UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MARSHALL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS BUAD 304 – LEADING ORGANIZATIONS FALL 2006 Instructor: Robert B. Turrill, PhD Class time: Tu & Th, 8:00 to 9:50 am Office: Bridge Hall 308C Office hours: M/W 11:00 to noon and by appointment Office phone: (213) 740-0732 Office fax: (213) 740-3582 e-mail: [email protected] Required text: ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR, Stephen P. Robbins, Pearson Prentice-Hall, 12th ed., 2007. Introduction: This course is about understanding people at work within a formal organizational context with the intent of increasing personal and organizational effectiveness. It is about individual contributions to organizational effectiveness, and about leadership within an organization. It is about managing, designing, problem solving, and implementing courses of action to achieve organizational goals. This is the first course in managing organizations and becoming more effective individually within a work environment. This course is appropriate for careers in both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. Course Objectives: 1. To understand the nature of leadership within an organization and its importance in being successful – both in running an organization and to develop one’s leadership capabilities. 2. To understand individual, interpersonal, group, and organizational dynamics that lead to effective outcomes in organizations. 3. To understand the nature of formal organizations as social systems, their design, culture, and needs for change. 4. To understand the need for collaborative behavior and how to design and develop effective teams and develop interpersonal competence. 5. To identify and develop critical skills and values to be effective both as a collaborator and a leader within an organization and team, and to understand how to approach and resolve ethical dilemmas. Course Format: We will use a variety of learning activities, including lecture, discussion, case analyses, group activities, communication and decision exercises, self-assessment, and other learning methods to enhance both knowledge and skill building. We will engage in several experiential activities in the Experiential Learning CenterBUAD 304 Course Syllabus – p. 2 (ELC) in the basement of Bridge Hall. You will be a member in a small learning team (4 – 5 members) for some of the assignments and class activities. The focus in these teams will be: 1) to achieve project outcomes; and 2) to learn how to develop effective teams for future courses and for your future career. Course Outline and Assignments: In addition to weekly reading assignments in the text, there will be weekly assignments of self-assessments and short cases that will be discussed in class. There will be additional assignments made as we progress through the semester. Some of the dates may change based on the progress of the class, but we will move quickly through the material and learning activities. At the end of the chapters, read the "ethical dilemma" and the "case" and do any "SAL" instruments as suggested. Week Date Topic Assignments 1 Aug 22 Introduction to the course 24 Organizational behavior and the role of Read Ch 1 managers and leaders 2 Aug 29 Individual differences at work Read Ch 2 31 Attitudes and job satisfaction Read Ch 3 3 Sep 5 Meet in the ELC 7 Personality and values Read Ch 4 4 Sep 12 Perception and decision making Read Ch 5 14 Meet in the ELC 5 Sep 19 Approaches to work motivation Read Ch 6 21 Motivation applications Read Ch 7 6 Sep 26 Understanding emotions at work Read Ch 8 28 Meet in the ELC 7 Oct 3 Mid-term exam I (Chs 1 - 8) 5 Meet in the ELCBUAD 304 Course Syllabus - p. 3 8 Oct 10 Group behavior Read Ch 9 12 Developing high performance teams Read Ch 10 9 Oct 17 Interpersonal communication Read Ch 11 19 Meet in the ELC 10 Oct 24 Meet in the ELC 26 Approaches to leadership Read Ch 12 11 Oct 31 Transformational leadership Read Ch 13 Nov 2 Power, politics, and conflict Read Chs 14 & 15 12 Nov 7 Mid-term exam II (Chs 9 - 15) 9 Organizational structure Read Ch 16 13 Nov 14 Organizational culture Read Ch 17 16 Human resources management Read Ch 18 14 Nov 21 Organizational change Read Ch 19 23 Thanksgiving holiday 15 Nov 28 Team project presentations 30 Team project presentations Course evaluation Dec 1 Written team projects due 12 Exam III (Chs 16 - 19); 4:30 to 6:30 pmBUAD 304 Course Syllabus - p. 4 Course Requirements and Evaluation: Exams: Three individual closed-book, content exams non-cumulative @ 15% each 45% Team projects and presentations: 25% Individual assignments: 20% Preparation, participation, attendance: 10% Each graded assignment will be evaluated on a 10-point scale where 9-10 is an excellent exam, project, case analysis, or interview