WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
Sierra Vista Campus – El Paso
DIVISON OF MANAGEMENT
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.
Course: MGMT 3304 {EP01} Principles of Management
Term: Winter Term, November 9, 2015 – February 13, 2016
Instructor: Ms. Melinda Yarbrough
Contact Information: Cell Phone: (910) 987-1669
Email: Melinda.Yarbrough@wayland.wbu.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Class Time and Location: All classes are on Thursday evenings from 5:30pm – 9:10pm at the WBU-El Paso, 4959 Hondo Pass Drive, El Paso, TX 79924.
Catalog Description: Management functions for profit and nonprofit organizations
(planning, organizing, leading, and controlling) and managerial skills and roles in today’s environment.
There are no prerequisites for this course.
TEXTBOOK: MGMT 3304, Principles of Management, (1 st
ed), Cafferky, Michael E.
Spring 2014, ISBN 978-0-13-605834-2, Pearson.
Optional Materials: None Required
Course Outcome Competencies:
Upon completion of this course the student should be able to:
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Define management and the management process and explain the functions of management in an organization.
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Describe the factors that are reshaping and redefining management.
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Define organization culture and describe the seven dimensions of organization culture
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Outline the steps in decision making and describe the three decision types.
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Define planning and explain the utility of goals in planning in management.
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Discuss contemporary issues in planning.
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Explain what managers do in the strategic management process.
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Describe the application of planning tools in goal setting and planning.

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Define communications and explain the nature of formal and informal communications within an organization.
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List and describe techniques for reducing resistance of organizational members to change and two techniques for reducing members stress to change.
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Explain how to manage resistance to change.
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Define organizational change and compare and contrast vies on the change process.
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Describe modern views of leadership and the issues facing today’s leaders.
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Define the nature and purpose of value chain management.
Attendance Requirements: Students enrolled at one of the university’s external campuses should make every effort to attend all class meetings. All absences must be explained to the instructor, who will then determine whether the omitted work may be made up. When a student reaches that number of absences considered by the instructor to be excessive, the instructor will so advise the student and file an unsatisfactory progress report with the external campus executive director/dean. Any student who misses 25 percent or more of the regularly scheduled class meetings may receive a grade of F in the course. Additional attendance policies for each course, as defined by the instructor in the course syllabus, are considered a part of the university’s attendance policy. A student may petition the Academic Council for exceptions to the above stated policies by filing a written request for an appeal to the executive vice president/provost.
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 requests for accommodations.
Course Requirements and Grading Criteria:
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Readings: You are responsible for all assigned readings, as scheduled below, before each class session.
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In Class Discussion: There will be in-class discussions on the chapter readings and current events.
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Mid Term Exam: A midterm examination (Dec 17, 2015) will be given during the middle of the term.
The exam will cover reading assignments, class lectures, and classroom discussion during the term.
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Final Exam : A final examination (Feb 11, 2016) will be given at the end of the term. The exam will cover reading assignments, class lectures, and classroom discussion during the term.

Subject of Evaluation Points
1.
Midterm Exam 100 pts
2.
Final Exam 100 pts
3.
Class Participation 100 pts
TOTAL 300 pts
The University has a standard grade scale:
A = 90-100%, B = 80-89%, C = 70-79%, D = 60-69%, F = below 60%, W = Withdrawal,
WP = withdrew passing, WF = withdrew failing, I = incomplete. An incomplete may be given within the last two weeks of a long term or within the last two days of a micro-term to a student who is passing, but has not completed a term paper, examination, or other required work for reasons beyond the student’s control. A grade of “incomplete” is change if the work required is completed prior to the last day of the next long (10 to 15 weeks) term, unless the instructor designates an earlier date for completion. If the work is not completed by the appropriate date, the “I” is converted to the grade of “F.”
Academic Dishonesty: The class will adhere to zero tolerance for using someone else’s work as your own.
Students are responsible for reading, understanding, obeying, and respecting all academic policies, with added emphasis being placed upon academic progress policies, appearing in the Wayland Baptist University Academic Catalog applicable to their curriculum and/or program of study.
Course Outline/Calendar:
Week Date Subject
1 Nov 12 Review Course Requirements
2 Nov 19 Introduction to Management
Reading
Ch. 1
Assignments Due
Class introductions,
Review syllabus,
Course expectations
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3
4
5
Nov 26 THANKSGIVING
Dec 3 External and Internal
Environment/Cross-Cultural
Management
Dec 10 The Manager and Moral and
Social Responsibility/Planning and Decision Making
Dec 17 Strategic Thinking/Organization
MID TERM EXAM
NO
CLASS
Ch. 3-4
Ch. 5-6
Ch. 7-8
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MID TERM EXAM

6
7
8
Dec 21-
Jan 1
CHRISTMAS BREAK
Jan 7 Human Resource
Management/Communication
Jan 14 Motivation/Leadership
Jan 21 Change, Power, Conflict
NO
CLASS
Ch. 9-10
Ch. 11-12
Ch. 13
9
10
Jan 28 Managerial Control and
Accountability
Feb 4 Spirituality, Faith, and
Management
Feb 11 FINAL EXAM 11
Additional information as desired by the faculty member.
*Syllabus is subject to change at the instructor’s discretion.
Ch. 14
Ch. 15
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LAST DAY