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HONS 101: Issues for the 21st Century
HONS 102: Honors Learning Community Seminar
MNGT 341: Human Resource Management
MNGT 361: Business Environmental Factors
MNGT 408: Collective Bargaining and Industrial Relations
MNGT 441: Wage and Salary Administration
MNGT 443: Organization Theory and Design
MNGT 601: Human Resource Management

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Course Syllabi

HONS 101 - Issues for the 21st Century (Spring 2007)
MNGT 305 - Management of Organizational Behavior
MNGT 315 - Organization and Management Development
MNGT 341 - Human Resource Management
MNGT 361 - Business Environmental Factors
MNGT 408 - Collective Bargaining and Industrial Relations
MNGT 441 - Wage and Salary Administration
MNGT 443 - Organizational Theory and Design
 

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Course Announcements, Assignments, and Related Reading

HONS 101: Issues for the 21st Century
 

Section .004 (Honors floor section) Assignment for 11/15/07:

• Beyond Feelings, ch. 15

• Public Agenda Issue Guide: The Environment, Perspective #3

Note: Journals set four due 12/11

• J4.1: ch. 15 Application 1

• J4.2: ch. 15 Application 4

• J4.3: Prayer in the Indiana House and Senate

• J4.4: Reflections: The Environment

 

• NPR: Weighing the Limits of Freedom of Expression

University Life

• NPR: A Campus Challenge: Handling Underage Drinking

The Environment

• NPR: Energy Law Targets Fuel Economy, Alternatives

• NPR: Energy Law Leaves Out Wind, Solar Tax Credits

• NPR: Plans to Build a Cleaner Coal Plant Advance

• NewsHour Online: Bali Climate Conference Ends With Compromise

• NPR: Contentious Climate Talks Yield 'Bali Roadmap'

• NPR: Possible Compromise on Final Day of Climate Talks

• NPR: Climate Talks Urge Hasty Cut to Global Warming

• NPR: Environmentalists Point Beyond Global Warming

• NPR: Bali Climate Talks Focus on Steps After Kyoto

• NewsHour Online: Global Warming Summits Aim to Frame Climate Policy

• NPR: Bush Climate-Change Conference Has Doubters

• NPR: Questioning Global-Warming Focus in 'Cool It'

• NPR: America's Car Culture Clashes with Climate Change

• NPR: American Conscience Waking Up to Climate Change

• NPR: 'Global Warming Is Not a Crisis'

Americans' Role in the World

• NPR: Is Spreading Democracy in Middle East a Bad Idea?

• NPR: Sept. 11 Message Challenges Young Imam

• NPR: Religion, History Shape Iraq's Relationship with Iran

• NewsHour Online: Experts Discuss Global Democracy

• NewsHour Online: Global Discontent with U.S. Increasing; U.S. Works to Bolster Image

• NewsHour Online: U.S. Works to Improve Image in Muslim World

• Pew Global Attitudes Project: The Great Divide: How Westerners and Muslims View Each Other

• NPR: Poll: How America Looks to the Rest of the World

• NPR: U.S. Terrorism Strategy Troubles Muslim World

• NewsHour Online: Declassified Report Details 'Key Judgments' on Iraq War
  National Intelligence Estimate: Key Findings

• NPR: Poll: Iraqis Want U.S. Out, Strong Leadership

• NPR: Sept. 11: 'The Day Nothing Much Changed'
  NewsHour Online: Author Dissects People, Politics Prior to 9/11 Attacks

• NPR: How Effective Was Sept. 11 Response?

• NPR: Hughes Promotes U.S. Image in Middle East

• NPR: Katrina Chaos: A Black Eye for U.S. Image?

• NPR: Weighing the Effects of Freely Elected Islamist Governments

• Slate.com: Storm Warning: How the flood compromises U.S. foreign policy.

