Contemporary Management – MGT511

Instructor Name Prof. Hesham Sadek (ex Vice Chairman of NYIT – USA)

University Email hesham.sadek@eslsca.edu.eg

Course Duration / Semester From 10/12/22 To 28/02/23 Semester: Fall 22247

Lectures In-Class:  Online: X

Classroom / Campus Classroom lecture (Face to Face)

Room No. Class: HR14C

Prerequisite None

▪ Course Description
This course provides students of all disciplines a broad overview of contemporary organizational
management theory and best practices as they relate to the four primary functions of managers and
leaders, namely: planning, organizing, leading and controlling. We will explore organizational
behavior, planning and types of plans, managing in global context, decision-making styles and
approaches, leadership vs management, organizational design and structure, characteristics of
effective work teams, change management and control systems, communication process, and the
importance of ethics, law, stakeholder management and social responsibility in today’s fast-paced
for-profit and non-profit organizations.

▪ Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
1. Explain the role of management in organizations, functions, and required skills.
2. Describe management’s role in encouraging ethical behavior and social responsibility.
3. Describe the structures and techniques organizations use as they go international.
4. Explain the decisions making process, different decision-making styles and how biases can affect
decision-making.
5. Demonstrate the importance of planning, types of plans, and goal setting theories and methods.
6. Understand six elements of organizational design and structure.
7. Compare and contrast early theories of leadership with contemporary and modern approaches
to leadership.
8. Discuss the controlling process, types of control, and how to improve efficiency of performance
management in organizational context.
9. Learn how to Manage work teams and resolving work place conflict.
10. Describe the nature and function of communication, and how communication can flow most
effectively in organizations.

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▪ Required Course Materials
1. Reference Textbooks: The following main textbooks is required for this course.

Management, Global Edition, 15/E, Stephen P. Robbins, Mary Coulter, ISBN:

Textbook
9781292374468, Pearson, 2021.
2. University portal, course coordinator email, announcements, homework assignments, and
lecture notes. Check it frequently for updates. I will also periodically post new articles, links or
research papers pertinent to our class discussions to the University portal.

▪ Teaching Methods
Lectures & Seminars 

Research & reporting 

Projects 
Group Work 
Case Study 
Presentations 

▪ Assessment Strategy & Grade Distribution

The assessment has been designed to test the achievement of the course’s learning outcomes and it
requires students to think critically and apply the knowledge gained during the course. Accordingly,
the course is assessed by the following components:
Course Requirement Points
Class participation 10 Points
Case studies (4 case studies + a Team Project) 20 Points
Midterm Exam (Chapter 01 to 09) 30 Points
Final Exam (Chapter 10 to 18) 40 Points
Total Points 100 points

▪ Overview of course schedule

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Please note that the BLUE dots are for the 4 case studies, and the RED dot is for the Group Project.
- Calendar is subject to change at the professor’s discretion.
- All changes will be discussed in advance of the day affected

▪ ESLSCA University Grading Scheme

Grade GPA Percent Description Remarks

A 4.0 90-100 Superior performance
A- 3.7 85-89 Great performance
B+ 3.3 80-84 Just above good performance
B 3.0 75-79 Good performance
B- 2.7 70-74 Just below good performance
C+ 2.3 65-69 Fair performance
C 2.0 60-64 Acceptable performance
F 0.0 0-59 Failure

• Class Policies

1. Class Participation:
- Class participation is a principal component of all coursework in the program. Course grades
reflect the quality of students’ academic performance as a whole, which normally includes regular
participation in the total class experience and are evaluated accordingly.
- You are expected to be thoroughly prepared at each class meeting (e.g., required readings). To
reinforce this expectation, I will often randomly select a class member to comment on an issue.

2. Attendance Policy:

ESLSCA University expects students to attend all regularly-scheduled classes for instruction and
examination. When a student is compelled for any reason to be absent from class, the
student should immediately convey the reason for the absence directly with
supported documents to the course coordinator and to academic affairs and finally to
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be approved by the course instructor. The student is responsible for all material presented in class
and for all announcements and assignments.
The decision to permit students to make up work that is required in any missed class resides with the
course instructor. Students are required to attend a minimum of 75 % of all course classes, students
who exceed the permitted percentage of absence (25% of all course classes) will be administratively
forced withdrawn (FW) from the course; a grade of F due to FW may be assigned when students fail
to attend a minimum of 75% of the total course classes. Students who have not attended classes but
still appear on the class rosters are considered No Show students.

