MIS 34185 Summer 2009 Hogue

Individual and Group Behavior in Organizations

M&IS 34185-030

Summer 2009

Instructor:                     Mary Hogue, Ph.D.

Office:                          A423

Phone:                          (330) 672-1148

Office Hours:                MTWR 4:45-5:45 or by appointment

E-Mail:             mhogue@kent.edu

Required text:               Robbins, S. P. & Judge, T. A. (2009). Essentials of Organizational

                                    Behavior, 10^th ed. Pearson: Upper Saddle River, NJ.

Course objectives: By the end of the semester, you should have better understanding of yourself, those with whom you interact at work, and many variables that impact interpersonal processes at work.

Course Overview: This is a distance learning class. Across the various campuses, we will discuss individual differences, group processes, and organizational systems that impact your behavior and the behavior of others with whom you work.

To be effective in this class, you must attend class and read your book. You will be responsible for understanding all of the material within your book (some of which we will discuss in class) as well as all material discussed in class (some of which will be in your book).

Grade determinations: Your progress will be assessed through 3 tests. Tests will be administered on-line. At the beginning of testing time, I will email the entire class with the test as an attachment. You will have 1.5 hours to complete the test, and you will return it to me as an attachment via email as well.

Class begins at 6:05. I will email tests at 5:55. If you have not received the test by 6:00, please email me to say so, and I will resend it. It is your responsibility to ensure that you receive the test. You may use your notes and/or your book to complete the test. However, because the test must be returned by 7:35, you will not have time to look up all of the answers. You must know the material.

After you complete your test, email it back to me as an attachment. Tests are due back by 7:35.  I will send you confirmation that I received your test. If you send your test to me but do not receive a confirmation email within a couple of minutes, then re-send the test. If you still do not receive confirmation, then call me.

If I do not receive your completed test by 7:45, it will be considered late. Three points will be deducted for every quarter hour that your test is late. Lateness is determined by when I receive the test, not when you claim you sent the test. So you must send it with sufficient time to ensure that I receive it.

Each test will contain multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, short answer, and short essay questions, and each test is worth 100 points.

The table below depicts the grading scale for the semester along with the points necessary to earn each grade.

All tests are to be taken on test day. No make-up tests will be given. If you cannot be at a computer to take the test on test day, then you must talk to me BEFORE the time the test is supposed to start so that we can make arrangements for you to write a substitute research paper.

Class Attendance: All students are expected to attend class regularly and are responsible for all material covered even when they miss class.

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 Thursday July 23, 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.      For Summer 2009, the course withdrawal deadline is Monday August 10, 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:  University policy 3342-3-013 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 Accessibility Services (contact 330-672-3391 or visit www.kent.edu/sas for more information on registration procedures).

Tentative Course Schedule: The following schedule may be altered depending on the progress of the class. You are responsible for changes that are announced in class.