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Online courses - Zoom apt.
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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 Student Service Center office 112. 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
The Tutoring for Success policy applies to any student whose grade or performance in the course falls below a departmentally determined minimum threshold. In either of those cases, the instructor will direct the student to the appropriate tutoring service, which may be faculty-led, discipline-specific, and/or general. Under this policy, the instructor will follow specific departmental guidelines governing the use, duration, and grade component of the tutoring need.
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 .
BMGT-1307-001 High Performance Work Teams
Basic principles of building and sustaining teams in organizations including team dynamics and process improvement.
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)
Online Course
TEXTBOOK:
1. Required Tool for all students:
1. GRAMMARLY is a third-party, automated grammar, proofreading, and writing revision tool for academic writing. Grammarly will not fix your writing for you; it is up to you to incorporate Grammarly's feedback and decide what suggestions are most appropriate.
*If you don't have computer and printer access as home, make sure you locate the computer lab of your choice on campus to complete your assignments on time.
* Ability to access the course in Blackboard through AC Connect to submit assignments. Students MUST have the ability to access the course in Blackboard through AC Connect to submit assignments, take exams, participate in discussion boards and team projects (www.actx.edu)Technology Requirements and Expectations:
This course requires the use of technology. While students are not expected to have any specific technology for this course, they will need to use technology to access course content, complete and submit assignments, communicate with the instructor and other students outside of scheduled class times.
1. The university has provided each student with an Amarillo College ID to access institutional resources. Electronic communication with students is expected to take place through the Amarillo College ID and Amarillo College email system.
9. To successfully take an online/hybrid course, you must have access to the Internet and be familiar with a computer. Online courses are not the place to learn how to use a computer! You should have these resources and skills before starting an online/hybrid course. These resources and skills include:
Technical support and assistance to log on to the course:
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Accommodations/Modifications beyond Disability Services:
Instructor policy: As your instructor, I will provide any accommodations required by Disability Services upon receipt of the Student Accommodation Plan. Please know that I am here to support you to the best of my ability and can provide additional tools and resources that specifically support this course and its objectives (some are listed below). Disability Services works closely with each instructor to support student success, however, Disability Services is limited on the options they can provide through the accommodation plan. It is important to know that we all work better when we work as a team. Disability Services cannot disclose your disability to the instructor without your consent, just as the instructor cannot disclose your course grade/status without your consent. If you are comfortable discussing your specific disability or concern with the instructor, we are able to better formulate a strategy for success - together.
As a student, it is your responsibility to visit Disability Services and find out if its services and accommodations are suitable for your specific needs. It is not necessary to inform the school of your specific needs and it is completely voluntary. However, if you want the school and instructor to make school adjustments for you, you will need to inform Disability Services of your disability and, most likely, provide evidence of your disability.
1. Amarillo College has several computers equipped with text-to-speech, speech-to-text, and graphics organizing programs to assist students with learning disabilities. The Disabilities Coordinator is available to work with students, individually or in small groups, who have problems with organization, time management, or study skills. These services are open to all students, with the use of assistive technology and learning skills prioritizing students with documented learning disabilities.
2. Required Tool for all students:
1. GRAMMARLY is a third-party, automated grammar, proofreading, and writing revision tool for academic writing. Grammarly will not fix your writing for you; it is up to you to incorporate Grammarly's feedback and decide what suggestions are most appropriate.
Additional Tools and Support Options:
1. EVERNOTE* is an app designed for productivity that can be extremely helpful for individuals with ADHD, concentration issues, and memory issues. It offers note taking and organization features and allows for a variety of fonts, colors, and highlighting to make those notes very easy to interpret.
2. ANDROID ACCESSIBILITY SUITE* formerly known as Google Talkback, provides users of Android devices with a host of accessibility options, making smartphones more useful and usable for those with disabilities. It comes equipped with a screenreader, allows for use of switches and physical keyboards, and can identify most objects by pointing the phone's camera at them.
3. IPHONE ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES* included in iPhones and other iOS devices are the counterpart to Android's Accessibility Suite. It includes voice controls, screenreaders, interfacing with hearing aids, reader settings to minimize on-screen distractions, and more. Accessibility features should be preinstalled as part of iOS.
4. EPICWIN* This is a to-do list app. But it’s unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. EpicWin brings an element of a role-playing game into your everyday life. So, instead of just completing your chores and other tasks, you’ll be getting actual rewards with this app. You have a character that you’ll have to improve and develop using the experience points.
