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Collusion is defined as “the unauthorized collaboration with another person or by any other means, including artificial intelligence (AI) and computer translators, in preparing work for fulfillment of course requirements.” Using AI like (ChatGPT or Google Gemini) to create a document is considered colluding. <strong>The use of Generative Artificial Intelligence on specific assignments is at the discretion of the instructor. </strong>
If you have a disability (learning, mental, physical) that affects your ability to participate effectively and have access to any program or service at Amarillo College please contact Disability Services at (806) 345-5639 . Our offices are located in the Enrollment Center, Suite 700. More information may be found at www.actx.edu/disability.
Disability Services facilitates access to all programs and services according to the ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, as well as other federal and state laws.
Amarillo College is committed to providing equal access to all programs and services, including all working, learning, and service environments that affect equal access for persons with disabilities. This commitment to provide equal access and opportunity for persons with disabilities is in compliance with federal and state law. Amarillo College also strives to provide Electronic and Information Resources (EIR) that are accessible to all authorized users.
If you find you are unable to access material in an accessible format please contact the Disability Services Office at (806) 345-5639 . This office will work in conjunction with other campus resources to address and accommodate your issue in a timely manner.
As a student you may experience a range of issues that can cause barriers to learning, such as strained relationships, increased anxiety, alcohol/drug problems, feeling down, difficulty concentrating and/or lack of motivation. These mental health concerns or stressful events may lead to diminished academic performance or reduce a student's ability to participate in daily activities. Amarillo College offers services to assist you with addressing these and other concerns you may be experiencing. If you or someone you know are suffering from any of the aforementioned conditions, you can learn more about the broad range of confidential mental health services available on campus by calling the AC Counseling Center at 806-371-5900. The AC Counseling Center website is https://www.actx.edu/counseling/ . Also, if you are in need of social services (affordable housing, utilities, transportation, food, clothing, childcare, medical/dental/vision, legal), please call the AC Advocacy & Resource Center at 806-371-5439. The AC Advocacy & Resource Center website is https://www.actx.edu/arc
Tutoring for Success applies to any student whose overall performance in the course falls below 75%. The instructor will create the task in the Student Engagement Portal (Watermark) to direct the student to the appropriate tutoring service, which may be faculty- or SI-led, discipline-specific, and/or general. The tutoring service assigned, the due date for when the tutoring must be completed, and the amount of tutoring required are at the discretion of the instructor. Additionally, the task will alert the student’s success team. Students who do not fulfill the assigned tutoring task may be subject to program- and course-specific penalties that could result in a grade reduction and/or in not being allowed to progress in the course until the tutoring requirement has been satisfied.
Students who do not attend class on or prior to the census date will be administratively dropped. Effective Fall, 2016
Students who wish to withdraw from a course must complete all steps indicated on the Academic Withdrawal Request form by the course withdrawal deadline.
NOTE: Students who are attending Texas institutions of higher education, for the first time fall 2007 and later, may not withdraw from more than six courses during their academic career. This withdrawal limitation does not include dual credit or developmental classes (Senate Bill 1231 Rule 4.10.) For more information on Drop and Withdrawal Policies, please visit the Registrar's Office Web site.
The Amarillo College Privacy Policy is found at https://www.actx.edu/-amarillo-college-privacy-notice , and applies to all Amarillo College students. If you have questions about this privacy statement or you believe that your personal information has been released without your consent, send email to humanresources@actx.edu .
HRPO-1311-003 Human Relations
Practical application of the principles and concepts of the behavioral sciences to interpersonal relationships in the business and industrial environment.
Student ResourcesStudent Resources Website
Notice to Students enrolled in an educational program for preparation of issuance of certain occupational licenses:
Students enrolled in an educational program in preparation for obtaining certain occupational licenses are potentially ineligible for such license if the student has been convicted of an offense. For further information, please contact:
Melodie Graves
Justice Involved Advocate
Student Service Center 117
mgraves24@actx.edu
806-371-5995
Make appointment at https://melodiegraves.youcanbook.me
You can also contact the Legal Clinic, or the faculty member in charge of the educational program that you seek to enroll in. The further information you will receive will include notification to you of your right to request a criminal history evaluation letter from the licensing authority in order to clarify your particular situation.
(3 sem hrs; 3 lec)
Tech Supported
A physical book is not required for this course.
You will purchase a Connect Code from the bookstore. *If you are not on financial aid, you may purchase directly from the McGraw-Hill link in our course.
There is an option to purchase a loose-leaf copy of the book if you would like one. Again, there will not be a physical book used in this course.
