School Specific Outline: BUS203

BUSINESS AND HUMAN RESOURCES

Prerequisites

BUS 106

Topic Outline

    • Management and Management Functions including Planning Techniques.
    • Decision Making
    • Organization and Work Design
    • Human Resource Management
    • Foundations of Behaviour
    • Leadership/Motivation Employees
    • Communication and Interpersonal Skills
    • Understanding Groups and Teamwork
    • Organizational Control
    • Managing Change

Modes of Instruction

  • A variety of instruction modes may be used. 
  • These may include lectures, class discussions, experiential exercises, case study analysis, videos, guest speakers and research assignments.
  • Evaluation methods and standards have been designed to create an atmosphere similar to the real world. Similarly, as a business student, your work should reflect a professional and business like manner. For example, assignments, tests, etc. must be completed on or before the due date. 
  • Unless arrangements have been made with your professor, a missed test or assignment will receive a zero grade. 
  • Marks will be deducted for grammatical, spelling and proofreading errors. 
  • All assignments must be word processed. 
Prescribed Texts 

MANAGEMENT,  Canadian Edition, Houghton Mifflin, 2000.  Packaged with Management Builder and Experiential Exercises.  ISBN No. 0-17-620-769-4.








Required Supplies

N/A

Modes of Evaluation

  • Mid-Term Exam- 30%
  • Term Work*- 40% 
  • Final Exam - 30% 
*Term Work will be assigned by the professor and may include quizzes, oral and/or written case analysis, assignments, teamwork, etc. 
 

Grading Policy

A+    90% - 100%    4.0
A      80% -    89%   4.0
B+    75% -    79%   3.5
B      70% -    74%   3.0
C+    65% -    69%   2.5
C      60% -    64%   2.0
D      55% -    59%   1.0
F       0%   -    55%   0.0

PROFESSORS:          J. Haddad, Room 3215-F, Ext. 2649
 
 

APPROVED BY:    _________________________________             _____________
                                        CHAIR:  SUSAN ZIMMERMAN                        Date
                                        School of Business Management

Revised:    June 2000

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TENTATIVE WEEKLY SCHEDULE


Week of:
REQUIRED READINGS
Sept. 04 Chapter 1; "Managing and the Manager's Job"
Experiential Exercise, "The Nature of Today's Organizations"
Sept. 11 Chapter 6; "Basic Elements of Planning and Decision Making"
Management Skill Builder, "Assessing your management skills"
Sept. 18 Chapter 8; "Managerial Decision Making and Problem Solving"
Experiential Exercise, "Operation Transplant"
Sept. 25 Chapter 10; "Basic Elements of Organizing"
Experiential Exercise, "Square Pegs"
Management Skill Builder, "Diagnosing Organization Structure"
Oct. 02 Chapter 13; "Managing Human Resources in Organizations"
Experiential Exercise, "Nature or Nurture"
Oct. 09 Chapter 15; "Basic Elements of Individual Behaviour in Organizations"
Experiential Exercise, "What you see isn't what you get"
Managerial Skill Builder, "Assessing Your Locus of Control"
Oct. 16 Chapter 16; "Motivating Employee Performance"
Experiential Exercise, "Managing Performance by Setting Goals"
Managerial Skill Builder, "Assessing Your Equity Sensitivity"
Oct. 23 S T U D Y            W E E K            -               NO   CLASSES
Oct. 30 Chapter 17; "Leadership and Influence Processes"
Experiential Exercise, "The X-Y Scale"
Managerial Skill Builder, "An Empowering Culture:
What it is and What it is Not"
Nov. 06 Chapter 18; "Managing Interpersonal Relations and Communication"
Experiential Exercise, "The Culture Quiz"
Experiential Exercise, "Observe and Predict"
Nov. 13 Chapter 19; "Managing Group and Team Processes"
Experiential Exercise, "Trouble with the Team Project"
Experiential Exercise, "Earthquake"
Management Skill Builder, "Group Cohesiveness"
Nov. 20 Chapter 20; "Basic Elements of Control"
Nov. 27 Chapter 12; "Managing Organizational Change and Innovation"
Experiential Exercise, "The Deep Water Harbour"
Dec. 04

DEC. 11		 Consolidation Week

FINAL EXAMINATION,      DATE:    TBA

Last Updated: Fall  2000