Faculty Contact Information:
Dr. Phillip Nufrio
pmnufrio@yahoo.com | |
Consultation:
The professor will appear every three days (minimally) on the UMUC class web site.
All course work will be sumitted in the UMUC web class room. Course work will not be accepted by email.
Students can pose important questions on the syllabus in the UMUC conference board set up for syllabus questions. Students should email professor (only in extreme cirsumstances please) | |
Required Texts and Readings:
Texts used exclusively in this course--
Dessler, G. (2003). Management: Principles & practices for tomorrow's
leaders, (3rded.). Prentice Hall.
Rabin, J. (1989). Management thought and productivity (Part I). Public
Productivity Review 12(5):279-281. Retrieved June 30, 2003 from
ABI/Inform database at http://www.umuc.edu/library/
Text used in multiple courses--
American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication manual of the
American Psychological Association (5th ed.). Washington DC:
Author. | |
Supplementary Readings:
| Each instructor has his or her preferences for supplemental reading that may be added here. In addition, all graduate students should be prepared to utilize the UMUC online library. The library contains a large number of full text academic journals that are free of charge and immediately available. The library homepage also contains a number of links related to improving students' research and writing skills. | |
Recommended Journals:
A variety of full-text, online, free-of-charge and pay-per-view academic journals are listed on the PA Webboard (http://webboard.ed.umuc.edu/~pa). The instructor encourages students to use the ABI/Global search engine found in the UMUC electronic library as they look for scholarly articles in the fields of business and public management. The journals Public Productivity Review, Public Administration Review and Public Administration Quarterly are especially useful in this course.
| |
Course Description:
| The focus of the course is on management responsibilities, functions and requirements common to all complex organizations. In addition, students will study the legal, political, and economic environments that contribute to similarities and differences between public and private sector endeavors, the problems with which they are concerned, and the values that influence their decision-making. This course satisfies the undergraduate priniciples of management prerequisite for the M.P.A. and M.S. programs. It is not open to students who have already satisfied the management prerequisite. It does not satisfy M.P.A. graduate degree requirements unless used as an elective in the management concentration. | |
Course Goals:
| As a prerequisite to the M.P.A. and the M.S. in Management Information Systems, this course is designed to provide graduate students with foundational theories and concepts of management. | |
Course Objectives:
At the conclusion of the course, students will be able to:
- Analyze
case material, web sites, public law, and research articles related to management.
- Investigate
the relationship between historical and current issues in management.
- Utilize
electronic resources to find primary source documents, data, statements on best practices, and research articles related to issues in management.
- Develop and present
written and oral arguments, case studies, and/or research papers on current issues in management that make reference to and build on factual and expert information. | |
Grading Information:
Grades for this course will be assigned as follows:
A 90 - 100%
B 80 – 89%
C 70 – 79%
F Below 70%
Please note that Bowie State University does not use "D" for graduate students. The grade F(a) is used to designate academic failure. F(n) is used to designate failure for non-completion. Grades of Incomplete or Withdrawal are governed by UMUC-Europe policies. For further details, please refer to the UMUC-Europe Graduate Catalog. Hard copies of the catalog are available in your local Education Center. | |
Course Requirements:
Graduate school at the masters level focuses on helping students obtain the education needed for success as professionals in their chosen fields. Thus, UMUC-Europe Graduate Programs and Bowie State University share the common goals of promoting excellence in academic scholarship through thoughtful inquiry and the skillful application of knowledge and theory for the betterment of society. In order to maximize your graduate educational experience in general and this course in particular, you are required to:
Participate in classroom conference discussions...............20%
Write a graduate level paper (integrative diary)..............20%
Critical essay (posted on assigned weekly conference).........10%
Two essay examinations........................................50%
| |
Description of Course Requirements:
Successful graduate students in American universities dedicate approximately three hours of preparation/study time for every hour spent in the face-to-face classroom. Thus, the following course requirements were developed on the assumption that students would be prepared to spend approximately 150 hours of their own time working on them. In an 8-week term, that is the equivalent of a half-time job. Most 14-week graduate distance education courses require at least 10 hours per week of dedicated time, plus time spent in the virtual classroom.
Participate in classroom discussions: Students are expected to come to class prepared to engage in all discussions in a professional and informed manner. Students are expected to visit the virtual classroom three times weekly (minimally) and critically “react” to the postings made by the instructor and students. Likewise the instructor will visit the virtual classroom respond to student questions, every other day (except Sundays).
Write graduate level papers: You are required to conduct professional-level research, including appropriately citing works of others and avoiding plagiarism. Resubmission of course work from previous classes (whether or not taken at UMUC, UMUC-Europe or BSU), partially or in its entirety, is not acceptable in this course and will result in an automatic failure on the assignment.