Connect Code and Internet Access *do not reply on your phone only
If your technology at home is not working or not working well, we have options to help you. The Underground will be open on Washington street and is following the CDC safety procedures to protect you, us and everyone else. The Underground has the technology you need as well as the people who can help you log-in, learn how to operate Blackboard or other tools you professor will use. You can be successful! AC will help you.
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. The students will evaluate human relations concepts including personality, diversity, perception, attitudes, values, ethics, self-esteem, and interpersonal skills to promote career success. SCANS* Information C5; Thinking Skills F7; Personal Qualities F14, F13; Interpersonal C9, C14
2. Students will identify and evaluate the causes and effects of stress in the workplace including transactional analysis, assertiveness training and methods of conflict resolutions. SCANS* Thinking Skills F9; Interpersonal C13; Basic Skills F5, F6
3. Students will learn the importance of learning styles and how to develop individual and group communication skills including listening, questioning, and paraphrasing. SCANS* Basic Skills F5, F6; Interpersonal C9
4. Students will list the steps in problem solving and decision making process including group involvement and participation. SCANS* Thinking Skills F7, F8, F9; Interpersonal C9
5. Analyze how theories of motivation and human behavior impact strategies of change management, time management, and career management. SCANS* Thinking Skills F7, F9
6. List and describe the behavioral and contingency leadership theories and how they apply to human relations. SCANS* Systems C15; Interpersonal C9, C12
7. Students will learn the importance of networking, negotiation, and ethical organizational politics. SCANS* Interpersonal C9, Thinking F7, F9, and Systems C15
*Meets Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS)
Information: Acquires and uses information.
Interpersonal: Works with others, serves clients, exercises leadership.
Systems: Understands complex interrelationships (evaluates, monitors, improves social, organizational and technological systems).
Thinking Skills: Thinks creatively, makes decisions, solves problems, visualizes, knows how to learn, and reasons.
Personal Qualities: Displays responsibility, self-esteem, sociability, self-management, integrity, and honesty.
In order to receive your AC Connect Email, you must log in through AC Connect at https://acconnect.actx.edu .
If you are an active staff or faculty member according to Human Resources, use "Exchange". All other students, use "AC Connect (Google) Email".
Expectations
Technology issues are not acceptable reasons for the submission of late assignments. Students must have access to the internet and a computer. The Underground on the Washington Street Campus may be utilized if necessary.
Learning Activities
Currently, we are all expected to interact, work, and learn with people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and lifestyles. Therefore, the students in this course are expected to be inclusive and respectful of differences and act accordingly when participating in class activities and discussions.
At all times practice respectful conversation, dialogue skills; exercise the rules of decorum.
All course participants will share the responsibility for the content, process, and outcomes of learning. Students are expected to actively participate in class discussions and activities and will on occasion be responsible for presenting or leading class discussions as described in the course assignments section of this syllabus.
Establishing a Safe, Respectful Classroom Environment
Learning takes place best when a safe environment is established in the learning environment. I will seek to support an environment that nurtures individual and group differences, encourages engaged, honest discussions, and allows us to communicate across differences. I also hope that together we create a safe environment where everyone feels comfortable sharing and exploring ideas. In the course of class discussions, it is quite possible that disagreements will arise. I welcome disagreements in the spirit of critical academic exchange, but please be respectful of other points of view, whether you agree with them or not. In this class, derogatory comments based on race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, or nationality will not be tolerated. Therefore,
Derogatory comments based on race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, or nationality will not be tolerated.
Adapted from The Guide for training study circle facilitators (1998) by the Study Circle Resource Center, © Topsfield Foundation
E-Mail Communication
Please send an email message to the course instructor directly if your concern is of a personal nature. Sending email messages through the Blackboard site will ensure that the course number is included in the subject line of your message; if for any reason it is not, please begin the subject line of your message with the course number (HRPO 1311-001). You can also email classmates using the email function in Blackboard, but be aware that recipients of your message will not see the names of other recipients, and you will not be able to make a group reply.
I will email you through Blackboard, so messages will go to your Amarillo College email account. You should make a point to check your university account daily while you are enrolled in this course as well as check announcements in Blackboard.
Email Response Time
Generally, I will respond to emails within two working days of receiving them. Please know that responses on weekends may be limited and will be made on an as-available basis, so try to anticipate questions for your weekend work in advance. Notification will be provided if I will not be available by computer for more than two working days. Also, please reply to emails received from your professor promptly.
