Busi6351
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About SBA
In April 2005, we the UHV School of Business Administration (SBA)
achieved accreditation from AACSB, the most highly regarded and
prestigious accreditation organization for business schools in the World. In
Spring 2010 and then 2015, the SBA received re-accreditation from
AACSB. This means that all of our business programs (BBA, SMBA,
GMBA, and MS EDE), whether the classes are online or face-to-face, are
accredited by AACSB. This accreditation is wonderful for our students,
since it assures present and future employers that our students and
graduates are receiving very high quality education recognized by the
world-wide organization of business school accreditation. I personally have
been involved with our School’s accreditation and re-accreditation reviews
and can say that the SBA offers high quality, affordable, and relevant
business programs that meet AACSB, SACSCOC, and Texas THECB
standards both in the classroom and online.
About Myself
My undergraduate degree is in Engineering, and I worked at Exxon for 15
years in International Project Management. I worked on projects in all
major regions of the World. Most projects were multi-billion dollar ventures,
sometimes joint ventures with other companies or governments. After
leaving Exxon (now ExxonMobil), I received my MBA from University of
Houston main campus and my PhD from University of California at
Berkeley. Since 1991, I have been teaching marketing and management
courses at UH and UHV.
In academia, I have co-authored papers that pertain to topics in this course.
Examples are listed below (these articles are not content of this course but are
background info. about your instructor). I continue to research topics similar to
these areas of study.
Caldwell, C., and Hayes, L.A. (2016), “Self-Efficacy and Self-Awareness: Moral Insights to
Increased Leader Effectiveness,” Journal of Management Development, Vol. 35, No. 9, pp. 1163-
1173.
Metghalchi, M., Chen, C., and Hayes, L.A., (2015), “History of Share Prices and Market Efficiency
of the Madrid General Stock Index,” International Review of Financial Analysis, Vol. 40, pp. 178-
184.
Wang, J., Hayes, L. A., & Salazar, R. J. (2010). In Search of Global Market Leadership:
Investigation of Organizational Transformative Change. International Journal of Management and
Enterprise Development, 9 (1), 13-29.
Caldwell, C., Hayes, L. A., & Long, D. (2010). Leadership, Trustworthiness and Ethical
Stewardship. Journal of Business Ethics, 96 (4), 497-512.
Caldwell, C., Hayes, L. A., Karri, R., & Bernal, P. (2008). Ethical Stewardship: Implications for
Leadership and Trust. Journal of Business Ethics, 78 (1), 153-164.
Hayes, L. A., Wang, J., Zhao, J., & Yu, P. (2008). Growth and Development Strategies for MNC
Subsidiaries in China. International Journal of Accounting Information Science & Leadership, 1
(2), 37-48.
About Busi6351
The first thing you should do is to review the Introduction to Blackboard
Learn (our online course management system) by clicking on the ‘Click
Here’ link on the course homepage beside the words ‘For Blackboard
Learn Introduction and Tutorials.’ This Intro to Blackboard Learn includes
links to important Blackboard Learn tutorials and other information about
Blackboard Learn.
I recommend that you go through the online Blackboard Learn tutorials and
get familiar with the workings of Blackboard Learn. You can also go
through other Blackboard Learn orientations and tutorials that are online, if
you so choose. Remember, though these orientations are instructive, they
discuss general Blackboard Learn functions but do not go over the precise
way we will be conducting this course. This Welcome page and other
directions by your instructor will explain how this particular course is to be
conducted.
Next, you should click on the ‘Syllabus’ and ‘Course Schedule’ words on
the course homepage and familiarize yourself with the course syllabus and
course schedule. Click on the ‘Course Content’ words on the homepage
left toolbar and find the course PowerPoint presentations (outline of the text
material) and course lecture notes.
During the course, if you have any specific questions about Blackboard
Learn, it is best for you to e-mail our Instructional Technology Specialists at
bustechhelp@uhv.edu from your normal email account outside the
Blackboard system. They are more expert than I am in the technical
workings of Blackboard Learn. If you have course content or personal
issues, then e-mail me directly either in Blackboard Learn or at
HayesL@uhv.edu.
Reminder: you can access Busi6351 in the Blackboard Learn online
system on the UHV Web site below:
https://elearning.uhv.edu
Syllabus
As a first step in the course, please read the syllabus by first clicking on the
word ‘Syllabus’ of the Busi6351 course homepage. If you would like to
print the syllabus, click on ‘File’ on your browser and then click on print.
Next, please read the ‘Course Schedule’ which is contained in the same
area as the syllabus in the course. The course schedule shows the due
dates and times for the course readings, exams and written assignments. I
try and keep to the course schedule, so please remember to read your
assignments, hand in your written papers and access exams on time.
