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PAD 537, Course Syllabus

PAD 537, Workshop in Management Development

Instructor: Mark L. McConkie
Phones: (ofc) (719) 593-3499

Overview: Workshop in Management Development is a workshop, meaning that it is a skill building course. Therefore, we focus on two overarching objectives: 1) To introduce the theory, or conceptual underpinning on which successful management practices occur, and 2) to take time to analyze and practice the skills about which we learn.

Texts: Viktor Frankl, "Man's Search for Meaning." New York: Picket Books, 1963 Stephen R. Covey "7 Habits of Highly Effective People." New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989. Stephen R. Covey, Roger Merrill, Rebecca Merrill. "First Things First." New York:Simon & Schuster,1989

Grading: Grading will be a function of the successful completion of the following assignments:

Personal Goal Log/Diary			             15%
Autobiography (Pass/Fail)			     15%
Management Essay			             10%
Personal Mission Statement		             15%
Stress-Reduction Exercise			     10%
Quadrant II Time Management Exercise	             10%
Self-designed Creativity Measure		     10%
Analysis of Supportive Communication	             15%

Personal Goal Log/Diary: Throughout the course we will periodically conclude different learning sections by taking a moment to record personal goals that relate to the material covered. These are goals which may pertain either to your perso nal or professional life. While some of these goals you will be able to accomplish during the semester, some may extend beyond the semester. For grading purposes, I will ask that on the last day of class you submit a self evaluation of your personal goa l progress indicating how many goals you set and how many of those you met and how many you are in progress of meeting. You are free to share whatever information you choose about these goals -- such as what some of them are/were or what learnings you ge nerated in making and fullfilling them. the overall purpose of this exercise, however, is to help facilitate your personal growth and development, rather than providing me with an evaluation tool.

Autobiography: At a length of your own choosing, write an autobiography in which you answer the following four questions: 1) Where did I come from? 2) Why am I here? 3) Who am I? and 4) What legacy do I want to leave behind when I am gone ? This assignment will be graded on a "pass/fail" basis. Because some students may want to include material which they consider too confidential for others, including the Professor, to read, it is permissible to submitit stapled or sealed in some other fashion. You must verify that you have done the assignment, though it is not necessary that I be introduced to materials you would prefer to hold confidential.

Management Essay: Write an essay on what you have learned about management development as it relates to one of the areas which we cover in the course (self-awareness, power, motivation, etc.). In the essay: a) tell a personal experience or story that you have had with the concepts, b) analyze the experience in terms of the concepts reviewed in class and in the text, and then c) rewrite the experience or story as you would like it to have occurred now that your are more familiar with the theory surrounding the concepts out of which it grows. For example, if you have had and experience with a conflict that was not well handled, tell the story, analyze it in terms of the concepts we cover dealing with confli ct management, and then rewrite the story showing how it might better have been managed.

Personal Mission Statement: During the course we will focus on the power and value of a personal mission statement. We will anticipate that each student will write such a statement for himself/herself. As a personal mission statement chang es over time, I will expect in some instances, at least, that students will produce only an initial "rough draft." Some management experts adcvocate the development of a "statement of personal values." The mission statement goes further, organizing thos e values under specific goals, objectives, and purposes.

Stress-Reduction Exercises: List 5 things you are willing to do in order to reduce stress in your life. Develop a scoring mechanism, and measure your performance after one week, after two weeks, and after three weeks. Finally, write a shor t summary evaluating this experience, telling how you feel about it and whether it was personally productive.

Quadrant II Time Management Exercise: Some, like Stephen Covey, have moved away from the traditional time management constructs of list, schedules, priorities, and calendars to focus on differences between what is important and what is urgen t. From Covey's time management matrix, Quadrant II represents those activities which are important, but not urgent.

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