SYLLABUS for
Motivation / Satisfaction /
Leadership
APPL 642 Spring
2016
Instructor: Tom Mitchell, Ph.D. 837-5348
Email: TMITCHELL@ubalt.edu
Home Page: http://home.edu/tmitch
Office
& hrs:
Learning Commons 411
Mon / Wed 12:30 - 2 PM
Class: Tuesdays
5:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Classroom:
AC 235
Webboard:
Sakai
Schedule of dates and assignments - Overview:
CASE 1 | CASE 2 | CASE 3 | ||||
Date | Session | Activity | Northouse Chapter | Sedalia | 1st Federal | Megalith |
1-Feb | 1 | 1: Intro |
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2 | Discuss Sedalia | 2: Trait | Organize | |||
10Feb | 3 | 6: Skills | ||||
17-Feb | 4 | 4: Styles | Organize | |||
24-Feb | 5 | Discuss 1st Fed | 5:Situational | Reports Due 2/28 |
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2-Mar | 6 | Discuss Megalith | 6: Contingency | Organize | ||
9-Mar | 7 | Midterm Exam |
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16-Mar | Spring break |
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23-Mar | 8 | Guest: Hanna Pillion | 7: Path-Goal |
Present |
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30-Mar | 9 | Guests: SHA & Prometric | 8: LMX | |||
6- Apr | 10 | 9: TFL / 14: Women | Reports Due | |||
13-Apr | 11 | Present | ||||
20-Apr | 12 | 15: Culture | Reports Rue | |||
27-Apr | 13 | Guest: Rachael Bohns | 16: Ethics | Present | ||
4-May | 14 | Final Exam Review | ||||
11-May | 15 | Final Exam |
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Syllabus Resources:
B. Course description: Using motivation as a central concept, this course will provide the student with an in-depth understanding of how person and environmental factors interact to influence organizational behavior. Predominant motivational theories will be used to explain how group dynamics and cross-cultural influences affect motivation, and how attitudes toward the job and the organization relate to performance. Students will learn to apply motivational techniques to improve work performance and satisfaction.
(2) Discuss how group activity may facilitate or inhibit work performance.
(3) Work collaboratively with effectively with others to solve problems related to organizational behavior.
III. Class format: Assigned readings will be discussed. Ideas and conclusions generated from the discussions will be used by groups to solve problems presented in case studies. Case studies will be discussed in class and on Sakai
IV Texts required:
V. Course requirements for each student:
* NOTE: Failure to submit the summaries and questions may result in a 10% grade decrement
VI. Assessment:100% TOTAL Grade Scale: 90-100 A; 85-89 B+; 80-84 B;
75-79 C+; 70 C
Additional online syllabus Resources:
Session / Date
/ Chapters
/ Case Activity / Readings (see also Bibliography at end)
(1) Jan 27 Discussion of syllabus / Harvard Business School cases
Northouse Chapter 1 Introduction
(2) Feb 3 Northouse Chapter 2 Trait Approach
->
Discuss Sedalia
LOQ
site http://www.creativeorgdesign.com/testpages/loq.htm
(distribute LOQ
questionnaire)
McGrath outline of trait paradigm
(3) Feb 10 Northouse Chapter 3 Skills Approach
(4) Feb 17 Northouse Chapter 4 Style Approach Article Questions
(LOQ): Report results and discuss
(JCM): Report results and discuss
Pink, D. "More than a paycheck" WSJ 2-2-10
(5)
Feb 24
Northouse
Chapter 5 Situational Approach
-> Case 1: Sedalia Reports Due EXTENDED
DEADLINE: 5:30 pm SUNDAY 2/28/16
-> Discuss 1st Federal
bonus article (please do not read): WSJ (2/19/2008): Modern Conundrum: When Work's Invisible, So Are Its Satisfactions
Motivation and Leadership from a Chinese Perspective
(6) Mar 2 Northouse Chapter 6 Contingency Theory Contingency models of leadership
Guest Speaker:
Regan Miller, Human
Resources Specialist
Workforce and Succession Planning, U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Regan.Miller@opm.gov| www.opm.gov/HRS
M: 202-489-3487 |
-> Discuss Megalith
***Midterm Review***
(7) Mar 9 *** Midterm Exam *** Northouse Chapters 1-6; Articles assigned
Mar 16 *** Spring Break *****
Guest Speakers: Kathy Ford, Katie Wrenn, & Dennis Dulaney from Booz Allen Hamilton
to talk about internships at BAH - 12th floor of the Law School 7PM to 10PM
PPT Presentation: Dennis Dulaney (has the link to apply for an internship)
(8) Mar 23 Northouse Chapter 7 Path-Goal Theory (p125-146)
Guest speaker: Hanna Pillion FMP Consulting
> Case 1: Sedalia Team Presentations
(9) Mar 30 Northouse Chapter 8 Leader-Member Exchange Theory
Guest Speakers:
- Shannon Myers, Personnel Specialist at State Highway Administration
- Diann Brady, and others from
Prometric PPT
Majority of U.S. Employees Not Engaged Despite Gains in 2014 Gallup Poll results
(10) Apr 6 Northouse Chapter 9 Transformational Leadership
Northouse Chapter 14 Women and Leadership
> Case 2: 1st Federal Reports Due
(NOTE: following articles not required for online discussion)
Engage Employees and Boost Performance HayGroup 2001 Article Question
Peter Warr (2007). Jobs and Happiness. The Industrial Psychologist, 44, p. 19
(11) Apr 13 Northouse Chapter 15 Culture and Leadership
-> Case 2: 1st Federal Team Presentations
President Obama 77 cents pay gap for women? Wash Post 4-12-14
-> Case 3: Megalith Reports Due
Bonus not a Cure-all
Performance bonus out of reach? Move
the target
Animals
seem to have an inherent sense of fairness and justice WSJ 2006
(13) Apr 27 Northouse Chapter 16 Leadership Ethics
-> Case 3: Megalith Team Presentations
Guest Speaker: Rachael Bohns U.S. Government
(14) May 4 Review for Final Exam Northouse Chapters 7-9; 14-16; Articles Assigned
(15) May 11 **** Final Exam ***
Judge, T., et al. (2002). Job satisfaction: A cross-cultural
review. Handbook of Industrial, Work and Organ Psych, V. 2
For
reference only *** not required reading