5. MINDNODE* This is an app for mind mapping. And the process of creating mind maps becomes much easier with the help of MindNode. Visual representations of your thoughts created in this app are going to be the most accurate because you’ll be able to make them amazingly quick. And they’re going to look appealing. In the end, there won’t be any struggles with poor design or flawed functionality—only your thoughts and ideas in a neatly organized form.
*Information and app descriptions provided by their respective websites.
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:
After studying the material presented in the course of study, the student will be able to do the following, as evaluated by the instructor.
1. Understand opportunities and responsibilities in taking roles and sharing leadership in groups and teams. SCANS* Basic Skills, Interpersonal Skills
2. Know the importance of ethics and diversity in groups and teamwork. SCANS* Personal Qualities
3. Develop knowledge and skill in problem-analysis, decision-making task processes in teams. SCANS* Thinking Skills, Interpersonal Skills
4. Develop knowledge and skill in critical and creative thinking in teams’ task processes. SCANS* Basic Skills
5. Develop knowledge and skill in verbal, nonverbal, listening, and questioning communication for teams’ transactional processes. SCANS* Basic Skills
6. Understand and facilitate development of teams in positive communication climates. SCANS* Information
7. Develop knowledge and skill in managing problems with members, leaders, and organizations that groups and teams experience. SCANS* Thinking Skills
8. Develop knowledge and skill in managing problems with deviance, conformity, game playing, groupthink, and conflict in groups and teams. SCANS* Thinking Skills
9. Know methods for planning and implementing small and large group meetings and projects. SCANS* Information, Resources, Interpersonal, Systems
10. Know how to plan and present oral and written team projects. SCANS* Basic Skills
*Meets Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS)
Resources: Identifies, organizes, plans, and allocates resources (time, money, materials and facilities, and human resources).
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.
Basic Skills: Reads, writes, performs arithmetic and mathematical operations, listens, and speaks.
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".
BEST PRACTICES:
1.This is an 8 week class, have your book at the BEGINNING of class...we will hit the ground running!
2. If this is your first class with Blackboard, get into Blackboard and "get lost"
3, Log into Blackboard on Monday mornings after class to see what is due for the week (check the college email several times a week to stay informed) Communication will be through class announcements and college email.
4. Plan ahead if you have limited internet access
5. Communicate, communicate, communicate with your instructor
6. USE SPELL CHECK (What do you think about the person or an articles with incorrect spelling?)
7. Know your resources, (student help, library hours, tutoring locations, etc.) if you don't know and need help....ask!!
For every one credit hour in which you enroll, you will spend approximately two to three hours outside of class studying. Therefore, to help determine the course load most appropriate for you, use the formula: 3 credit hours (1 course) = 3 hours in class per week = 6-9 hours study time per week. (This is an 8 week course, the hours should be multiplied by 2, thus 12-18 hours a week.) 12-18 hours is should be plenty of time to get the coursework in this class done.
DISCUSSION BOARDS Best Practices:
EXAMINATIONS/QUIZZES:
* Exams/quizzes are to be taken INDIVIDUALLY. * If at student is caught participating in group testing or cheating, he/she will automatically receive a "0" and will be subject to further disciplinary actions as outlines in the AC Students Rights & Responsibilities.
Communication Protocols and Expectations:
Business Management Students are expected to practice professional communication standards. This includes using proper titles in all communication during the course (Dr. Mr. Mrs. Ms.). Students need to recognize their communication standards will need to be elevated and more formal than everyday, casual communication.
Best Communication Channel: Face to Face and Phone
Most instructors encourage students to stop by during office hours or talk for a few minutes after class. Students who take advantage of these opportunities feel more comfortable in a college and connected to campus.
1. Students who communicate with their instructors often receive valuable feedback, gain insight into how course work is performed, and generally go home with more confidence.
2. Research shows that students who feel connected enough to communicate with their university faculty and staff are more likely to continue their studies and graduate with a degree.
3. Conversations with professors are a valuable way to learn about an academic field. Most professors will provide you with information and insight into your choice of major or possible future careers in your field.
4. If you know some of your instructors, you are in an ideal position to request a referral or recommendation letter in the future.
5. An instructor who knows you is a valuable part of your network. Networking is very important for future job searches and other opportunities. In fact, most jobs are found through networks, not classified ads or online job postings.
6. Remember to use office hours as your opportunity to address concerns with your instructor. Additionally, you can call your instructor during office hours using their posted office phone number.
