M&IS 34180 Spring 2009 Humphrey

 KENT STATE UNIVERSITY

SYLLABUS – M&IS 34180

CRN 10819

Human Resource MGMT

3 Credit Hours

Spring SEMESTER, 2009

Instructor:  Eric Humphrey 

Class Schedule: Thursday: 5:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.  Room BSA 206

Office Hours: by appointment

Text:   Human Resource Management, A Managerial Tool for Competitive Advantage Fourth Edition, copyright 2007.  Kleiman, Lawrence S., Atomic McGraw-Hill Irwin. ISBN: 1-59260-267-3

e-mail: ehumphre@kent.edu

Telephone: 419-366-8812

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 Student Tools/Flashfast) 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 30, 2009 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.    The course withdrawal deadline is Sunday, April 5, 2009.  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:  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).

Class Guidelines:

Attendance

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. 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.

Due Dates

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.

Professional Writing

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.

Class Participation

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.

Class Courtesy

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.

Class Materials

All students are expected to read the assigned textbook as well as any articles assigned by the instructor throughout the semester.

Class Activities and Projects

Students will be assigned and are expected to participate in class activities.  Each student will be required to complete three class assignments that will be detailed at dates to be determined.

Instructor Access

If you need assistance, contact me immediately.  Please send me an e-mail, call me, or ask before or after class.

 Grading Standards

 Students in this course will not be graded on the plus / minus scale.

Grades

            A  =  261 – 290 points  (90%)

            B  =  232 – 260 points  (80%)

            C  =  203 – 231 points  (70%)

            D  =  174 – 202 points  (60%)

            F  =  Below 174 points 

Grading Criteria

Midterm exam – 1 @ 100 points                      100

Class assignment – 3 @ 30 points                     90

Final exam – 1 @ 100 points                            100

TOTAL                                                            290

M&IS 34180 Section 004 – Spring Semester, 2008