WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
HAWAII CAMPUS
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
SYLLABUS
1. Mission Statement: Wayland Baptist University exists to educate students in an academically challenging,
learning-focused and distinctively Christian environment for professional success and service to God and
humankind.
2. Course: MGMT 3304 – H131 Principles of Management
3. Term: Summer 2015
May 25- August 8, 2015
4. Instructor: Isobel Mahimer
5. Office Phone Number and WBU Email Address: (808) 488-8570
isobel.mahimer@wayland.wbu.edu
6. Office Hours, Building, and Location: M-F 9:00-5:00 Ainamakua Dr. Mililani HI 96789
7. Class Meeting Time and Location: 5:30-10:00 Friday May 29- August 7, 2015
Mililani WBU
This is a hybrid class which will meet face- to- face 80% of the time; 20% on line.
8. Catalog Description: Management functions for profit and nonprofit organizations (planning, organizing, leading,
and controlling) and managerial skills and roles in today's environment.
9. Prerequisites: none
10. Required Textbook and Resources:
BOOK
Management: A Faith
Based Perspective
AUTHOR
ED
YEAR
PUBLISHER
Cafferky
1st
2012
Pearson
ISBN#
REVIEW
9780136058342 Spring 16
11. Optional Materials: Management related articles in current magazines and periodicals
12. Course Outcome Competencies:
Upon completion of this course the student should be able to:
 Define management and the management process and explain the functions of management in an
organization.
 Discuss the four major historical eras of management theory and distinguish two major contributions
made by each historical era.
 Define organization culture and describe the seven dimensions of organization culture
 Describe the two external environments and distinguish the impact each environment has on management.
 Distinguish between international management and U.S. management.
 Discuss the concept of social responsibility and discuss the role of ethics within the application of the
management process.
 Outline the steps in decision making and describe the three decision types.
 Define planning and explain the utility of goals in planning in management.
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Diagram the strategic management planning process and differentiate between corporate and functional
strategic plans.
Describe the application of planning tools in goal setting and planning.
Define communications and explain the nature of formal and informal communications within an
organization.
Discuss the functional role of human resource management in strategic planning and organizing
List and describe techniques for reducing resistance of organizational members to change and two
techniques for reducing members stress to change.
13. Attendance Requirements: All Wayland students are expected to attend every class meeting; the minimum
percentage of class participation required to avoid receiving a grade of “F” in the class is 75%. Students who miss the
first two class meetings without providing a written explanation to the instructor will be automatically dropped from
the roster as a “no –show”. Students who know in advance that they will be absent the first two class meetings and
who wish to remain in the class must inform the instructor in order to discuss possible arrangements for making up
absences.
Attendance and participation are essential to your success in this class. Arriving thirty minutes after the class
has started and/ or leaving thirty minutes before the class is dismissed is considered an absence.
14. Statement on Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty: Wayland Baptist University observes a zero tolerance policy
regarding academic dishonesty. Per university policy as described in the academic catalog, all cases of academic
dishonesty will be reported and second offenses will result in suspension from the university
15. Disability Statement: “In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), it is the policy
of Wayland Baptist University that no otherwise qualified person with a disability be excluded from participation
in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any educational program or activity in the
university. The Coordinator of Counseling Services serves as the coordinator of students with a disability and
should be contacted concerning accommodation requests at (806) 291- 3765. Documentation of a disability must
accompany any request for accommodations.”
16. Course Requirements and Grading Criteria:
Students shall have protection through orderly procedures against prejudices or capricious academic evaluation.
A student who believes that he or she has not been held to realistic academic standards, just evaluation
procedures, or appropriate grading, may appeal the final grade given in the course by using the student grade
appeal process described in the Academic Catalog. Appeals may not be made for advanced placement
examinations or course bypass examinations. Appeals are limited to the final course grade, which may be upheld,
raised, or lowered at any stage of the appeal process. Any recommendation to lower a course grade must be
submitted through the Executive Vice President/Provost to the Faculty Assembly Grade Appeals Committee for
review and approval. The Faculty Assembly Grade Appeals Committee may instruct that the course grade be
upheld, raised, or lowered to a more proper evaluation.
This class will adhere to zero tolerance for using someone else’s work as your own.
Student assessment is based on the following ways:
i. Three written tests (35% of the final grade).
Students who miss a test may take an alternate form of the test no later than the next class.
Five points will be deducted from their test scores.
ii. Oral discussion on an issue assigned by the instructor (20% of the final grade)
iii. Ten written assignments on topics assigned by the instructor
See #16 Tentative Schedule for submission dates (25% of the final grade)
iv. Class participation. This includes both classroom and blackboard participation (20% of the final
grade)
17. Tentative Schedule:
May 29
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Introduction to Management
Management History
June 5
SUBMISSION: WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT #1
Chapter 2 (cont’d)
Management History
Chapter 3
External and Internal Environment
June 12
SUBMISSION: WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT #2
Chapter 4
Cross Cultural Management
June 19
SUBMISSION: WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT #3
Chapter 5
The Manager and Moral and Social Responsibility
Chapter 6
Planning and Decision Making
June 26
SUBMISSION: WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT #4
TEST #1
Chapter 7
Strategic Thinking
Chapter 8
Organizing
July 3
SUBMISSION: WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT #5
Chapter 8 (cont’d)
Organizing
Chapter 9
Human Resource Management
July 10
SUBMISSION: WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT #6
TEST #2
Chapter 10
Communication
Chapter 11
Motivation
July 17
SUBMISSION: WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT #7
Chapter 12
Leadership
Chapter 13
Change, Power and Conflict
July 24
SUBMISSION: WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT #8
Chapter 13 (cont’d)
Change, Power and Conflict
Chapter 14
Managerial Control and Accountability
July 31
Chapter 14 (cont’d)
Chapter 15
Aug 7
TEST #3
Managerial Control and Accountability
Spirituality, Faith and Management
18. Students are responsible for reading, understanding, obeying all academic policies and classroom rules. Your
active participation in class will benefit all of us. While we learn we also teach one another through sharing our
insights and wide range of experience. We certainly look forward to a lively class room interaction with everybody’s
participation. Be sure to discuss with the instructor any and all concerns you have with the course. I am always
available fifteen to thirty minutes before and after the class.