Faculty Contact Information:
Kerry Bringman - Kbringman@faculty.ed.umuc.edu
Phone: 90 322 316 5786
Home Email: Rain2day@comcast.net | |
Consultation:
| Email me at either address anytime you have questions about the course or about your assignments. | |
Required Texts and Readings:
Texts used exclusively in this course--
Daft, R.L. 2003. Management, (6th ed. with Infotrac). Mason, Ohio: Thomson Learning. ISBN: 0-03-035138-3.
Text used in multiple courses--
American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication manual of the
American Psychological Association (5th ed.). Washington DC:
Author. | |
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). Public Productivity Review is 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 discussions 25%
Write graduate level papers or case studies 25%
Complete one written mid-term examination 25%
Complete one written final examination 25% | |
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.
Participate & Experiential Exercises (25%): There will be several opportunities within the class for the students to work together in various activities. Much of the class is leaning “theories” but then we will get to apply it by discussing “real world” cases, some of which may be discussed in detailed or role-played to allow for the opportunity to hone your newly learned skills.
Grading Criteria: Each day you will be given up to three points for maximum participation (attendance, active participation, and preparedness), two points for moderate participation (parts of the previous three missing and absence was forecasted or un-avoidable) and minimal participation (two of the three missing but work assignments still met) or no participation (unexcused absence and or work not turned in on time).
Research Paper 25%: 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. Plan on committing approximately 150 hours over the duration of this course to producing professional level deliverables. The topic of the paper will be decided upon by the student and the instructor in the first several weeks of class. Further instructions will be given out on the first day of class.
Complete two written examination 50%: 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 16 units or modules, with each unit corresponding to a regular three-hour weekday meeting, a half-day on weekends, or a full week of DE.
Initial meeting:
Introductions
Review of syllabus
Clarification of goals, objectives and requirements
Chapter 1
Second meeting
Chapter 2
Case discussion
Third meeting
Chapter 3 & 4
Case discussion
Fourth meeting
Chapter 5 & 6
Research Paper Assignment #1
Fifth meeting
Chapter 7 & 8
Case discussion
Sixth meeting
Chapter 9 & 10
Subject Matter Review
Seventh meeting
Chapter 11
Mid-Term
Eighth meeting
Chapter 12 - 14
Case discussion
Ninth meeting
Chapter 15 & 16
Research Paper Assignment #2
Tenth meeting
Chapter 17
Case discussion
Eleventh meeting
Chapter 18
Case discussion
Twelfth meeting:
Chapter 19
Case discussion
Thirteenth meeting:
Chapter 20
Research Paper Assignment #3
Fourteenth meeting:
Chapter 21
Fifteenth meeting:
Chapter 22
Return and Review Term Papers
Sixteenth meeting:
Subject matter review
Final exam
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:
| Kerry Bringman earned his Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership from Chapman University and his Bachelor of Science in Workforce Education and Development from Southern Illinois University. He is retired from the United States Air Force after 21 years, working in such diverse careers as Criminal Justice, Human Relations and Equal Opportunity, and Mental Health. He has over 20 years in delivering adult education specializing in organizational, employee assistance, and human resource education and development. | |