Course Outline/Calendar
CSUN
Business 302
The Gateway Experience
Spring, 2012
18003
Tue/Thu 11:00am - 12:15pm (Tue 1/24 - Thu 5/10, 16 weeks)
JH2230
Thu, Apr 26, 2012
[updated: Thursday, April 26, 2012]
"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 (Summary)
In general, the course will cover the topics and do the activities outlined in the common BUS 302 calendar.
However, the days and times for specific topics and activities will vary depending on a range of factors, including how well the class is doing in specific areas. More
information will be provided in class.
You will run and bring to class, but not turn in, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) test. You will skip the "case preferences" assignment.
Exercise #1 will be done in written form, not oral form. I score the oral presentations and oral challenges as group performance rather than individual performance. I tend not to given "second chance"
oral presentations. I use some time in class for overall group evaluations and for personal group discussion. As indicated on the syllabus, this class will have a few "pop quizzes" as well.
There is no final exam in this course.
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Course Outline/Calendar (Detail)
The purpose of this web site is to provide information and materials for students enrolled in Wayne Smith's Business 302 course, Class # 18003, for the Spring, 2012 semester.
This course meets Tue/Thu 11:00am - 12:15pm (Tue 1/24 - Thu 5/10, 16 weeks) in JH2230 [ Campus Map, Google Maps, Google Earth ].
The following summary identifies the key terms used in the course outline.
- Topic(s):
- General topic(s) to be discussed
- Coursepack:
- Readings from the coursepack [ .html ]
- HBR:
- Readings from the Harvard Business Review materials
- Supplemental:
- Readings from the supplemental materials (or occasionally, a direct, online resource)
- Due:
- Assignment or report due at the immediate beginning of class
- Activity:
- done individually or in teams (announced and done in-class)
- Lecture:
- presentation and discussion led primarily by the instructor
- (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: Tue. Jan 24, 2012
- Topic(s): Enrollment Management, Course Introduction, Class Materials
- Lecture: Course Introduction, Class Materials
- Supplemental: Spring, 2010 Lab Capacity Utilization Chart [ .pdf ]
Week 1: Thu. Jan 26, 2012
- Topic(s): Student Introductions ("Icebreaker")
- Activity: Class "Icebreaker" [ .ppt ]
Week 2: Tue. Jan 31, 2012
- Topic(s): Team Assignment, Team Building, Exercise #1 (Trust), Exercise #2 (Contract/Rules)
- Due: Humanmetrics-Jung Test (Myers-Briggs Typology Indicator) [ .html ]
- Coursepack: Creating Teams-Exercise #1 (Building Trust) [ .doc ]
- Coursepack: Creating Teams-Exercise #2 (Rules of Behavior "Contract") [ .doc ]
- HBR: Katzenbach and Smith
- Coursepack: Creating Teams [ .html ]
- Lecture: Team Building
Week 2: Thu. Feb 2, 2012
- Topic(s): COBAE Options/Majors Presentation
- Coursepack: COBAE Options/Majors Presentation [ .html ]
- Lecture: COBAE Options/Majors Presentation
Week 3: Tue. Feb 7, 2012
- Topic(s): Case Process (Lifecycyle)
- Due: Exercise #1 (Building Trust) (written only, no oral presentation)
- Due: Exercise #2 (Rules of Behavior "Contract")
- Supplemental: Sandberg
- Coursepack: Team Process Rules and Preparing for Cases [ .html ]
- Supplemental: Case Preparation Document ("CasePrepDoc") [ .pdf ]
- Supplemental: Case Deliverable Structure Requirements [ .pdf ]
