国际通识课程 07.Syllabus of Management

Syllabus OF MANAGEMENT

Course Title: Principles of Management

Class Times & Location:8:00-10:30, Thursday, Thursday

Instructor Information: Qian Lin

Email: linqian87@163.com

Course Description:  

This course serves as an introduction to the discipline of management.  It is designed to integrate the accepted theories in the area with real world applications to provide students with the basic knowledge and skills needed for managing others. This course begins with a discussion of the current issues in management and then proceeds to cover the traditional functions of management: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Lecture and class assignments given in the course are intended to help students understand the needs of modern public and private organizations, including emerging national and international trends.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, students should be able to identify the principals of managing formal organizations, recognize the various challenges faced by today’s managers and give examples of organizations engaging in the management functions of planning, organizing, leading and controlling.  

Resources

Textbook: Management, 11^th Edition by S. Robbins and M. Coulter, published by Prentice Hall.

software: MyManagementLab (This is an optional resource, see my www.mymanagementlab.com for more information)

Library & Internet Resources: Students are encouraged to use the university library and the internet for research and to complete assignments when necessary.

Course Assessment

• Class Attendance: 10%. Responsible attendance is expected of each individual enrolled in this course. I will circulate a sign-up sheet every day that we are scheduled to meet and you will forfeit one full percentage point for every unexcused absence beyond three. If you miss a lecture you are responsible for obtaining any missed notes and/or handouts on your own unless you are officially excused.

You may be officially excused from a class meeting for one of four reasons: (1) You have an illness that prevents you from attending class and a doctor's note to that effect; (2) You have a personal emergency like a death in the family and are either excused before class or can document the emergency afterwards; (3) You have a university sponsored obligation (participation in a sporting event or student organization sponsored project) and are excused before the examination or case presentation; or, (4) You have the absence officially excused in writing by the Dean of Economics & Management.

• Group/individual presentation & Class discussion: 20%. Students will be assigned presentations on the course topics, and are encouraged to actively participate in the class discussion.

• Assignment: 20%. The students should finish the assignments such as key concepts, questions for review, problems and application in the related chapters, and hand in them on time.

• Examinations: 50%. There will be afinal exam in the end of this semester. The questions will come from the assigned reading material, the lecture notes, as well as class discussions and exercises. Test paper will be presented with defining, multiple choice, true/false, short essay, and long essay questions.

Grading

PercentagePoints

In-Class Exercises/Participation10%10

Case Assignments (4 at 25 points each)20%20

Group Presentation20%20

Final Exam 50%50

TOTAL POINTS100

NOTE:

• Class attendance and participation in class discussion is expected and absences will affect your final grade.

• The due dates for assignments are non-negotiable and late work will be penalized.

• All assignments are to be professional in appearance and typed to receive full credit.

Course policies

Classroom Behavior: Classroom behavior that interferes with either the instructor’s ability to conduct the class or the ability of students to benefit from the instruction is not acceptable. Students engaging in improper classroom behavior may have points deducted from their total points in the course, or if the situation warrants be reprimanded to the university’s committee on student discipline.

Academic Honesty and Appeals:  Students are expected to maintain the highest standards of academic integrity.  Behavior that violates these standards is not acceptable. Examples are the use of unauthorized material, communication with fellow students during an examination, attempting to benefit from the work of another student and similar behavior defeats the intent of an examination or other class work. Cheating on exams, plagiarism, improper acknowledgement of sources in essays, and the use of a single essay or paper in more than one course without permission are considered very serious offences and shall be grounds for disciplinary action as outlined in the current General Catalogue.  

Course Outline 16-Week Course: Semester