Capitol Technology University

BUS 174
Intro to Business and Management

Professor: Bradley Hewitt

Email: Bradleyhewitt1978@gmail.com
bjhewitt@captechu.edu
Phone: 480-528-3161 Professor Hewitt

Day/Time: Tuesday 5 p.m. 7:30 p.m.

Office hours: TBD
Number of Meetings: 16

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Course Description
This course is a survey of modern management and supervision concepts, theory and practice. The
roles of managers, history and development of management theory, and the functional aspects of
management are stressed. A particular focus of the course is the relationship between manager and
employee. In addition to the text, students will learn about current management practice by reading
primary texts in the field, newspapers, journals and magazines, and preparing in-class reports. The
class is structured as a seminar course with emphasis on in-class discussion and collaborative
learning.

Course Objectives:
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3
4

To introduce general management theory and its application to problems

in managing people and organizations.
To introduce concepts such as organizational decision-making, strategic
planning, organizational behavior, organizational change, motivation
theory, leadership concepts, and methods of monitoring and control.
The importance of diversity and ethics in organizations and management
will be integrated into management concepts introduced in this course.
Management concepts will be examined in the context of the global
environment within which business operates as well as the impact of
technology in the modern business environment.

Required Texts:
Luis R Gomez-Mejia and David B Balkin, Management, Prentice Hall, New Jersey 2012
Spencer Johnson M.D., Who Moved My Cheese, G.P. Putnams and Sons, New York, 1998,2002
This text is available in the library, or can be purchased online used for under $10.00.

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Recommended Texts and Journals:
Wall Street Journal
Harvard Business Review
Forbes
Newsweek
Time
Sloan Management Review
Other publications as discussed in class
Grading:
Total possible points = 1000
ASSIGNMENT
Participation/HW
Book Review
Movie Review
Mid-term
Exam 2

POINTS
200
200
200
200
200

Final letter grades will be determined based on the convention shown below
Total Points
900-1000
800-899
700-799
600-699
Below 600

Grades
A
B
C
D
F

Academic Integrity:

Any incidents of cheating or plagiarizing on exams, quizzes, papers, or projects

will be reported to the Department Chair and then forwarded to the Academic
Affairs Council. The Academic Affairs Council will recommend sanctions:
Disciplinary Probation, Information/Reflection Task, and Recommendation No
Credit for Assignment, Dismissal.
Absences
Absences will have to be made up in a manner prescribed by the professor and will consider the
circumstances of the absence. It is important to note that material may be covered in the
classroom that is not covered in the course texts. As a result, class attendance (or arranging for a
friend to take notes or record the class session) is in the best interest of the student. The grade of
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incomplete (I) will be assigned by a professor to a student who has not completed the assigned
course work because of documented illness or some other emergency during the last four class
sessions. A grade of I cannot be assigned to allow a student with poor performance additional
time to raise the grade. (See college catalog for policy on incomplete grades).
Description of Examinations and Reports:
Students are expected to write at the undergraduate level and are strongly encouraged to enlist the
support of one following publications.
MLA
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fourth Edition, 1994.
All papers are to be formatted in double space, 12 point, Times New Roman. The papers are to
include a title page with the name(s) of the student (or group members) and the appropriate class
information (as well as the title of the project). Page length of assignments does not include title
page, bibliography, or appendices. Late papers will receive a penalty of one letter grade for each
week late.
A. Exams will include a combination of multiple choice, matching, true/false, and short
essay.
B. Book Review: Students will read the book Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson,
M.D. Students will submit a 1-2 page review of the book citing the managerial concepts
and theories discussed in the course.
C. Participation: Students are expected to participate in online discussions during the class
event. It is expected that you will have read the assigned readings prior to class as this
material drives the discussion. Current events and stock market project are included in
this grade. Consideration will be given to degree of preparation, in-class discussions,
and attendance.
D. Movie Review: Students are expected to pick a movie and then submit a 2-3 page paper
drawing management situations and objectives from the movie, then relating it to
management principles and concepts from the text.
Written Reports:
Dos
Double space
Organize clearly including headings for
Overview, Purpose, One idea per paragraph,
Conclusion and Recommendations (if
appropriate)
Keep it simple
Achieve a professional level of expression
(grammar, spelling, punctuation, plain talk,
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Donts
Lose sight of your purpose
Use indirect style

Fail to carefully proof-read your work

Make your paragraphs too long or too short

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etc.)
Put scholarship and rigor into your work
Properly cite and document references using
the American Psychological Association
(APA) writing style guide

Fail to provide pragmatic value as well as

academic value in your work
Fail to give clear credit to the ideas and words
of others

Oral Presentations:
Dos
Keep uppermost in your mind that your
purpose is to inform your audience
Simplify your presentation through brevity
and clarity
Use a variety of rates of speech
Use a variety of pitch levels
Put your notes on 3x5 cards and keep points
very brief
Keep visual aides simple, intended for
audience use (not your notes) and very few
words per frame
Remember: a picture is worth a thousand
words.
Keep PowerPoint presentations to 5 slides.
Use two PowerPoint presentation files if you
need.
Provide brief, straight forward responses to
questions
Offer to look further into question for which
you have no answer

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Donts
Ignore your time limit Pretest your time
Put too much material in a presentation for the
time available
Leave a question with your audience as to
your purpose and main point
Talk too fast or stay at the same speed
Be afraid of a moment of silence
Use non-words like er, ah, or um.
Lose sight of your purpose
Sway or pace
Equivocate with such words as maybe and
perhaps.
Write paragraphs or sentences on visual aides

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Course Outline
Date/Location
Week 1: Aug 21
Week 2: Aug 28
Week 3: Sept 4

Readings/URLs
Course Introduction
Chapter 1 2
Chapter 3

Assignments Due

Objective Met

Current Event #1
Due

#3 Ethics and
Diversity

Week 4: Sept 11
Week 5: Sept 18
Week 6: Sept 25
Week 7: Oct 2

Chapter 4 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7 8
Who Moved My Cheese
Presentation

Book Review and

Presentation Due

#1 General
Management
Applications
#2 Decision
Making and
Motivation

Week 8: Oct 9

Chapter 9

Mid Term Due

#1 and #2 based
on multiple choice
questions

Week 9: Oct 16
Week 10: Oct 23
Week 11: Oct 30

Chapter 10 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13 14

Week 12: Nov 6

Current Event Day

Current Event #2
Due

#4 Global
Management
Concepts

Week 13: Nov 13

Movie Review time

Week 14: Nov 20

Chapter 15

Week 15: Nov 27

Movie Review
Presentation

Movie Review and

Presentation Due

Week 16: Dec 4

Final

Final Due

Could be #1, #2,

#3, or #4 based on
what the student
chooses to relate
project to.
#3 and #4 based
on multiple choice
questions

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