64158-600 Whitmore

Leadership and Managerial Assessment

MIS 64158 600

Tuesday 6:25 pm – 9:20pm, Stark Campus – Main Hall

 INSTRUCTOR

Dr. Mark Whitmore

Phone:  330-410-3841 (cell)

E-mail address: mwhitmo4@kent.edu

Office hours: Monday or Wednesday 2:00pm to 4:00pm, Tuesday 6:00pm (or other times by appointment)

 TEXT / READINGS/ASSESSMENT

Selected readings offered throughout the course.   Students are required to take the Workplace Big five Profile.  There is a $58.00 fee for the test that students must pay for the assessment.

 FOCUS/PURPOSE OF THE COURSE

This course will focus on how organizations assess leadership and management skills.  We will examine both the theoretical and practical implications and applications of assessment.  Exploring both the advantages as well as the limitations involved in each of the areas of managerial and leadership assessment.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

On completion of the course, students will be able to:  Demonstrate knowledge of the diverse models for understanding and practicing leadership and managerial assessment.  Understand and gain deep insight into their leadership and managerial strengths and areas for development.  Be able to assess and critique different approaches to managerial and leadership assessment and determine which approaches are valid and which are not.  Understand how managerial leadership assessment fit within the larger disciplines of leadership development, performance management and organizational strategy.

 GRADING

Final grades will be comprised of the following:

            Class Participation – Attendance,

            Case Studies, and Assessments                   10%

            Leadership Journal                                       25%       

            Leadership Interview                                   20%       

            Team Presentation                                       25%

            Final Essay exam                                         20%

I will use +/- grades for this course.  Assignment of final grades will most likely be:  92+ A, 90-91 A-, 88-89 B+, 82-87 B, 80-81 B-, 78-79 C+, 72-77 C, 70-71 C-, 68-69 D+, 60-67 D, 0-59 F.  I reserve the right to curve these final grades, up or down, based on overall class performance.

 ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION

You are permitted two excused absences.  If you must miss class, you must contact me before class (by phone, e-mail, in person, etc.).  Your attendance will be excused only if you have a university-approved reason.   CLASS ASSIGNMENTS WILL COUNT TOWARDS YOUR PARTICIPATION GRADE.

LEADERSHIP STORY AND INTERVIEW INDIVIDUAL PAPER

Students will write a five page paper on an interview they conduct with an area leader using the leadership story interview guide.  The paper will provide a biography of the leader and their responses to the interview questions.  The student will write a conclusion regarding the leadership characteristics, style, competencies, etc. evidenced by the leader.  Students will be asked to present informally their leader interview findings in class.  A maximum of 15 points can be earned from the paper.  The paper is due September 23.  A maximum of five points can be earned from the presentation.  The presentation can be scheduled up to November 4.  There is a maximum of no more than three presentations per course period.

LEADERSHIP JOURNAL

Students will go through a series of leadership assessments including the WorkPlace Big Five Profile.  Students are expected to reflect on their leadership assessments and prepare a ten page paper summarizing their observations.  An electronic format of the journal will be provided to students.  Papers Due October 22.

TEAM PRESENTATION

Students will work as a team of three to prepare and present a 30 minute presentation on a technique or application of leadership or managerial assessment.  The presentation should consist of a power point presentation and a demonstration of the assessment technique.  The topic must be approved of by the professor.  The PowerPoint must be turned into the professor. Presentations will be scheduled for December 2.

HR FORUM OR SUMMIT PRESENTATIONS / PAPER

Students may earn extra credit of five credit points by attending one of two HR Forum Presentations presented throughout the semester.  In addition to attendance, the students will prepare a short, no more than two page paper, responding to questions about the presentations they attended at the forum.  These papers are due by the end of the regularly scheduled Tuesday class following the presentation. 

ESSAY FINAL EXAM

A take home essay final exam will be given to the students.  Student will be given one week to complete the exam.  The final exam is due at the final exam period during finals week, and may be e-mailed to the professor.

COURSE FORMAT

The format of this course will be in the form of PowerPoint lectures and interactive class discussion, case studies, assessments, demonstrations and other activities.  Because of the quick pace of the course it will not be possible to cover every topic in the lecture, so students are required and should expected to be tested and questioned on areas in the assigned readings.  Note that it is important to read the assigned reading prior to the course so that you may engage in the discussions in a meaningful way.  Therefore keeping up with the reading assignments is imperative.  All of the lecture slides, will be on Blackboard. 

 COURSE TOPIC SCHEDULE

 Date               Topic                                                           Readings                   Assignments/Exams

 Information from the KSU College of Business Administration

The Following Policies Apply to All Students in this Course

 A.     Students attending the course who do not have the proper prerequisite risk being deregistered from the class.

B.    Students have responsibility to ensure they are properly enrolled in classes.  Should you find an error in your class schedule, you need to correct the error with your advising office no later than Sunday, September 7, 2014.   If registration errors are not corrected by these dates and you continue to attend and participate in classes for which you are not officially enrolled, you are advised now that you will not receive a grade at the conclusion of the semester for any class in which you are not properly registered.

For flexibly scheduled courses, faculty should contact the Registrar’s Office (330.672.3131) directly for the specific dates if they are unable to determine based on information in Self Service Banner.

 C.     Academic Honesty:  Cheating means to misrepresent the source, nature, or other conditions of your academic work (e.g., tests, papers, projects, assignments) so as to get undeserved credit.  The use of the intellectual property of others without giving them appropriate credit is a serious academic offense.  It is the University's policy that cheating or plagiarism result in receiving a failing grade for the work or course.  Repeat offenses result in dismissal from the University.

D.     For Fall 2014, the course withdrawal deadline is November 2, 2014.   Withdrawal before the deadline results in a "W" on the official transcript; after the deadline a grade must be calculated and reported.

E.     University policy 3342-3-01.3 requires that students with disabilities be provided reasonable accommodations to ensure their equal access to course content. If you have a documented disability and require accommodations, please contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester to make arrangements for necessary classroom adjustments. Please note, you must first verify your eligibility for these through Student Accessibility Services (contact 330-672-3391 or visit  http://www.kent.edu/sas/index.cfm

 for more information on registration procedures).

F. GRADUATION INFORMATION FOR SENIORS:  It is your responsibility to apply for graduation before the set deadline. If you apply after the deadline you will be assessed a $200 late fee. Please see your academic advisor as soon as possible if you are uncertain as to your progress toward graduation. 

To apply for graduation complete the following steps:

Log onto your Flashline account

1.       Click on the Student Tools tab

2.       Look in the Graduation Planning Tool Box

3.       Click on Application for Graduation

**If an error message appears, you must contact your advisor.