Welcome to BA 210

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Welcome to BA 210

• Management and
• Organizational Behavior
• Professor Geoff Love

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Todays Objective and Roadmap

• Objective Introduce the course and course
  policies
• Management Organizational Behavior
• Introductions
• Syllabus

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Why Study Management?

• There are a lot of bad managers.
• Being a good manager makes an enormous
  difference.
• Every organization needs management
• Big, small,
• For-profit not-for-profit,
• Every function finance, manufacturing,
  marketing
• What if you dont want to be a manager?
• Lines between manager non-manager are blurring
• Organizational savvy improves effectiveness (and
  sanity)

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What makes management challenging?

• business environments are...
• ...and so are people.

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The Organization as an Iceberg
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Who I Am

• Who IS this man??
• Professor Geoff Love
• Work background
• Academic background
• Office Hours Tues, 1015-1115 or Thu 845-945,
• 219 Wohlers Hall

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BA 210 Teaching Assistants

• Teaching Assistants
• A-E Naina Gupta ngupta5_at_uiuc.edu
• F-K Steve Harper srharper_at_uiuc.edu
• L-Q Yuri Mishina ymishina_at_uiuc.edu
• R-Z Ece Tuncel etuncel_at_uiuc.edu
• TAs should be your first stop for questions about
  the course material, grades, extra credit,
  admin, etc.
• TA office hours and phone are on course website
• www.cba.uiuc.edu/ba210

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Course Structure

• Part One Individuals Groups
• Part Two Organizations
• Part Three Combined Topics

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Class Schedule Part 1 Individuals and Groups
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Course Materials

• Management, 7th Edition, Robbins and Coulter
  (required)
• Includes Interactive Mastering Management CD-ROM
• Course Readings (required)
• Primarily Harvard Business Review articles
• Available after 1st exam at T.I.S.
• Lecture note outlines or packet (recommended)
• Packet 1 - first third of course available at
  T.I.S
• Packet 2 and 3 available the week of each exam
• Alternatively, print out lecture notes from
  website
• Access to Internet and computer with CD drive
  (required)
• To use course website, Mastering Management
  CD-ROM, etc.

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Mastering Management CD-ROM

• A series of management scenarios, all based on a
  fictional high-tech start-up called CanGo
• Stylized situations that illustrate course
  concepts
• Presents conceptual intro, video situation, and
  then you answer application questions
• Reinforces lecture and textbook
• Each module is about 30 minutes work

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Exams

• Three in-class exams this semester
• No curves, you know where you stand
• Are not cumulative
• Primarily true-false multiple choice
• Cover any material discussed in class, in
  textbook readings, or in other assignments
• Expect the exams to require thorough knowledge of
  course material

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Grading

• Grading
• Exam 1 90 Points
• Exam 2 100 Points
• Exam 3 110 Points
• Total 300 points plus extra credit
• Course Grade
• A 285 points up C 225 to 234 points
• A 275-284 points C 215 to 224 points
• A- 265-274 points C- 205 to 215 points
• B 255-264 points D 195 to 204 points
• B 245-254 points D 180 to 194 points
• B- 235-244 points F Less than 180 points

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More on Grading

• Borderline situations I have to stick with the
  table on prior slide to maintain equity.
• Exam day is a bit bureaucratic, please bear with
  us.
• We use Gradebook
• Access through link on course website,
• or www.uiuc.edu/ccso/gradebook

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Exam Absences

• The principle only major events beyond your
  control should or can be accepted for exam
  absence.
• This is the best way to maintain fairness
• Normally, only illness, emergency, or jury duty
  absences are approvable for exam absence.
• You do need to get a Dean of Students letter.
• But, I realize this is just a course so if
  there is something really important to you, ask.
• If you miss an exam without an approved absence,
  you may be able to take a makeup for reduced
  credit.

