MGT 1102 Fall 2001 Course Overview

1. MGT 1102Fall 2001Course Overview Gregory Gull, Ph.D. Office: Bartley 2008 Phone: 9-4374 www.homepage.villanova.edu/gregory.gull

2. Issues • What are our (yours and mine) intentions? • What is expected of you? Of me? • What are your expectations? • What are your learning experiences? • How will the course be conducted? • How will learning be assessed? • Why study management? • What’s the course all about?

3. My Intent • To help you gain a good understanding of sound principles and practices of management and organization…and in the process…enhance your critical thinking capability.

4. Learning Outcomes, at minimum, • Apply the various management and leadership theories in critically analyzing the management and leadership practices within an organization. • Analyze and interpret the forces of change on management practice. • Assess the competing rights underlying an ethical dilemma and develop a morally responsible rationale in support of a decision. • Relate the nature of the formal structure of an organization to its strategic intent in determining the degree of fit. • Evaluate an organization’s human resource practices in determining their effectiveness relative to motivation, quality and team building.

5. Learning Assessment & Weight

6. Criteria for Written Work • Demonstration of understanding • Sound Analysis: extensive & appropriate analysis of relationships • Demonstration of ability to supplement with credible information • Clarity & coherency • Lessons learned

7. Consulting Group • Team of 4 – 6 people • Peer Evaluations • Thorough analysis of the company’s situation • Sound recommendations supported by theory • Well written • Include an executive summary

8. Your Feedback is Needed • Formally: • Week 4 • Week 9 • Informally: • When ever you feel the need

9. Exercise: Recalling your “best” learning experience • Think of the best course or class you’ve had in which the learning experience was very good.(2 minutes) • Write at most 4 descriptive phrases that best represent or explain why it was so good. What made it a good learning experience? (2 minutes) • Share your reasons with the people sitting to your left and right, and identify the common reasons. (5 minutes) • Prepare to share these common reasons with the entire class. (10 minutes) • Collectively, analyze and interpret the results. What are we saying about good learning experiences?

10. The Approach • Facilitative • Participative

11. Our Interdependent Roles & Responsibilities • Mine, as facilitator • Yours, as participant

12. Relationship of Roles Lecture Direct Facilitate Passive Engage

13. Effect of Our Relationship Empowered b/c of Understanding Filled w/ Info Lecture Direct Facilitate Passive Engage

14. Exercise: What you know about management • Think of two people you know who are at opposite ends of the management spectrum • 1) one who is doing a good job in managing their life • 2) one who is doing a poor job in managing their life. • What 3 things do they do (or don’t do) that primarily contributes to their good or bad management? • Share your list with the persons on your right and left and identify the common items. • Discuss with the entire class, how do these apply to managing in business?

15. Environments The Business Enterprise Management

16. Environments Natural Political Social Natural Global Techno Econ The Business Enterprise Management

17. Environments Natural Political Social Natural Global Techno Econ The Business Enterprise Management Planning & Strategy People Doing Work