M&IS 34165 Spring 2007 Smas
SYLLABUS: M&IS 34165
DYNAMICS OF LEADERSHIP
SPRING 2007
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP at Lorain Community College
PROFESSOR: JIM SMAS
ROOM: TBA
TIMES: TUESDAYS 4:25 - 7:05 PM
HOURS: TUESDAYS 3:30 - 4:15 PM UC 112A
E-MAIL: mjsmas@kent.edu
PHONE: 330-672-1155
NOTE: The material in this syllabus should be considered nominal and is subject to change by the instructor at any given time due to various constraints on the class, such as weather, illness of the instructor, or other such issues. Final exam times are listed in the college catalogue and it is the student’s responsibility to know when these exams are scheduled.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This is an upper level course designed to give the student practical experience in Leadership Principles. A prerequisite for this course is the Principles of Management course.
The principal method of instruction is casework with minimal lecture and examination.
You will form a team during the first session. This team will be yours for the remainder of the semester. You need to be an active member of the team during group projects and casework. The team has the prerogative of dismissing you from their team if you do not support it by active participation. At the end of the semester, there will be a peer review by your teammates, which could seriously affect your grade.
At this level of your college career, there should be no prodding by professors to get you to do the work on a daily basis. I will run this class much like a graduate class This will be a great class when everyone is prepared and contributes to knowledge. That is what we are after, knowledge, for you and for me. We have to see to it that knowledge is shared among all in the class. Be prepared!
REQUIRED TEXTS:
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Leadership: Theory and Practice, 4e , Peter G. Northouse, Sage Publications,
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2007 ISBN: 1-4129-4161-X
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OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE: This course is specifically intended to:
1. Help you develop skills in influencing others whether or not you have positional authority
2. Introduce you to the case method of studying leadership principles.
3. Cause you to reflect on and anticipate places in which and ways in which you will develop and extend your leadership during your career and lifetime.
4. Learn practical skills about leadership through role plays.
5. Learn about the various leadership theories by reading the original works of researchers in the field.
TESTS:
There are three exams during the semester. These exams will be take home and must be done individually, no collaboration is allowed. They will be posted on the web site for the course, and must be turned in on the date posted on the course schedule. Late exams will not be graded, and a score of zero will be assigned. Exams may be any combination of essay, multiple choice or T/F type questions and will encompass all materials covered in the interval from the prior exam or the start of the semester.
QUIZES:
If I suspect that preparation for each class is lacking, I reserve the right to administer unannounced quizzes based on the material due for the day. These quizzes will be worth 25 points and as many as 4 may administered, for a point total of 100 points or 10% of the total grade possible. I do not want to waste precious class time on this, so it is up to you as to the kind of class you want to have. Come prepared and no quizzes, get lazy, and you will not have a good time in this class.
ASSIGNMENTS, PROJECTS, AND EXAMS
I have given you on the following spreadsheet, a complete listing of the topics and chapters to be covered in each session. This is a breakdown of how these will work.
1. Case Analysis: You are to prepare each case individually and be prepared to discuss with your team and in larger class session. Participation will be graded by me and by your teammates. Participation counts 200 points towards your final grade. ***
2. Case Write Up. Individually, you must hand one case, completely analyzed and typed according to the guidelines set forth in the class. Note, this is not in outline format, but descriptive paragraphs using the outline ideas presented in class. You must use the long cycle method on this part. This counts 100 points towards your final grade. This can be done as a team exercise. This is due March 20, 2007
3. Movie Reviews: This is a fun assignment for each team to review one film on various leadership topics. You will prepare a report and select various clips or segments to show the class, which demonstrates the leadership principles or lack thereof to the class. This is worth 100 points to the team.
4. Project: You will do a project due May 2nd, based on the criteria listed below. This should be not less than five and no more than 10 typewritten pages. This is worth 100 points towards your grade. This is an individual project. You may not collaborate with your team mates on this project.
5. Journal: You will complete all the assessments as assigned on the schedule and add the results to a journal which will be collected twice during the semester. This is worth 100 points.
6. Final Exam: This will count 100 points towards your final grade.
PROJECT TOPICS:
I will allow the following topics for your term project: pick one from the following:
1. Contrast leadership styles from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Give solid examples of each era and the implications for leaders in the 21st century.
2. Shadow and interview a major leader in a non-profit or charitable/ volunteer organization. What makes this person influence people so well? What implications are there for leaders in any organization?
3. Contrast leadership styles in the military over the past 150 years. Where is this going and what are the implications for future military leaders?
GRADING:
There are a total of 1000 points available to determine your grade. The criteria for grading is divided as follows
1. Exams 3 @ 100 ea 300 points
2. Journal 100
3. Written Case 100
4. Class Participation 200***
5. Video Team Presentations 100
6. Final Project 100
7. Final Exam 100
Total Points 1000 points
***There are two components to this grade. The first worth 100 points is a team-based award, determined by the team’s participation in the case discussions. The second part is a team evaluation of each individual in the team and his or her contributions to the team effort. This is also worth 100 points. Divide by 10 to determine the percentage grade and then use the following to determine your letter grade.
I will use plus / minus grading this semester. Thus the grading for the course is as follows: These are on percentages
92.5 – 100 % POINTS A
89.1 – 92.4 A –
86.0 – 89.0 B+
82.5 – 85.9 B
79.1 – 82.4 B-
76.0 – 79.0 C+
72.5 – 75.9 C
69.1 – 72.4 C-
<69.0 D
<59.0 F
According to new University Guidelines the grades are converted to your grade point average by the following rules:
A = 4.0
A- = 3.7
B+ = 3.3
B = 3.0
B- = 2.7
C+ = 2.3
C = 2.0
C- = 1.7
D+ = 1.3
D = 1.0.
F = 0.0
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. You are advised to review your official class schedule (using Web for Students) during the first two weeks of the semester to ensure you are properly enrolled in this class and section. Should you find an error in your class schedule, you have until Friday, January 26, 2007 to correct the error with your advising office. If registration errors are not corrected by this date 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.
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 Spring 2007, the course withdrawal deadline is Sunday, March 25, 2007. Withdrawal before the deadline results in a "W" on the official transcript; after the deadline a grade must be calculated and reported.
E. Students with disabilities: University policy 3342-3-18 requires that students with disabilities be provided reasonable accommodations to ensure their equal access equal access course content. If you have 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 the Student Accessibility Services (contact 330-672-3391 or visit www.kent.edu/sas for more information on registration procedures).
