The Response Papers are your responses to each part of Miller's text. Each paper is worth 50 points and should be 2-3 pages in length. 200 points total.
- Part A: Looking over the first three chapters, pick the management style approach you feel your manager or organization subscribes to….be detailed and use examples and support why you feel it fits with your experience.
- Part B: Using one of the three approaches: Systems, Cultural, or Critical, take a look at your current organization or a past one and analyze it from that perspective.
- Part C: Taking a look at these four chapters, pick how new employees are brought in, how decisions are made, how conflict is dealt with, or how change is approached in your current or past work experience…again, provide examples and be detailed.
- Part D: For this last response paper you can look at the emotionality of work, the diversity training, the use of technology or the changes taking place in your industry and tell me what your perceptions are of one of these aspects. Be detailed and provide examples.
The Presentation is an integrated oral presentation of your research on a specific organization that is struggling from effects of the recession. Resolve the question: How did this company communicate its objectives to its employees relating to downsizing, filing for bankruptcy, and/or reducing its workforce? Discuss the ethical considerations of the communication. 100 points.
The Term Assessments cover the text. Due to the condensed nature of Summer semester, these assessment will cover seven chapters each, so keep up with your reading. These assessments are multiple choice, true/false, 50 questions each. 200 points each.
Evaluation Criteria Summary
Organizational Analysis - 300 points
Response Papers - 200
Presentation - 100
Term Assessments - Two at 200 points
Total: 1000
Grading scale:
A 940-1000 A- 900-930
B+ 870-890 B 830-860 B- 800-820
C+ 750-790 C 700-740 C- 650-690 F 000-490
D+ 600-640 D 550-590 D- 500-540
Requirements - Reading/Research
This course requires completing regular reading, writing and research exercises both in class and out of class. Your organizational analysis alone will require a great deal of research and source citing. Be sure to dedicate the time needed for successful achievement.
Attendance
It is imperative that you be present each week and of course for exams. Attendance and participation is worth a portion of the final grade. The only time an absence will be excused is with proper and verifiable documentation.
Coming to class late more than 2 times will also result in an absence. Coming in late is always a distraction for everyone.
Any student who misses 4 or more classes will need to come and speak to me about either dropping the course or whether or not the student can even pass at that stage.
Writing
1. Review and follow the guidelines regarding plagiarism. Submitting an assignment that includes plagiarized material can earn you expulsion from the college at worst, a grade of “0” at best or just an F in the course.
2. Submit all formal writing word-processed, double-spaced, in 12-point type.
3. Conform to a standard academic citation style, American Psychological Association (APA).
4. Use standard word-processing fonts (Arial, Times Roman without italicizing except for foreign words or the names of publications.)
