Becoming a Balanced Manager & Developing a Balanced Organization

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

The primary aim of this course is to provide you with an understanding and the initial development of the skills of successful managers in organizations. This course is based on over 25 years of experience working with management development programs with consulting firms and some of the premier corporations in the world. Some specific objectives include:

(1) Understanding the history and development of the field of study commonly referred to as managerial behavior.

(2) Evaluating strengths and weaknesses of significant theories of managerial behavior.

(3) Understanding the effects of basic social psychological processes on individual and group behavior in organizations.

(4) Applying concepts and research in the field of organizational behavior to develop more effective managerial behavior

(5) Applying concepts and research in the field of organizational behavior to develop more effective managerial behavior

(6) Analyzing issues and techniques involved in implementing organizational change

Instructor:

Prof. Frank Shipper

E-mail: fmshipper@salisbury.edu

Office: HH 130

Phone:
(410) 543-6333

Office Hours:
TTH 3:15-4:15 p.m.;
T 6:30-7:00 p.m.
and by appointment.

Required Program: Virtual Leader SimuLearn Inc, 2004.

This program can be purchased at SU's Bookrack at a considerable educational discount.

Required Hardware: TurningPoint Response Keypad Turning Technologies, LLC

This keypad can be purchased at SU's Bookrack at a considerable educational discount.

Optional Text: Quinn, Faerman, Thompson, & McGrath, Becoming a Master Manager (Third Edition), John Wiley & Sons, 2003, ISBN: 0-471-36178-X.

Optional Text: Kinicki & Kreitner, Organizational Behavior: Key Concepts, Skills & Best Practices (3rd Edition), McGraw-Hill, 2006, ISBN 0073138339 (or any other organizational behavior test).

You can obtain the books from a bookstore or on-line. To find the best on line price go to www.addall.com.

Optional: If you would like to obtain a report on your managerial skills using 360 feedback that is administered over the internet based on The Managerial Task Cycle, please contact Nancy Ferrara at The Booth Company, 800 332-6684. Identify yourself as a student in my course.

INTERNET EXERCISES

Managerial Task Cycle Resource Page

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