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Graduate Course Proposal Form Submission Detail - MAN5002
Tracking Number - 4798
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Current Status:
Approved by SCNS - 2014-11-01
Campus: St Petersburg
Submission Type: New
Course Change Information (for course changes only):
Comments: Approved by USFSP. To USF Sys 8/14/14. To SCNS after 8/21. Nmbr 5001 Apprd eff 11/1/14 as 5002
Detail Information
- Date & Time Submitted: 2013-08-24
- Department: Business Administration
- College: BP
- Budget Account Number: 140100
- Contact Person: Alison Watkins
- Phone: 7278734086
- Email: awatkins@usfsp.edu
- Prefix: MAN
- Number: 5002
- Full Title: MBA Essentials: Management
- Credit Hours: 0
- Section Type: C -
Class Lecture (Primarily)
- Is the course title variable?: N
- Is a permit required for registration?: Y
- Are the credit hours variable?: N
- Is this course repeatable?: Y
- If repeatable, how many times?: 3
- Abbreviated Title (30 characters maximum): MBA Essentials: Management
- Course Online?: O -
Online (100% online)
- Percentage Online: 0
- Grading Option:
S - S/U Only
- Prerequisites: Admission to Graduate School
- Corequisites: None
- Course Description: A basic conceptual overview of management principles. Topical coverage includes ethics, globalization, strategic management, leadership, and individual and group decision making.
- Please briefly explain why it is necessary and/or desirable to add this course: Replacing Selected Topics with Permanent number; already listed in program
- What is the need or demand for this course? (Indicate if this course is part of a required sequence in the major.) What other programs would this course service? This course is needed by all USFSP MBA students who do not have an academic background in business or whose undergraduate courses in management were taken more than 7 years before entering the MBA program.
This course serves no other program.
- Has this course been offered as Selected Topics/Experimental Topics course? If yes, how many times? Yes, 3 or more times
- What qualifications for training and/or experience are necessary to teach this course? (List minimum qualifications for the instructor.) Terminal Degree Only
- Objectives: The objective of this course is to provide a broad conceptual overview of managerial theory and concepts to prepare students for the MBA program.
- Learning Outcomes: At the end of this course the student is expect to:
1. understand the concept of social responsibility of management
2. recognize ethical dilemmas and their potential solutions
3. understand the nature and role of leadership in an organization
4. recognize how globalization affects managerial decisions
5. understand the key differences between individual and group decision-making.
- Major Topics: The Nature of Management
Social Responsibility and Managerial Ethics
International Management and Globalization
Strategic Management
Planning
Organizational Structure and Design
Managing Diverse Human Resources
Leadership
Motivation
Groups and Teams
Communication and Negotiation
Individual and Group Decision Making
Control
- Textbooks: Management, 3rd edition (2012) by M.A. Hitt, J.S. Black, and L.W. Porter, Pearson-Prentice Hall (2012)
- Course Readings, Online Resources, and Other Purchases: Narrated power point presentations by the instructors
- Student Expectations/Requirements and Grading Policy: Once students have completed their study of the assigned chapters there is an online test comprised of 90-100 multiple choice questions. A student must score at least 75% on this test to receive a grade of S=Satisfactory for the course.
- Assignments, Exams and Tests: The following chapters from the text are required reading:
Chapter 1: The Nature of Management
Chapter 2: Social Responsibility and Managerial Ethics
Chapter 3: International Management and Globalization
Chapter 4: Strategic Management
Chapter 5: Planning
Chapter 6: Organizational Structure and Design
Chapter 7: Managing Diverse Human Resources
Chapter 8: Leadership
Chapter 9: Motivation
Chapter 10: Groups and Teams
Chapter 11: Communication and Negotiation
Chapter 12: Individual and Group Decision Making
Chapter 14: Control
Once a student has studied these chapters, along with viewing the online power point narrations there is an online test comprised of 90-100 multiple choice questions. A student must score at least 75% on this test to receive a grade of S=Satisfactory for the course.
- Attendance Policy: No first class attendance policy due to the nature of this course. Students can begin the class at any time. There are no scheduled exams. Students take the exams according to their own schedules. The schedule for the course is not part of the regular semester, so there are no religious conflicts. Students can alter when they take the online exams based on their own personal needs.
There is no time limit as when the student must complete this course. Students can take as long as they want, even in excess of a year or more, to complete the exams. Thus, there will be no conflict with religious holidays as the date a student takes an exam, as well as when they can finish the course, is entirely at their own discretion.
Students with Disabilities:
Please notify your instructor if you have a learning disability or require special assistance with this portion of Essentials. Confidential personal and learning assistance counseling are made available to students through the Division of Student Affairs. Contact R. Barry McDowell (mcdowell@stpt.usf.edu) for more information.
- Policy on Make-up Work: There is no set make-up policy. Students can begin the class at any time. There are no scheduled exams. Students take the exams according to their own schedules. The schedule for the course is not part of the regular semester, so no regularly scheduled exam is ever missed. Students can alter when they take the online exams based on their own personal needs.
There is no time limit as when the student must complete this course. Students can take as long as they want, even in excess of a year or more, to complete the exams.
See USF Policy on Academic Dishonesty and Disruption of Academic Process at www.ugs.usf.edu/catalogs/0304/adadap.htm
Because of the University’s commitment to academic integrity, plagiarism or cheating on course work or on examinations will result in penalties that may include a grade of “unsatisfactory” for this portion of the Essentials Program. Any incident of academic dishonesty will be reported to the dean of the college. Definitions and punishment guidelines for Plagiarism, Cheating, and Student Disruption of the Academic Process may be found at the web address listed above.
- Program This Course Supports: USFSP MBA Program
- Course Concurrence Information: None
- if you have questions about any of these fields, please contact chinescobb@grad.usf.edu or joe@grad.usf.edu.