472.

11 – INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT
3 CREDIT HOURS
Summer 2023

Instructor: Sunday Odii

Instructor’s e-mail address: Sunday.Odii@prov.ca
Days and times that the class will meet: Tue (3:30-6pm) & Thurs (3:30-6pm) - Twice a week.
Times and means by which the professor will be available to the students: By appointment.
Course prerequisite: 471.11 – Introduction to Management

SYLLABUS

A. COURSE DESCRIPTION

The course introduces students to management process and the role of organizations,
organizational members, leaders and managers in Canadian society and broader world. Along with
its companion course, 471.13 Introduction to Business, this course provides the foundation for
other business courses. The course will provide a critical examination of alternative management
philosophies, including the mainstream Financial Bottom Line (FBL) approach and alternative Triple
Bottom Line (TBL) and Social and Ecological Thought (SET) perspectives. An investigation of the
roles of planning, organization, leading, and controlling will be used as a foundation to investigate
topics that include – but are not restricted to – decision-making, strategic planning, organizational
design, people skills, change management, diversity, teamwork, leading an ethical workplace, and
management in a globalized world. The course will also address the topic of the responsibilities of
Christians in organizational roles.
 One of the clichés of our time is that “change is the only constant.” These days. Industries,
organizations, entrepreneurs, and managers of today must contend with the processes of
stringent health safety regulations; globalization of markets and industries; ever-
shortening product life cycles, technological advances, changing regulatory/legal and
political environments.

“Managing for the Greater Good” is the subtitles of this introductory management course.
This is because, arguably, the most important and pervasive change that is upon us is the
need to rethink the way we do business. Entrepreneurs and managers are called upon to
run their companies ethically and consciously, being genuinely concerned about the
interests of various stakeholders, not just the owners of the companies. This means that,
instead of just paying lip service to “corporate social responsibility”, business decision-
makers need to operate businesses in truly conscious, ethical, and even virtuous manner.
Thus, while securing financial health of their enterprises, they also need to serve the
interests of communities and stakeholders outside their organizations, and the society at
large.

B. COURSE OBJECTIVES

The primary objective of this course is to provide students with an understanding of the basic
principles of Management and an integrated perspective of the entire business operation and to
introduce them to ethical factors affecting businesses in the marketplace.

This course is designed so that students may realize the following educational outcomes:

 Understand the external and internal factors affecting managers in organizations.

 Develop fundamental knowledge of management and important business concepts,
principles, general management literature and terminology, and ways of thinking about
managerial work.
 Acquire multi-stakeholder view of management and sensitivity to various value conflicts
and ethical dilemmas to be faced in their organizational careers.
 Be able to describe the nature and functions of fundamental management concepts and
principles.
 Determine and describe criteria by which to analyze managerial perspectives and
systems.
 Develop an understanding of the decision-making process that will effectively improve
the functioning of the organization.
 Outline how leadership styles affect various organizational factors
 Form a basic understanding of the concept of strategic management
 Analyze organizational problems according to traditional organizational theory and
Christian faith perspectives
 Build confidence through knowledge and experience
 Fuel interest in pursuing further and deeper education pertaining to entrepreneurship,
business management and life in organizations.
C. COURSE TEXT(S) AND SUPPLEMENTARY RESOURCES

Required Textbook
Required: Williams, C., Champion, T., and Hall, I. (2018) MGMT, Third Canadian Edition.
Cengage.

Additional reading materials will be provided or referenced during the semester.

D. COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Because of the nature of this course, advanced preparation, attendance, and participation
during the course are required. Course participation has several components. First and
foremost, this is diligent completion of readings of all the materials before the meetings and
when instructed during the class time. This means not merely reading them but being well-
prepared for discussion and elaboration. All these are important for your own learning. It also
guarantees a good experience for the classmates with whom you will be teamed up in several
assignments.

There will be individual and group assignments during this course. Beside class participation,
students will have to complete several individual and group assignments. Below in assessment
section, there is detailed description what is required from you in each part to be successful.
Since this is the academic course all written assignment should be performed in accordance with
high academic standards and should be formatted according to APA 7 th edition. Example of APA
Guide can be found here.

ASSESSMENT

The course grade will be based on the combination of the following elements:

Individual work: 80%

1. Weekly Populi Discussion & Participation 5%
2. Individual Assignment 1 15%
3. Mid-term exam: 20%
4. Final Exam 30%
5. Individual Assignment 2 10%
Group work: 20%
6. Group Media Article Project/Presentation 20%
Total work: 100%

Description of assessment sections - what is required from you to succeed:

As instructor, I view students as explorers and myself as a guide. I will navigate you through the
realm of management by showing you paths leading to learning and mastery of course concepts. The
following is a basic roadmap for mastering material in this course:
(1) attend class, listen attentively, ask questions, take active participation in group exercises and class
discussions and take comprehensive notes
(2) read assigned portions of the textbook prior to attending classes covering the new material
(3) be thorough and timely when completing assignments.
(4) take good notes and be engaged in these out of class learning activities.
(5) complete class assignments, and participate in class activities.
All typed material is to be prepared in a APA 7th edition format. Please follow the link for one such
source for documentation styles if you need reminders as to the format:
https://writing.wisc.edu/handbook/documentation/docapa/.

