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: Thirty minutes before and after class or by appointment. Contact anytime via email. | |
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.). Mason, OH: 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.). Belmont, CA: 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:
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Course Description:
| Prerequisites: None. This course is designed to provide an understanding of the underlying theory of organization change through planned intervention; to explore how various change strategies can be applied to problems involving people in open systems; and to analyze successful approaches and techniques in organization development, to include materials, techniques, designs, current issues, and practices. Other topics covered in the course will include the understanding of the organization as a system, functions of a professional OD practitioner, OD entry strategies, organization assessment and diagnosis, collecting and analyzing diagnostic information, designing OD interventions, leading and managing change, as well as ethical implications of OD and OD in global settings. | |
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 and diagnose organizations in need of planned change using concepts from the literature on organization development (OD).
- Apply theoretical perspectives to practical problems in OD.
- Investigate current issues and best practices in OD.
- 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 intervention strategies and policy recommendations relating to OD issues.
- Recognize and be sensitive to ethical concerns in OD and OD in global settings.
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Grading Information:
Grades for this course will be assigned as follows:
A Above 90%
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 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:
The student's practice and development of critical thinking is a major factor in the final course grade awarded. To this end this intensive course requires academic achievement pursuant to activities weighted by the following scale:
Participation: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10%
--- Attendance
--- Timeliness
--- Preparedness
Pre-class paper on OD . . . . . . . . . . .10%
In-Class Case Discussions . . . . . . . . .30%
--- Quality of participation
--- Written notes
Midterm exam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15%
Post-class written integrated case . . . . 20%
Post-class take home final exam . . . . . .15%
Attendance, Grades and Late Arrivals for Class:
Attendance is mandatory. Students who arrive late for class violate the UMUC/BSU policy on the total number of teacher-student contact hours required for award of graduate credit in the intensive teaching format. Students who arrive late miss lecture material and decrease their class participation thereby affecting their learning and course grade. | |
Description of Course Requirements:
- In this eight-week, intensive format class a student may earn a total of three credit hours by attending classes held during a single calendar week from Tuesday through Friday evenings from 1830-2200 hours, and then on Saturday and Sunday from 0900-1700 hours.
- The intensive class session is preceded by required preparatory study that will consist of both reading and writing assignments. Guidance prior to the class is via the course syllabus and email interaction with the professor and the UMUC/Bowie State University Graduate Programs staff. A virtual Web Tycho classroom will be made available for student-teacher and student-student interaction during the class and post class assignments.
- The student must spend the time after the class has been declared a "Go" prior to the first class session preparing for the course. Up to a month's time after the last class session will be allowed to complete the course examination and the Directed Study Project. How many hours a student actually spend depends accomplishing the course assignments will depend on background in the area, study and work habits, and other personal factors. Most graduate students spend two to three hours out of class for every hour in class.
- Pre-class paper, due during the first class meeting on Tuesday, 20 June: Research the C&W text as well as the Ott et al. selection of readings to outline the field of organization development, describing and detailing the OD intervention through its four major categories. This paper is to be 5-8 pages in length and presented formally, following the APA academic style. Please note that use and compliance with the APA style manual is required for this class.
- Participate in classroom discussions: A successful student will come to class prepared to engage in all discussions in a professional and informed manner. Reading assignments are to be accomplished before the class session in which they are to be discussed, applied, and analyzed.
- Orally/visually present prepared material: You are required to present your research and case analyses in group settings in a professional manner. In this intensive course, well prepared oral presentations accompanied by appropriate notes and other visual materials, as necessary, will be the standard.
- In-class case study discussions: Students will read and prepare the assigned cases for oral discussion, analysis, and critique in a small-group setting. Students are further required to prepare written case discussion notes for their own use; these notes will be prepared in duplicate. The second set of notes will be submitted to the professor before class for review.
- Write graduate level papers or case studies: A student is required to conduct professional-level research, including appropriately citing works of others and avoiding plagiarism. Moreover, all students are strongly encouraged to familiarize themselves with current UMUC-Europe/BSU standards regarding plagiarism. Academic dishonesty in any of its forms will not be tolerated.
- Students are also required to complete a major directed study case problem project during the month following the final in-class session. The intensive format allows employed adults, especially active duty military, to take courses which fit into their busy schedules.
- Complete two written 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 midterm exam will be an in-class closed book exercise; the final exam will be administered as a take-home, open book exercise following the last class meeting. | |
Course Schedule:
This schedule presents the outline of class assignments for the intensive format.
Pre-Class, 5 - 19 Jun: Read C&W chapters 1-6 and Ott et al. #38
-- Write 5-8 page research paper on OD.
-- Prepare Case1: "It's Your Turn," C&W pp. 201-2 with two copies of discussion notes for in-class discussion and presentation.
Tue eve 20 Jun: C&W Chapters 1-6; Ott et al. #37
-- Course intro; submit pre-class paper; 1st oral case discussion with two copies of discussion notes for in-class discussion and presentation.
Wed eve 21 Jun: C&W Chapters 7-8; Ott et al. #18
Thu eve 22 Jun: C&W Chapters 9-11; Ott et al. #39
Fri Eve 23 Jun: C&W Chapters 12-13; Ott et al. #15
-- HPI; Oral discussion Case2, "Metric Division," pp. 264-268 with two copies of discussion notes for in-class discussion and presentation.
SAT AM 24 Jun: C&W Chapters 14-16; Ott et al. #6
-- Technostructural Interventions; Midterm Exam
SAT PM 24 Jun: C&W Chapters 17-18; Ott et al. # 42
-- HRM Interventions; Oral discussion Case3, "Sharpe BMW," pp. 438-443 with two copies of discussion notes for in-class discussion and presentation.
Sun AM 25 Jun: C&W Chapters 19-20; Ott et al. #41
-- Strategic Change interventions
Sun PM 25 Jun: C&W Chapters 21-23; Ott et al. #40
-- Special OD applications
Post Class 25 Jun - 30 Jul: Final Exam; Written integrated case, "Caesars Tahoe," pp. 646-651 | |
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. | |