BUS 5013 Leadership and Organizational Behavior

May 14-17, 2018

Facilitator: Dr. Jon Burch

Office Phone: (615) 248-1535

Home Phone:(615) 773-4458

Office Location: Boone Building – 1st Floor

E-Mail:

Professor Hours:Available as needed (please e-mail to arrange an appointment)

Textbooks:

Yancey, P. Soul Survivor: How My Faith Survived the Church. Doubleday, 2001.

ISBN: 0-385-50274-5.

Salacuse, J. W. Leading Leaders. Amaacom, 2006. ISBN: 978-0-8144-0855-1.

HBR’s 10 Must Reads – On Teams. Harvard Business Review Press, 2013. ISBN: 1422189872.

HBR’s 10 Must Reads – On Communication. Harvard Business Review Press, 2013.

ISBN: 1422189864.

Course Description:

Serves as the foundation for the program by providing a survey of key management theories and terminology. Both classical approaches and contemporary conceptualizations of management are studied. Special emphasis is placed on leadership, motivation, culture, team building, and organizational communication.

Course Objectives:

The assignments and readings in this course have been selected to serve four main purposes:

1)to enrich your coverage and understanding of important organizational behavior (OB) topics

2)to provide you with exposure to the organizational behavior literature;

3)to expose you to current leadership research, and

4)to challenge you to identify and grapple with your personal philosophy of leadership from a Christian worldview.

Student Learning Outcomes:

  1. Students will demonstrate knowledge gains resulting from in-depth exposure to prominent leadership theories and leadership case study analysis.
  2. Students will possess an increased understanding of how to lead other leaders.
  3. Students will polish their debating and argumentation skills through active participation in class sessions and during team presentations.
  4. Students will develop a deeper appreciation for the biblical model of leadership as it is framed by a Christian world-view.
  5. Students will practice personal and professional reflection as it relates to their personal core and leadership effectiveness.
  6. Students will be able to apply prominent leadership theories to hypothetical organizational situations and argue positions from the leaderships theorist studied.
  7. Students will develop polished persuasion skills.
  8. Students will understand practical ways to avoid de-railing their careers.

Pre-Course Assignments:

1)Primary Reading Reflection Papers

Write a 500-700 word reflection on each of the following chapters from the book Soul Survivor, by Philip Yancey. In the reflection, you should provide a brief summary of the reading’s most salient points as author fleshes out observable character traits of the leader, the hinge moments in the leader’s journey, the skills the leader learns to polish and employ, etc. Please read the chapters in the order prescribed below. You will see how the curriculum fits together when we meet together in May. The broader goal is to identify key components of the leader’s “tool-box” that you can employ in your work at the Salvation Army. The required chapters are as follows:

  1. Chapter Seven - Mahatma Gandhi - Echoes in a Strange Land
  2. Chapter Two – Martin Luther King Jr. – A Long Night’s Journey into Day
  3. Chapter Four – Dr. Paul Brand – Detours to Happiness
  4. Chapter Five – Dr. Robert Coles – Tender Lives and the Assaults of the Universe
  5. Chapter Eight – Dr. C. Everett Koop – Serpents and Doves in the Public Square
  6. Chapter Three – G. K. Chesterton – Relics Along the Seashore

Please submit this paper through Trevecca’s learning platform (Blackboard). You will receive instructions about this procedure in a separate e-mail from Gail Pusey. This assignment should be submitted by Monday, April 30, 2018. All responses should be typed (12 point, Times New Roman, 1 inch margins) Papers should conform to APA standards for citations and formatting see: .

2)Read Leading Leadersby: James Salacuse. Write a 2-page summary analysis of each chapter. In each summary analysis, the first page should clearly identify the major point(s) of the chapter. The second page can be used in one of two ways: you can either detail the concepts or ideas you found most interesting and pose any questions you have that arose from the reading; or you can use the second page to apply the concepts to your current workplace or environments where you lead. Submit through Blackboard by Saturday, May 5

3)You will be placed on a presentation team when the class roster has been finalized. The instructor will inform you regarding your team assignment and your team members. The following teams will be presenting over the following articles during the May session together:

Team One will be presenting on the following articles found in HBR’s 10 Must Reads – On Teams:

1. The New Science of Building Great Teams

2. The Power of Small Wins

3. Virtuoso Teams

Team Two will be presenting on the following articles in HBR’s 10 Must Reads – On Communications:

  1. Is Silence Killing Your Company
  2. How to Become an Authentic Speaker
  3. Telling Tales

Team Three will be presenting on the following articles in HBR’s 10 Must Reads- On Communications:

  1. Change the Way You Persuade
  2. Harnessing the Science of Persuasion
  3. The Power of Talk

Team Four will be presenting on the following Harvard Business Review articles (provided by professor):

  1. On Becoming the Boss
  2. The Survival Guide for Leaders
  3. What to Ask the Person in the Mirror

The expectations and guidelines to aid in your preparation are listed here. A scoring rubric will be provided in the Blackboard course shell.

  1. Each presentation will last 50 minutes to one hour, which will include the presentation of the materials and all classroom interaction and discussion. Please assign a time keeper to avoid going over the allotted time.
  1. The use of technology and various methods of instruction are recommended for maximum learning.
  1. Each group needs to provide a quality handout (1-2 pages) that summarizes the thesis and findings of the articles and any concepts you hope your audience will remember long after the presentation has concluded.

Post Course Assignment:

Curriculum Assimilation Paper

The purpose of an assimilation paper is to utilize higher levels of Bloom’s taxonomy in drawing meaning from curricular content. So, here are the two big question that will guide your final paper:

(A)How do the specific course elements connect, align, support, and intersect regarding leadership and organizational behavior?

