MMG 512 BH14 - Organizational Environment

Course Syllabus

Course Description

MMG512 Organizational Environment
This course provides an overview of the external and internal environment of organizations. It helps students understand the resource, market, technological, economic, and socio-political context of the organization, and the impact of multiple stakeholders on its goals and decision-making processes. It examines organizational architecture and dynamics from the structural, human resource, political and symbolic perspectives. The course draws on theories and research on organizations, including topics such as motivation, leadership, and organizational change and development. The intent of the course is to provide students with the theoretical base to better understand organizational behavior, and to equip them with tools to analyze and improve upon their own managerial practice.

Course Objectives

Today’s organizational environments are facing rapid changes and complex issues. Political, economic, social and technological trends are impacting organizations, their leadership and people within the organizations in significant ways. Organizational Environment (MMG512) provides an overview of approaches to understanding external and internal environments impacting organizations. Reframing Organizations (Bolman and Deal), suggest a useful set of four frames to consider in analyzing organizations, their environment as a whole, or even individual events within their environment: These different frames can bring an organizational life into a different and clearer focus, allowing leaders to view the workplace from different images to make judgments, gather information and get things done. Understand the interpersonal competencies necessary for solid job performance and effectiveness in your management professional.

  • working on teams
  • teaching others
  • leading
  • negotiating
  • working well with people from culturally diverse backgrounds
  • serving customers 

Learning Outcomes

This class will afford you the opportunity to practice and learn many of key  competencies. Throughout this course you will have the opportunity to practice new skills that will help you to become a stronger leader in today’s workplace, while providing you an overview of the external and internal environment of organizations. You will have the opportunity to examine organizational architecture and dynamics from four different perspectives, structural, human resource, political and symbolic.  




Instructional Methodology

Technology: This course will require access to a computer and the internet.  The Masters of Management course will require significant outside of class room activity.
 
Participation in on-line discussions: Discussion topics relating the course concepts to your own situation or to current events or issues will be posted. You will be expected to respond to these topics by the due date.
 
Face-to-face instruction with in-class activities and collaborative teamwork. There will be sessions of face-to face interaction, one at the beginning of the course, and the second toward the end. These sessions will allow for direct interaction with the instructor and classmates. Learning activities will include lectures, discussion, and experiential exercises.

Grading - Assessment

20% - Class Participation
 
60% - Assignments

20% - Discussion Forum 
 
 
It is expected that all assignments are completed on time and the quality of the work is reflective of graduate student status. Late submissions will receive a drop of half a letter grade for each overdue week. All written assignments must be of academic quality, proofread, organized, well written and abide by the college plagiarism pledge. Papers submitted that do not meet these standards will receive a grade reduction or must be rewritten. 

A final grade of Incomplete will be given for students who have not submitted and/or participated in all class assignments. An Incomplete grade can be changed to a letter grade if a student submits all missing work no later than the end of the following semester. The student must understand that late submission rules apply to incomplete work. 

The student must contract with the instructor for changes needed to critical delivery dates. 

No Credit will be given to any student who does not fulfill all of the requirements of this class. 

 

Standards

Academic Integrity

Students are expected to maintain integrity in all academic work. They will not attempt to get grades by any means other than honest academic effort. All work must be completed by individual students except for group projects. It is not permissible to hand in the same work for different courses without the express permission and agreement of the instructors involved.

Students are expected to maintain integrity in all academic work. They will not attempt to get grades by any means other than honest academic effort. All work must be completed by individual students except for group projects. It is not permissible to hand in the same work for different courses without the express permission and agreement of the instructors involved.

Disabliltiy Support

Cambridge College arranges access to facilities and academic programs for students with physical, mental, or learning disabilities of permanent or temporary duration. Accommodations are determined on an individual basis and include, but are not limited to, sign language interpreters, note takers, audio recording, tutorial services, priority registration, course modification, parking, and classroom modification.

Please contact the Coordinator for Student Special Services at ext. 1200, to discuss your disability, so we can arrange for and monitor services you need in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. You are responsible to provide documentation from a qualified physician or clinician that presents a specific diagnosis of your disability, explains its limiting effects, and makes recommendations for accommodation.
 
It is important to provide this documentation as soon as possible since many services are outside the College and must be arranged far in advance. Course instructors and advisors are notified of any students with disabilities and their required accommodations.  Cambridge College Academic Catalog

Plagiarisim

Plagiarism is the appropriation of another’s work and passing off as one’s own the ideas and language of another. The student will not plagiarize or copy the work of any other person, and will properly acknowledge the use of any outside resources. Any breach of academic integrity is grounds for a grade of

No Credit in academic courses and/or dismissal. Cambridge College Academic Catalog.