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MIS 34165 Spring 2006 Smas

SYLLABUS: M&IS 34165
DYNAMICS OF LEADERSHIP
 
SPRING 2006
 
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
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:  jsmas@bsa3.kent.edu
 
PHONE: 330-672-1155
 
 
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:
 
There are two texts required:
 
Required
1)
Leaders and the Leadership Process, Readings, Self-Assessments,
 
 
and Applications, Jon L. Pierce & John W. Newstrom ed. ,
 
 
 
McGraw - Hill / Irwin, 2006
 
 
 
 
 
 
ISBN
0-07-298743-X
 
Paperback
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Required
2)
Practical Problems in Organizations, James G. Clawson,
 
 
 
Prentice - Hall, 2006
 
 
 
 
 
 
ISBN
0-13-008389
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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. 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.
 
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  team exercise.
 
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 2rd, 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?
4.      Pick out a company that has recently gone through a major crisis. Analyze in detail the crisis, what caused it, how was it handled. Would you have recommended another option in resolving the crisis?
 
 
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                
 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 self-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 [date will be provided by the Undergraduate Office in advance] 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 (0 points) for the work or course.  Repeat offenses may result in dismissal from the University.
D. For Fall and Spring semesters, the course withdrawal deadline is always the Saturday of the 10th week of the semester.  For Intersession, the course withdrawal deadline is always the Saturday of the second week (of three total).  For Summer I and III, the course withdrawal deadline is usually the Saturday of the second week (of five total).  For Summer II 2004, the course withdrawal deadline is usually the Saturday of the fourth week (of eight total).
E. 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).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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