Course Outline/Calendar

CSUN
Management 458
Decision Making and Creativity

Spring, 2011
12419
Thu 7:00pm - 9:45pm (Thu 1/27 - Thu 5/12, 16 weeks)
JH1131

Wayne Smith   [ wayne.smith@csun.edu ]

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[updated: Friday, March 18, 2011]

"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 458 course, Class #  12419, for the Spring, 2011 semester. This course meets Thu 7:00pm - 9:45pm (Thu 1/27 - Thu 5/12, 16 weeks) in JH1131 [ Campus Map, Google Maps, Google Earth ].

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 topic(s) to be discussed
Hammond:
Readings from the textbook
HBR:
Readings from the Harvard Business Review materials
Supplemental:
Readings from the supplemental materials
Due:
Assignment or report due at the immediate beginning of class
Review:
Usually a student-led review of an assignment or report
Exercise:
done individually or in teams (announced and collected in-class)
Activity:
done individually or in teams (announced and done in-class)
Lecture:
a lecture or presentation done by the instructor
Quiz:
a relatively short test
Exam:
a relatively long test
(contingency)
Slack time embedded during the course to cover unforeseen events

The following is the detail of the course in chronological order. Students must complete the readings and assignments before the due date.

Week 1: Thu. Jan 27, 2011
Question: How is success defined in this course?
Question: What is organizational decision-making? What is organizational creativity?
Week 2: Thu. Feb 3, 2011
Question: What are the philosophical principles needed to understand decision-making and creativity?
Week 3: Thu. Feb 10, 2011
Question: What are the psychological principles needed to understand decision-making and creativity?
Week 4: Thu. Feb 17, 2011
Question: What are the physiological principles needed to understand decision-making and creativity?
Week 5: Thu. Feb 24, 2011
Question: What are the research and methodological principles needed to understand decision-making and creativity?
Week 6: Thu. Mar 3, 2011
Question: What are the sociological (network) principles needed to understand decision-making and creativity?
Week 7: Thu. Mar 10, 2011
Question: What are the anthropological (or political/legal) principles needed to understand decision-making and creativity?
Week 8: Thu. Mar 17, 2011
Question: What are the systems dynamics principles needed to understand decision-making and creativity?
Week 9: Thu. Mar 24, 2011
Question: What are the technological and engineering principles needed to understand decision-making and creativity?
Week 10: Thu. Mar 31, 2011
Week 11: Thu. Apr 7, 2011
Week 12: Thu. Apr 14, 2011
Question:
Week 13: Thu. Apr 21, 2011
Question:
Week 14: Thu. Apr 28, 2011
Question:
Week 15: Thu. May 5, 2011
Question: What have the students learned and what can they contribute to others?
Week 16: Thu. May 12, 2011
Question: What have the students learned and what can they contribute to others?
Finals Week: Thu. May 19, 2011 (8pm - 10pm)

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