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Instructional Materials for Wayne Smith's courses
Tue, Aug 20, 2024
[updated: Tuesday, August 20, 2024]
"Science can be the religion of the nonreligious, the poetry of the non-poet, the art of the man who cannot paint, the humor of the serious man,
and the love making of the inhibited and shy man. Not only does science begin in wonder, it also ends in wonder."
-Abraham Maslow (1908-1970)
"Make the difficult, easy; the easy, habitual, and the habitual, beautiful."
-David Mamet (1947-)
"Instructions for Life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it."
-Mary Oliver (1935-2019)
Preface
The primary purpose of this web page is to provide a "landing" page for students arriving from the CSUN portal. This
is useful for students as they begin to explore courses and enroll in specific sections. This page organizes the instructional materials
for my classes. Just as SOLAR includes course information for multiple semesters, this page too includes information
for multiple semesters. To the extent possible, the materials linked from this page conform
to the spirit of the OpenCourseWare initiative sparked by the leadership at
MIT. I have a brief CSUN 'faculty app' web page as well. The PDF
materials on this page require the "free" Acrobat Reader.
Current Office Hours
My current (Fall, 2024) office hours are as follows: Mon/Wed 9:30am - 10:00am, Mon/Wed 12:45pm - 1:15pm, Mon/Wed 5:00pm - 5:30pm, Tue/Thu 9:30am - 10:00am, Tue/Thu 12:45pm - 1:15pm.
Naturally, I am also available by appointment at a mutually convenient time. Appointments can be arranged via email or via telephone (818-677-4524); however, advisement and other key matters, including
discussions regarding scores, grades, or letters of recommendation only occurs in person in my office (BB4225).
Wayne Smith, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Dept. of Management
CSU Northridge
18111 Nordhoff St.
Northridge,
CA
91330-8376
United States
818-677-4524
N 34° 14' 31"
W -118° 31' 50"
Resource Descriptions
Web page. The individual web page links below point to a section-specific web page that is the "home page" for each
section of a course.
Email. The individual email links below provide an appropriate email subject line for each distinct section. Naturally, you may add a small
amount of information in the email subject line as well. Please ensure that you double-check your writing
both for context and content before you press the "Send" button. In particular, please ensure that
you include your full name. Good communication, especially when conducted via an electronic medium, is a critical success factor
for COBAE student professionals. If you are unsure how to communicate effectively, please read the following document entitled--"How
Successful Student Professionals Communicate Electronically".
Courses: 2025, Summer (Subsequent Semester)
I may teach a section of BUS 312, BUS 497a, MGT 340, MGT 360, or MGT 370.
Courses: 2025, Spring (Next Semester)
I will teach BUS 312. I will teach MGT 340. I will likely teach BUS 497a as well.
Courses: 2024, Fall (Current Semester)
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BUS 312 (Data Literacy for Business), Class #20786, Mon/Wed 10:00am - 11:15am (Mon 8/26 - Mon 12/9, 16 weeks), BB2206, in-person format
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BUS 312 (Data Literacy for Business), Class #20795, Mon/Wed 11:30am - 12:45pm (Mon 8/26 - Mon 12/9, 16 weeks), BB2206, in-person format
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MGT 340 (Management of Emerging Technologies), Class #13758, Tue/Thu 10:00am - 11:15am (Tue 8/26 - Tue 12/10, 16 weeks), BB1202, in-person format
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MGT 340 (Management of Emerging Technologies), Class #20755, Tue/Thu 11:30am - 12:45pm (Tue 8/26 - Tue 12/10, 16 weeks), BB1202, in-person format
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MGT 360bh (Principles of Management and Organizational Behavior (Business Honors)), Class #13646, Mon/Wed 5:30pm - 6:45pm (Mon 8/26 - Mon 12/9, 16 weeks), BB1103, in-person format
Courses: (Prior Semesters)
- Course Archive - 2024 [ .html ]
- Course Archive - 2023 [ .html ]
- Course Archive - 2022 [ .html ]
- Course Archive - 2021 [ .html ]
- Course Archive - 2020 [ .html ]
- Course Archive - 2019 [ .html ]
- Course Archive - 2018 [ .html ]
- Course Archive - 2017 [ .html ]
- Course Archive - 2016 [ .html ]
- Course Archive - 2015 [ .html ]
- Course Archive - 2014 [ .html ]
- Course Archive - 2013 [ .html ]
- Course Archive - 2012 [ .html ]
- Course Archive - 2011 [ .html ]
- Course Archive - 2010 [ .html ]
- Course Archive - 2009 [ .html ]
- Course Archive - 2008 [ .html ]
- Course Archive - 2007 [ .html ]
- Course Archive - 2006 [ .html ]
BUS 302L Statistics Exam Review
Tutorials
Recommended Reading
- How Successful Student Professionals Communicate Electronically [ .pdf ] (Wednesday, September 1, 2010)
- Waddell, C. (2015), Basic Prose and Mechanics. [ .pdf ]
- Beason, L. (2001), "Ethos and Error: How Business People React to Errors", College Composition and Communication, 53 (1), Sep., pp. 33-64. [ JSTOR (Arts and Sciences III) ]
- Williams, J., and McEnerney, L. (2008) Writing in College (Univ. of Chicago) [ .html , .pdf ]
- Rhetoric and Composition: A Guide for the College Student [ .pdf (especially § 34 to § 55) ]
- Jabr, F. (2013), "The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens", Scientific American, Apr. 11 [ Scientific American ] [ local mirror (.pdf) ]
- Alley, M., and Neeley, K. (2005), "Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides: A Case for Sentence Headlines and Visual Evidence", Technical Communication, 52 (4), Nov., pp. 417-426. [ Communication and Mass Media Complete (EBSCOHost) ]
Personal Materials
- My Personal Background [ .pdf ] (Wednesday, September 1, 2010)
- My Academic Research Streams [ .pdf ] (Wednesday, September 1, 2010)
- My Teaching Philosophy [ .pdf ] (Wednesday, September 1, 2010)
My Annual (mostly Summer) Reading
- Aull, L. (2020) How Students Write: A Linguistic Analysis, Modern Language Association.