Second Choice: Email
Approach writing an email as you would any other form of professional communication. The following are some guidelines for sending emails to your instructors:
1. Use your Amarillo College email account to write and receive emails.
2. Use the subject line to label your message effectively by including your course and section number.
3. Address email messages as you do a letter, beginning “Dear Ms. Lindseth”
4. Communications should be in full sentences with correctly spelled words and reasonable grammar.
5. Get to your point quickly and concisely.
6. Don’t use capital letters to emphasize. All caps look like SHOUTING.
7. Avoid abbreviations, nonstandard spelling, slang, and emoticons like smiley faces.
8. When you reply to a message, leave the original message within yours. Your instructor may need to recall what he or she said in the original message.
9. Be polite. End the message with a “Thank you” or something similar.
10. Include your full name after your closing.
11. Proofread your message before sending it. Grammar, capitalization, spelling, and punctuation are reflective of your professionalism.
12. Remember that standard email response time is 24 hours and within the traditional 5-day work week. Weekends usually result in a slower response time.
13. Provide your instructor with all of the information required to assist you. Email should not be back and forth, multiple times, trying to gather additional information. Your goal is to send one email and receive one email.
Unacceptable Email:
What’s up, Professor!I am in your class and haven’t logged into Blackboard in a while because I was busy. Did I miss anything important? Can u send me a list of assignments I missed RIGHT AWAY so I can work on them?
BTW, here is the assignment from the first week of class, you will accept it for full credit even though it is a few weeks late, right? :-) !!
MK
Acceptable Email:
SUBJECT: BMGT-1305-003, Chapter 1 Question
Dear Ms. Lindseth,
I am unable to attend class tomorrow, October 1, due to attending a koi fish funeral. Based on the syllabus and course calendar I am working on the Chapter 1 assignment and Week 1 discussion board. On the Chapter 1 Assignment, is question 3 asking for a specific example or a simple reflection? Thank you for your help in this matter.
Sincerely,
Michael Scott
Plagiarism, Cheating and Individual Work Ethic
The Business Department endorses academic honesty as a pillar of integrity crucial to the academic institution. Academic honesty is an important step towards developing an ethical backbone needed in a professional career.
Failure to practice academic honesty is considered academic misconduct. Academic misconduct will be penalized to the fullest extent.
1. 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.
2. It is the students' responsibility to check the assignment preview to make sure the assignment uploaded correctly according to the assignment directions and before the deadline
3. In the event of a discrepancy, the instructor reserves the right to ask for an assignment confirmation number that is generated by BlackBoard, and is sent to the student’s email after the assignment is submitted.
4. If an assignment needs to be resubmitted, it will be reopened up in Blackboard for submission, or the instructor will provide an alternative submission procedure.
5. If an assignment is uploaded as a blank document and appears as a blank document on the submission screen, it will be graded accordingly. It is the student’s responsibility to review the assignment submission.
6. As instructors honor the code of confidentiality in terms of student communication and records, students are also expected to demonstrate confidentiality. Do not share confidential emails, grading feedback, or other communication unless permission is given by the instructor. If there is a concern regarding an instructors behavior, any confidential documents should be shared directly with the Program Coordinator, after discussing concerns directly with the instructor.
7. Assignments (including directions), discussion board topics, exam questions, and course content is considered intellectual property of the instructor, the department, and Amarillo College. Sharing any information outside of the class (including posting assignments to third party websites) is considered theft. Students who choose to post their completed work to a third party website (Course Hero, Quizlet, etc) will face consequences as outlined in the Student Rights and Responsibilities.
8. A complete statement regarding scholastic dishonesty 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
SAFEASSIGN:
In Blackboard, SafeAssign is included in all assignments, reports and projects. You will have access to the report that the instructor will receive when handing in assignments. If the report shows more than 25% is copied (ie, plagiarism, non-MLA cited, misquoted) the student will receive a 0 but will have a chance to justify the report for a docked grade. If no justification is made, the 0 will remain in effect. If a Safeassign report is over 50% and can not be opened, an automatic 0 will be given. The instructor may use other cites to check academic honesty or dishonesty.
**Changes made through the Blackboard app are considered academic tampering and a 0 will be given as well as a possible course fail.**
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
Instructor reserves the right to subjectively influence the final grade relative to class attendance, participation, and attitude.
Weighted Total:
30% Assignments and attendance
25% Project
20% Discussion Boards
15% Peer Evaluation
10% Exams
100% Total Grade
ASSIGNMENTS:
* Extra credit is not available. At times, extra credit may be rewarded for a job well done or extra effort put into a assignment/discussion board, posts, replies, etc. at the assistant professor's discretion.
* When posting an assignment, refrain from posting a submission text before the assignment. Doing so will result in a docked grade.
