M&IS 34180 Spring 2006 Kroskey

Kelly Kroskey, MBA, PHR

Telephone: 216 570-8528

Email: kmeke@hotmail.com

Office Hours: By Appointment

 

Kleiman, L. S. (4^th Edition). Human Resource Management: A Managerial Tool for Competitive Advantage, Atomic Dog Publishing (2007).

 

M&IS 24163 Principles of Management

 

Focuses on the competitive advantage derived from the better management of a firm’s human resources.  Issues related to managing people at work will be discussed from both practical and theoretical perspectives.

Students will learn about key human resource practices such as recruitment, selection, training, and performance appraisal.  They will learn the roles of both the human resource professional and manager for each of these practices.  At the conclusion of the course, students should have an increased understanding of the importance of human resource practices to an organization and its competitive advantage. 

·         Class attendance and participation is necessary for students to be able to achieve a solid understanding of the course objectives.

 

·         If you miss a class, you are responsible for obtaining lecture notes and other material from another student (you are also responsible for this information).

 

·         Reading assignments are expected to be completed prior to class attendance so that you may actively participate in discussions and exercises. We will not discuss every aspect of the assigned chapters or supplemental material; however, this does not release the student from the responsibility of knowing the material for examination purposes.  As well, additional material covered in class but not the text may be covered as part of the evaluative process.

 

·         Exams are to be taken at the schedule time (this means you are to be on-time for the exam – more than 20 minutes late will be considered a missed exam).

 

·         Students will be allotted (1) late assignment and be penalized (1) letter grade for each 24 hour increment the assignment is late.  The second late assignment will not be accepted and the student will receive a Zero for a grade for that particular assignment.

 

·         Major grammatical or spelling errors on any written work could result in a significant penalty with respect to the grade you receive. Careful proof reading of work is essential to success.

 

·         Extra Credit will not be offered as part of this course. Grades will be assessed based upon the Evaluative Procedures noted within that section of the syllabus.  Final grades will be available on Web-For-Students.

 

·         Finally, please inform me of any problems you are having while there is still time to do something about it.  Please contact me at via telephone or email at anytime.

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

 

·         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 27, 2006 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.

 

·         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.

 

·         For Spring 2006, the course withdrawal deadline is Sunday, March 26, 2006.   Withdrawal before the deadline results in a “W” on the official transcript; after the deadline a grade must be calculated and reported.

 

·         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 Disability Services (contact 330-672-3391 or visit www.kent.edu/sds for more information on registration procedures).

Class attendance is necessary for students to be able to participate in class.  Each individual will be evaluated on the quality and quantity of his/her participation during class discussions, exercises, and case studies completed during class.  It is recommended that each student comes to class prepared to participate by reading the chapters that will be discussed prior to the class.   Please refer to the course outline for when each chapter will be discussed.  Class participation will account for 10% of your final grade.

Three exams are scheduled for the semester.  All exams will cover text readings, handouts, lecture material, case studies, and class exercises.  The format of the exams may include multiple-choice, matching, true/false, and/or short answer essay questions.  Each exam will account for 20% of your final grade for a total of 60% of your final grade.

Human Resource issues are in the news on a regular basis such as health benefits, mergers and acquisitions, and workplace violence.  Students will identify a current event covered by the media that relates to a Human Resource topic and respond to that event in a 3-5 page written analysis. 

 

Typed responses should begin with a brief description of the event followed by the student’s perspective on the event within the context of the material covered during the course.  Students should also include the answers to the following questions: Why you chose this HR event to analyze?  What should HR be doing in light of this event?  What is the significance of this event from an HR perspective?  What could have been done differently to prevent this event from occurring, if anything?  How does this event affect the organization’s competitive advantage (positively or negatively)?  Students must also include a full citation of the media source. 

 

Students must submit their event topics to me by Thursday, March 16, 2006.  This written analysis will account for 10% of your final grade.

Case Studies will be used as an opportunity for students to apply concepts covered in this course on an individual basis.  Students will be required to analyze four cases throughout the semester.  The analysis of each case should include a summary of the case including the HR issues as well as answers to each question identified in the case.  Each analysis should be typed and well thought out.  Please refer to your course outline for the assigned cases and due date for each case.  Each case will account for 5% of your final grade for a total of 20% of your final grade.

 

Final grades will be assigned as follows:

 

Final Note:  Quizzes, tests, or final exams from previous semesters for this class may not be used as study guides. If you obtain current or previous quizzes, tests or final exams for this class in any manner, you are hereby informed that this is considered to be cheating and appropriate disciplinary action will be invoked.