- Beinhocker, E. (2007) The Origin of Wealth, Harvard Business School Press.
- Cuddihy, W. (2009) The Fourth Amendment: Origins and Original Meaning, 602-1791, Oxford University Press.
- Edwards, M., and Edwards, K. (2021) Predictive HR Analytics: Mastering the HR Metric (2nd ed.), KoganPage.
- Foster, T. (2014) How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines (Revised Ed.), Perennial.
- Janero, R., and Altshuler, T. (2011) The Art of Being Human (10th ed.), Pearson.
- Kahneman, D., et al. (2021) Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment Little, Brown Spark.
- Kelly-Riley, D., and Elliot, N. (2021) Improving Outcomes: Disciplinary Writing, Local Assessment, and the Aims of Fairness, Modern Language Association.
- Leonning, C. (2021) Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service, Random House.
- Lunsford, A. et al. (2018) Everything's An Argument with Readings (8th ed.), Bedford/St. Martin's.
- McElreath, R. (2016) Statistical Rethinking: A Bayesian Course with Examples in R and Stan (2nd ed.), CRC Press.
- Mitchell, M. (2011) Complexity: A Guided Tour (1st ed.), Oxford University Press.
- Newstock, S. (2020) How to Think like Shakespeare: Lessons from a Renaissance Education, Princeton University Press.
- Page, S. (2017) The Diversity Bonus: How Great Teams Pay Off in the Knowledge Economy, Dutton.
- Pearl, J., and Mackenzie, D. (2018) The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect, Basic Books.
- Turkle, S. (2015) Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age, Penguin Books.
- Vee, A. (2017) Coding Literacy: How Computer Programming Is Changing Writing, The MIT Press.
My Favorite Podcasts
- Abumrad, J., et al. Radiolab
- Andorra, A. Learning Bayesian Statistics
- Duncan, M. The History of Rome
- Gilbert, B., and Rosenthal, D. Acquired
- Kennedy, M. Talk Python to Me
- Malone, K., and Jaffe, B. Linear Digressions
- Nantz, E. R Weekly Highlights
- Paredes, K., and Tibor, S. Teaching Python
- Pierson, R. The History of Byzantium
- Santa Fe Institute. Complexity
- Smith, E. Approaching Shakespeare
- Smith, R. Planet Money
- Stroud, K. The History of English
- Tiller, P. Drucker on the Dial
- Warburton, N., and Edmonds, D. Philosophy Bites
Recommended Student Organizations
Every COBAE student should strongly consider joining the student professional organization aligned with their chosen
major. For example, Management students should consider joining MACSUN or Matador HR. Other COBAE student organizations
are available as well.
Awards
I endowed a scholarship to business students transferring from Los Angeles City College. Transfer students with all of their
lower-division core classes completed can apply. See (near the bottom of the page): "Wayne Smith Transfer Scholarship".
I have endowed multiple scholarships at Hollywood High School. One is in Math/Computer Science (in honor of Gene Robidoux) and the other is in English (in honor of Harry Major).
Service
On campus, I am part of a loose collection of individuals on campus called the "Transfer Network Group."
Under the leadership of Leroy Geter and Student Affairs, we help students transfer from 2-year institutions.
Transfer students now have dedicated upper-division general education course that are reserved just for them. See: Undergraduate Studies.
In the past, I have been the unofficial videographer for the CSUN Ice Hockey Team.
As part of the Southern California Chapter of the American Statistical Association, I help judge the annual High School AP Statistics poster competition. I'm also one of four leads the manage the judging process for the Intel Science and Engineering Fair.
I was the host announcer for the annual Canoga Park Memorial Parade for many years.