- Supplemental: Case Writing Materials [ .html ]
- Lecture: Case Process (Lifecycle)
Week 3: Thu. Feb 9, 2012
- Topic(s): Ethics, Academic Honesty
- Coursepack: Academic Honesty [ .html ]
- HBR: Andrews
- Supplemental: TED Talks (Dan Ariely on our buggy moral code) [ .html ]
- Coursepack: Ethics-Ethical Decision-making [ .ppt ]
- Lecture: Ethical Decision-making
Week 4: Tue. Feb 14, 2012
- Topic(s): Coach Case #1 (July at the Multiplex)
- Due: Student Core Values Statement (sign and date) [ .html ]
- Due: Statement on Academic Honesty and Plagiarism (sign and date) [ .doc ]
- Due: Case Preparation Document for Case #1 (July at the Multiplex)
- Supplemental: Case #1 - (July at the Multiplex) - Case Text
- Supplemental: Case #1 - Coaching Presentation Slides
- Activity: Coach Case #1 (July at the Multiplex)
Week 4: Thu. Feb 16, 2012
- Topic(s): Planning and Strategy
- Supplemental: Porter's Generic Strategies (Wikipedia) [ .html ]
- Lecture: Strategic Thinking
Week 5: Tue. Feb 21, 2012
- COBAE Options/Majors Presentation
- Due: COBAE Options/Majors Presentation (presentation by all teams)
Week 5: Thu. Feb 23, 2012
- Time Management, Professional Influence
- Coursepack: Time Management [ .html ]
- Lecture: Professional Influence [ .ppt ]
Week 6: Tue. Feb 28, 2012
- Topic(s): Legal Analysis for Business Case Study
- Lecture: Legal Analysis for Business Case Study [ .ppt ]
Week 6: Thu. Mar 1, 2012
- Topic(s): Stakeholders' Summit
- Coursepack: Ethics-"Stakeholders' Summit" (BAZ, Inc.) [ .doc ]
- Activity: Stakeholders' Summit
Week 7: Tue. Mar 6, 2012
- Topic(s): Case #1 (July at the Multiplex), Coach Case #2 (Acme Electronics)
- Due: Written (all teams) for Case #1 (July at the Multiplex)
- Due: Team Evaluation Form for Case #1 (July at the Multiplex) [ .doc ]
- Due: Case Preparation Document for Case #2 (Acme Electronics)
- Activity: Critical Reasoning (Argument and Logic) for Case #1
- Supplemental: Case #2 - (Acme Electronics) - Case Text
- Supplemental: Case #2 - Coaching Presentation Slides
- Activity: Coach Case #2 (Acme Electronics)
- HBR: Porter (What is Strategy?)
Week 7: Thu. Mar 8, 2012
- Topic(s): Presentations
- Supplemental: Case Presentation Materials [ .html ]
- Lecture: Presentation Examples (Powerpoint presentations from my prior BUS 302 classes)
Week 8: Tue. Mar 13, 2012
- Topic(s): Continuous Improvement for Writing, Citations/References
- Supplemental: Dvorak (English)
- Lecture: Continuous Improvement for Writing
- Supplemental: Case Writing Materials [ .html ]
- Supplemental: Ethics Essay Writing Errors (CSUN only) [ .xls ]
- Lecture: Citations and References [ .ppt ]
Week 8: Thu. Mar 15, 2012
- Topic(s): Dialog and Feedback Skills
- Coursepack: Dialog and Feedback Skills [ .html ]
Week 9: Tue. Mar 20, 2012
- Topic(s): Present Case #2 (Acme Electronics)
- Due: Written (all non-presentation teams) for Case #2 (Acme Electronics)
- Due: Presentation (team: tbd) for Case #2 (Acme Electronics)
- Due: Team Evaluation Form for Case #2 (Acme Electronics) [ .doc ]
- Activity: Discussion ("Challenge") Question Template (1 per team per presentation) [ .pdf ]
Week 9: Thu. Mar 22, 2012
- Topic(s): Present Case #2 (Acme Electronics)
- Due: Written (all non-presentation teams) for Case #2 (Acme Electronics)
- Due: Presentation (team: tbd) for Case #2 (Acme Electronics)
- Activity: Discussion ("Challenge") Question Template (1 per team per presentation) [ .pdf ]
Week 10: Tue. Mar 27, 2012
- Topic(s): Coach Case #3 (International Investments)
