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BUS 300  Management in Organizations

Department of Business

Montana State University - Northern

Spring Semester 2009

Instructor:                  Larry Strizich/Kevin S. Carlson

Class Time:                Tuesday  & Thursday 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM (NorthNet)

Office: Larry:  210H (campus)
  Kevin:  2100 16th Avenue South
 Great Falls, MT  59601
Phone: Larry: Work 265-3724
  Kevin: Work    771-4429  (& voice mail)
Email:  Larry: Strizich@msun.edu
  Kevin:  kcarlson@msun.edu (work)
Office Hours: Mondays         10:00 – 11:00 AM
  Wednesdays    10:00 – 11:00 AM
  Fridays            by Appointment
Text: Fundamentals of Management
  Robbins/DeCenzo, 6th edition, Pearson/Prentice Hall (2006)

 

Course
 Overview: 		The purpose of this course is to communicate to students a fundamental understanding of organizations and their management.  Specifically, the course will provide a working understanding of the functional areas of planning, leading, organizing, controlling and decision-making within an organization.
   
Course
Objectives:
  1. To provide a thorough understanding of the functional areas of management (planning, organizing, leading, controlling).
  2. To present current management theories and applications.
  3. To provide students with an understanding of the interrelationships between the functional areas of business and the discipline of management.
  4. To develop an understanding of the importance of all types of communication in management.
  5. To develop decision-making skills in quantitative and non-quantitative areas of management, marketing, accounting and economics using sophisticated computer simulations.
  6. To establish a base of knowledge for other, more specialized, management courses (BUS 332/405/410/450).
   
Graduate
Learning
 Outcomes: 		The faculty of the Business Technology program has identified overall learning outcomes and skills that prepare our graduates for success in business as well as life long learning.  The outcomes/knowledge requirements represent the core disciplines within the Business area (management, marketing, quantitative analysis, and environmental analysis).  The skills support each of the learning outcomes.  The skills are technology, communication, collaboration, critical thinking, ethics/social responsibility, and self- directed learning.  Each instructor in every class will evaluate these strands in relation to the four major knowledge outcomes listed below.
  Graduates of the MSU-Northern Business Program will:
 
  1. Understand how to effectively and efficiently use resources to accomplish organizational goals.
  2. Understand how to create, maintain and enhance exchanges.
  3.  Understand how to generate, evaluate, and utilize quantitative information in a business context.
  4. Understand how to analyze and evaluate the external environment to determine and implement effective strategy.
  The Management in Organizations course (BUS 300) enhances the understanding of the first, third and fourth Graduate Learning Outcomes.

 

Evaluation : Unit Tests        (3 @ 100 points) 300
  Computer Simulation  / In-class Assignments 400
  Total Points 700

Three exams covering material from class and the text will be given.  Each of the unit tests will be worth 100 points and will contain subjective and objective questions.

                                    Students who cannot take an examination at the scheduled

                                    time must receive permission from the instructor prior to the

                                    exam to receive the opportunity to take the comprehensive

                                    final test in place of the test that was missed.

Written assignments will all be typed.  These assignments will be graded on content and appearance.

                                    Late assignments, if accepted, will be subject to a

                                    penalty (25% loss of points per/day)

A computer simulation will be used in class and will be graded based on the ROI of each team in the game.

Grading:                    A         90 - 100 %                   630 - 700  points

                                    B         80 - 89 %                     560 - 629  points

                                    C         70 - 79 %                     490 - 559  points

                                    D         60 - 69 %                     420 - 489   points

                                    F                                              419  points or fewer

 BUS 300  Course Schedule  /  Spring  Semester 2009

Date Subject Assignment
 

January  15

 Syllabus Discussion / Course Introduction  
20  Chapter 1 Read Chapter 1
22 History Section Read Chapter 2
27 Chapter 2  
29 Chapter 3  
February 3 Chapter 4  
5 Chapter 5  
10 Review  
12 Test #1 (Chapters 1 – 5)  
17 Computer Explanation  
19 Computer Decision #1  
24 Chapter 6  
26 Computer Decision #2  
March 3  Chapter 7  
5 Computer Decision #3  
 10 Chapter 8  
12 Computer Decision #4  
24 Chapter 9  
26 Test #2 / Computer Decision #5  
31 Chapter 10  
April   2 Computer Decision #6  
7 Chapter 11  
9 Computer Decision #7  
14 Chapter 12  
16  Computer Decision #8  
21 Chapter 13 / Computer Decision #9  
23 Test #3 (Chapter 10 – 13)  
28 Computer Decision #10  
30 Computer Results  
May 5 Comprehensive Exam (if needed)