Note that all days and times shown in the course are U.S. Central
Time Zone.
Messages (E-Mail)
E-mail in Blackboard Learn is called ‘Messages.’ Click on the word
‘Messages’ on the toolbar on the left side of the Busi6351 course
homepage to get to the message function of Blackboard Learn. I will use
Blackboard Learn messages to communicate with students in the course
throughout the semester. You should check your Blackboard messages
regularly (several times a week at least) to ensure timely receipt of
instructor correspondence. Your instructor is not responsible for untimely
reading of messages due to students not checking their Blackboard
messages often.
You can e-mail me in Blackboard Learn by clicking on the word ‘Messages’
on the left toolbar of the Busi6351 homepage. When emailing me in
Blackboard Learn, click on create message, click on browse for recipients,
click on Linda Hayes, save, fill in the subject line, write the email and send.
As for email (message) etiquette to your instructor, when a student emails
me and wants an answer from me, then he or she should email me only.
When a student emails me by sending the email to everyone in the class or
includes a cc to other students, I will assume the student really wants an
answer from other students and not an answer from me. Think about the
work environment. Is it good form when emailing the boss questions to
also cc everyone else in the office? The answer to this is no.
You can also e-mail me outside Blackboard Learn at hayesl@uhv.edu. For
virus protection reasons, when e-mailing outside Blackboard Learn, the
recipient (me) needs to know what is a valid e-mail to open. When sending
e-mail outside of Blackboard Learn, please place on the subject line the
course number, your name and the subject of the e-mail. Improperly titled
e-mail may go unread.
Do not e-mail me messages that are poorly written with misspellings,
punctuation problems, and so on. All communication in this course (e-mail,
Discussion Board, written papers, etc.) should include proper grammar,
spelling, punctuation, capital and small letter usage, apostrophes, and so
on. Typos should be kept to a minimum. In other words, proofread and
spell-check all communications in this course. All business classes include
a communication dimension. One of our goals is to prepare students for
the business world, including the use of proper communication form and
content. Sending communications to clients, colleagues, the public, etc.
that are not of the highest quality reflect poorly on the author and any
business or organization the author represents. Therefore, part of each
student’s course evaluation (both participation and written paper) will
include the proper use of grammar, spelling, punctuation, and so on.
Discussion Board
The Discussion Board (DB) is for answering instructor initiated questions,
only. An Introductory DB will be posted a few days after the course begins,
and the graded DB will begin the second week of class. Since a significant
portion of a student’s grade comes from the individual’s responses to the
DB questions (class participation) posted by your instructor, it is important
that the DB be used for this purpose, only. If you have questions, e-mail
me directly in Blackboard Learn (using the message function) or get help
from our Instructional Technology Specialists at bustechhelp@uhv.edu.
We will have a new DB topic approximately each week. When a new DB
topic is posted, it will state the amount of time (end date) students have to
complete their input into that particular Discussion Board topic. Once the
end date has past, I will then lock that DB topic and start a new one. The
particular requirements for each DB topic will be explained in detail each
time a new DB topic is posted. All days and times are U.S. Central Time
Zone.
In our Discussion Board participation, we will practice good business and
professional etiquette. No derogatory comments should be made.
Conduct yourself as if you were in a live classroom setting. You certainly
may disagree with others in your discussions, and you may state your
disagreement if you choose. But, do so in a polite manner. Please note
that the origin of all DB responses is shown to all course participants.
The Blackboard Discussion Board uses a ‘thread’ system. Your instructor
will post a DB topic and a set of questions. Each question in the DB topic
is a ‘thread.’ First, students should read all the questions in a DB topic that
your instructor has posted and any student replies that have been posted
before you. Then, students click on their choice of question (either Q1, or
Q2, or Q3 … or whatever is the student’s choice of question) and enter a
response by clicking on ‘reply’ and writing a response to the specific
question. Hitting reply keeps the student’s response in the thread of the
question and allows others to read all posted responses to that question in
a logical order. In the reply, students are to write their answers and
comments to the specific question. To keep a thread going, students can
reply to the specific question I wrote or the response of any other student to
that specific question (thread).
Do not hit ‘create message’ in the DB if it is available. If you hit create
message, your response will start a new thread and be placed in the DB
below all other questions (threads) and responses posted so far.
Remember, you are being evaluated on giving a response to the specific
questions posted by your instructor.
In replying to a question, I expect each student to read my question and all
student responses already posted so far for that question. A student’s
answer should be comments that are in addition to the ones already written
by other students. This model is similar to what we do in a live class. Each
student adds to what has previously been said, not rephrases or covers the
same items already discussed. A thread should read like a discussion.
New comments should add new thoughts, not rephrase the same thoughts.
New replies may also recognize the comments of others previously posted.
