The assigned text for the course is Effective Behavior in Organizations, Seventh Edition, published by McGraw-Hill and authored  by Cohen, Fink, Gadon & Willits. The  ISBN #  is 0-07-2880392. Reading from the Text is assigned for each class, and a variety of cases provided in the text will be used in the course.

This is a learning-by-doing course. Students will write individual case analyses, teams of students will work together to prepare group written analysis of cases, various large and small group activities will be carried out in class, the final examination will be each student’s written personal history of his/her activity and discovery in the course.

Students are expected to maintain notes concerning the various activities they participate in throughout the course and prepare a five to ten page written analysis detailing what he/she has discovered about him/herself from the experiences encountered in the course as the final examination. The paper will also describe what the student has learned about group structure, group activity and how to participate constructively in a group setting. This paper will account for 40% of final assigned grade, or 400 points and will be due one week after the last class meeting. 

Three individually prepared case analyses of assigned cases will be required, one each due at the beginning of the second, third and fourth classes. Three group prepared cases will also be assigned that will also be due at the beginning the beginning of the second, third and fourth classes. Cases assigned are specified in the course outline below. Group cases will each contribute 10% (total, 300% or 300 points) to the final grade. Group cases will be due between classes as instructed by the Professor. Three individual cases will be worth 5%, 7.5% and 7.5% (50 points the first case, 75 each for second and third cases, total 200 points) and contribute 20% to the final grade. Individual cases are due at the beginning of each class (second, third and fourth) for which they are assigned.

On the morning of each class meeting, a brief quiz will be administered covering the assigned text reading for that class. Each quiz will be worth 25 points, and the four together will account for 100 points or 10% of the final grade.

Extra credit may be obtained by selecting and preparing a “Personal Application Exercise” from one of the three chapters assigned. These exercises are found at the end of each chapter and are clearly identified. Up to 10 points for each competently prepared exercise will be available if handed in at the beginning of the class for which chapters have been assigned (first class included).

First class meeting, January 8^th.  Prior to class:

          Read chapter 3 of Cohen et al.

          Read Banana Time case, page 409 of text.

          Read Electronics Unlimited case, page 479 of text.

Second class meeting, January 22^nd.  Prior to class:

          Read chapters 4, 5 & 6 of Cohen et al.

          Prepare The Virtual Environment Work case, page 601 of text and hand in written analysis at beginning of this class, 1/22.

          Read SmokestackVillage case, page 595 of text.

Third class meeting, February 5^th.  Prior to class:

          Read chapters 7, 8 & 9 of Cohen et al.

          Prepare 3M’s Occupational Health and Safety Division and Action Team, case, p 567 and hand in written analysis at beginning of this class, 2/5.

          Read Evergreen Willows case, p 491

Fourth class meeting, February 19^th. Prior to class

          Read chapters 10, 11 & 12 of Cohen et al.

          Prepared Kate Cooper case, p 536, as individual case and hand in written analysis at the beginning of this class, 2/19.

Summary of Grading:

          Four quizzes based on assigned text chapters, 25 points each         100 points

          Three individual cases, 50, 75 and 75 points                                      200 points

          Three group cases, 100 points each                                                   300 points

          Final paper, describing experiences and discoveries in the course     400 points

Grading Structure for the Course:

934 – 1000 points            A

Inquiries may be addressed to Dr. Bassett at his web site, gbassett@bridgeport.edu any day of the week.

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