3. Classroom Conduct:
- Punctuality: Lateness is disrespectful and disruptive. Chronic lateness will not be tolerated.
Please be punctual for class and for your group meetings.
- Cellphones and Electronic Devices
- Cellphones are not permitted in class, please turn off your cellphones in class.

4. Academic Honesty & Plagiarism:

- All university, college, and department policies on academic honesty will be strictly enforced. The
usual consequences of academic dishonesty are failure of the course and referral of the case to
the dean of the management department for additional disciplinary action.
- The prevalence of group work is consistent with the principle that much of your education here
will come from each other, and I encourage you to discuss all cases and other materials with your
group prior to coverage in class. Group work accounts for a great part of your final grade. If your
name is one the final product (e.g., case write-up or project report), you must have put significant
effort into the preparation process. Individuals will not receive credit for group work in which
they have not participated, and may receive a lower grade if their contribution is clearly below
expectations. Such procedure is initiated by the group members who explain the issue to me in
writing (email or letter, signed by a majority of group members). I will make the final decision
after consulting all group members.
- Students shall avoid all forms of academic dishonesty, including but not limited to:

Note: Professors are highly encouraged to submit student’s work for plagiarism check; i.e.
projects, presentations, reports, case analysis, or else in every course in every semester.
Plagiarism results registered in the excel sheets should be always verified and audited against the
original plagiarism report.

A. Plagiarism:
“Plagiarism is defined as the submission or presentation of work in any form that is not a
student’s own, without acknowledgement of the sources.”
To avoid plagiarism, you must credit the sources used when writing as essay, research paper,
or other assignment in accordance with the appropriate style manual or format required in
your course. Specific approaches to appropriate citation are found in writing style guides, such
as Kate Turabian’s a Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 6th Edition
or The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, (APA)
6th Edition.

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 B. Collusion:
When specifically prohibited in advance by the instructor, collaborating with another person
in the preparation of notes, themes, reports or other written work offered for credit.

C. Cheating on an examination or quiz:

Giving or receiving information or using prepared material on an examination or quiz.

D. Falsification of data:
Manufacturing data, falsification of information, including providing false or misleading
information, or selective use of data to support a particular conclusion or to avoid conducting
actual research.

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▪ Professor Hesham Sadek

Dr. Sadek is the Chairman of IES Business Consultants, one of the most reputable consulting firms in Egypt
with offices in Egypt, UAE, KSA and Waco Texas USA since 2003. He was the Vice Chairman of New York
Institute of Technology (NYIT) in New York USA for the MENA area. In addition, Dr. Sadek is the Managing
Director of Lotus Clean Energy Group (Egypt) with offices in USA, Denmark and the UK. Dr Sadek is
Egyptian/British, with French school education Les Frere. He is also a Certified International Consultant with
the European Union covering Strategic Business Planning and building HR Management Systems.

He has over 48 years of experience, 22 of them in the consulting domain, serving over 570 Companies in
different countries, for HR Management System, Strategic Business Planning, Psychometric Assessments, and
CSR where Dr Sadek is a certified Senior Auditor for SA8000. Dr Sadek has 19 years of overseas experience in
Oil companies working for British Petroleum, most of them in the UK, France and the Gulf Area.

With a BSc in Civil Engineering 1973, Dr Sadek received his MBA in 1981 from Syracuse University, NY-USA
through Fulbright Commission, and a PhD in 1985 in International Business Administration PSU University LA-
USA. A member in the American Society for Civil Engineers, International Management Association in Brussels,
Board of Directors of Emirates Engineering Society in UAE, and past Chairman and member of Board of the
American Society for Petroleum Engineers covering the ME, India and Pakistan.

Dr. Sadek is an MBA and PhD Professor (NYIT in the USA, German University GUC, ESLSCA, and MIU), and
conducted numerous workshops at different managerial levels worldwide, mostly related to Harvard Business
School.

He has intensively worked with the European Union evaluating the works of other international consultants
in different part of the world. He was also the Strategy Expert through BSI (the British Standards), UNIDO and
GIZ with a multinational team to build the Egyptian strategy till 2025 for different industrial sectors for the
Ministry of Trade and Industry in Egypt.

