Faculty Contact Information:
William G. Stewart, Ph.D.
email: bstewart@faculty.ed.umuc.edu
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Consultation:
-Office hours: 30 minutes before and after class or by appointment.
-Contact anytime via email; expect response within 24 hours to queries, weekends and holidays excepted.
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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.
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Supplementary Readings:
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All graduate students should be prepared to utilize the UMUC online library at www.ed.umuc.edu/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.
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Recommended Journals:
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A variety of full-text, online, free-of-charge and pay-per-view academic journals are listed on the UMUC online library. The Journal of Organizational Behavior is especially useful in this course.
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Course Description:
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Prerequisites: MGMT 511 and MGMT 571. 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.
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Course Goals:
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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.
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Course Objectives:
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 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 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.
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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%
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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.
Attendance is mandatory. TDY travel and bona fide family emergencies constitute valid excuses for missing class. Makeup work will be accepted in case of excused class absences. It is the student's responsibility to accomplish missed assignments and coordinate their submission with the professor.
Participate in classroom discussions: You are expected to come to class prepared 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. Work must be submitted when due. Late submissions will receive serious penalties. Written work will be accomplished and submitted in accordance with the academic style of the American Psychological Association.
Orally/visually present prepared material: You are required to present your research and work in a professional manner. In a face-to-face course, this typically means an oral presentation accompanied by appropriate visual material. Short case analyses will be assigned and presented as a group effort.
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 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 exam questions used for this course will be essay in style, allowing students to demonstrate a full range of learning from knowledge and understanding through analysis, application, synthesis, and evaluation.
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Course Schedule:
This schedule presents 16 units or modules, with each unit corresponding to a half-day on weekends.
Unit 1:
Course Intro Activities
Cummings & Worley (C&W): chapter 1;
Ott et al. (Ott): #38 (Lewin)
Unit 2:
C&W: chapters 2-3
Ott: #37 (Coch & French)
Unit 3:
C&W: chapters 4-5
Ott: #14 (Herzberg), #17 (Blake, Shepard, & Mouton)
Unit 4:
C&W: chapters 6-7
Ott: #44 (Bennis)
Unit 5:
C&W: chapters 8-9
Ott: #39 (Argyris)
Unit 6:
C&W: chapters 10-11
Ott: #5 (Schein)
Unit 7:
Midterm exam
C&W: chapters 11
Ott: #40 (Senge)
Case 1: Initiating change . . . p. 209
Unit 8:
C&W: chapters 1-12
Ott: assigned readings
Midterm exam
Unit 9:
C&W: chapter 13
Unit 10:
C&W: chapters 14-15
Unit 11:
C&W: chapters 16-17
Case 2 Metric Division, p. 264
Unit 12:
C&W: chapters 18-19
Unit 13:
C&W: chapters 20-21
Unit 14:
Chapter 22
Unit 15:
Chapter 23
[Integrated] case 3: Managing Strategy . . . p. 646
Unit 16:
C&W Chapters 1 -23
Ott: All assigned readings
Final exam
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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.
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Faculty Bio:
William G. Stewart, Ph.D., Collegiate Professor of Public Administration & Management Information Systems
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. He served as a bomber pilot, performed operational and staff functions in Minuteman ICBM operations, and carried out senior staff duties in international politico-military affairs for Germany and the United Kingdom.
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