EFFECTIVE SUPERVISION
Activities Calendar from 01/4/2006 - 4/28/2006
Please note: Activities and Assignment are subjects to change
Date
Activities
Assignment (s)
1/4/06 Welcome Remarks
Self-Introductions
Distribution & Review Syllabus
Intro to Course: Discussion of
Behavior, no-verbal and verbal
Approaches set a tone on
performance
Review Chapter 1: Supervising in
Uncertain Times
1/11
Review Chapter 1: Supervising in
Uncertain Times
Review Chapter 2: The
Managerial Functions
1/18
Review Chapter 3:
Communication: The Vital Link in
Supervision Management
Review Chapter 4: Motivational
Principles as Applied to
Supervision
1/25
EXAM #1
Chapters 1-4
2/1
Review Chapter 5
Review Chapter 5:
Solving Problems: Decision
Making and the Supervisor
Read Chapter 1, 2 and 3
Assignment: CASE 1-2, Page 58. Answer the “Questions for Discussions” 2 and 4, Page 59
Read Chapter 3 and 4
Assignment
If you’re employed: Having read Chapter 2, describe your management team, identify your
supervisor’s position, his/her role, how many employees does he/she supervises, describe (3) ways
he/she employs effective supervision, and two new, more effective approaches he/she may apply.
If you’re not presently employed: Identify a well-known business; its leader, and management team.
Based on your reading, list (3) reasons why this business succeeds.
Read Chapters 5 and 6
Answer Questions for Discussions 2 and 4 on Page 157
Read Chapters 7 and 8
Answer Questions for Discussions 1 and 3 on Page 188
Date
Activities
Assignment(s)
2/8
Review Chapter 6:
Positive Discipline
Review Chapter 7:
Supervisory Planning
Review Chapter 8:
Supervisory Organizing at the
Departmental Level
Read the “Skills Application 7-2: Brutus The Backstabber on Page 237. Answers questions 1, 2, 3
and 4.
Read Chapter 9
Assignment: You are a supervisor, identify your company, your department, identify a project you
would like to implement, develop (3) activities/Objectives you would implement to meet that goal,
identify the (3) staff members who will be assigned to the project and their relationship to the project.
2/22
Chapter 7 and 8
3/1
Review Chapter 9:
Managing Meetings.
Guest Speaker
Opportunity for Extra Credit
Read Chapters 11 and 12
2/15
EXAM # 2
Chapters 5-8
3/8
3/15
3/22
Answer the “Question for Discussions” 2 and 4 on Page 361
Answer the “Question for Discussions” 1 and 3 on Page 398
Managing Meetings
Students Presentation
Review Chapter 11:
The Supervisor and Employee
Recruitment, Selection,
Orientation, and Training
Review Chapter 12:
Performance Management:
Appraising, Coaching, Promoting
and Compensating
Group Meeting Presentations
Review Chapter 13:
Supervisory Leadership and the
Management of Change
Read Chapter 14 and 15
Read Chapters 13
Skills Applications: Read the 4 Scenarios on Pages 442 and 443 and identify the type of supervisory
style (e.g., authoritarian, participative, or general supervision) that is preferable and explain WHY.
CASE 6-8, Page 584. Answer “Questions for Discussion” 1, 2 and 3 on Page 585
EXAM # 3
Chapter 9, 11, 12 and 13
3/29
Review Chapter 14:
Managing Work Groups:
Teamwork, Morale, and
Counseling
Review Chapter 15:Supervising a
Diverse Workforce
Read Chapter 16 and 17
Work on Your PowerPoint and Study for Your Final Exam
Date
Activities
Assignment(s)
4/5
EXAM # 4
Chapter 14, 15, 16 and 17
Finalize your PowerPoint Presentation
4/19
Final Project
PP Presentation and Evaluation
PP Presentation and Evaluation
4/26
4/5
PP Presentation and Evaluation
Final Project PP Presentation
Please note: Activities and Assignment are subjects to change