There are two major writing assignments (spelled out in detail on the UMUC course web site). One is a major “integrative diary” which relates a significant work experience (including observations) to the “theories” covered in the readings and lectures. The second writing assignment is a “critical essay” (each student will be assigned one or more weeks to “post” their essay in the virtual classroom). The structure and guidelines of the critical essay are found in the virtual class under “course material”
Two written essay examinations): The examination process in this class will assist you in developing the writing and critical thinking skills necessary to successfully passing the comprehensive exam required of all graduate students. The questions used will be taken directly from topics and issues posted in the virtual classroom.
| |
Course Schedule:
Week 1
Students are to post responses to conference “introductory” topics in virtual classroom
Dessler, Chapter 1
Students are to read lecture notes on “roles of the manager”
The instructor will post the first critical essay on Chapter 1 as a “model” for students for future weeks (it is optional for students to post a reaction to this essay)
------------
Week 2
Dessler, Chapter 3
Students are to read lecture notes on “decision making”
Students are to post reactions to posted “critical essay” made on Chapter 3
---------
Week 3
Dessler, Chapter 4
Students are to read lecture notes on planning and performance management
Students are to post reactions to posted “critical essay” made on Chapter 4
------------
Week 4
Dessler Chapter 5
Students are to post reactions to posted “critical essay” made on Chapter 5
------------
Week 5
Dessler Chapters 6 and 7
Students are to post reactions to posted “critical essay” made on Chapters 6 and 7
----------------
Week 6
Dessler, Chapter 8
Students are to post reactions to posted “critical essay” made on Chapter 8
------------
Week 7
Dessler, Chapter 9
Students are to post reactions to posted “critical essay” made on Chapter 9
Class interaction in developing essay exam topics
Week 8
Mid Term Exam
--------------
Week 9
Dessler, Chapter 10
Rabin, 1989
Students are to post reactions to posted “critical essay” made on Chapter 10
Submission of “integrative diary” in virtual class by the middle of the class week
-----------------
Week 10
Dessler, Chapter 11
Rabin, 1989
Students are to read the lecture notes on motivation (“understanding values/attitudes)
Students are to post reactions to posted “critical essay” made on Chapter 11
---------------
Week 11
Chapter 12
Students are to read lecture notes on the TA model
Students are to post reactions to posted “critical essay” made on Chapter 12
--------------
Week 12
Dessler, Chapter 13
Students are to rent and review 1957 movie (Henry Fonda’s 12 Angry Men”)
Students are to post reactions to posted “critical essay” made on Chapter 13
---------------
Week 13
Dessler, Chapter 14
Students are to post reactions to posted “critical essay” made on Chapter 14
Class interaction in developing final essay exam topics
_____________
Week 14
Dessler, Chapter 17
Students are to post reactions to posted “critical essay” made on Chapter 17
Class interaction in developing final essay exam topics
---------------
Week 15
Final Exam
Week 16
Course Evaluations
| |
Academic Policies:
The University has a license agreement with Turnitin.com, a service that helps prevent plagiarism from internet resources. I may be using this service in this class by either requiring students to submit their papers electronically to Turnitin.com or by submitting questionable text on behalf of a student. If you or I submit part or all of your paper, it will be stored by Turnitin.com in their database throughout the term of the University's contract with Turnitin.com. If you object to this temporary storage of your paper, you must let me know no later than two weeks after the start of this class. Please Note: If you object to the storage of your paper on Turnitin.com, I may utilize other services to check your work for plagiarism.
The official university policy on Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty can be found at http://www.umuc.edu/policy/aa15025.shtml. Section I.C. states: Faculty may determine if the resubmission of course work from previous classes (whether or not taken at UMUC), partially or in its entirety, is acceptable when assigning a grade on that piece of course work. Faculty must provide this information in their written syllabi. If the resubmission of course work is deemed to be unacceptable, a charge may not be brought under this Policy and will be handled as indicated in the written syllabi.
Please refer to Description of Course Requirements for specific information on how resubmissions will be treated in this course and to the UMUC-Europe Graduate Catalog for information on the following:
Academic Integrity
Course Load
Exception to Policy
Grade Appeal Process
Make-up Examinations
Nondiscrimination
Students with Disabilities
Hard copies of the catalog are available at your local Education Center. | |
Faculty Bio:
|
Philip M. Nufrio, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Public Administration at Metropolitan College of New York, School of Public Policy and Administration. He has served on the faculty of Rutgers University, the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Long Island University and Seton Hall University.
He teaches a broad array of courses in public and business administration, including leadership, organizational theory and behavior, public policy, research methods, and management information systems and applications.
Dr. Nufrio has developed and used his own long distance curriculum since 1998. He is author of Evaluating Organizational Culture Change: A Study of the National Government." (2002, University Press of America). He authored numerous articles in the field of public policy and administration. His recent publications include: Public Policy Using Excel (co-authored book "in press" with M.E.Sharpe); editor,"Symposium: Public Policy and Administrative Issues in the Middle East: Examining Iraq and Beyond." in Public Administration and Management" (Volume 9 Number 1, 2004), and author, "Examining the September 11 Terrorist Attacks; Can Democracy and Economic Development Purge the ‘Clash of Civilizations’". in Public Administration and Management (Volume 9 Number 1, 2004).
As a consultant he has advised numerous public and private sector organizations since 1975.
For ten years he served as a management analyst to 3 cabinet federal agencies including the President’s Reorganization Project. Dr. Nufrio is a Phi Beta graduate and holds his Ph.D. from Rutgers University and a Masters in Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University.
Dr. Nufrio is a first degree black belt in Seido Juku (the World Seido Karate organization).
| |