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University of Nevada, Las Vegas
MGT 301: Principles of Management
Section 1001
Fall 2021
Meeting Times and Location: Fully Online
Professor: Virgil Fenters, Ph.D.
Office: BEH 327
Phone: 702-895-1762
Email:
Office Hours: by appointment (virtual meeting)
Teaching Assistant: TBD
Office: TBD
Phone: TBD
Email: TBD
Required Course Materials
Textbook: Kinicki & Breaux Soignet (2022). Management: A Practical Introduction (10th
edition). New York: McGraw Hill Education. *** A CONNECT ACCESS CODE IS
REQUIRED***
Technical Equipment: This course requires a Mac or PC computer, a webcam, a microphone,
and a RELIABLE internet connection. The webcam and microphone may be built into your
computer or may be an external camera and microphone. The course will also use Respondus
Lockdown Browser with Monitor for online examinations. While there is no cost to you to use
the software, you are required to have a webcam. Chrombooks are NOT compatible for this
class.
WebCampus-Canvas
We will use WebCampus-Canvas for this online course. Class materials will be available on
WebCampus. If you have not set up an ACE account yet or have trouble accessing your account,
please contact the OIT Help Desk.
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Course Format
This course will be entirely online. For most weeks, we will not meet as a class. Instead, recorded
lectures and other materials will be posted in WebCampus. To give you a chance to ask any
lingering questions, and hear the questions of others, connect with your team, clarify any
confusion, and receive general guidance on where you should be regarding course progress, I will
hold Open Office Hours for the entire class four times throughout the semester: once at the
beginning as an introduction, and once before each of the three exams. Dates and times of these
meetings are provided in the tentative schedule below.
Course Description
Because you are competent, you will soon be managing. This course assists in your preparation
for that reality by providing an overview of fundamentals and principles of management.
Methods of managing people in modern organizations are introduced through topics such as
planning, ethics, decision-making, leadership, motivation, and group dynamics. We will use a
number of different methods to deal with these including lectures, videos, and individual and
group assignments.
Course Objectives
1. Gain an awareness of the history and foundations of modern management thought
2. Be able to effectively communicate in a business environment
3. Learn how to use an ethical decision-making model and apply it to ethical questions
4. Be able to apply a strategic decision-making model to analyze strategic business units
5. Develop the ability to recommend the appropriate structure for an organization
6. Develop the ability to apply change theory to manage organizational change
7. Develop the ability to match the appropriate leadership style to a specific situation
8. Be able to choose the appropriate motivation approach to lead in a specific situation
9. Be able to choose the appropriate conflict resolution strategy
10. Be able to lead a group in making a successful group decision
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Grading and Grading Policies
Grades and Distribution
GRADING POINT % GRADE
S
SmartBook Chapters (8) 80 8
Quizzes (8) 80 8
Open Mind Lessons 40 4 GRADING SCALE
Open Mind Reflection 50 5 930 - 1000 A 770 - 799 C+
Feedback Reflection 50 5 900 - 929 A- 700 - 769 C
Team Project 200 20 870 - 899 B+ 600 - 699 D
Team Member Evaluations 50 5 830 - 869 B 0 - 599 F
Exam I 150 15 800 - 829 B-
Exam II 150 15
Exam III 150 15
Due Dates and Times
All assignments are due No Later Than Friday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time
(PST) of the week in which they were assigned. Assignments for each week are listed in the
Tentative Schedule section below, and also in WebCampus by Module.
Late Assignments
All assignments will be reduced by 10 percent of the total possible points for each day that they
are late. For example, if an assignment is due on August 27th at 11:59 p.m. and is turned in at
midnight (i.e., August 28th at 12:00 a.m., it will be considered one day late and the final grade will
be reduced by 10 percent of the total possible points for that assignment (e.g., 10 point reduction
if the assignment is worth 100 possible points). This will be the case up to 11:59 p.m. on August
28th. If the assignment is turned in at 12:00 a.m. on August 29th, it will be considered two days
late, and the final grade will be reduced by 20 percent of the total possible points for that
assignment, and so on.
NO ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER DECEMBER 4th, 2021!
Grade Appeals and Questions
All questions regarding your grade should be addressed directly to the instructor. Specific results
of exam questions or any other graded results will not be discussed before, during, or after
(virtual) meetings. Instead, after a 24-hour waiting period (and within one week of receiving
your grade), if you believe that you have been graded unfairly, you must communicate your
concern to the instructor via email and schedule a virtual appointment to discuss the issue. Your
appeal should address your concern and identify specific reasons why you feel the grade is
unfair. At the time of the appointment, you must be prepared to present your written appeal, a
copy of the syllabus and additional information (if applicable). Any appeal must be
submitted within 1 week of the grade being available to you through
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
MGT 301: Principles of Management
Section 1001
Fall 2021
Meeting Times and Location: Fully Online
Professor: Virgil Fenters, Ph.D.