• NPR: How Sept. 11 Shaped the Class of 2005

• NPR: Sept. 11 Graduates Enter New World

• NPR: Author Aslan on the Evolution of Islam

• The Pew Global Attitudes Project

• Copenhagen Consensus (you may want to start with the Multimedia Presentation found at the lower left corner of the CC 04 home page)

• The Ethics of War

Indiana Youth Institute 2006 Kids Count in Indiana Data Book: County Data

Information and Communication Technology and Social Networking

• PowerPoint

• NPR: Technology Pushes Politics into New Frontiers

• PBS NewsHour Online: Youth, Advertisers Flock to Networking Web Sites

• NPR: Technology Lets Parents Track Kids' Every Move

• PBS NewsHour Online: Essayist Clarence Page Discusses Friendship and Technology

Science, Religion, and Public Education

• NPR: Intelligent Design Supporters Vow to Fight On

• NPR Commentary: Intelligent Design Has a Place in the Classroom

• NPR Commentary: In Favor of Barring Intelligent Design from the Classroom

• NPR: Intelligent Design Proponents Set Back by Dover Case

• NPR: Teaching Evolution: A State-by-State Debate

• NewsHour Online: Evolving Debate (11/25/05 edition)

• NPR: Penn. Voters Eject School Board Amidst Evolution Debate

• NPR: Intelligent Design in American Classrooms

• Evansville Courier & Press editorial: Intelligent Design

• Indianapolis Star article: Intelligent design evolving into hot issue

• NPR: Exploring the World's Creation Myths

• NPR: New Kansas School Standards Question Evolution

• NPR: Groups Fight New Science Standards in Kansas

• NPR: Carter Sounds Warning on Values in New Book

• Washington Post article: "What's Not Evolving Is Public Opinion"

• New York Times: The Evolution Debate

• Washington Post article: "New Analyses Bolster Central Tenets of Evolution Theory"

Critical Thinking

• NPR: Examining Race, Class and Katrina

NewsHour Online: College Prep (note: the video for this story can be found under the listing in the index for 8/30/05)

 

• NPR: In Praise of the 'Wobblies'

• NPR: Snopes.com: Debunking Myths in Cyberspace

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HONS 102: Honors Learning Community Seminar
 

• Indiana Department of Education Adequate Yearly Progress (2007 AYP scores now available)

• Valpo Core

• Public Attitudes Toward Higher Education

• Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life: U.S. Religious Landscape Survey

• School Data: Accountability System for Academic Progress

• 2006-07 Indiana High School Graduation Rate Data

 

• "Class Struggle," Jay Mathews, education columnist, Washington Post

• College Results Online

• Issue Guide: Higher Education

• Issue Guide: Education

Educational Reform

• NPR: Plan Would Nationalize Schools to End Disparities

• NPR: Top San Diego School Accused of Grade-Fixing

• NPR: Merit Pay for Denver Teachers Gets Mixed Reaction

• NPR: A District Where No Two Schools Are Alike

• NPR: Troubled Schools Turn Around by Shrinking

• NPR: More States Raise Dropout Age to 18

• NPR: Opting Out of College for a Blue-Collar Life

• NPR: Study Looks at Longer Day for Public Schools

• NPR: 'No Child Left Behind' Law Up for Renewal

• NPR: A Principal's View of 'No Child Left Behind'

• NPR: The Future of 'No Child Left Behind'

• NPR: Conservatives Call for National Education Curriculum

• NPR: Harvard Reconsiders Core-Course Requirements

• NewsHour Online: Supreme Court Revisits Race in Public Schools

• NPR: Supreme Court to Weigh Schools' Racial Plans

• NPR: The 'Achievement Gap' Gets Wider, Despite Changes

• NPR: Schools Emphasize Writing, Even in Math Class

• NPR: Texas Ramps Up Math and Science Requirements

• NPR: Public vs. Private School Report Spurs Controversy

• NPR: What Makes a Good High School?

• NPR: High School Dropouts Aren't All 'F' Students

• NPR: Campaign Stirs Debate over 'Liberal' Academics

• NPR: Improving Math and Science Skills in the United States

• School Corporation Annual Performance Reports

• NPR: Group Offers Money for Reports on Left-Wing Faculty

• EVSC Performance Review

• NPR: No Child Left Behind Fails to Close Achievement Gap

• NPR: L.A. Mayor Hopes to Take Over School District

• NPR: Mayoral Control and School Districts

• NPR: Study Backs Benefits of Preschool

• NPR: Denver Measure Would Link Teacher Pay to Performance

• NPR: Massachusetts Schools Try Out Longer Days

• NPR: State Seeks to Smooth High School Transition

• NPR: Women Outnumber Men Among College Graduates

• NPR: Georgia Teacher Fired for Stand Against Sleeping Student

• NPR: "Testing Scandal in Texas Schools"

• NPR: "Author: Student Loans Increasing Costs of College"

• NPR: "The Legacy of School Busing"

• Business Week Cover Story: "How to Fix America's Schools"

Religion and Society

• NPR: Romney Illustrates Growing Role of Faith in Politics

• NPR: Is America Too Damn Religious?

