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MANAGEMENT
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MGT
491 - Seminar:
Managing Yourself and Others in Organizations
Four Quarter Hours
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PREREQUISITES:
The
course is intended for students at the junior or senior level
in management or communication studies or those with
work experience in organizations. Previous courses in management
or workplace communications are recommended.
Students
enrolled on any campus of Ohio University may not enroll in
this course.
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COURSE
OVERVIEW: The
course discusses the theory and practice of human relations
in organizations and explores the skills and thinking that
lead to becoming an effective manager. Issues that affect
work behaviors in the rapidly changing work environment provide
the background for student learning activities.
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METHODS
OF COURSE INSTRUCTION:
All material for this course is print-based. Instructor and
students communicate and exchange materials through postal
mail.
E-PRINT
OPTION
Students may use e-mail to submit lesson assignments, using
any e-mail provider and any standard e-mail software. The
assignments that are submitted electronically are printed
and sent to the instructor by mail, not e-mail, so assignments
may be sent as attached documents, thus preserving the original
format. Graded assignments will be returned as printed copy
by postal mail. Instructions for the e-print option are enclosed
with the course guide.
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TEXTBOOKS
AND SUPPLIES:
ISBN
0130859559 Tucker, Mary L., et al., The Human
Challenge: Managing Yourself and Others in Organizations,
7th ed., Prentice-Hall, 2002
ISBN
0787909521 Weisinger, H., Emotional Intellingence
at Work, Jossey-Bass, 1998
...available
from EdMap's distance-learning online
bookstore.
| STUDENTS
ARE STRONGLY ADVISED NOT TO BUY TEXTBOOKS UNTIL
REGISTERED IN COURSES AS REQUIRED EDITIONS CAN CHANGE
WITHOUT NOTICE. |
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| NUMBER
OF LESSONS:
The
course has fifteen lessons; there are no examinations. |
| TYPES
OF WRITING ASSIGNMENTS: The
course is writing-enriched, with substantial writing assignments
in each lesson. These consist of essay responses to discussion
questions, responses to articles, case study analyses, etc.
Students are expected to produce assignments in professional
workplace format (guidelines are provided in the course guide)
with correct spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure. |
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GRADING
CRITERIA: The
final grade is determined by the average of grades for all
lesson assignments (the course has no examinations) using
the following scale:
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A
A-
B+
B
B-
C+
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= 93-100 %
= 90-92
= 87-89
= 83-86
= 80-82
= 77-79 |
C
C-
D+
D
D-
F
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=
73-76 %
= 70-72
= 67-69
= 63-66
= 60-62
= below 60 |
Detailed
grading criteria for assignments, based on professional workplace
standards, is provided in the course guide.
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ENROLLMENT
INFORMATION:
Active Terms: Not term-based; self-paced study. Eight months to finish.
Registration
Dates: Enroll
at any time.
Call Independent and Distance Learning Programs at 1-800-444-2910
if you have questions about this course, the enrollment
process, or Ohio University degree opportunities.
Ohio
Learning Networkers: Always check with your home campus
advisor to make certain that a course from another school
will fulfill your degree requirements.
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