If the Safeassign report shows more than 30% is copied (ie, plagerism, non-MLA cited, misquoted) the student will receive a 0 but will have a chance to justify the report for a docked grade. If no justification is made, the 0 will remain in effect.
**Changes made through the Blackboard app are considered academic tampering and a 0 will be given as well as a possible course fail.**
EXAMINATIONS/QUIZZES:
*You may view the correct answers to questions to missed questions after the due date.
DISCUSSION BOARDS:
WITHDRAWAL POLICY:
is the last date to withdraw May 3, 2022.
Paperwork needs to be turned in BY (5:00 p.m.CST) of the DROP Date
CENSUS DAY/ADMINISTRATIVE DROP: Students must get on within the first week of class and participate in discussion boards, assignments, etc. If student's do not log in and complete 75% of the first weeks material (Week 1 Discussion board(s), Week 1 Review and Week 1 Assignment) by Census Day - March 28, 2022 the student will be administratively dropped from the course.
DROPPING BELOW A 70
***If after two weeks of coursework, a student’s grade is under a 70, an academic retention alert will be sent to the advisor and financial aid department.
The instructor will also require a student with a below 70 grade to get tutoring at one of the AC tutoring centers or the online tutoring website:
Please send the tutoring report to the instructor to complete the requirement.
AC Tutoring Centers:
Washington Campus:
Ware Tutoring Center
Writers Corner
Math Outreach Center
Science Tutoring and Success Center
East Campus Success Center
West Campus Tutoring
Moore County Campus Tutoring
Hereford Campus Tutoring
Online:
SmartThinking
For times and locations:
https://www.actx.edu/tutoring/
****The instructor reserves the right to hold grades until the tutoring requirement is done. A report from the tutoring center that was attended for the requirement to be completed.
Accessing Grades Online:
To view your current course grades:
Final grade will be determined by the weighted total of discussion boards, assignments, exams/quizzes, project and peer evaluation. The Instructor reserves the right to subjectively influence the final grade relative to class attendance, participation and attitude.
To view your Final course grades:
In Blackboard, SafeAssign is included in all assignments, reports and projects. You will have access to the report that the instructor will receive when handing in assignments. If the report shows more than 50% is copied (ie, plagerism, non-MLA cited, misquoted) the student will receive a 0 but will have a chance to justify the report for a docked grade. If no justification is made, the 0 will remain in effect. If a Safeassign report is over 50% and can not be opened, an automatic 0 will be given.
Be aware that the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (as amended) does not permit instructors to disclose information regarding grades over the phone, via email, or to a third party. Therefore, if you need to discuss your grades, you must do so in person.
ATTENDANCE POLICY:
"90% of success is just showing up." ~ Woody Allen
ATTENDANCE POLICY:
In order to be successful in this class, students are expected to log in and participate at least three times a week. Students are expected to participate in the weekly discussion boards. Instructors can see when the last date of log in occurs.
CENSUS DAY/ADMINISTRATIVE DROP: Students must get on within the first week of class and participate in discussion boards, assignments, etc. If student's do not log in and access work for the class by Census Day - March 28, 2022 the student will be administratively dropped from the course.
WITHDRAWAL POLICY:
Steps to drop: (just saying you want to drop, doesn't get you dropped from the class)
EXAMINATIONS/QUIZZES:
DISCUSSION BOARDS:
EXAMINATIONS/QUIZZES:
This class contains the following units.
Some of the units will continue over multiple weeks.
The completion dates will vary depending on the speed of team projects.
Discussion One
Your Experiences in Teams
Team Definitions
“Work Teams and the Wizard of Oz”
Discussion Two
Team Member Responsibilities
-Task vs. Transactional Roles
-Ethics
EXAM 1 Group Activity
Discussion Three
“The Five Dysfunctions of a Team”
Discussion Four
Information Gathering and Research
-Mystery Game
Discussion Five
Logical and Critical Thinking
Assigned reading articles
“Twelve Angry Men”
EXAM 2 Group Activity
Discussion Six
Thinking Outside the Box
EXAM 3 - Group Project Presentations
Discussion Seven
Problem Solving
Groupthink
Exam 4 - Problem Solving Group Exercise
Discussion Eight
Communicating Effectively
Discussion Nine
Dealing with Problem Team Members
Conflict Management
Survivor Game
EXAM 5 Group Activity
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Important Dates to Remember |
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March 21 |
First Day |
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March 28 |
Census Day |
| April 15 |
Good Friday - College Closed |
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May 3 May 9-13 |
Last Day to Withdraw Finals |
| May 13 | Graduation |
03/19/22 10:16 AM
03/21/22 12:54 PM