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SEMESTER:
Summer 2015
INSTRUCTOR:
Sarb Hovey
CLASS TIME:
EMAIL:
hovs@learning.fraseric.ca
OFFICE HOURS:
To be confirmed
PREREQUISITES
Open to continuing students only.
OBJECTIVES/COURSE OVERVIEW
Throughout the course of our lives, we spend a significant amount of our time in organizations (e.g., profitmaking companies, universities, churches). This course is designed to help you understand how you and
others function in that context. In this course we examine intra-individual factors related to organizational
behaviour, influences from the social context on the individual, and the factors affecting how individuals
cooperate with, conflict with, and influence others in organizations.
REQUIRED TEXT
McShane, Steven L., Steen, Sandra L. Steen & Tasa, Kevin. Canadian Organizational Behaviour, 9th. Ed.,
McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd., 2015.
Please note this is the required textbook for the course. All the exams and exercises will focus on material
from this edition. The Access Code to the textbook allow students to practice multiple choice questions.
COURSE ASSESSMENT
Evaluation components and their weights are as follows:
Final Exam
Midterm
2 Quizzes (5% each)
Individual Presentation and written assignment
Team Presentation
Written assignment
Participation
Total
35%
25%
10%
10%
10%
5%
5%
100%
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Attendance
As per Fraser International College policies, attendance in class is mandatory. Students who do not
attend the first class of the semester will not be able to remain in the course, except in extenuating
circumstances that are approved by the instructor and the FIC administration. Classes missed or
attended late throughout the semester without a valid instructor approved reason will be reflected in your
classroom contribution mark ( 1% will be deducted from your final grade for each class that is missed and
.5% will be deducted for each class that is attended late). You may also be referred to the FIC counselling
staff for poor attendance.
Class Participation
The in-class exercises will serve primarily as a forum for student participation in discussion around topics
covered in the lectures and text. Classroom contribution grades will be based on attendance,
performance in the class exercises and discussions. Both the quantity and quality of your contribution will
influence your contribution grade.
Exams (25% mid-term and 35% final exam)
There will be two exams during the semester. Each exam will be closed book and will be composed of a
combination of multiple-choice and short-answer questions. The breakdown of questions will be provided
in class. The final exam will not be cumulative. The mid-term is 2 hours and will be worth 25% of your
final mark and the final exam will be 3 hours and worth 35% of your final mark. You must bring picture
identification to exams. See the policy below for information on missed exams.
Quizzes (5% each quiz-10% total)
These quizzes will assess your understanding of the course material and provide you with feedback on
how you are doing in the course, prior to the mid-term and final exam. Each quiz will include questions in
the true/false and/or multiple-choice format. You should be current on your assigned reading, up to and
including the assigned reading for the week of the quiz. Please refer to the semester schedule for the
dates of the quizzes.
Individual Presentation (10%)
Being able to share and articulate your message is critical for personal and professional development. In
the future, you will be called upon to present information in a team or organizational setting and this may
be internal or external to the organization. It is critical that you gain valuable insight on how to represent
and present yourself when provided an opportunity.
During the course of the semester, all class participants will be called upon to present 5-7 minutes
maximum. The topic will be provided in class and you will have an opportunity to speak about any one of
three areas of focus. The evaluation criteria will be shared with you in advance so you know what to
address. There will be support and resources provided to help you prepare for this presentation.
In addition to an individual presentation, the class participants will submit a maximum two page paper on
the process they went through to build and deliver their presentation.
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Written Assignment
You are asked to prepare a written assignment for the class as a hands-on method of learning about the
topic for the course. It also reinforces the idea that one can continue to learn in their job through
reflections. The assignment need to be between one and two pages in length (double
spaced). Assignments for all classes must be handed in at the beginning of the class it is due.
Written assignments will be graded according to two criteria: the quality of your ideas and the quality of
your writings. Less emphasis will be placed on the quality of your writing than the quality of your ideas.
What are good ideas? A good idea is one that takes a concept from the course and applies it or explores it
clearly and in a way that goes beyond the ideas expressed in the textbook and in lecture. An average idea
is one that takes a concept from the course and applies it in a way that is consistent with ideas expressed
in the course. An idea that could have been good, but is not expressed clearly, will also be considered to
be average. A poor idea is one that does not include concepts from the course or does not apply or
analyze them in a clear fashion.
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What is good writing? A paper with good writing will be clear, well-organized, and have few or no
grammatical errors. Average writing is deficient on one of these dimensions: either unclear, not wellorganized, or having numerous grammatical errors. Poor writing is deficient on two or three of these
dimensions.
GRADE DISTRIBUTION
Grading for the course will follow the norms typical for the Faculty of Business at Simon Fraser University
using a bell curve. Your standing in the class will influence the ultimate grade you receive. The
distribution of grades will be approximately as follows for a class of 36 students:
Grade
12
12
D, F, N 8
COMMUNICATION
Students wishing to reach me for office hours or meetings outside of classroom time are requested to
arrange appointment times by emailing hovs@learning.fraseric.ca and include FIC Request to Meet in the
subject line.
MAKE-UP EXAMS
FIC does not offer any make-up opportunities for missed final exams. Please be sure to check your exam
schedule very carefully. If you miss an exam for any reason, please see an advisor immediately. If you
have documented reasons for exam accommodations, please see an advisor immediately.
Unless you have a serious illness (substantiated by a Doctor's note from a BC Registered Doctor), or there
are serious family complications that FIC Administration is advised of, there will be no opportunity to make
up the Quizzes, missed assignments, missed presentations, or Mid-Term.
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First Offence: Awarded 0 for the assessment and given a permanent record on their file
Second Offence: Awarded 0 for the course, regardless whether the offence was committed in
the same course or another course
Third Offence: Risk expulsion from FIC and the cancellation of Study Permit
It is solely the students responsibility to be aware of Academic Integrity Policy and consequences of
violating it. The policy is available at: http://85401dc13f6ba5867f46aacfababc729cd49a24606938417f53d.r33.cf6.rackcdn.com/FIC_Academic_Integrity_Policy.pdf
SCHEDULE
Week Week Starting Tuesday
Readings/pre-study
Assignment Due
Please read Chapter 1 before the
first class
May 12
May 19
May 26
June 2
Chapter 4 reading
Quiz 1 - on Chapter 1,2,3
June 9
Foundations of Employee
Motivation
Chapter 5 reading
Written Assignment 1 Due
June 16
June 23
Mid-term exam
June 30
Team Dynamics
Chapter 8 reading
July 7
Chapter 9 reading
10
July 14
11
July 21
Chapter 11 reading
Quiz 2 on Chapters 8, 9, and 10
12
July 28
Designing Organizational
Structures
Chapter 13 reading
Team Case Presentations
13
August 4
Organizational Culture
Chapter 14 reading
Team Case Presentations
Chapter 3 reading
Chapter 10 reading