Organization and Management (MKMG211)

SIENA COLLEGE
DEPARTMENT OF MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT

MKMG211 – ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT (3 Credit Hours)
Spring, 2004
Andrea Smith-Hunter, Ph.D.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This is a core course for students in the Business Division and an elective for non-business majors. This foundation course is designed to give students a basic understanding of organizations with emphasis on conceptual and interpersonal skills. This course will introduce students to the fundamental management functions including planning, organizing, leading, and controlling from historical, as well as contemporary a and future perspectives. Upon completion of this course, students should have a basic understanding of the managerial process, a sound knowledge of commonly accepted principles of administrative management and be familiar with the basic skills involved in managing an enterprise. MKMG 211 is a sophomore-level class in the business core. It is expected that students will have completed ECON 101, ECON 102, QBUS 100, and QBUS 110 before taking this course.

REQUIRED TEXT AND MATERIALS

1. Contemporary Management. 2003. 3rd edition, Irwin McGraw-Hill Publishing. Gareth Jones and Jennifer M. George.
2. Diversity and Entrepreneurship: Analyzing Successful Women Entrepreneurs,
   University Press of America, Andrea Smith-Hunter.
3. Access to the following periodicals: Business Week, Harvard Business Review,
   Management World and the Wall Street Journal.

SPECIFIC ASSESSABLE LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts and terminology related to planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.
2. Apply management concepts to assigned situations.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationship of management functions in organizational situations.
4. Write an effective argument that independently and effectively integrates evidence from a variety of sources.

TEACHING METHODOLOGY

There are different ways in which to approach the teaching of the same subject area and materials. The focus of this course will be on applying the theories and concepts presented in the textbooks to practical business examples and experiences in the real world. This will be done through contemporary articles from leading business sources, class exercises, mini-cases and in-depth cases. The objective is to get students to move pass a regurgitation of the materials and to apply what they have learnt to solving practical organizational issues that are not often monolithic and are instead integrative and complex.
       Not all of the chapter materials will be covered in class, however students are expected to know all of the materials covered in each chapter and to apply the materials learnt to their graded assignments.
       Although there are scheduled office hours, I am available to meet with students at other times to discuss any questions or concerns they might have. If you need to meet with me, please call me at my office or and leave a message if I am not available. I can also be contacted via email.

GRADING - Grades will be based on the following point system:

The following letter grades will be assigned to quizzes, article presentations, argumentative papers, case analyses, final exam, participation and attendance:

GENERAL POLICIES AND EXPECTATIONS

1. Attendance – Attendance will be taken and recorded for every class. This class emphasizes classroom discussion, therefore your attendance is critical. More than three unexcused absences may adversely affect your grade up to and including a lowering of the grade. For an absence to be considered “excused” you must provide a written documentation (from a coach, doctor, etc.).
   
2. Class Participation – This course requires extensive in-class discussions. It is essential that students perform the assigned readings prior to attending the relevant class. Class participation grades will be assigned based on students’ effective participation.

   What is participation?

• Raising and answering questions.
• Sharing ideas, observations and personal experiences.
• Pointing out relevant data.
• Generating potential solutions.
• Relating and synthesizing the ideas of others.
• Pointing out relationships to earlier discussions.
• Helping others develop their views and ideas.
  

3. Article Presentation – Each student will volunteer for an article presentation. An article presentation will start with a brief summary of the article and continue with a discussion of the issues present in the article. Students should avoid repeating the information in the article. Instead, students are expected to identify the pertinent issues that need to be addressed, perform the necessary analyses and evaluations and propose a set of recommendations or action plan. Students will hand in a written evaluation of the article at the end of the presentation. Students are also expected to provide copies of the articles for the other students in the class. A good presentation and written analysis incorporates the issues learnt from the chapters into the article evaluations. Articles should be taken from the periodicals listed on page 1 of the syllabus or any other appropriate medium. The written article analyses are due at the time of the presentations.
4. Argumentative Paper - Each student will write an argumentative paper regarding an management issue we have covered over the semester. The paper should follow an integrative perspective, relating the materials from other subject areas to the topic that is being argued. Any contemporary topic of interest, e.g. from an article or a topic included in your textbook could be used to form the basis of your argumentative paper. A detailed description of the expectations of this paper will be provided the second week of class along with several examples. Your paper should be at least 3 typewritten pages in length.
5. Case Analysis - Students will form into groups of 5 to 6 students and do two written case analyses , similar to the cases we will analyze during classes. The analyses should be at least 6 pages in length. Again, students should avoid repeating the information provided in the cases. Instead, students are expected to identify the pertinent issues that need to be addressed, perform the necessary analyses and evaluations and propose a set of recommendations or action plan.
   
6. Case Presentation - Students will also be expected to do an oral presentation on the final case analysis. The dates for each group's presentation will be announced in class.
   

   ** Additional details on the written case analyses and presentations will be provided when the cases are distributed to each group.**

7. Academic Integrity (Paraphrased from the Siena College Catalog) Academic integrity is extremely important at Siena College and as such academic dishonesty will not be tolerated. Students who commit such acts, expose themselves to punishments as severe as dishonorable dismissal from the College. Academic dishonesty can take different forms, and includes, but is not limited to: cheating, plagiarism and computer abuse.

COURSE OUTLINE

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