

Week Topics Chapters in Text

Week 1 Introduction to the Field of OB Individual Behavior, Personality and Values

Chapters 1 & 2

Week 2 Individual Behavior, Personality and Values (con’t) Perceiving Ourselves and Others in Organizations

Chapters 2 & 3

Week 3 Workplace Emotions, Attitudes, and Stress

Chapter 4

Week 4 Employee Motivation

Chapter 5

Week 5 Midterm Examination & Decision Making & Creativity

Chapter 6

Week 6 Decision Making & Creativity (con’t) & Team Dynamics

Chapters 6 & 7

Week 7 Power and Influence in the Workplace & Conflict and Negotiation in the Workplace

Chapters 9 & 10

Week 8 Leadership in Organizational Settings & Organizational Culture

& Organizational Change

Chapters 11 & 13

Week 9 

Final Exam