Amarillo College Policy
Amarillo College policies and Code of Student Conduct is strictly adhered to when dealing with plagiarism, cheating, and duplication of work product. Any evidence of plagiarism, cheating, or duplication of work product will result in a zero on the work in question. A complete statement regarding scholastic dishonestly can be found in the Student Code of Conduct in the Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook at http://catalog.actx.edu/content.php?catoid=12&navoid=426
SUBMITTING ASSIGNMENTS
The “Assignments” section in Blackboard will serve as a central place for you to submit weekly activities. Please include your name and date in the file name for any attachments. Use general titles in the file name like “week 1 assignment” or “interview” in the filename, versus descriptive titles you may use on a title page. Assignments will not be accepted via email. Submit all assignments as an attachment in a Word Document in the assignments tab in Blackboard.
GRADING SCALE
90 - 100% = A Excellent
80 - 89% = B Above Average, Very Good
70 - 79% = C Average, Good
60 - 69% = D Poor, but passing
Below 60% = F Failing
Grading Percentages
Discussion Board Guidelines
Discussion Boards can be found in the discussion board tab.
Every week you will be asked to reflect on the Discussion Board question(s) and post your contribution(s) to the topic(s) on the Discussion Board. Your contribution to the topic(s) should be clear, complete, and accurate. This assignment also requires that you read the answers posted by your classmates and each week respond. For each Discussion Board assignment enter the appropriate Forum, read the posted questions, and pick one to answer. Click on "Reply" and compose your answer. When you have finished writing your answer click on the "Submit" button at the bottom of the page.
Discussion Board Suggestions
To post to the Discussion Board, enter the Discussion Board folder in the course.
Click on the title of the forum you want to enter. Make sure you check your answers for spelling and grammar. When ready to post your answer, click Submit.
When ready to reply to a response by your classmate, go to the question in the forum and click on the answer of the person you want to reply to. (Do not click on the author's name or you will open an email window.) The selected answer to the question will appear. Click on the Reply button in the lower right corner and type or paste your reply. Click Submit.
The Discussion Board is not an informal chat room. Your answers and replies should be thoughtful, considerate; collegiate language, and grammar are expected. I recommend that you carefully compose your answers on a word processing program.
Before posting your answers, check them for spelling and grammatical errors, save them, and then copy/paste them to the Discussion Board. It is important that you save your document in your word processing program before you paste it to the discussion board. You may use Google Doc, be sure to save as a Word Doc.
Replying to Discussion Boards
In addition to writing your own answer, each week you will compose a response to at least 2 answers posted by other students. In your replies to other students you can:
1) Expand on or clarify a point made in the answer.
2) Offer an additional argument to support a position taken in an answer.
3) Suggest ways in which an idea could be more clearly expressed.
4) Identify passages where you think the writer misunderstood a concept or applied it incorrectly.
5) Disagree with a point or position made in an answer.
A well-constructed response will include some or all of the following features:
Students are to reflect thoughtfully and exchange ideas on the philosophical topics covered in this course.
Assignments
All assignments, discussion boards, quizzes and exams for this course are open. Review the weekly objectives (checklist) to determine due dates each week. Students are welcome to work ahead if desired.
Late work is not accepted; The instructor reserves the right to subjectively influence the final grade relative to class attendance, participation, and attitude.
All assignments need a heading: Name, Course Code, Assignment, Instructor and Date
The final exam is scheduled according to the Amarillo College final exam schedule.
ATTENDANCE/CENSUS DAY/ADMINISTRATION DROP
Attendance for Hybrid Courses
Students will be administratively dropped from the course if the student does not participate before the Census date.
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Scheduled Meeting Days
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Total Class Meeting
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Grade A Minimum
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Grade B Minimum
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Grade C Minimum
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Grade D Minimum
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Grade F Minimum
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Once per Week
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8
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7
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6
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5
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4
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3
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Twice per Week
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16
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14
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12
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10
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8
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6
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Attendance for Online Courses
*Instructor reserves the right to modify schedule during the semester.
| Week 1 | Introduction & Chapter 1 | Discussion Board(s), Assignment | |
| Week 2 | Chapters 1 & 2 | Discussion Board(s), Assignment & Exam 1 | |
| Week 3 | Chapters 3 & 4 | Discussion Board(s), Assignment | |
| Week 4 | Chapter 6 & 7 | Discussion Board(s), Assignment & Exam 2 | |
| Week 5 | Chapter 8 & 9 | Discussion Board(s), Assignment & Exam 3 | |
| Week 6 | Chapter 10 & 11 | Discussion Board(s), Assignment & Exam 4 | |
| Week 7 | Chapter 12 | Discussion Board(s), Assignment & Exam 5 | |
| Week 8 | Comprehensive Final | Final Exam & Discussion Board | |
| *Subject to changes *Tentative schedule | |||
First day of class: August 19, 2024
Census Day: August 26, 2024
Last Drop Day: October 1, 2024
08/14/24 10:42 PM
08/14/24 10:46 PM