- Participation: 150
- Attendance: 100
- Exam 1: 200
- Exam 2: 250
- Assignments: 100 (50 each)
- Case studies: 200 (100 each)
Class attendance policy:
You are required to attend all but three of the class meetings, and to arrive on time. Your class attendance grade will be progressively, negatively impacted by excessive absences (more than three), unexcused late arrivals, or unexcused early departures. Every additional unexcused absence costs you 10 attendance points. Every two late arrivals and/or unexcused departures also cost 10 points. I do take roll, and I record attendance. If you will miss a class let me know by email, as soon as possible, but ideally well before class.
If you miss a class meeting, it is your responsibility to find out what you missed from a fellow student. Once you have contacted a fellow student, you are free to ask me to clarify any questions regarding the class meeting. Although I stand ready to answer your specific questions, I cannot recreate the class environment nor can I re-teach a lecture/discussion held in class. Your best bet is to always be in class to assure that you are current with class content and requirements.
Preparing for classes:
Read the assigned materials for every class. I will ask you questions about it. If you don’t read the materials then we will spend our class time mostly rehashing what is in the book. If everyone is prepared then we can have higher level discussions that will be much more important, interesting and stimulating.
Bring your book and notes to class. This is not a course in memorization, so you can browse through the materials as we talk.
As you read the chapters, figure out what the most important statements are. Underline them if appropriate. I will ask you to name the main points that mattered to you, and I will ask you to explain why they mattered.
When reading the Adventures book, ask yourself what you would do if you were in Jim Barton’s place.
Make sure to question the beliefs of the characters in the book. Feel free to disagree with them.
Class Participation:
Class attendance is useful to you as a means of acquiring knowledge and clarification, and is a prerequisite for class participation. However, class attendance does not equate to class participation. Class participation is the active and meaningful engagement in questions and answers, taking part in analyses of business situations, and contribution of comments in class sessions. If you feel uncomfortable with participating in class discussions, let me know and I will try to help you. I generally record class participation for every class. For on-line sessions I will look at your participation in the activities for those sessions (e.g. discussion board postings).
As a discussion oriented class, participant preparation and participation are essential elements of the learning environment. More importantly, this provides a mechanism to share your work experience as well as practice in presenting your ideas. The following are the kinds of things that result in a good discussion:
- Good ideas that are well presented
- Analysis supported by experience
- Analysis supported by case facts
- Analysis supported by readings or lecture
- Ties to previous discussion contributions
- Building on comments of others
- Constructive disagreement
- Respect for and acknowledgment of other’s contributions
- Ability to field, and preparation for, “cold calls.”
- Tasteful displays of humor
Your class participation grade will be affected if you miss class excessively, treat a participant disrespectfully (that isn’t intended to keep your from disagreeing, however), or do things like read the newspaper, look at websites, play games, send instant or text messages, chat, do homework for another class, talk on your phone, or process your email in class.
Grading Scale
RANGE | GRADE | RANGE | GRADE |
---|---|---|---|
94-100 |
A |
73-76 |
C |
90-93 |
A- |
70-72 |
C- |
87-89 |
B+ |
67-69 |
D+ |
83-86 |
B |
63-66 |
D |
80-82 |
B- |
60-62 |
D- |
77-79 |
C+ |
Below 60 |
F |