E. GRADING SUMMARY (and Percentage to Letter-Grade Breakdown)

In the chart below, Providence University College provides a required scale of numeric marks to
correspond to the letter grade scale. All syllabi must stipulate the following grade scale.

Grade
Letter
Percentage Point Grade Definition
Grade
Value

91-100 A+ 4.0 Strong evidence of original thinking; good organization; capacity to

85-90 A 4.0 Excellent analyze and synthesize; superior grasp of subject matter with sound
critical evaluations; evidence of extensive knowledge base.
80-84 A- 3.7
77-79 B+ 3.3 Evidence of grasp of subject matter; some evidence of critical capacity
73-76 B 3.0 Good and analytic ability; reasonable understanding of relevant issues;
evidence of familiarity with literature.
70-72 B- 2.7
67-69 C+ 2.3 Student who is profiting from their university experience;
63-66 C 2.0 Adequate understanding of the subject matter; ability to develop solutions to
simple problems in the material.
60-62 C- 1.7
57-59 D+ 1.3
Some evidence of familiarity with subject matter and some evidence
53-56 D 1.0 Marginal
that critical and analytic skills have been developed.
50-52 D- 0.7
0-49 F 0.0 Inadequate Little evidence of even superficial understanding of subject matter;

F. COURSE POLICIES

Full text to the academic policies, procedures and regulations of Providence University College
can be found online in the Student Handbook (https://my.prov.ca/resources/student-
handbook/) and the University College Academic Calendar (https://my.prov.ca/registrars-
office/registrars-office-home/).

1. Class Attendance Policy

Students are required to provide an explanation for absences, using the Absence Form available
at the end of the syllabus. Two absences and one tardy for whatsoever reason will automatically
result in FAIL grade for this course even if those absences were excused. Absences will affect the
participation grade.
2. Late Assignment Policy
Late assignments (any time after the period when it is due) are accepted but will receive a 10%
per day mark reduction. Missed in-class assignments or exams can only be made up at the
discretion of the instructor. It is the students’ responsibility to initiate follow-up on any missed
material. If a student hands in a late assignment and wishes it to be considered for partial marks,
they must submit it with the Late Assignment Form which can be found at the end of the
syllabus.

3. Academic Conduct
Cheating is the purposeful, willful, and concealed use of unauthorized sources for a test, exam,
or other forms of academic work. For example:

1. Submitting the same work, or part of the same work, for credit in two different courses
without the prior agreement of the instructors involved.
2. Bringing (and using) unauthorized and/or concealed materials into a test or exam
situation.
3. Presenting oneself as another student for a class, test, or exam.
4. Unauthorized sharing of material (copying, or allowing others to copy) during a test or
exam.
5. Unauthorized communication with another student in a test or exam.
6. Submitting or presenting another person’s work as your own, or providing work for
another person to submit as his/her own.
7. Falsifying or misrepresenting academic records.
8. Gaining, or attempting to gain, access to an examination or test, or a part of it, without
permission from the instructor.
9. Deliberately preventing, or attempting to prevent, the fair access by other students to
all types of learning resources.

Plagiarism is a specific kind of cheating that involves taking and using the thoughts, ideas,
writings, or other creative works of another person or persons, and passing them off as one’s
own in written work and/or oral presentations. A scholar who does so is intellectually dishonest.
Scholars should give credit explicitly and clearly, as well as appropriate reference, to ideas,
thoughts, and writings of another, whether the source is oral, from a written source such as
books or journal articles, or from the Internet. By not placing direct quotes in quotation marks
and footnoting the source, and by not footnoting indirect reference to another’s ideas, a scholar
has disguised the fact that the ideas and thoughts, or even exact words, come from another
source first. This constitutes plagiarism and is viewed as academic dishonesty.
In the event that the question of plagiarism arises, the student may demonstrate their
ownership of the work in question by submitting drafts of their paper, research notes, samples
of other work, or demonstrating orally their understanding of the concepts and ideas in the
paper. In the event that the student and instructor cannot come to an agreement about the
presence of plagiarism, the paper will be referred to the appropriate Dean who may require of
the student any information necessary to the adjudication of the charge.

Penalties for Academic Dishonesty

At the discretion of the instructor, penalties may include, but are not limited to, the following:
  Repeating the assignment or examination (with or without grade penalty)
 Failure of the assignment or examination
 Failure of the course

The appropriate Dean’s Office will be notified of any offences and subsequent penalties. The
Student Development department will be notified if the student is a student leader.
In cases where the offence is severe and/or is a repeat offence, the Dean may request that the
Academic Committee impose further penalties upon the student which may include, but are not
limited to, the following:
 Temporary suspension
 Dismissal

The Academic Committee of Providence University College and Theological Seminary will
consider student appeals against such penalties.

