MNGT 5000 - Management

MNGT 5000 Faculty Community

Introduction

This Canvas Community 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 to World Classroom to promote active learning engagement in the course.

These activities allow us to determine individual student performance and the creation of an individual development plan, IDP.

We are using the UBER case study that flows through the entire course from week one to week nine.

This allows the student to get totally engaged with the key aspects of management issued experienced by this company.

As you go through this content post your comments, suggestions and questions to the discussion threads of MNGT 5000.

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.

A syllabus for MNGT 5000 is posted below.

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:

Explain management and leadership concepts through various frameworks and tactics utilized by effective managers.
Practice the four functions of the management process: Planning, Organizing, Leading and Controlling.
Evaluate how managers and leaders prepare for external challenges and identify techniques to control internal environments.
Gather and analyze information to formulate and implement effective communication methods
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 for online sections:

Week	Chapters	Topics
Week 1	Chapters 1 & 2 & 3	Course orientation McGraw-Hill Connect Tutorial and Details Course Logistics Pre-Test – Modular XM by CapSim Individual Development Plan Readings from Chapters 1 & 2 & 3 Role play 1: - Change management – A Fresh New Idea Self-Assessment: How strong is my motivation to lead? Uber Case Study Part 1
Week 2	Chapters 4 , 5	Readings from Chapters 4 & 5 Role play 1: Reinforcement Theory: Delivering Consequences Role play 2: International Management: Expanding Aldente Self-assessment: Assessing Your Global Manager Potential Uber Case Study Part 2
Week 3	Chapter 16	Readings from Chapter 16 Self-Assessment: Assessing your Leader-Member Exchange Self-Assessment: Assessing your Financial Literacy Uber Case Study Part 3
Week 4	Chapters 6 , 7	Readings from Chapters 6 & 7 Role Play 1: How to launch a business Self-Assessment 1: Learning and Growth Perspective Self-assessment 2: Assessing your intuition Uber Case Study Part 4
Week 5		Midterm Exam Uber Case Study Part 5
Week 6	Chapters 8 , 9, 10	Readings from Chapters 8 & 9 &10 Role play: Hiring at Data Corps Self- Assessment: Assessing your organizational structure preferences Uber Case Study Part 6
Week 7	Chapters 11 & 12 &13	Readings from Chapters 11 & 12 &13 Role Play: Management History: Taking it to the next level Self-Assessment: Do you have a positive approach at work? Self-Assessment: How satisfied are you with your current job? Self-Assessment: Attitudes towards teamwork
Week 8	Chapters 14 & 15	Readings from Chapters 14 & 15 Role play: Teams make the App work Self-Assessment: Assessing my listening style Self-Assessment: Assessing my social media readiness Uber Case Study Part 7
Week 9		Final Exam

Additional objectives:

To learn and develop a network of contacts, starting with your classmates
To learn the value of an entrepreneurial team and to learn your personal strengths and weaknesses
To learn to be a resource for others and how to have others serve as a resource for you
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.)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:

Role Play and Self-Assessments	25%
Uber Case Study and Discussions	25%
Mid Term Exam	25%
Final Exam	25%
Total	100%

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:

A	93-100	Superior work
A-	90-92	Superior work
B+	87-89	Good work
B	83-86	Good work
B-	80-82	Good work
C+	77-79	Satisfactory work
C	73-76	Satisfactory work
C-	69 – 73	Satisfactory work
D	60 – 69	Passing but less than satisfactory work
I		Incomplete work
ZF		Incomplete work not completed within one year
F		Unsatisfactory work no credit granted
W		Withdrawn

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.

On Ground Section Weekly Topics and Schedule:

When	Topic	Notes
Weekly Sessions Online		Week 1: Chapters 1 & 2 & 3 The Exceptional Manager: What you do and How you do it Management: What it is, what its benefits are The Four Principal Functions of managers Levels and areas of management Skills exceptional managers need Classical, Behavioral and Quantitative viewpoints People, Planet and Profit Organization and Stakeholders and Governance Videos and Discussion Forum Week 2: Chapters 4 & 5 Globalization and International Management Free Trade and Competition Cultural Differences and Management Fundamentals of Planning and Strategy The Planning Cycle Week 3: Chapter 16 Monitoring Performances and Exercising Managerial Control Balanced Scorecard and Strategy Maps TQM and Financial Controls Managing for Productivity Project Management and Toolkits Week 4: Chapters 6 & 7 Strategic positioning and levels of strategy Strategy and the management process Levels and types of strategy Entrepreneurship strategy Start-up, Growth, and Harvest strategies Evidence Based Decision making and Analytics Decision making Styles Artificial Intelligence Week 5: Midterm Exam Week 6: Chapters 8 & 9 &10 Aligning Strategy, Culture and Structure Creating innovative organizational culture Process to change organizational culture Types and major elements of Organizational structure Human Resources Management and Effective Workforce Development Orientation Learning and Development Labor Management and Legal Aspects of HR Change Types and Models Organizational Development and Innovation Leading and Managing Change Week 7: Chapters 11 & 12 &13 Personality and Individual Behavior and Differences Values, Attitudes and Behavior Workplace Behaviors and Attitudes Diversity and Workforce Managing Stress and Workplace Behaviors Motivation and Reinforcement Perspectives Groups Versus Teams Effective Teams and Managing Conflicts Week 8: Chapters 14 & 15 Leadership models and Approaches Trait, Behavioral and Situational Leadership models Transformational Leadership and Power and Influence Mastering exchange of information Communication Process and Managing Effective Communications Social Media and Managing Barriers to Communication Week 9: Final Exam