Syllabus
OMGT 5873—Organization and Control
Term 1 August 22 – October 13
Randy Roy
wroy@uark.edu
901-867-5584
Course Description:
Provides an overview of fundamental management functions, including planning, organizing, staffing directing
and controlling. Organizational decision-making authority, structures, and controls are examined. Topics also
include leadership, motivational techniques, ethical perspectives on decision-making and corporate social and
environmental responsibility. Required course (may be substituted by OMGT 4623).
Required Textbook:
Bateman. T. S. and Snell, S. A. (2011). Management: Leading & Collaborating in the
Competitive World 9th ed. McGraw-Hill Irwin. Boston. ISBN: 978-0-07-813724-2
Course Goals/Objectives:
1. Describe management functions in today’s global competitive environment
2. Describe how the organization’s culture affects its response to the elements of a macro and
competitive environment
3. Identify the various characteristics and stages of the managerial decision-making process in an
organization
4. Outline planning fundamentals and levels
5. Describe various ethical perspectives in decision making and corporate social and environmental
responsibility
6. Describe how integration of the world business environment affects the manager’s role
7. Discuss management challenges in entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship in organizations
8. Describe the elements of organizational structure
9. Identify strategies that can improve a work group’s responsiveness
10. Describe how to manage a diverse workforce
11. Describe the characteristics of an effective leader
12. Describe how managers can motivate people to achieve and maintain high performance
13. Describe how to build high performance teams that can contribute to the organization’s effectiveness
14. Become familiar with strategies to improve managers’ interpersonal and organizational communication
skills
15. Describe an effective managerial control system
Course Requirements:
Your grade for this course will be based upon mastery of course concepts as demonstrated by successfully
completing weekly assigned readings and written assignments, one assigned case study, and midterm and final
exams. Participation in classroom discussions is expected and required.
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Course Requirements:
Assignments
15%
Case Study
15%
Mid-term Exam
35%
Final Exam
35%
Total
100%
Evaluation Procedures:
Grading Scale A = 90-100% B = 80-89% C = 70-79% D = 65-69% F = below 65%
Format of Case Study
Academic Honesty Policy:
The University of Arkansas strives to be a center of academic excellence. As part of our Statement of Ethics,
the University strives to preserve academic honor and integrity by repudiating all forms of academic and
intellectual dishonesty, including cheating, plagiarism and all other forms of academic dishonesty. Academic
dishonesty is unacceptable and is subject to a disciplinary response.
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Students who are caught cheating or committing plagiarism may be given a failing grade in the course
by the professor and may be subject to dismissal or further discipline.
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Plagiarism is often misunderstood as referring only to passing off another’s writing as one’s own. The
definition also extends to ideas and arguments taken from others’ work without proper citing of the
original source. It is also not permissible to construct papers or reports by merely “cutting and
pasting” and then just citing another’s work. In writing for homework or projects, you should read
and learn, process information through your mind, relate ideas, and then express your take on the
material you’ve read in your own words. Cite the references where you found your information.
If you do use someone else’s words, do so sparingly, use quotation marks, and cite.
A complete statement of the U of A’s Academic Honesty Policy is available in the UA Student Handbook and
the UA Graduate Catalog.
Inclement Weather Policy: (Live Classes only)
If the base or campus closes for inclement weather or other reasons, your site coordinator will be the first to
know. She will call the professors and send the students e-mail advising of class cancellations. If your
professor cancels a class he/she will contact the site coordinator, and she will send an e-mail to the students in
that class advising of class cancellation.
Course Units/Calendar:
8/23
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Managing
8/25
Chapter 2 – The External Environment and Org Culture
8/30
Chapter 3 – Managerial Decision Making
9/1
Chapter 4 – Planning and Strategic Management
9/6
Chapter 5 – Ethics and Corporate Responsibility
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9/8
Chapter 6 – International Management
Chapter 7 – Entrepreneurship
9/13
Chapter 8 – Organization Structure
9/15
Chapter 9 – Organizational Agility
9/20
Midterm Exam (chaps. 1-9)
9/22
Chapter 10 – Human Resource Management
Chapter 11 – Managing the Diverse Workforce
9/27
Chapter 12 - Leadership
Chapter 13 – Motivating for Performance
9/29
Chapter 14 – Teamwork
Chapter 15 – Communicating
10/4
Chapter 16 – Managerial Control
Chapter 17 – Managing Technology and Innovation
10/6
Chapter 18 – Creating and Managing Change
10/11
Case Study Workshop
10/13
Final Exam (chaps. 10-18)
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