4. Intellectual Property
All course materials remain the intellectual property of the instructor and are not to be
distributed to others in any manner unless permission is granted by the instructor. This includes
file exchange websites.

5. Final Exam Policy

All requests to have a final exam rescheduled must be approved by the Academic Committee in
accordance with the Examination General Regulations (available in the College Academic
Calendar https://my.prov.ca/registrars-office/registrars-office-home/).

6. Information and Communication Technologies in the Classroom

Student use of information and communication technologies for purposes other than class note-
taking is not allowed in the classroom, as students are expected to give their total attention to
class activities. Use of cell-phones or iPods is never appropriate in the classroom, and use of
laptop computers to play games, chat with others, browse the internet, or engage material not
related to the class is always distracting to classmates and disrespectful to the instructor. Unlike
some other post-secondary institutions, Providence has not yet found it necessary to ban
laptops from the classroom, or prevent wireless internet access in classrooms. Only judicious
use of them will keep it that way.

7. Email Address Policy

In order to fulfill requirements under The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
(FIPPA) and The Personal Health Information Act (PHIA), all students at Providence are assigned a
Providence email account (Firstname.Lastname@my.prov.ca) during their initial registration at
Providence. It is the policy of Providence that all email communication sent from students to
instructors, and from students to staff, must originate from the student’s assigned Providence email
account. Furthermore, all email communication sent from instructors to students, and from staff to
students, will be sent to the student’s assigned Providence email account. This policy protects
confidentiality and confirms the identity of the student. Only electronic communication originating
from a Providence email account will be accepted.
Students are required to check their Providence email account on a frequent and consistent
basis in order to stay current with university-related communications. Students have the
 responsibility to
recognize that certain communications may be time-critical. Excuses like "I didn't check my
email" or “I can’t login,” etc., are not acceptable reasons for missing official university
communications via email. Academic staff may determine the extent to which electronic
communication will be used in their classes. Academic staff may reasonably expect that
students are accessing their Providence email account, and may use electronic communication
for their courses accordingly.

8. Early Alert Policy

In order to improve student success, Providence has instituted a policy that allows students at
high risk to make a timely decision regarding withdrawal from courses and programs. In first-
year courses, students will receive back some graded work by week 4 of the semester, and a
total of 30% graded work received back by week 8. Ideally, every first-year class will have a
section test or a mid-term exam within the first 8 weeks of the semester.

9. Inclusive Language
As a Christian institution, Providence has a commitment to high standards in all
communications. We have adopted the following statement recommending the use of
unprejudiced language in all areas of community life:
"Language has the power to shape ideas, values, attitudes, and actions. Regrettably, language
fosters social injustice when it explicitly or implicitly excludes, demeans or stereotypes certain
categories of people, or when it draws attention to irrelevant attributes. Harm can be inflicted
unconsciously and unintentionally. Every human is created in the image of God; therefore, all
oral and written communication should be inclusive, respectful and free of prejudice regarding
gender, ability, age, ethnicity, race or religion. We commit ourselves as faculty, and encourage
students, staff, and administrators, to use language which reflects the dignity of all humans in all
our teaching, writing, witness, and worship."

G. COURSE OUTLINE/ SCHEDULE

Week/date Unit/topic Readings Assignments

Week 1: Jan 2 Introduction to the course Chapter 1
Management
Week 1: Jan 4 Continuing from first class Reading; Ongoing
Chapter 1

Week 2: Jan 9 Organizational Chapter 2 Populi Discussion

environments and Question 1
cultures Due at 11:59pm on
May 9
Week 2: Jan 11
Week 3: Jan 16 Ethics and social Chapter 3 Assignment 1
responsibility Due at 11:59pm on
May 16

Week 3: Jan 18 Planning and decision- Chapter 4 Populi Discussion

making Question 2
Due at 11:59 pm on
May 18

Week 4: Jan 23 Organizational Chapter 5 Reading and Participation:

strategy Ongoing

Week 4: Jan 25 Continue from previous class Midterm exam

Week 5: Jan 30 Designing adaptive Chapter 8 Reading and Participation:
organizations Ongoing

Week 5: Feb 1 Leading teams Chapter 9 Populi Discussion Question 3

Due at 11:59 pm on June 1

Week 6 Motivation Chapter 12 Assignment 2

Feb 6 Due at 11:59pm on June 1

Week 6 Leadership Chapter 13 Reading and Participation:

Feb 8 Ongoing

471.11 Introduction to Management 10 2022 Fall

Article Report on Managers and Organizations in Media due at 11:59 pm on June 12
Week 7 Control Chapter 15 Assignment 2
Feb 12 homework due at
11:59 pm on June 15

Week 7 The history of Chapter 18 Reading and

Feb 14 management Participation: Ongoing

Week 8 Group Presentation Group Assignment (3)

Feb 21 Revision Due at 11:59pm on June 19
See Rubrics for grading criteria
Week 8 Final exam The final exam will be
Feb 19 cumulative.
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