Office: BEH 327
Phone: 702-895-1762
Email:
Office Hours: by appointment (virtual meeting)
Teaching Assistant: TBD
Office: TBD
Phone: TBD
Email: TBD
Required Course Materials
Textbook: Kinicki & Breaux Soignet (2022). Management: A Practical Introduction (10th
edition). New York: McGraw Hill Education. *** A CONNECT ACCESS CODE IS
REQUIRED***
Technical Equipment: This course requires a Mac or PC computer, a webcam, a microphone,
and a RELIABLE internet connection. The webcam and microphone may be built into your
computer or may be an external camera and microphone. The course will also use Respondus
Lockdown Browser with Monitor for online examinations. While there is no cost to you to use
the software, you are required to have a webcam. Chrombooks are NOT compatible for this
class.
WebCampus-Canvas
We will use WebCampus-Canvas for this online course. Class materials will be available on
WebCampus. If you have not set up an ACE account yet or have trouble accessing your account,
please contact the OIT Help Desk.
, 2
Course Format
This course will be entirely online. For most weeks, we will not meet as a class. Instead, recorded
lectures and other materials will be posted in WebCampus. To give you a chance to ask any
lingering questions, and hear the questions of others, connect with your team, clarify any
confusion, and receive general guidance on where you should be regarding course progress, I will
hold Open Office Hours for the entire class four times throughout the semester: once at the
beginning as an introduction, and once before each of the three exams. Dates and times of these
meetings are provided in the tentative schedule below.
Course Description
Because you are competent, you will soon be managing. This course assists in your preparation
for that reality by providing an overview of fundamentals and principles of management.
Methods of managing people in modern organizations are introduced through topics such as
planning, ethics, decision-making, leadership, motivation, and group dynamics. We will use a
number of different methods to deal with these including lectures, videos, and individual and
group assignments.
Course Objectives
1. Gain an awareness of the history and foundations of modern management thought
2. Be able to effectively communicate in a business environment
3. Learn how to use an ethical decision-making model and apply it to ethical questions
4. Be able to apply a strategic decision-making model to analyze strategic business units
5. Develop the ability to recommend the appropriate structure for an organization
6. Develop the ability to apply change theory to manage organizational change
7. Develop the ability to match the appropriate leadership style to a specific situation
8. Be able to choose the appropriate motivation approach to lead in a specific situation
9. Be able to choose the appropriate conflict resolution strategy
10. Be able to lead a group in making a successful group decision
, 3
Grading and Grading Policies
Grades and Distribution
GRADING POINT % GRADE
S
SmartBook Chapters (8) 80 8
Quizzes (8) 80 8
Open Mind Lessons 40 4 GRADING SCALE
Open Mind Reflection 50 5 930 - 1000 A 770 - 799 C+
Feedback Reflection 50 5 900 - 929 A- 700 - 769 C
Team Project 200 20 870 - 899 B+ 600 - 699 D
Team Member Evaluations 50 5 830 - 869 B 0 - 599 F
Exam I 150 15 800 - 829 B-
Exam II 150 15
Exam III 150 15
Due Dates and Times
All assignments are due No Later Than Friday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time
(PST) of the week in which they were assigned. Assignments for each week are listed in the
Tentative Schedule section below, and also in WebCampus by Module.
Late Assignments
All assignments will be reduced by 10 percent of the total possible points for each day that they
are late. For example, if an assignment is due on August 27th at 11:59 p.m. and is turned in at
midnight (i.e., August 28th at 12:00 a.m., it will be considered one day late and the final grade will
be reduced by 10 percent of the total possible points for that assignment (e.g., 10 point reduction
if the assignment is worth 100 possible points). This will be the case up to 11:59 p.m. on August
28th. If the assignment is turned in at 12:00 a.m. on August 29th, it will be considered two days
late, and the final grade will be reduced by 20 percent of the total possible points for that
assignment, and so on.
NO ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER DECEMBER 4th, 2021!
Grade Appeals and Questions
All questions regarding your grade should be addressed directly to the instructor. Specific results
of exam questions or any other graded results will not be discussed before, during, or after
(virtual) meetings. Instead, after a 24-hour waiting period (and within one week of receiving
your grade), if you believe that you have been graded unfairly, you must communicate your
concern to the instructor via email and schedule a virtual appointment to discuss the issue. Your
appeal should address your concern and identify specific reasons why you feel the grade is
unfair. At the time of the appointment, you must be prepared to present your written appeal, a
copy of the syllabus and additional information (if applicable). Any appeal must be
submitted within 1 week of the grade being available to you through