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Extra Credit Quizzes

• There will be 4 extra credit quizzes or
  exercises.
• These will be in-class and they will be
  unannounced.
• These quizzes will be relatively easy if you have
  prepared.
• Quizzes may cover material for the class they are
  given in, and/or the class before.
• Scores are 0, 1, or 2 points on each quiz as
  follows
• 2 points passing grade (for example, 4 of 6
  questions).
• 1 points for turning the quiz in.
• 0 points for not turning the quiz in.

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Extra Credit Lab studies

• Extra credit is given from participating in
  behavioral lab studies.
• The currency is credits. Each study is one or
  two credits.
• The maximum of credits allowed is 2. Each
  credit is worth 3 points. Max points total
  6.
• You need to have a signed, stamped slip that will
  be turned in at the end of the semester. Treat
  them like cash.
• Sign up at Wohlers 50 or as announced.
• Dont get caught needing extra credit at the end.

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More on extra credit

• 2 points a quiz or 3 points a study may seem
  small. But consider
• Quizzes If you get 8 points on those quizzes you
  are 80 of the way from a C to a B-, or a B to
  A-. Thats in addition to the fact you probably
  did better on the exams than you would have
  otherwise!
• Studies If you get 6 points from the studies,
  you are 60 of the way. And youve probably only
  spent 3 hours total.
• I reserve the right to provide additional extra
  credit opportunities of any kind at any point.
• No special extra credit can be given to
  individual students.

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BA 210 Website

• www.cba.uiuc.edu/ba210
• Contents
• Syllabus and assignments
• TA e-mail addresses, office locations, and office
  hours (posted next week)
• Any changes to course schedule or assignments

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In-Class Norms

• We will start and end on time.
• Please
• Be here and seated at 430. If you must be late,
  enter at the back and discretely find a seat as
  far back as possible.
• Turn off cell-phones during class.
• Refrain from talking during class.
• If you come to class, plan on staying until the
  end of class. If you must leave early, do so
  discretely out the back.
• Refrain from rustling papers while I cover the
  last slides.
• Ask questions after class.

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Enrolling in BA210

• Procedure set by College of Business Admin.
• Required for CBA students
• Enrollment opens for non-CBA students Jan 27
• Class will probably fill up quickly
• But as people drop slots open up
• Be persistent last semester I increased of
  slots

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For Next Time

• Evolution of Management Ch 1 in full, Ch 2
  through to page 40 plus pg 46-47, in text.
• Testing 123 Chapter 1, skip 9, 12, 14, 19, 21.
  Chapter 2, skip 3, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13-21.
• Mastering Management CD Verify you can run it!
• Complete instructions for starting the CD are on
  the package, as well as specifications for the
  computer.
• Get the first screen up, click on Click here to
  begin then click in the video area on the top
  left, under pilot video.
• View the full pilot video

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For Next Time (continued)

• Testing 1-2-3 (T123) questions
• These are short questions embedded in the
  textbook. Besides being a good study guide, they
  are a good way to indicate what parts of the text
  we will skip (not on exam). (but see below)
• Before each class I will provide a list of
  questions to skip. Reading through the questions
  before reading the text will let you read with
  questions in mind a big plus.
• If we didnt cover it in class, but a question is
  not on the skip list, it is part of the class
  content (i.e., it may be on exam).
• after a question just means we cover it in
  class but differently than the text (i.e.,
  in-class version may be on exam). If there is a
  difference between the text and the in-class
  version, in-class version wins. Usually I will
  highlight this explain.

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Mastering Management CD-ROM Technical Information

• IBM or Macintosh OK
• Specs on back of package
• Use a lab computer if necessary or convenient
• Must use Internet Explorer or Netscape
• AOL browser reportedly not reliable
• Requires Quicktime
• Quicktime is on the CD.
• Used textbooks The 1.0 version of the CD may
  require downloading a new version of quicktime.

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Problems with the CD?

• This should only happen if you have bought a used
  textbook
• The CD will be fine, most likely you need an
  updated version of Quicktime.
• Check the course website www.cba.uiuc.edu/ba210
  for detailed troubleshooting instructions