M&IS 34180 Spring 2011 Humphrey

 KENT STATE UNIVERSITY

SYLLABUS – M&IS 34180

CALL NUMBER 14559

Seminar in HRM

3 Credit Hours

SPRING SEMESTER, 2011

Instructor:  Eric Humphrey 

Class Schedule: Wednesday: 6:15 p.m. – 8:55 p.m.  Room BSA 117

Office Hours:  by appointment

Text:   Human Resource Management, A Managerial Tool for Competitive Advantage Fifth Edition, copyright 2009.  Kleiman, Lawrence S., Atomic McGraw-Hill Irwin. ISBN: 13: 978-1-426-64918-9

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 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 Sunday, January 23, 2011  to correct the error.  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.   In addition, it is considered to 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.

D.    The course withdrawal deadline is March 20, 2011.  Withdrawal before the deadline results in a "W" on the official transcript; after the deadline a grade must be calculated and reported.

E.     University policy 3342-3-01.3 requires that students with disabilities be provided reasonable accommodations to ensure their equal access to course content. If you have a 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 Student Accessibility Services (contact 330-672-3391 or visit http://www.registrars.kent.edu/disability/  for more information on registration procedures).

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.  Class participation is a component of your final grade.  If you are not in class, you will miss the opportunity to add to discussions and to participate in group activities, therefore, impacting your final grade.

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 complete an individual research project.  The project will be fully explained on a separate assignment handout. 

In addition to a research project, each student will be required to complete three class assignments that will be detailed at dates to be determined.

Instructor Access

If you encounter difficulties and cannot see me during my scheduled office hours, please send me an e-mail, call me, or ask before or after class.  If you need assistance, please contact me immediately. 

Grading Standards

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

Grades

            A  =  360 – 400 points  (90%)

            B  =  320 – 359 points  (80%)

            C  =  280 – 319 points  (70%)

            D  =  240 – 279 points  (60%)

            F  =  Below 239 points 

Grading Criteria

Midterm exam – 1 @ 100 points                     

Class assignment – 2 @ 40 points                  

Research paper – 1 @ 100 points                    

Final exam – 1 @ 100 points                           

TOTAL                       380 points                                    

M&IS 34180 Section 004 – Spring Semester, 2011