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BUS 202 : APPLIED MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES (3 Credits)
Instructor: John Andreoli

Overview

This course is designed to provide you with practical applications for management problems. By using case studies, exercises, and readings, you will study, analyze, evaluate, and apply management principles and techniques. This course provides knowledge and skills that will be use in more specialized business courses and in management positions.

 

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Objectives

 

If you do well in this course, you will learn:

  • Describe the roles and tasks of managers. Identify, analyze, and solve problems related to external environment that affect management goals and plans.
  • Demonstrate an ability to solve organizational planning and strategy problems utilizing appropriate management tools (MBO, decision trees, PERT, forecasting, time series analysis, probability, etc.)
  • Demonstrate competence in individual and group decision-making processes. Identify and solve organizational design problems that relate to structural, behavioral, and environmental change issues.
  • Solve organizational control problems utilizing financial and information control systems.
  • Identify and solve issues pertaining to international management.
  • Identify, analyze, and offer solutions to current issues in the management of organizations.
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Materials

 

The required textbooks for this course are:

  • Quinn, Robert E., and et.al, Becoming a Master Manager: A Competing Values Approach, 4th ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

For information on how to order your textbooks, go to http://eli.nvcc.edu/books/

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Grading
 

 

Your course grade will be determined by the assignments and exams, according to the following points:

Assignments
Points
8 Assessments (10 points each)
80
5 Analysis (10 points each)
50
3 Practices (10 points each)
30
Book Review
40
Keirsey Sorter Analysis
20
4 Exams (20 points each)
80
Total:
300

Grading Scale
Grade
Points
Percentage
A
270-300
90-100
B
240-269
80-89
C
210-239
70-79
D
180-209
60-69
F
Less than 180
Below 60
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Exams

 

There are four proctored exams in this course. You are expected to take your examinations at one of the NVCC campus Testing Centers. Be sure to allow enough time to complete your exam before the Testing Center closes; Testing Centers have specific policies relating to the administration of ELI exams. You will need to take a photo ID, your NovaConnect empl ID number, and the appropriate Exam Pass when you go to the Testing Center.  

For Testing Center locations, hours of operation and policies, click here.

For information on taking exams outside of the metropolitan area, click here.

 

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ELI Policies and Procedures

 
This is an Extended Learning Institute (ELI) course. ELI courses differ from campus courses in several important ways, including enrollment dates, communication with faculty, assignment completion requirements, and exams. You must follow ELI's policies and procedures if you take this course. Read (or review) ELI's Policies and Procedures before you begin the course. If you have questions, call ELI at (703) 323-3347 or (888) 435-6822.
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Contacting the Instructor

 

I am here to help you succeed in this course. Occasionally questions or problems may arise. Here is how to contact me when they do:

E-mail : jandreoli@nvcc.edu
Telephone :
(703) 878-5800, ext. 57060

You may also call me to schedule a meeting in person, either at ELI or my campus office. 

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Beginning the Course

 

1. Use your web browser to connect to http://www.nvcc.edu/bbstart. Follow the directions to determine your email, Blackboard and VIVA account user names and passwords.
2. Access your email account and make sure you know how to use it; you will be required to use this account for all course-related email.
3. Log on to Blackboard at http://learn.vccs.edu.
4. Click on this course under "My Courses." Review the entire course to make sure you understand what will be required of you. Then start completing the assignments.

Please note that account generation takes approximately one week from the time of your paid registration. If you cannot log on after one week, contact the IT Help Desk. If you can log on to Blackboard, but your course isn't listed, please contact ELI or your instructor.