Mgmt 535 Managerial Communication Syllabus
MGMT 535: Managerial Communications
Syllabus Part II – Fall 1 2013
Instructor
Beverly Pierce
Contact Information
Email: Please use the “Course Messages” function within the Blackboard site to reach me via email. Do NOT send messages to my Davenport email address.
Phone: 708-788-6204
Availability: This is an online course, so please contact me by email first. If you do need to call regarding something urgent, please keep in mind that you are calling my home. See information below. Public Questions for the instructor: If you have a general question about course procedures or assignments, and you don’t mind if your classmates read it, please use the “Help Desk” discussion forum. I encourage you to use this forum, as other students …show more content…
Each week you will be asked to contribute to the knowledge base on two (2) assigned topics related to the readings and/or resources for the week. You are expected to go outside the course materials provided and conduct research, and then provide analysis, examples and support for your findings and opinions on the topic.
Your contribution to Topic 1 will be due by Day 2 each week, and your response to Topic 2 will be due by Day 4. All postings should meet professional standards in content, grammar / punctuation / writing style and the use of APA guidelines for reference listings and citation of sources. Postings should run approximately 300 words (3 paragraphs).
Several criteria must be met in order to receive full credit:
Your responses must be posted by the due date.
Your responses relate directly to the assigned Topic and contribute new information to build our understanding of the concepts.
You develop your point(s) with examples and/or appropriately documented research, and exhibit sound research skills employing various tools and library resources such …show more content…
Plagiarism policy: For the purposes of this course, any assignment that exceeds a 20% match in the Turnitin system will not be accepted for credit and will earn a grade of zero. Any assignment that shows a 10% or greater match in the Turnitin system with another single student paper will not be accepted for credit and will earn a grade of zero. Matches for references are excluded from the matches.
If you would like more information about the Turnitin system, use this link: http://www.davenport.edu/Library/tutoring-services/writing-help/turnitin Self-Plagiarism: Also, please be aware that any work you have previously done for another class, either at Davenport or another university may not be submitted as work to satisfy an assignment in this class. This is "self-plagiarism" and as stated in the APA manual, "The core of the new document must constitute an original contribution to knowledge, and only the amount of previously published material necessary to understand that contribution should be included, primarily in the discussion of theory and methodology" (APA Manual, 6th Edition, p. 170). In addition, Davenport University's catalog
Syllabus Part II – Fall 1 2013
Instructor
Beverly Pierce
Contact Information
Email: Please use the “Course Messages” function within the Blackboard site to reach me via email. Do NOT send messages to my Davenport email address.
Phone: 708-788-6204
Availability: This is an online course, so please contact me by email first. If you do need to call regarding something urgent, please keep in mind that you are calling my home. See information below. Public Questions for the instructor: If you have a general question about course procedures or assignments, and you don’t mind if your classmates read it, please use the “Help Desk” discussion forum. I encourage you to use this forum, as other students …show more content…
Each week you will be asked to contribute to the knowledge base on two (2) assigned topics related to the readings and/or resources for the week. You are expected to go outside the course materials provided and conduct research, and then provide analysis, examples and support for your findings and opinions on the topic.
Your contribution to Topic 1 will be due by Day 2 each week, and your response to Topic 2 will be due by Day 4. All postings should meet professional standards in content, grammar / punctuation / writing style and the use of APA guidelines for reference listings and citation of sources. Postings should run approximately 300 words (3 paragraphs).
Several criteria must be met in order to receive full credit:
Your responses must be posted by the due date.
Your responses relate directly to the assigned Topic and contribute new information to build our understanding of the concepts.
You develop your point(s) with examples and/or appropriately documented research, and exhibit sound research skills employing various tools and library resources such …show more content…
Plagiarism policy: For the purposes of this course, any assignment that exceeds a 20% match in the Turnitin system will not be accepted for credit and will earn a grade of zero. Any assignment that shows a 10% or greater match in the Turnitin system with another single student paper will not be accepted for credit and will earn a grade of zero. Matches for references are excluded from the matches.
If you would like more information about the Turnitin system, use this link: http://www.davenport.edu/Library/tutoring-services/writing-help/turnitin Self-Plagiarism: Also, please be aware that any work you have previously done for another class, either at Davenport or another university may not be submitted as work to satisfy an assignment in this class. This is "self-plagiarism" and as stated in the APA manual, "The core of the new document must constitute an original contribution to knowledge, and only the amount of previously published material necessary to understand that contribution should be included, primarily in the discussion of theory and methodology" (APA Manual, 6th Edition, p. 170). In addition, Davenport University's catalog