Discipline: Management Degree Credit  [X]
Non Credit  [ ]
Nondegree Credit  [ ]
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Riverside Community College District
Integrated Course Outline of Record

Management 51


COURSE DESCRIPTION

51 Elements of Supervision Units: 3.00
 
Prerequisite: None.
 
Gives an overview of responsibilities of a supervisor in industry including organizational structure, training, work assignments, productivity, quality control, evaluations, and management-employee relations. 54 hours lecture.
 
SHORT DESCRIPTION FOR CLASS SCHEDULE

The study of supervisory responsibilities and competencies, development of effective employee relations and implementation of the management process of planning, organizing, controlling and leading as it relates specifically to the role of the supervisor.
 
ADVISORY ENTRY SKILLS
None.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:

  1. Identify the skills, traits, and characteristics of an effective supervisor
  2. Develop strategies to apply the course content to the challenges of modern supervision
  3. Establish work objectives and build systems to achieve appropriate goals
  4. Accurately assess work situations and select appropriate actions
  5. Conduct excellent prospective employee interviews and existing employee evaluations
 
COURSE CONTENT

  TOPICS
 
  1. Sound decision making
  2. Developing communication skills
  3. Ethics and organization politics
  4. Managing time
  5. Organizing, supervising work teams and delegating
  6. Productivity and methods improvement
  7. Employee appraisal and performance rewards
  8. Understanding unions
  9. Motivating and leading employees
  10. Handling conflict
  11. Managing change
  12. Supervisory control and quality
  13. Improving productivity
  14. Employee relations


 
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
Methods of instruction used to achieve student learning outcomes may include, but are not limited to:

  • Present lectures to describe supervisory responsibilities and effective supervisory practices.
  • Develop and assign exercises to reinforce concepts and encourage students to apply them to supervisory responsibilities.
  • Create and have students participate in cooperative learning tasks such as small group exercises to identify issues that relate to course content and utilize the content to offer opinions, solutions and analysis with respect to those issues.
  • Present case studies to provide students with the opportunity to utilize concepts learned in class to analyze the effectiveness of actions taken by supervisors in the case studies.
  • Develop and assign tasks/activities such as presentations in order to assess students understanding of supervisory concepts.
  • Facilitate discussions regarding relevant supervisory issues to encourage students to make appropriate connections to the course content.
  • Instruction may take the form of online, hybrid, TV or other distance learning format
 
METHODS OF EVALUATION
Students will be evaluated for progress in and/or mastery of learning outcomes by methods of evaluation which may include, but are not limited to:

  • Individual, small group, or paired activities designed to allow students to demonstrate understanding of business mathematics concepts.
  • Quizzes, exams and in-class participation demonstrating proficiency in the subject matter.
  • Quizzes and/ or examinations designed to assess the student learning outcomes.
  • Individual web projects designed to assess student proficiency in achieving the student learning outcomes.
    Final examination designed to provide objective evidence that students have attained the level of proficiency expected in the areas detailed in the Student Learning Outcomes
ASSIGNMENTS

Required Reading Assignments


Required Writing Assignments


Other Outside-of-Class Assignments

 
COURSE MATERIALS
All materials used in this course will be periodically reviewed to ensure that they are appropriate for college level instruction. Possible texts include:

  • Byars, Lloyd L.; Rue, Leslie W. Supervision, Key to Productivity . 8 ed. McGraw-Hill/Irwin , 2005.
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