- Due: Case Preparation Document for Case #3 (International Investments)
- Supplemental: Case #3 - (International Investments) - Case Text
- Supplemental: Case #3 - Coaching Presentation Slides
- Supplemental: Case #3 - Data File
- Activity: Coach Case #3 (International Investments)
- Coursepack: Strategic Thinking-A Discussion Paper (Leidtka Model, 1998) [ .pdf ]
Week 10: Thu. Mar 29, 2012
- Topic(s): Team meetings with instructor
- Activity: Team meetings with instructor
Week 11: Tue. Apr 3, 2012
Week 11: Thu. Apr 5, 2012
Week 12: Tue. Apr 10, 2012
- Topic(s): Speech Practice, Speech Theory
- Lecture: The Practice of Speech [ .ppt ]
- Lecture: The Theory of Speech [ .ppt ]
- (contingency)
Week 12: Thu. Apr 12, 2012
- Topic(s): Logical Fallacies
- Lecture: Logical Fallacies [ .ppt ] (Mon. Jul 22, 2013)
- (contingency)
Week 13: Tue. Apr 17, 2012
- Topic(s): Present Case #3 (International Investments)
- Due: Written (all non-presentation teams) for Case #3 (International Investments)
- Due: Presentation (team: tbd) for Case #3 (International Investments)
- Due: Team Evaluation Form for Case #3 (International Investments) [ .doc ]
- Activity: Discussion ("Challenge") Question Template (1 per team per presentation) [ .pdf ]
- Due: Case Preparation Document for Case #4 (A Day at the Beach)
Week 13: Thu. Apr 19, 2012
- Topic(s): Present Case #3 (International Investments)
- Due: Written (all non-presentation teams) for Case #3 (International Investments)
- Due: Presentation (team: tbd) for Case #3 (International Investments)
- Activity: Discussion ("Challenge") Question Template (1 per team per presentation) [ .pdf ]
- Supplemental: Individual Ethics Essay Materials [ .html ]
- Additional/Optional Activity: (Friday, Apr. 20) 11:00am-12:30pm (downtown LA) COBAE-sponsored Women in Business (advance sign-up requested)
Week 14: Tue. Apr 24, 2012
- Topic(s): Coach Case #4 (A Day at the Beach)
- Due: Case Preparation Document for Case #4 (A Day at the Beach)
- Supplemental: Case #4 - (A Day at the Beach) - Case Text
- Supplemental: Case #4 - Coaching Presentation Slides
- Activity: Coach Case #4 (A Day at the Beach)
- HBR: Porter (Five Forces)
- Supplemental: Individual Ethics Essay Materials [ .html ]
Week 14: Thu. Apr 26, 2012
- Topic(s): In-class Ethics Essay
- Activity: In-class Ethics Essay
Week 15: Tue. May 1, 2012
- Topic(s): Present Case #4 (A Day at the Beach)
- Due: Written (all non-presentation teams) for Case #4 (A Day at the Beach)
- Due: Presentation (team: tbd) for Case #4 (A Day at the Beach)
- Due: Team Evaluation Form for Case #4 (A Day at the Beach) [ .doc ]
- Activity: Discussion ("Challenge") Question Template (1 per team per presentation) [ .pdf ]
- Additional/Optional Activity: (Wednesday, May. 2) 6:00pm-9:00pm (USU Northridge Center) COBAE-sponsored Meet the Firms (advance sign-up requested)
Week 15: Thu. May 3, 2012
- Topic(s): Present Case #4 (A Day at the Beach)
- Due: Written (all non-presentation teams) for Case #4 (A Day at the Beach)
- Due: Presentation (team: tbd) for Case #4 (A Day at the Beach)
- Activity: Discussion ("Challenge") Question Template (1 per team per presentation) [ .pdf ]
Week 16: Tue. May 8, 2012
- Topics(s): Preparation for Future Success
- Lecture: Materials for Further Study [ .html ] (Mon. Sep 21, 2015)
- (contingency)
Week 16: Thu. May 10, 2012
- Topics(s): Course Debrief, Performance Review
- Lecture: End of Semester Brief [ .ppt ] (Fri. Dec 15, 2017)
Finals Week: Tue. May 15, 2012
- (no final exam, no class meeting)
