CSUN
Management 360
Management and Organizational Behavior

Wayne Smith   [ wayne.smith@csun.edu ]

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[updated: Wednesday, September 1, 2010]


"There are five managerial roles; they are to set objectives, organize, motivate and communicate, measure, and develop people."
-Peter Drucker (1909-2005)

Course Outline/Calendar

The purpose of this web site is to provide information and materials for students enrolled in Wayne Smith's Management 360 course, Class #  10464, for the Summer, 2008 semester. This course meets Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu 8:00am - 9:50am (Session II, 5/27 - 7/8, 6 weeks) in OV25.

The following summary identifies the key terms used in the course outline.

Question:
A general organizing question to place this particular material in context
Topic(s):
General topics to be discussed
Montana:
Readings from the textbook
HBR:
Readings from the Harvard Business Review coursepack
Supp:
Readings from the supplementary materials
Due:
Assignment or report due at the immediate beginning of class
Review:
Usually a student-led review of a critical assignment or report
(contingency)
Slack time embedded in the semester to cover current events, quizzes, or other material
Exercise
In-class exercise--either individually or in teams

The following is the detail of the course in chronological order.

Week 1: Tue. May 27, 2008
Question: How is success defined in this course?
Week 1: Wed. May 28, 2008
Question: Why study Organizational Behavior?
Question: Why are Finance, Marketing, and Operations necessary, but insufficient, for organizational success?
Week 1: Thu. May 29, 2008
Question: What are the primary activities of management?
Question: What defines a manager?
Week 2: Mon. Jun 2, 2008
Question: What have we learned from the significant organizational challenges and opportunities in the past?
Week 2: Tue. Jun 3, 2008
Question: What is the wider organizational mission and individual values in today's global economy?
Week 2: Wed. Jun 4, 2008
Question: What are the international and global contexts in today's business and organizational environment?
Week 2: Thu. Jun 5, 2008
Question: Who are the key stakeholders for an organization?
Week 3: Mon. Jun 9, 2008
Question: How do individuals and organizations make optimal decisions in face of uncertainty?
Week 3: Tue. Jun 10, 2008
Question: What does management look like at 30,000 feet?
Question: How does an organization leverage labor-intensive infrastructures?
Week 3: Wed. Jun 11, 2008
Question: How does an organization leverage capital-intensive infrastructures?
Week 3: Thu. Jun 12, 2008
Question: What is the optimal overall design to best meet the mission of the organization?
Week 4: Mon. Jun 16, 2008
Question: What does the organization look like through multiple "lenses?"
Week 4: Tue. Jun 17, 2008
Question: What does the mind of a strategist look like?
Week 4: Wed. Jun 18, 2008
Question: What does the mind of a strategist look like?
Week 4: Thu. Jun 19, 2008
Question: What does the action of a strategist look like?
Week 5: Mon. Jun 23, 2008
Question: Where are the deepest strengths and deepest weaknesses within complex organizations?
Week 5: Tue. Jun 24, 2008
Question: How do we design persistently successful organizations?
Week 5: Wed. Jun 25, 2008
Question: What have the students learned about entreprenuership and related issues directly from practitioners?
Week 5: Thu. Jun 26, 2008
Question: Other than differing expectations, what is the root cause of most organizational pathologies?
Week 6: Mon. Jun 30, 2008
Question: Where can I contribute? Why do I contribute?
Week 6: Tue. Jul 1, 2008
Question: What function of management is most associated with organization success?
Week 6: Wed. Jul 2, 2008
Question: How does one communicate? What are the roots of motivation? What are the roots of power?
Week 6: Thu. Jul 3, 2008
Question: What is the most important and most difficult task for a leader?
Week 7: Mon. Jul 7, 2008
Question: What have the students learned and what can they contribute to others?
Week 7: Tue. Jul 8, 2008



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