I will discount student postings that are basically a rephrasing of already
posted thoughts.
Your DB response should include proper grammar, sentence structure,
spelling, punctuation, and so on. You can either type your reply directly
into the message box of the Blackboard DB or write your answer first in a
word processing software package (such as Word). If you write your
answer in word processing software, follow these steps. After you have
completed your reply and you are still in the word processing software,
select (highlight) the text you want to copy to Blackboard, then hit ‘control
c.’ Minimize the screen of the word processing program and go into the
Blackboard DB, click on ‘reply’ to the specific DB question (thread) you are
responding to, put your cursor into the message reply box, then hit ‘control
v.’ Your composition that was written in the word processing software
should now appear in your reply message in Blackboard. You can also use
the HTML editor in Blackboard if you so choose.
Do NOT use the attachment feature in Blackboard DB replies if available. I
have taken several student surveys and found that most students do not
read attachments to the DB replies. So, most of the time, these
attachments go unread. Put your answer in the body of the message box
in the Blackboard DB as described above. An attached DB response will
not be counted toward a student’s class participation grade.
Grading of the DB discussions is similar to how I grade class participation
in a face-to-face classroom setting. I note the number of discussions each
student participates in and the quality, appropriateness and insightfulness
of each student’s comments. At the end of the semester, I give one overall
class participation (DB) grade for each student for participating in the
discussion board, which is worth 20% of the overall grade for this course. I
do not give individual grades for each DB entry just like, in a face-to-face
class, I do not give a grade to a student each time he or she speaks. For
each student, I grade class participation as the work completed in the
discussion board during the entire semester by that student.
Exams
We will discuss exams and how to take them in Blackboard Learn later in
the course as the Midterm Exam time approaches. The course includes
two exams, the Midterm and Final Exams, with dates and times as per the
course schedule. Each exam will be multiple choice questions and will be
based on the text and lecture notes. More details will follow at a later date.
The exams will include conceptual, definitional and application questions.
The exams will not include questions pertaining to specific Discussion
Board replies and any cases and/or specific company examples in the text.
Exam dates and times are U.S. Central Time Zone.
It is expected that students in this course do not communicate with any
other student(s) in this course about exams until the exam scores are
posted by your instructor. For example, if the exam begins Sunday, 1pm,
May 22, and the exam scores are posted to students May 27, it is expected
that students do not communicate about the exam with any other student
from when the exam begins 1pm May 22 until after the May 27 posting of
the exam scores. This is for student fairness issues and exam security
reasons.
It is expected that students make their own study sheets in this course.
This is an important graduate course and part of college training is for
students to learn how to read material with comprehension, recognize what
material is important, and study this material in a manner that they can
answer questions correctly about the material when asked. This is a major
point of master’s level programs, and an instructor making study sheets for
students defeats the purpose of working toward and obtaining a master’s
level degree.
Grades
To view grades posted in Blackboard Learn, click on the ‘My Grades’ words
on the left-side course toolbar of the course homepage. More details
concerning grades will follow at a later date in this course.
I hope you will enjoy online learning. I look forward to having you in my
class. Thank you for reading this welcome page and have a great
semester. Linda Hayes
Copyright © 2017 by Linda A. Hayes
Busi6351 COURSE SCHEDULE (Fall 2017)
(Reflects revised start of semester date per UHV)
DATE ASSIGNMENT (readings include lecture notes and textbook
chapters with PowerPoint presentations being part of
textbook content)
Per
Cent
Sept. 11 Introduction – Overview of Business & Society
Chapters 1 & 2 – The Corporation, Stakeholders & the Public
Sept. 18 Chapter 3 – Corporate Social Responsibility
Sept. 25 Chapter 4 – Business in a Globalized World
Oct. 2 Chapter 5 – Ethics and Ethical Reasoning
Oct. 9 Chapter 6 – Organizational Ethics
Oct. 16 Chapter 7 – Business-Government Relations
Oct. 21 Midterm Exam, online, Saturday, 1-3pm, US Central Time,
Chapters 1 – 7 and Introduction
25
Oct. 23 Chapter 8 – Political Environment
Chapter 9 – Sustainable Development
Oct. 30 Chapters 10 & 11 – The Natural Environment and Technology
Nov. 6 Chapter 13 – Stockholder Rights
Nov. 6 Written Project paper due 15
Nov. 13 Chapter 14 – Consumer Protection
Nov. 23 Happy Thanksgiving
Nov. 27 Chapters 18 & 19 – Community Engagement & Public Relations
Dec. 4 Written Case paper due 15
Dec. 10 Final Exam, online, Sunday, 1-3pm, US Central Time,
Chapters 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 18 and 19
25
Discussion Board participation throughout semester 20
TOTAL COURSE PERCENTAGE 100