(B)How do these concepts inform and direct the work I do in my current leadership roles?

Assignment Specifics:

  1. The final paper should be no less than 15 pages in length, 12-font, double-spaced.
  2. Your paper should have the following underlined subheadings that address the big question above:
  1. Section One – Introduction (tell the reader what you are going to be presenting in your document)
  2. Section Two –Becoming the Boss;What to Ask the Person in the Mirror; andSurvival Guide for Leaders
  3. Section Three –HBR’s 10 Must Reads- On Teams(just the three articles presented in class)
  4. Section Four –HBR’s 10 Must Reads – On Communication (just the six articles presented in class)
  5. Section Five – In-class lectures and activitiesduring the May Session
  6. Section Six - Conclusion (Specifically addressing what you hope to never forget from this course)

Each section is worth equal weight and will be graded according to the (a) the quality of writing and (b) the depth of thought and coverage of key course concepts. Points will also be allocated to proper use of grammar, spelling, adherence to APA guidelines, andhow closely you followed the formatting instructions for the assignment.

Submit through Blackboard by Friday, June 15.

Submission of Assignments:

All assignments should be submitted through the Blackboard Learning Platform (unless otherwise noted). Please upload files in Microsoft Word file format (.doc or .docx).

Papers need to be dated on or before the designated due dates.

GRADE SCALE

Description / Grade / Percentage / Description
Exceptional / A / 93% - higher / Exceptional
A- / 90% - 92%
Superior / B+ / 87% - 89% / Superior
B / 83% - 86%
B- / 80% - 82%
Average / C+ / 77% - 79% / Average
C / 73% - 76%
C- / 70% - 72%
Passing / D+ / 67% - 69% / Passing
D / 63% - 66%
D- / 60% - 62%
Failing / F / < 60% / Failing

Due date/Time Commitment/Points Chart:

What / Due / Time / Points
Primary Source Reading Reflection Papers / *April 30 / 24 hours / 125
Summary Analysis of Leading Leaders / *May 5 / 33 hours / 125
Class Participation / May 14-17 / 23 hours / 25
Team Presentation / May 14-17 / 12 hours / 75
Curriculum Assimilation Paper / *June 15 / 40 hours / 150
Total / 132 hours / 500

*Submitted through the Blackboard Learning Platform

COMMON POLICIES

Attendance Policy

Regular class attendance is an important obligation and each student is responsible for all work conducted in class meetings. In emergency situations, a student may request to the faculty member, with approval by the Associate Director of the Christian Ministry Program, for missed sessions to be audio or video recorded (the student is responsible to provide for this). In addition to the student’s listening/watching the recording, the faculty member may require further work in order to make up for the missed sessions. The student must be in attendance for a minimum of 85% of the class sessions in order for this request to be considered. Appeal may be made to the dean of the School of Religion for further flexibility.

Disability Accommodations

Trevecca Nazarene University provides disability support services. Anyone who feels they may need an accommodation based on the impact of a disability and who would like to receive accommodations must register with Disability Services, in the Center for Leadership, Calling, and Service, room 212, 615-248-1346.

Academic Honesty

To protect the integrity of your university degree, academic honesty is expected of all students at Trevecca Nazarene University. TNU students are held to high standards of academic ethics, personal honesty, and moral integrity. Trevecca enforces these standards by dealing with academic dishonesty fairly and firmly. If plagiarism (using another’s statements or thoughts without giving the source appropriate credit) is confirmed, the assignment receives a grade of zero. The assignment is to be resubmitted properly (although the zero grade remains). Cheating on an exam, falsifying documentation, and dishonesty in reporting reading are just a few of the infractions that are grounds for course failure and/or program termination.

Late Work Policy

Papers need to be submitted through Blackboard on or before the designated due dates. Each day (not counting Sundays) your assignment is late your grade on that assignment will be dropped by 10% (Degree Students).

If an extension is requested at least 3 days prior to the due date, the due date may be extended for a MAXIMUM of one week, but ONLY at the discretion of the professor.

Instructors will report the names of the officers who have not submitted assignments on time. Major Mikles will then contact the officer about the situation with a copy to the Officers Divisional Commander. This procedure is to encourage you to stay on track and not get behind.

Cell Phones/Internet

As a courtesy to the professor and other students cell phones (calls & text) and internet connections (email & surfing) are not to be utilized during class. In rare situations taking a personal call or text message may be appropriate, but arrangements should be made in advance with the professor.

Academic Support/Writing Help

Writing help is available from Trevecca’s Academic Services Center. To take advantage of this service, you must email your paper to along with the following information:

  • Class name
  • Specific assignment requirements (or attach the class syllabus)
  • Date the paper is due

A writing tutor will read the document and respond with suggestions for improvement. Please allow at least four days for this process.

Required Paper Format and Product

Papers should conform to APA standards. For citations and formatting see:

A polished product (with proper grammar and spelling, structured writing, and mature thought) is expected. Ask:

1.Is the paper clearly written and logically organized?

2.Does it have a coherent argument toward a stated conclusion?

3.Have I, the writer, articulated a definite position of my own?

4.When other texts or positions are engaged, are they adequately understood, fairly characterized, and cited appropriately?

5.Does the paper follow sound conventions of academic writing, and is it polished?

You should ask a trusted colleague or friend to proofread your work after you have proofread your paper.

Disclaimer

Please note that all digital communication content exchanged as part of this course, including email, online discussions, and chat sessions, are the responsibility of and owned solely by the author. It is also understood that all digital exchanges are submitted freely by each student.