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Syllabus
Career Management
(3 Credit Hours)
2008
President University, Kota Jababeka, Bekasi,
Indonesia
Ir. Muhril Ardiansyah, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Tel. +62 21 8910 9762
Fax. +62 21 8910 9768
Email: uhsyah@yahoo.com
Blogging: http://careermanagementjababeka.wordpress.com/
Office hours: -
Before Class.
After Class.
By Appointment.
Class Meets: Friday 08:00 am – 10:45 am.
Room 417
Course Description
Students will explore Career Management. We will discuss issues of Career
Management, which deals with “Personal Skills,” Interpersonal Skills,” Group
Skills,” and “Specific Communication Skills.”
We will try to answer questions such as “How have you become so successful in
this organization?, Who fails and who succeeds in this organization and why?, If
you had to train someone to take your place, what knowledge and what skills
would you make certain that person possessed in order to perform successfully
as your successor?
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Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, students will able to:
- Define of Career Management.
- Understand self awareness.
- Manage personal stress.
- Understand solving problems analytically and creatively.
- Build relationship by communicating supportively.
- Understand gaining power and influence.
- Motivate others.
- Manage conflict.
- Empower and delegate.
- Build effective teams and teamwork.
- Lead positive change.
Teaching Philosophy
The course is taught through a combination of:
- readings,
- lectures,
- class discussions,
- exercises (homework and quiz).
Prerequisites
Course Material
Use the following textbook:
Whetten D. A and K.S. Cameron. 2007. Developing Management Skills.
Pearson Prentice Hall.
Course Webpage
All material slides of this course will be available at
http://careermanagementjababeka.wordpress.com/
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Grading Policy
ITEM
Participation
Assignment (Homework and Quiz)
Mid Term Exam
Final Exam
TOTAL
WEIGHT
10%
20%
30%
40%
100%
Assignment (Homework and Quiz)
- Each homework will be worth 100 points.
Any homework turned in after the due date will receive a maximum of half the
points possible, if turned in at the next class period, the score is zero.
- Each quiz will be worth 100 points. Quiz will be given in the first 30 minutes of
lecturing time.
Exam
- Midterm exam will be worth 100 points; Closed Exam (books and notes cannot
open during the exam; Essay with 4 questions. Every question has 25 points
(total score is 100 points).
- Final exam will be worth 100 points; Closed Exam (books and notes cannot
open during exam; Essay with 4 questions. Not comprehensive exam. Every
question has 25 points (total score is 100 points).
- There is no makeup examination for midterm exam and final exam. I will
reserve the right to arrange a makeup exam for the midterm exam and final
exam only in extreme cases (personal or medical emergencies in which case
the student must provide a written excuse signed by a doctor, parent, and
university official).
- Midterm exam and final exam will stress synthesis and application, not
memorization and regurgitation.
Grade
Grade Average (%)
90-100
83-90
75-83
68-75
60-68
55-60
50-55
Below 50
Letter Grade
A
B+
B
C+
C
D+
D
F
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Class Etiquette
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Please arrive on time for class.
Please turn off hand phones.
Please do not whisper during the class. If you are having problems
understanding something, please ask me. Exercise common courtesy
when talking with your neighbor to minimize distractions and provide a
good listening environment.
Attendance is mandatory.
Prepare for class. You are expected to come to class having read all the
assigned reading before class meets.
Active class participation during class.
Walking into and out of the classroom during lecture is very distracting.
Please make sure to take all restroom breaks, etc. before class and to
arrive on time in order to minimize disruptions.
Ethical Conduct
“Cheating during in class examinations or take home examinations or homework
is, of course, illegal and immoral. A Graduate Academic Evaluation Board exists
to investigate academic improprieties, conduct hearings, and determine any
necessary actions. The term ‘academic impropriety’ is meant to include, but is
not limited to, cheating on homework, during in class or take home examinations
and plagiarism.
Consequences of academic impropriety are severe, ranging from receiving an “F’
in a course, to a warning from the Dean, which becomes a part of the permanent
student record, to expulsion.
Disabilities
Any student in this course who has a disability that may prevent him or her from
fully demonstrating his or her abilities should contact me as soon as possible to
discuss arrangements necessary to facilitate your academic enrichment.
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Course Schedule: Topics, Sub Topics, Assignment
All chapter numbers refer to the textbook by Whetten and
Cameron (2007)
14 Sessions
1 Mid Term Exam
1 Final Exam
Session
Topic
Sub Topic
Assignment
1.
Introduction
- The Importance of
Competent Manager
- The Skills of Effective
Managers
- Essential
Management Skills
- What Are
Management Skills
- Improving
Management Skills
An Approach to Skill
Development
- Read
Introduction
- Homework 1
(solve problem
sheet, to be
handed out in
class)
- Discussion of
examples and
cases (contained
in the textbook
chapter) and end
chapter
questions and
problem
2.
Developing Self
Awareness (I)
- Key Dimensions of
Self Awareness
- The Enigma of Self
Awareness
- Understanding and
Appreciating
Individual Differences
- Important Areas of
Self Awareness
- Read Ch 1
- Homework 2
(solve problem
sheet, to be
handed out in
class)
- Discussion of
examples and
cases (contained
in the textbook
chapter) and end
chapter
questions and
problem
3.
Developing Self
Awareness (II)
- Emotional Intelligence
- Values
- Learning Style
- Read Ch 1
- Quiz (solve
problem
sheet, to be
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- Attitudes Toward
Change
- Tolerance of
Ambiguity
- Locus of Control
- Core Self Evaluation
handed out in
class)
- Discussion of
examples and
cases (contained
in the textbook
chapter) and end
chapter
questions and
problem
- Homework 3
(solve problem
sheet, to be
handed out in
class)
4.
