COURSE NUMBER: Management 850

Saturdays 9:00-11:50 Combs 216
 

COURSE TITLE: Administrative Analysis in Organizations
 

INSTRUCTOR: Allen D. Engle
 

OFFICE: 220 Combs Classroom Building

(606) 622-6549, 622-1377 cboengle@acs.eku.edu
 

OFFICE HOURS: Mon & Wed 12:30-2:30; Tu & Th 8:15-9:15, 10:30-

11:30; BY ARRANGEMENT ONLY, Sat 12:00-1:00
 

REQUIRED TEXTS: James D. Bowditch & Anthony F. Buono. A Primer on Organizational Behavior, 4th Ed. (1997). New York: John Wiley.
 

Robert E. Quinn, et al. Becoming a Master Manager, 2nd Ed. (1996). New York: John Wiley.
 

Edward E. Lawler III. From the Ground Up (1996). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
 

SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS: None
 

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Prerequisite-MGT 300, MGT 821 or equivalent. Emphasis on development of administrative

theory, application to modern and developing forms of business organization. Heavy emphasis on advanced applications of

primary functions of the manager.
 

COURSE OBJECTIVES: This course is designed to give the MBA student a combination of theoretical understanding and

practical, applicable skills in the area of organizational studies. By a combination of readings, discussions, papers and analyses

the students will be challenged to analyze and evaluate a broad number of topics in management on the macro and micro

levels. Students will then be called on to determine their own strengths and weaknesses and determine strategies to improve

their personal skills. Students must read the assignments so they are willing and able to analyze the reading in a critical manner

and integrate a number of the selections to build upon their skills bases.
 

LIBRARY ASSIGNMENTS: Topic research paper will require significant library work.
 

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

1. Students are required to make regular, significant contributions to the discussion of assigned readings. They

will be called upon to present the reading at hand and discuss the implications of the topic in general and in terms of the

earlier readings.

2. Students will be required to form Presentation Groups of 3-4 individuals and submit a topic for in-class presentation. The

presentation will be on the application a new or particularly interesting form of management practices in a specific setting,

i.e., a specific company, industry or geographic region. The student group will be required to make a brief, five to ten

minute presentation on the topic in which they outline the practice, present the potential benefits in the particular

setting then go on to review the advantages and disadvantages as well as any barriers or costs of application and why those

costs should be borne. A question and answer session will follow. These presentations will be evaluated by the

instructor and the rest of the class for clarity, persuasiveness and logical presentation.

3. Individual students will be required to write a research paper on a subject in management they find significant to their

career plans. Once approved by the instructor, this research paper will call on significant library work and a minimum of 20

references are called for.

4. There will be two exams, a midterm and a final, in which students will be called on to apply the models, theories and

practices in a prescribed set of text readings. Students must identify the critical problems of the case, and recommend a

series of case-specific solutions to the problems, justifying these solutions by using the course readings.
 

STUDENTS' MATERIALS: The professor reserves the right to retain for pedagogical reasons either the original, or a copy, of any student's test, written assignment, paper, video, or similar work submitted by the student, either individually or as a group project, for this class. Students' names will be deleted from any retained items.
 

COURSE EVALUATION PROCESS: Students will be evaluated on the following criteria set. There will be no test curve

and no extra credit will be possible.

Grading Criteria:

                        Midterm Examination 100 pts.                                     Scale
        Group Application  Presentations 50 pts.                                 90% > = A
                                Research Paper 100 pts.                                 80% > = B
                              Final Examination 150 pts.                                70% > = C
                         Discussion Leadership 75 pts.                                60% > = D

                                        Total Points 475 pts.                               < 60% = F
 

ATTENDANCE AND ACTIVITY: This class is designed as a seminar for the discussion and debate of assigned readings

and cases. Students    are therefore required to be prepared for and attend classes in a punctual, regular manner. Timely, well

prepared and professional contributions to in-class discussions of the assigned readings is the standard of comparison for the

term "discussion leadership" in the EVALUATION SECTION above. There will be no opportunity to hand in work projects

later than the assigned deadlines.
 

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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:
 

Week of Topic Reading Assignment/Work Due

Aug 29 INTRODUCTION ATTENTIVE DISPOSITION
 

Sep 5 BACKGROUND B Ch. 1 & 2; Q Ch. 1; L Intro, Ch. 1 and Ch 2
 

Sep 12 Cont. Cont.; Group Presentation Topic Approved
 

Sep 19 MOTIVATION B Ch. 4; Q Ch. 7
 

Sep 26 Cont. L Ch. 8 and 9
 

Oct 3 PERCEPTION B Ch. 3; Q Ch 2; Individual Research Paper Topics Approved
 

Oct 10 COMMUNICATION Group Presentations Begin B Ch. 5; Q Ch. 4; L Ch. 10;

Oct 17 GROUPS Group Presentations Continue; B Ch. 6; Q Ch. 3; L Ch. 6 (briefly) and 7
 

Oct 24 MIDTERM EXAM
 

Oct 31 CULTURE AND Group Presentations Conclude; LEADERSHIP B Ch. 8 & 11; Q Ch. 6; L Ch. 11
 

Nov 7 PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT B Ch. 9; Q Ch 5; L Ch. 3

Nov 14 P & E Cont. DESIGN & B Ch. 10; L Ch. 4 & 5 STRUCTURE
 

Nov 21 STRUCTURE, B Ch. 7; Q Ch. 8; L Ch. 6; PEOPLE & POWER RESEARCH TOPIC PAPERS DUE IN
 

NOV 28 ACADEMIC HOLIDAY
 

Dec 5 CHANGE AND CONCLUSIONS B Ch. 12, Q Ch.9 & 10; L Ch. 12
 

Dec 12 Cont.; Catch Up
 

Dec 19 CUMULATIVE FINAL EXAMINATION

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