• NPR: Experiencing Other Faiths to Find One's Own

• NewsHour Online: Young People Express Views on Religion, Politics

• NPR: Episcopal Church's Bishop on Science and Faith

• NPR: Author Examines Founding Fathers' Views on Religion

• NPR: Georgia Eyes High-School Bible-History Classes

• NPR: Georgia May Display Ten Commandments in Courthouses

• NPR: Abortion in the United States: A Snapshot

• NPR: Abortion in the United States: In the Courts

• NPR Essay: The Power of Mysteries

• NPR: Catholics Confront Faith and Evolution

• NPR: Politics and Religion in U.S. Government

• NPR: Carter Sounds Warning on Values in New Book

• NPR Essay: The Elusive Yet Holy Core

• NPR Essay: A Journey Toward Acceptance and Love

• NPR: Evangelical Chaplains Test Bounds of Faith in Military

• NPR: Religious Group Funding Science Research

• NPR: Scientists Seek Vatican Clarification on Evolution

• NPR: Proposed Biblical Exhibit Sparks Debate at Tulsa Zoo

• NPR: Religious Schools Train Lawyers for Culture Wars

• NPR: Debating America's Christian Character

• NPR: "Templeton Prize Winner Blends Science and Religion"

Science, Religion, and Public Education

• NPR: Kansas School Board Defends Evolution Stance

• NPR: Teachers Seek New Ways to Champion Evolution

• New York Times: The Evolution Debate

• NPR: Ohio Board of Ed Delivers Blow to Intelligent Design Movement

• NPR: Hindu Parents Challenge California Textbooks

• NPR: Evolution Debate Moves Into Philosophy Class

• NPR: Intelligent Design Supporters Vow to Fight On

• NPR Commentary: Intelligent Design Has a Place in the Classroom

• NPR: Intelligent Design Proponents Set Back by Dover Case

• NPR: How 'Dover' May Affect U.S. Schools

• NPR Commentary: In Favor of Barring Intelligent Design from the Classroom

• NewsHour Online: A Defeat for 'Intelligent Design'

• NPR: Teaching Evolution: A State-by-State Debate

• Katzmiller v. Dover Area School District

• NewsHour Online: Evolving Debate

• NPR: Penn. Voters Eject School Board Amidst Evolution Debate

• NPR: Intelligent Design in American Classrooms

• Indianapolis Star article: Intelligent design evolving into hot issue

• NPR: Exploring the World's Creation Myths

• NPR: New Kansas School Standards Question Evolution

• NPR: Groups Fight New Science Standards in Kansas

• Washington Post article: "What's Not Evolving Is Public Opinion"

• Washington Post article: "New Analyses Bolster Central Tenets of Evolution Theory"

• NPR: Pa. Case Weighs Intelligent Design in Schools

• NPR: Kansas Moves Closer to Intelligent Design Curriculum

• NPR Taking Issue: Evolution and Religious Faith

• NewsHour Online Focus: Debate Over Intelligent Design

• NPR: Scientists Hesitant to Debate Intelligent Design

• NPR: Timeline: Remembering the Scopes Monkey Trial

• NPR: Scopes 2: Arkansas' Creationism Trial

• NPR: Echoes of Scopes Trial in Maryland

• NPR: Evolution and Intelligent Design in Kansas

• NPR: Maryland County Wrangles Over Health Class Curriculum

• NPR: Kansas Weighs Alternates to Teaching Evolution

• NPR: A Teacher's View of the Kansas Evolution Debate

• Online Focus: Creation Conflict in Schools

• NPR: "Kansas Schools Struggle with Evolution"

University Life

• NPR: Marketing Higher Education Gets Sophisticated

• NPR: Student Leaders Talk about Campus Binge Drinking

• NPR: "College Teaches Students the Art of Moderation"

• NPR: "Colorado Aims to Curb Excessive Drinking on Campuses"

 

• "William Winter and the Education of Mississippi"

• Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation Annual Performance Report

• EVSC Snapshot

• School Data: Evansville

• Accountability System for Academic Progress School Data

• Washington Post column: "Too Tough, or Not Tough Enough?"

