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Course Syllabus:

I Course Description:

Exploration of contemporary issues: cases and problems facing management in multicultural and international environments. Examination of the environment of business in a global economy with specific emphasis on government-business relations, ethics, and managing for the future. 4 lecture/presentation.

For Winter Quarter 2005 this course will be taught in partnership with the John T. Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies on the Cal Poly Campus with many of the defined emerging issues arising from the Center's mission areas:

Prerequisite: Senior standing.

II Course Objectives:

1. Provide students with informed insights into the economic, legal, philosophical, political, scientific, social and technological ideas and trends which have an impact on business and which are, in turn, influenced by business decisions.

2. Teach students how to recognize how changes in the external environment have an effect on business strategy and management decision making.

3. Students will be able to develop an ability to research unstructured problems, uncertainties, social pressures, expectations, value conflicts, tradeoffs, and other aspects of the external environment.

4. Students to develop the ability to think critically and creativity about pressing issues facing management, with particular emphasis upon business ethics, the benefits and costs of technological progress, the importance of international, social, cultural, economic and political factors.

5. Stronger communication skill development through oral and written assignments which require clear articulation of issues and cogent arguments for and against specific positions regarding those issues.

6. Students will examine and develop their own managerial philosophy, particularly ethical and value dimensions. Is one's philosophy relevant to the changing environment of business, in light of future problems and emerging issued one may encounter?

III Required Texts:

1. Business and Society: Corporate Strategy, Public Policy, Ethics, Tenth Edition,
James E. Post, Anne T. Lawrence and James Weber, McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2002

2. BusinessWeek Online,free electronic subscription, daily reading.

3.. Daily reading of one of the following newspapers or journal, assigned on a rotating basis, all available online:

IV Course Requirements:

1. Quizzes: Objective quizzes based on text readings/Individual grade:

Quiz 1: 8 points
Quiz 2: 8 points
Quiz 3: 8 points

2. Examinations: Three issue methodologies for analysis/Group grade:

Exam 1: 8 points
Exam 2: 8 points
Exam 3: 8 points

3. Issues Management Brief:

Written: The class will be divided up into three to four person Issue Management Brief Project Teams. Each team will conduct research and analysis on an emerging issue and report according to prescribed format/Group grade. The teams will conduct peer evaluations internally and periodically during the quarter for individual grades and this will a part of the written product grade: 26 points.

Oral: According to directions prepare and present a PowerPoint presentation on Issue Brief/Group Grade: 3 points

4. Attendance and participation: This course will be taught in the classroom as well as partially online and will be Internet-mediated through use of WebCT and regular email. Three methods of evaluation will be used:

WebCT: WebCT participation will be calculated and are available for viewing by each student. Point values on WebCT participation will be assigned based on "hits," postings and repostings: 13points

Instructor Evaluation: This involves instructor assessment of individual as well as group preparation for and discussion of all assigned readings/cases, keeping abreast of current events through readings of newspapers as well as online resources, and contributing to the class experience, including in the online environment: 10 points.

5. Extra Credit Assignments: Some chapters as well as selected end of chapter cases are listed as "optional." On an individual/one time basis students may earn extra credits for creating PowerPoint presentations on a chapter or case and presenting them in class: 5 points.

V Method of Evaluation:

VI Method of Assigning Letter Grades:

VII Policy on Attendance and Assignments:

Attendance and class participation are extremely important because of the need for interaction, teamwork, and making contributions to the furtherance of your own and others' knowledge. Roll will be taken as both actual/physical classes as well as online/virtual classes. Late written assignments will be graded down 2 grades.

VII Responsibilities and Guidelines:

The Issue Brief Oral Report will be a formal "dress for success" presentation complete with PowerPoint as well as any other graphics.

VIII Academic Integrity:

Any instances of academic dishonesty to include plagarism or cheating will result in an automatic failure of the assignment and the course as well as a referral to Judicial Affairs of the Office of Vice President for Student Affairs for disciplinary action. An Academic Integrity Statement is required of each student on all written assignments.

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