Welcome to MGT 323: Organizational Behavior
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Distribute Syllabus, student data sheet
Brief introduction
Call roll. Seating chart tomorrow.
Discuss syllabus in detail
Previous semester results
Please see Jennifer in AB 313 if you want to see my student evaluations from previous semesters (ratings and comments).

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Exam #1
Exam #2
Exam #3
Exam #4
Final Exam
RAP 1
RAP 2
RAP 3
RAP 4
Extra Credit
84%
78% (10 EC)
84% (10 EC)
74%
69% (5 took final)
92
94
95
95
79

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A = 16 (4 took final)
A- = 1 (took final)
B = 19 (all took deal)
C = 1 (took deal)

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Exam #1:
Exam #2:
Exam #3:
Exam #4:
Final Exam:
RAP 1:
RAP 2:
RAP 3:
RAP 4:
Extra Credit:
Winter 2009 Results by assignment
83%
79% (10 EC)
78% (10 EC)
68%
64% (3)
93%
93%
93%
93%
76 points

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A = 11 (1 took final exam)
A- = 1 (took final)
B+ = 1 (took final)
B = 27 (all took the deal)
B- = 0
C = 1 (took the deal, not the final)
D =
F = 0
Do you really want me to grade on a curve?

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Don’t lose perspective – stay focused on the big picture.
One data point (e.g. test score) will NOT determine your final grade.
Your grade in this class is more a result of your behavior and the choices you make during the semester than intelligence or ability.
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Understand how to get the grade you want
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Come to EVERY class PREPARED
Don’t quit
Get help EARLY
Hold YOURSELF accountable for results
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NEVER CHEAT
Everyone who WANTS to pass this class will, if they consistently make the right choices.

Leadership
•Philosophy
•Style
•Practices
•Behaviors
•Characteristics
Performance/
Success

Goal/Ideal
“the way things could be”
Gap
Current State
“the way things are”
Delay

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Excellence is a form of deviance. If you perform beyond the norms, you will disrupt all the existing control systems. Those systems will then alter and begin to work to routinize your efforts. That is, the systems will adjust and try to make you normal.
The way to achieve and maintain excellence is to deviate from the norms. You become excellent because you are doing things normal people do not want to do.
You become excellent by choosing a path that is risky and painful, a path that is not appealing to others. (p. 176, emphasis added).