• Washington Post article: "A Move to Invest More in Effective Teaching"

• Information on John Dewey

• More on John Dewey

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MNGT 441: Wage and Salary Administration
Assignment for 5/1/08:

• Text, ch. 18

• FastCat Phase III due

Final Exam Tuesday, May 6, 1030a-1230p

FastCat Current Salaries (Phase III)

Phase II Benchmark Jobs

Contemporary Management 5e

FastCat Phase I Summary

Final Exam Study Guide

Business Week graphic: "The Software Pyramid"

PHR and SPHR Exam Functional Areas

HRCI Practice Exam

PowerPoint Presentations

• Chapter Eighteen

• Chapter Sixteen

• Chapter Fifteen

• Steer Teams with the Right Pay

• Dow Chemical's Salary Program

• Chapter Fourteen

• Chapter Thirteen

• Project Management

• Chapter Twelve

• Exam II items

• USI CoB Brand Management

• Chapter Eleven

• Forced Distribution

• Chapter Ten

• FastCat Phase II Overview

• Chapter Nine

• "To Keep Employees, Domino's Decides It's Not All About Pay"

• "Communication Pays Off"

• "A Market-Driven Approach to Retaining Talent"

• Chapter Eight

• Chapter Seven

Job Evaluation Resources

• Compensable Factors Handout

• Indiana University Compensation Philosophy, Professional Jobs

• University of Maine Salaried Employee Classification & Compensation Program

• Saskatoon Job Evaluation News

• Job Evaluation: An Internet Application

• CNT Software Professionals Matrix

Pay Model and Strategic Perspective

• NPR: Almost-NBA Players Take Home Paltry Salaries

• NPR: Some Glamour Jobs Simply Don't Pay

• NewsHour Online: Financial Troubles at GM

• NPR: GM vs. Toyota: By the Numbers

• NPR: Salary Level May Not Indicate Contentment

Legal Environment

• NPR: House Approves a Raise in U.S. Minimum Wage

• NewsHour Online: House Votes to Raise Minimum Wage by 40 Percent in Two Years

• NPR: Minimum Wage: An Employer's View

• NPR: Minimum Wage: A Worker's View

• NewsHour Online: Health Debate

• NPR: Maryland to Require More Health-Care Spending for Wal-Mart

• NPR: High Court Rules in Favor of Workers in Pay Case

• Business Week article: "No Way to Treat a Lady?"

Benefits

• NPR: Wal-Mart Expands Employee Health Care Options

• NPR: San Francisco Tries New Sick Leave Policy

• NewsHour Online: President Bush Promotes New Health Care Plan

• NPR: Bush Eyes a Shift on Insurance and Taxes

• NewsHour Online: Schwarzenegger Proposes Universal Health Care in California

• NPR: California Eyes Health Insurance for All

• NPR: Massachusetts May Require Health Insurance for All

• NewsHour Online: Health Care Coverage Debate

• NewsHour Online: Changes to Pension Plans

• NPR: IBM to Freeze Worker Pensions in 2008

• NPR: Pension Reality Hits Workers Hard in 2005

• NPR: Pension Funds Face Troubled Future

Compensation Issues in Unionized Organizations

• NPR: Airline Executives' Rich Bonuses Rile Pilots Union

• NPR: Questions Surround GM Buyout Offer

• NPR: Shrinking GM Means Pain for Factory Families

Executive Compensation

• NPR: CEO Pay Enters the Political Dialogue

• NPR: Bush Blasts High Salaries for Corporate Chiefs

• NPR: Home Depot Bids Costly Adieu to CEO

• Expected SEC proposal

 

• Compdata Surveys (used by Vectren)

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MNGT 443: Organizational Theory and Design
Assignment for 4/24/08:

• Fortune article: "3M + GE = ?" (available via Rice Library online databases)

• Business Week Special Report: "Get Creative!" (available via Rice Library online databases)

Assignment for 4/29/08 and 5/1/08:

• Text, ch. 14

Final Exam Thursday, May 8, 12n-2p

Revised Schedule for Organizational Analysis Briefings:

• May 1: Gordon Food Service, TJX, Kohl's

'See You in the Funny Pages'

Sibling Rivalry

Final Exam Study Guide

Potential Organizations for Analysis

Lampert's Rx for Sears

J&J Credo

USI Creed

Dilbert

PowerPoint Presentations

• Chapter 14

• The Laptop Trail

• As Toyota Closes in on GM...

