Instructor Contact Information

 

Human Relations In Business – 150
Fully Online / Intersession Spring 2009
(Note:  Fully Online = no oncampus meetings or exams)


Professor Leroy T. Brady, Ph.D.

San Diego City College
T-311 B&C  Office Hours: TBA
Office phone & voice mail 388- 3999
E-mail:  - lbrady@sdccd.edu

Please use WebCT email to communicate with instructor once the class has started.Recommended: Students should have basic communication and writing skills. Students will be graded on grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc. Students should be familiar with computers and word processing software.

 

 

Textbook and Course Material Requirements

 

Essentials of Organizational Behavior - by Stephen P Robbins & Timothy A. Judge   (9th  Edition) Pearson Prentice Hall ISBN-13: 978-0-13-243152-1 

ISBN-10: 0-13-243152-1                      

Supplemental Material:  Essentials of Organizational Behavior - Study Guide, Local Newspapers, U.S.A. Today, Internet,

Textbook is required for this course. Students must purchase their textbooks the first day of the semester in order to complete assignments. (Do not purchase the 6th Edition for this class.)

The textbook is available to purchase online at the SDCCD Online Bookstore or on campus at the City College Bookstore

Purchase Textbooks Online at the SDCCD Online Bookstore

 

Hardware and Software Requirements

 

Hardware and Software:
To successfully complete this online course, you will be required to meet the minimum hardware and software requirements. View Hardware and Software Requirements.

Software: Students are required to have access to Microsoft Word.  You must have this software in order to complete homework assignments.

Internet Browser:
You must use a supported Internet browser in order to successfully work in WebCT, the online course management system for this course. To see a list of supported Internet browsers, click here.

 

Course Description

 

This course is designed to assist students in the understanding of human behavior in social institutions,

business and industry. Areas for discussion include:

u     Leadership      u     Decision-making            u  Status          

u     Work Teams   u     Power and Politics           u  Motivation

u     Communication                   u     Conflict and Negotiation     

u     Organizational Change        u     Personnel / Human Resources Problems

                                                                                           

**please note this course is based on the concepts of Business Opportunity  Learning Projects (BOLP) and Outcome Education. In addition to learning the traditional concepts of Human Relations In Business each student will be given the opportunity to demonstrate his/her knowledge by taking part in a number of instructor and student generated projects.

 

Course Objectives

 
  1. Examine the meaning of organizational behavior.
  2. Identify the contributions made to organizational behavior by major behavioral science disciplines
  3. Describe how organizational behavior concepts can help make organizations more productive.
  4. Identify the three levels of analysis in organizational behavior
  5. Examine the impact of organizational behavior on leadership, management, motivation and decision-making.
  6. Analyze the human relations impact on organizational change and power/politics.
  7.  List the strengths and weaknesses of group decision making.
  8. Identify and describe the different leadership styles.

 

Course Specific Information

 

Class Meets Online Class meets from 1 /05/09 - 1/ 31 /08 Please send e-mails related to course trough

WebCT E-mail after 1/06/09

 

ALL Students NOTE that Intersession is SHORT and FAST.

Every week there will be a minimum of (2) two assignments due.

Therefore it is imperative that you keep up with each assignment.

 

 

Application and Registration Information

 

REGISTRATION DIRECTIONS:

  1. Complete Online Application (for new SDCCD students). Go to Student Web Services
  2. Receive registration appointment and instructions by email or mail.
  3. Register online at the Reg-e, our online registration system
  4. Make sure that you pay your tuition so that you don't lose your registration!
    Tuition and Fees Information.
  5. Order textbooks online. Visit our online bookstore.

6.  After completion of registration on Reg-e, and several days prior to the start of the semester, you will receive an email with course login instructions. If you don't receive an email please go to http://www.sdccdonline.net and login on the first day of class as follows:
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Type your WebCT ID = 7-digit College Student Identification (CSID) number
Type your Password =  mmddyyyy (birthdate with no hyphens, slashes, or spaces)
For example:  1010101 (CSID number used at registration)
                          06231980 (password for birthdate June 23, 1980) 

  1.  If this course is closed, please login to Reg-e to be placed on a waitlist. If the waitlist is full, you will not be able to add your name to the waitlist.

You will not be able to login to your online course until the first day of the semester!!!
You must login to your online course on the first day of the session to avoid your enrollment being dropped. Follow the login instructions at http://www.sdccdonline.net/login.htm