SYLLABUS – M&IS 34180

CALL NUMBER 14101

3 Credit Hours

SPRING SEMESTER, 2007

 

Office Hours:  Wednesday: 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Text: Human Resource Management: A Managerial Tool for Competitive Advantage,

Fourth Edition, copyright 2007.  Kleiman, Lawrence S., Atomic Dog Publishing.

ISBN: 1-59260-268-1

 

STUDENTS IN THIS COURSE WILL NOT BE GRADED ON THE PLUS/MINUS SCALE.

 

 

Students have responsibility to ensure they are properly enrolled in classes.  You are advised to review your official class schedule 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 must correct it with your advising office.  If 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.  Students attending the course who do not have the proper prerequisite risk being deregistered from the class.

 

Students are expected to comply with the guidelines on academic honesty as defined below.

 

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.   In addition, it is considered cheating when one cooperates with someone else in any such misrepresentation.  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.

 

As this course prepares the student for a professional career in business, students are expected to plan their schedules to adequately prepare for exams and to submit assignments on a timely basis.

 

Absences from class will impact your educational experience.  Attendance in class provides the opportunity for each student to learn not only from the instructor and materials but also from other students.  Class participation is one component of your grade.  Therefore, if you are not in class, you will miss the opportunity to add to discussions and to participate in group activities.

 

Should you miss a class, it is your responsibility to obtain the class notes and other information and handouts from another student.  The instructor will not provide copies of notes.

 

 

All written assignments must be submitted on or before the assigned due date at the beginning of the class period.  LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. 

You are required to be present for all exams unless you have made PRIOR arrangements with the instructor.   Make-up exams will be granted solely at the Instructor’s discretion.

 

All out-of-class written assignments must be submitted in typewritten form.  No handwritten assignments will be accepted.  Standards of proper English apply to all written assignments and exams.  In addition to content; spelling, grammar and flow of ideas will be used to evaluate any written work product.

All students are expected and encouraged to participate in activities and discussions during class.  Learning is an active process and each student should feel free to add input and ask questions during class sessions.  There will be a variety of in-class activities to supplement lectures and textbook reading.  Material covered during the in-class activities is considered exam-relevant information.

 

Students are expected to disable any electronic devices during class time to avoid interruptions caused by cellular telephones, pagers, PDA’s, and other equipment.  Please extend courtesy to your fellow class members and to the instructor by refraining from the use of such devices during class time.  Repeated violations will be reflected in the student’s participation grade.

 

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.

 

All students are expected to read the assigned textbook as well as any articles assigned by the instructor.  Students are encouraged to join the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) as student members.  The membership fee is $35 for one year and provides access to on-line resources as well as printed publications that will be very useful during the course.

 

The instructor-provided course materials are available on the Vista/WebCT course website.  PowerPoint slide shows will be made available for each module.  The course syllabus, assignments, and any assigned readings will be posted on the website.  Students should visit the Vista/WebCT course website frequently as materials will be added throughout the semester.

 

Students will be assigned membership in a Task Group.  The task groups will be used for in-class activities as well as for other assignments. 

 

Each student will complete an individual research project.  The project is fully explained on a separate assignment handout.  The project involves researching a specific topic in the Human Resource Management field.

 

 

If you encounter difficulties and cannot see me during my scheduled office hours, please send me an e-mail or ask before or after class.  Believe it or not, your success in this course is our mutual objective.  If you need help, please don’t wait until it is too late.  I recommend that you do not telephone me as I rarely retrieve my voicemail messages.  Your best option is to use KSU’s email system.

 

 

Any student that needs additional assistance in understanding the course material is encouraged to speak with the instructor at the earliest possible time in the semester.  There are campus tutoring services, counseling services and other student aids.  Please take advantage of these services to help you succeed in your program.

 

Please advise the instructor PRIOR to any quizzes or exams if you have a disability and need special accommodation.  Students with disabilities:  In accordance with University policy, if you have a documented disability and require accommodations to obtain equal access in this course, please contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester or when given an assignment for which an accommodation is required.  Students with disabilities must verify their eligibility through the Office of Student Disability Services (SDS) in the Michael Schwartz Service Center (672-3391).

 

 

Typically, exams are multiple choice format with a possibility of some short answer questions.  The Final Exam is not comprehensive, it covers chapters discussed in the second half of the semester.

 

 

STUDENTS IN THIS COURSE WILL NOT BE GRADED ON THE PLUS/MINUS SCALE.

 

 

            A  =  360 – 400 points  (90%)

            B  =  320 – 359 points  (80%)

            C  =  280 – 319 points  (70%)

            D  =  240 – 279 points  (60%)

            F  =  Below 239 points 

 

 

Midterm exam – 1 @ 100 points                    100 – 25%

Current events – 1 @ 20 points                        20 – 5%

Pop quizzes – 5 @ 10 points                             50 – 12.5%

Research project – 1 @ 100 points                 100 – 25%

Final exam – 1 @ 100 points                          100 – 25%

Class Participation                                            30 – 7.5%

TOTAL                                                           400 – 100%