Faculty Contact Information:
Faculty: Dr. Bill Stewart
Email: bstewart@faculty.ed.umuc.edu
Address: HQ USEUCOM CMR 480 Box 669 APO AE 09128-0669 | |
Consultation:
Office hours: Contact anytime via email
Details of contact: Online availability daily during the week; expect response within 24 hours to queries, weekends and holidays excepted. | |
Required Texts and Readings:
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Text used exclusively in this course:
Cummings, T.G. & Worley, C.G. (2005.) Organization development and change. (8th ed.). UK: Thomson-South Western.
Texts used in multiple courses:
American Psychological Association. (2001.) Publication manual of the American Psychological Association, (5th ed.). Washington DC: Author
Ott, J.S., Parkes, S.J. & Simpson, R.B. (2003.) Classic readings in organizational behavior, (3rd ed.). Toronto, Ontario: Thomson Wadsworth. | |
Supplementary Readings:
| 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 Journal of Organizational Behavior is especially useful in this course. | |
Course Description:
| Prerequisites: MGMT 511 and MGMT 571. This course is designed to provide an understanding of the underlying theory of organization change and intervention; to explore how various change strategies can be applied to problems involving people in intact systems; and to analyze successful approaches and techniques in organization development, to include materials, techniques, designs, current issues, and practices in organization development. Other topics covered in the course will understand the organization as a system, organization assessment, team building and inter-group work as OD intervention, entry strategies, internal/external change agent, and third-party consultation. | |
Course Goals:
| As an advanced course in the Management Track of the MPA, this course builds on theories and concepts from earlier courses (MGMT511 and MGMT571)and provides the student with tools and strategies to deal with organizational change. The course emphasizes the need to use human resources in an effective manner to achieve organizational goals. | |
Course Objectives:
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At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to:
- Analyze
case studies using theoretical constructs from the literature on organizational development (OD)
- Apply
theoretical perspectives to practical problems in OD.
- Investigate
current issues and best practices in OD
- Utilize
electronic and technological solutions to realize basic OD activities.
- Utilize
electronic resources to find primary source documents, data, statements on best practices, and research articles related to issues in OD.
- Develop and present
viable strategies and/or policy recommendations relating to important OD issues. | |
Grading Information:
Grades for this course will be assigned as follows:
A 90% and above
B 80 up to 90%
C 70 up to 80
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 discussions---------------10%
[Orally]/visually present prepared material--------10%
Write graduate level papers or case studies--------40%
Complete two written examination(s)----------------40% | |
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. 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: You are expected to visit the virtual classroom at least twice weekly and to engage in all discussions in a professional and informed manner.
Write graduate level papers or case studies: You are required to conduct professional-level research, including appropriately citing works of others and avoiding plagiarism.
Orally/visually present prepared material: You are required to present your research or case analyses in a professional manner. In a DE class, this means creating a visual/textual presentation for your instructor and classmates.
Project descriptions: Much class attention will be focused on the development of critical thinking in the process of organization development through case study analysis. Each student will be assigned case studies for individual and/or group presentation. Both group and individual assignments constitute formal written work and will require the application of both qualitative and quantitative analysis.
Complete written examination(s): 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 for this course will either be taken directly from past comprehensive exams or written as though to be included on a comprehensive exam. | |
Course Schedule:
This schedule presents 14 units or modules, with each unit corresponding to a full week of DE.
Unit/Week 1:
Course Intro Activities
Cummings & Worley (C&W): chapters 1-2;
Ott et al. (Ott): #38 (Lewin)
Unit/Week 2:
C&W: chapters 3-4
Ott: #40 (Kelman & Warwick)
Unit/Week 3:
C&W: chapters 5-6
Ott: #15 (Herzberg), #18 (Blake, Shepard, & Mouton)
Unit/Week 4:
C&W: chapters 7-8
Ott: #42 (Bennis)
Unit/Week 5:
C&W: chapters 9-10
Ott: #39 (Argyris)
Unit/Week 6:
C&W: 11-12
Ott: #6 (Schein)
Unit/Week 7:
Online midterm exam
C&W: chapters 1-12
Ott: assigned readings
Case 1 (tbd)
Unit/Week 8:
C&W: chapters 13-14
Unit/Week 9:
C&W: chapters 15-16
Case 2 (tbd)
Unit/Week 10:
C&W: chapters 17-18
Unit/Week 11:
C&W: chapters 19-20
Case 3 (tbd)
Unit/Week 12:
C&W: chapters 21-22
Unit/Week 13:
C&W: chapter 23
Integrative Case (tbd) (Term paper equivalent)
Unit/Week 14:
Online final exam
Comprehensive | |
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:
William G. Stewart, Ph.D., Collegiate Professor of Business & Management.
Dr. Bill Stewart completed the Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership at the University of Oklahoma, writing a dissertation on perceptions of leadership and management in the Armed Forces of the United States. He received the M.B.A. from the University of South Dakota and the B.A. in International Relations and German from Brigham Young University. He joined the University of Maryland University College-Europe faculty in 1990, after retiring from the U.S. Air Force with service in ICBM operations, as a pilot, and in international politico-military affairs for Germany and the United Kingdom. | |