Dr Sadek is a member of the Board of Trustees of Zuweil University together with the Minister of Higher
Education, Sir Magdy Yacoub, the Chairman of Cambridge University, Engr. Samih Saweiras, Moataz El Alfi,
Mohamed El Abbar (Chairman of Emaar), Dr Hany Azer (President’s consultant for bridges), Hesham Okasha
(Chairman of Ahly Bank), and other outstanding International figures.

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 ▪ Evaluation Rubric 1 for Individual / Group Project
The following rubric will be used in assessing the quality of individual / Group assignment:

Individual X Group Project 

Excellent “A”
Good “B” Fair “C” Unacceptable “D” Credit “F”
(90-100)
(80-89) (70-79) (60-69) (<59)
Content Categories Substantially
Exceeds Meets Does not meet Unacceptable
exceeds
expectations expectations expectations
expectations
Applies unit Paper lacks flow from
material with Applies unit point to point, order
Applies unit material Does not apply the
some logical material with of ideas is not clear,
1. Development with logical order of unit principles and
order of ideas, gaps in and gaps in
Ideas, with no gaps material as called for
with minimal information. information are
in information. in the case study
gaps in present. Structure
information lacks organization.
Completely
addresses the Sustainability
concepts, theories addresses issues Major themes
and material issues covered in unit Addresses some mentioned in the
covered in unit and and called for in of the issues Does not address the assignment
2. Adherence to
called for in the the assignment covered in unit relevant issues posed instructions have not
assignment
assignment instructions, and and called for in by the case study. been met and are not
Scope – 60%

instructions, and is is supported by the assignment supported by

supported by text text and/or instructions literature.
and/or other other literature.
literature.
Important points
3. Quality of Best and most You fail to make any
are presented Some important Applicable points are
applicable points are important points and
presented while points are not presented and
presented while analyze the material
content unnecessary addressed, but paper is full of
unnecessary content presented in the unit
content is left not fully covered. unnecessary content.
is left out. and case study.
out.

You make your

point, but could You made some You fail to make your Points are not logical
Points are logical
present more points, but they point, and do not use and are not
4. Logic of and well-supported
logically. Points were not logically the concepts, theories supported by
arguments by evidence and
are supported by related to the and material evidence and
research.
evidence and case itself. presented in the unit. research.
research.

Demonstrates Demonstrates Case study lacks

critical thinking critical thinking some critical
about the topic and Case study lacks No critical thinking
about the topic thinking about
the student’s own critical thinking about about the topic and
and the the topic and the
the topic and the the student’s own
Originality – 20%

impressions and student’s own student’s own

interpretations of student’s own impressions and
impressions and impressions and
research. The impressions and interpretations of
1. Interpretation interpretations interpretations of
research is not interpretations of research. The
and application of research. The research. The
merely presented, research. The research is not
research is research
but is interpreted research is not interpreted and
presented could presented could
and applied to interpreted and applied to overall
be better be better
overall themes. applied to overall themes.
interpreted and interpreted and
themes.
applied to applied to overall
overall themes. themes.

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 ▪ Evaluation Rubric 2 for Individual / Group Presentation
The following rubric will be used in assessing the quality of individual / Group presentation:

Individual X Group Presentation 

Professional,
Professional, no
some light Revision Revision Revision
Content Categories editing or revision
editing may be Suggested Required Required
required
useful

Proper editing of Follows APA

Follows APA Follows APA
1. APA Format references and APA format less Does not follow
format with few format about
style, no editing or than 50% of APA format.
errors. 50% of the time.
revision required. the time.
Presentation – 10%

Overlooked
several errors
Overlooked Many errors in
Proper sentence in spelling,
Few or no errors errors in both mechanics
structure, punctuation,
2. Grammar and but sentence sentence and sentence
punctuation, and and/or
Mechanics structure could be structure, structure,
spelling, no editing sentence
improved. punctuation, and extremely poorly
or revision required. structure
spelling. written.
showing
carelessness.

Various themes and Various themes 50% of the

concepts throughout and concepts themes and Themes and
the paper are throughout the concepts concepts are
Integration – 10%

integrated and paper are throughout the not integrated Themes and
incorporated to form integrated and paper are and concepts do not
1. Synthesis even stronger incorporated to integrated and incorporated support the
support for the form strong incorporated to to support the thesis. Concepts
thesis. Concepts are support for the support the thesis. are poorly
not presented thesis. Concepts, thesis. 50 % of Concepts are presented.
independently of overall, are concepts are not presented
one another, but as presented as a presented as a as a whole.
part of a whole. whole. whole.

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