Investing in People Second (2nd) Edition, Cascio & Boudreau Cascio, Wayne F. & Boudreau, John W. (2011). 2nd Ed. Investing in People: Financial impact of human resource initiatives. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Financial Times Press. ISBN 13: 978-0-13-707092-3
Investing in People Second (2nd) Edition, Cascio & Boudreau Cascio, Wayne F. & Boudreau, John W. (2011). 2nd Ed. Investing in People: Financial impact of human resource initiatives. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Financial Times Press. ISBN 13: 978-0-13-707092-3
Investing in People Second (2nd) Edition, Cascio & Boudreau Cascio, Wayne F. & Boudreau, John W. (2011). 2nd Ed. Investing in People: Financial impact of human resource initiatives. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Financial Times Press. ISBN 13: 978-0-13-707092-3
Investing in People Second (2nd) Edition, Cascio & Boudreau Cascio, Wayne F. & Boudreau, John W. (2011). 2nd Ed. Investing in People: Financial impact of human resource initiatives. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Financial Times Press. ISBN 13: 978-0-13-707092-3
Summer 2014 (Dates, times, & locations per released schedule) NOTE: Most meetings will be at FLW but a few may be on campus in Rolla
Instructor: David G. Spurlock, Ph.D. Office: 209 Engineering Management Building Phone: (573) 341-6190 E-Mail: dspurloc@mst.edu Office Hours: by appointment see Contact Dr. Spurlock Additional Contact Info: Department Chair Prof. David L. Enke (enke@mst.edu) FLW S&T contact: Michelle Emerson (emersonv@mst.edu ) Contact Dr. Spurlock: I recommend that students use email to reach me if you need to meet with me or have any other questions or concerns, but you also can call my office number. Please leave a message on the voicemail if Im not there so I know I need to get in touch with you. Students should check their mst.edu email addresses reasonably often for messages regarding the class or other S&T processes. If you send an email from a non-mst.edu address, I will reply to that address if a reply is appropriate. However, if I initiate a message, I usually will be sending it to your mst.edu address. I will try to reply to emails from students as quickly as I can. This might be within a few minutes or it might be 24 hours or more depending upon the timing of your message and what information I might need to gather for a reply. I usually wont respond to messages I receive after 9 PM or so Central Time (Rolla, MO, USA) until the next day at the earliest. Finally, please be aware that I might need to forward an email from you to someone else (such as a staff person or another faculty member) to provide a response to you. Course Objective: To provide graduate students who have interests in engineering management with an advanced understanding of current theories and practices of human resource management relevant to engineering and technology driven enterprises.
Course Format: The course consists of regular class meetings conducted in a lecture/discussion format supplemented by the text and assigned readings. We will make use of relevant Internet resources including the Blackboard system as it is implemented at Missouri S&T (http://blackboard.mst.edu/). Our orientation toward the broad scope of topics covered will be to inform students who have or expect to have general managerial roles as opposed to the roles of the human resource specialist. We will adopt a strategic investment perspective in order to apply insights from the disciplines of strategy, finance, economics, organizational behavior, logistics, information technology, and related fields to the problems of managing human resources in a global economy.
Text: Cascio, Wayne F. & Boudreau, John W. (2011). 2 nd
Ed. Investing in People: Financial impact of human resource initiatives. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Financial Times Press. ISBN 13: 978-0-13-707092-3 NOTE: You may obtain used copies and you can order the text from any source you find convenient. Course Schedule: The TENTATI VE course schedule is below. We may depart somewhat from the schedule if opportunities arise for special activities or if a particular topic area has unusually high interest for the majority of course participants thus warranting the expenditure of additional time. Occasionally we may be a half- lecture ahead or behind the lecture topic schedule below depending upon circumstances; the dates given below for exams, assignments, etc. should be viewed as unlikely to change unless an exceptionally compelling exigency arises. Students are responsible for submitting all work by the assigned dates.
WEEK, DATE LECTURE Topic focus NOTE: related topics may include additional non-text reading assignments that can be fair game for exams; additional readings will be provided at the appropriate time Week 1 Apr 28, 30 Course overview; Chapters 1,2 and related topics Week 2 May 5, 7 Chapter 3 & related topics, Chapter 4 & related topics Week 3 May 12, 14 Chapter 5 & related topics (Assignment 1 due Monday), Chapter 6 & related topics (Assignment 2 due Wednesday); final comments on Exam 1NOTE: Ill provide separate information about the assignments during the first week. Week 4 May 19, 21 EXAM 1 Monday May 19 (covers Chs. 1-6 and related topics & lectures); NOTE: lecture will continue after the exam on Monday with Chapter 7 and related topicsBegin Chapter 8 & related topics on Wednesday Week 5 May 28 only (Monday, May 26 is Memorial Day no class) Chapters 8 & 9 and related topics (Assignment 3 due Wednesday). Week 6 June 2, 4 Chapter 9 (contd if necessary), Chapter. 10 & related topics(Assignment 4 due Wednesday) Week 7 June 9, 11 Chapter 11 & related topics (Assignment 5 due Monday)NOTE: Monday is the last lecture session for exam material there is no lecture and no PowerPoint slide set on Chapter 12 because it is a summary chapterEXAM 2 Wednesday June 11 (covers all material not covered on Exam 1); lecture after exam on Wednesday addressing loose ends (assignments, etc.); possibly a little time to work on presentations Week 8 June 16, 18 STUDENT PRESENTATIONS BOTH DAYS; ALL PAPERS DUE BY END OF CLASS ON WEDNESDAY JUNE 18 Grading Policy: Grading will be based upon: Two in-class exams (see schedule) (Each exam is weighted 30% for a total of 60% of overall course grade) Participation & short assignments related to the readings & class discussions thereof (Total weighting will be 25%) (Assignments are due at the start of class on the due date) A paper & presentation (presentations to be scheduled during the last few days of class & final course paper due by June 18 at 12:30 PM, the end of last class meeting) (Total weighting will be 15%)
Grades will be assigned as follows: 90%-100% A
80%- 89% B
70%- 79% C
60%- 69% F
Academic Integrity: I believe most students are honest and ethical. However, I believe it is appropriate for me to explicitly state my policy on cheating and plagiarism. In addition to not actually cheating or plagiarizing, students must make every reasonable effort to avoid the appearance of cheating and plagiarism. Anyone suspected of cheating or plagiarism may face suspension from the course and a course grade of F. Additional penalties may be incurred in accordance with university regulations: http://registrar.mst.edu/academicregs/index.html Page 30 of the Student Academic Regulations handbook describes the student standard of conduct relative to the System's Collected Rules and Regulations section 200.010, and offers descriptions of academic dishonesty including cheating, plagiarism or sabotage.
Academic Support: Students who may require academic support should be aware of the following:
Disability Support Services: http://dss.mst.edu Students inquiring about academic accommodations because of a disability should contact Disability Support Services so that appropriate and reasonable accommodative services can be determined and recommended. Disability Support Services is located in 204 Norwood Hall. Their phone number is 341-4211 and their email is dss@mst.edu. "If you have a documented disability and anticipate needing accommodations in this course, you are strongly encouraged to meet with me (Dr. Spurlock) early in the semester. You will need to request that the Disability Services staff send a letter to me verifying your disability and specifying the accommodation you will need before I can arrange your accommodation."