Managing Personal
Stress (I)
- Diagnostic Surveys
for Managing Stress
- Improving the
Management of
Stress and Time
- Major Elements of
Stress
- Reactions to Stress
- Coping with Stress
- Read Ch 2
- Homework 4
(solve problem
sheet, to be
handed out in
class)
- Discussion of
examples and
cases (contained
in the textbook
chapter) and end
chapter
questions and
problem
5.
Managing Personal
Stress (II)
- Managing Stress
- Eliminating Stressors
- Developing Resiliency
- Temporary Stress
Reduction
Techniques
- Read Ch 2
- Homework 5
(solve problem
sheet, to be
handed out in
class)
- Discussion of
examples and
cases (contained
in the textbook
chapter) and end
chapter
questions and
problem
- Quiz (solve
7
problem
sheet, to be
handed out in
class)
6.
Solving Problems
Analytically and
Creatively (I)
- Diagnostic Surveys
for Creative Problem
Solving
- Problem Solving,
Creatively, and
Innovation
- Steps in Analytical
Problem Solving
- Limitations of the
Analytical Problem
Solving Model
- Read Ch 3
- Homework 6
(solve problem
sheet, to be
handed out in
class)
- Discussion of
examples and
cases (contained
in the textbook
chapter) and end
chapter
questions and
problem
- Read Ch 3
- Discussion of
examples and
cases (contained
in the textbook
chapter) and end
chapter
questions and
problem
- Homework 7
(solve problem
sheet, to be
handed out in
class)
- Review
7.
Solving Problems
Analytically and
Creatively (II)
- Impediments to
Creative Problem
Solving
- Multiple Approaches
to Creativity
- Conceptual Blocks
- Conceptual
Blockbusting
8.
Mid Term Exam
- Topics Session 1 - 7
- Essay
9.
Building Relationships
by Communicating
Supportively
- Diagnostic Surveys
for Supportive
Communication
- Building Positive
Interpersonal
Relationships
- Read Ch 4
- Discussion of
examples and
cases (contained
in the textbook
chapter) and end
chapter
questions and
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- The Importance of
Effective
Communication
- What is Supportive
Communication ?
- Coaching and
Counseling
- Principles of
Supportive
Communication
- The Personal
Management
Interview
problem
- Homework 8
(solve problem
sheet, to be
handed out in
class)
10.
Gaining Power and
Influence
- Diagnostic Surveys
- Read Ch 5
for Gaining Power
- Discussion of
and Influence
examples and
- Building a Strong
cases (contained
Power Base and
in the textbook
Using Influence
chapter) and end
Wisely
chapter
- A Balanced View of
questions and
Power
problem
- Strategies for Gaining - Homework 9
Organizational Power
(solve problem
- Transforming Power
sheet, to be
into Influence
handed out in
class)
- Quiz (solve
problem
sheet, to be
handed out in
class)
11.
Motivating Others
- Diagnostic Surveys
- Read Ch 6
for Motivating Others
- Discussion of
- Increasing Motivation
examples and
and Performance
cases (contained
- Diagnosing Work
in the textbook
Performance
chapter) and end
Problems
chapter
- Enhancing Individual’s questions and
Abilities
problem
- Fostering a Motivating - Homework 10
Work Environment
(solve problem
sheet, to be
9
- Elements of an
Effective Motivation
Program
- Diagnostic Surveys
for Managing Conflict
- Interpersonal Conflict
Management
- Diagnosing the Type
of Interpersonal
Conflict
- Selecting the
Appropriate Conflict
Management
Approach
handed out in
class)
12.
Managing Conflict
- Read Ch 7
Discussion of
examples and
cases (contained
in the textbook
chapter) and end
chapter
questions and
problem
- Homework 11
(solve problem
sheet, to be
handed out in
class)
13.
Empowering and
Delegating
- Diagnostic Surveys
for Empowering and
Delegating
- Empowering and
Delegating
- A management
Dilemma Involving
Empowerment
- The Meaning of
Empowerment
- Dimensions of
Empowerment
- How to Develop
Empowerment
- Inhibitors to
Empowerment
- Delegating Work
- Read Ch 8
- Discussion of
examples and
cases (contained
in the textbook
chapter) and end
chapter
questions and
problem
- Homework 12
(solve problem
sheet, to be
handed out in
class)
- Quiz (solve
problem
sheet, to be
handed out in
class)
14.
Building Effective
Teams and Teamwork
- Diagnostic Surveys
for Building Effective
Teams
- Developing Teams
and Teamwork
- The Advantages of
Teams
- Team Development
- Read Ch 9
- Discussion of
examples and
cases (contained
in the textbook
chapter) and end
chapter
questions and
10
- Leading Teams
- Team Membership
problem
- Homework 13
(solve problem
sheet, to be
handed out in
class)
15.
Leading Positive
Change
- Diagnostic Surveys
for Leading Positive
Change
- Leading Positive
Change
- Ubiquitous and
Escalating Change
- The Need for
Frameworks
- Tendencies Toward
Stability
- A Framework for
Leading Positive
Change
- Read Ch 10
- Discussion of
examples and
cases (contained
in the textbook
chapter) and end
chapter
questions and
problem
- Homework 14
(solve problem
sheet, to be
handed out in
class)
- Review
16.
Final Exam
- Topics Session 9 - 15
- Essay