• Get Creative!

• 3M + GE = ?

• Chapter 13

• Ford's Best Practices Replication Process

• Chapter 12

• Chapter 11

• Chapter Ten

• The Net Makes It All Easier...

• Chapter Nine

• Global Brands

• See the World

• Chapter Eight

• Chapter Seven

• Chapter Six

• Chapter Five

• Just Think: No Permission Needed

• Tools That Make Business Better and Better

• Chapter Four

• Chapter Three

• Chapter Two

• Dot-coms: What Have We Learned?

• America Isn't Ready [Here's What to Do About It]

• Chapter One: Organizations and Organizational Effectiveness

• Overview

Organizations and Organizational Effectiveness

• NewsHour Online Conversation: Three Billion New Capitalists

Stakeholders, Managers, and Ethics

• NPR: Iowa Town Hit Hard by Whirlpool Job Cuts

• NPR: On the Stand, Enron's Lay and Skilling Reverse Type

Managing in a Changing Global Environment

• NPR: Toshiba Drops HD DVD Format, Ending Sony Fight

• NPR: Microsoft-Yahoo Merger Faces Antitrust Hurdles

• NPR: Microsoft Faces Big Hurdles in Bid to Topple Google

• NewsHour Online: Daimler to Sell Bulk of Chrysler to Equity Group

• NPR: Nestle in Multibillion-Dollar Deal for Gerber

• NPR: What Went Wrong with the Chrysler Merger

• NPR: Same Factory, Different Brands

• NPR: Chinese Company to Sell Cars with Chrysler in U.S.

• NPR: Kodak Seeks New Strategy in Face of Losses

• NPR: Microsoft Plays Catch-Up in Online Advertising

• NPR: Amid Changing Technology, Did Media Consolidation Pay Off?

• NPR: Chinese Telecom Companies Look to Global Markets

• NPR: British Airways Strike Could Have Long-Lasting Impact

• Business Week Commentary: Outsourcing Jobs: Is It Bad?

Creating and Managing Organizational Culture

• NPR: Report Questions Some NASA Procedures

Organizational Design and Strategy in a Changing Global Environment

• NPR: Regional Cuisine Bolsters KFC's Sales in China

• NPR: KFC Brings Tasty Treats to North Vietnam

• NPR: Global Food Companies Respond to Local Tastes

Organizational Design, Competences, and Technology

• NPR: Suit Maker Goes 'Lean' to Keep Jobs in U.S.

Organizational Change

• NPR: Ford's North American Chief Sets Sights on Restructuring

• NewsHour Online Focus: Homeland Security Discusses Restructuring Changes

• NPR: Justice Dept. to Combine Intelligence Units

• New York Times graphic: "Reshaping Intelligence"

Organizational Transformations

• NPR: Sewing Machine Companies Seek New Markets

Innovation, Intrapreneurship, and Creativity

• NPR: Closing the Tech Gap at Ford

• NPR: U.S. Companies and 'The Substance of Style'

 

• Rube Goldberg

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MNGT 341:  Human Resource Management
Assignment for 9/4/08:

• Text, ch. 1

• Case 1.3 (review Critical Thinking Questions for class discussion)

Assignment for 9/9/08:

• Text, ch. 3

• FastCompany article: "Why We Hate HR"

Note: Level 1 Case: An Ethical and Legal Dilemma (CTQs 1-2), and Level 1 Case: Discrimination at Gemco? (CTQs 1-3, CLE 4) project team reports due 9/16/08

Project Team Assignments

HR Generalist

HR Competencies

Click here to access 'Level 1' cases

PHR and SPHR Exam Functional Areas

HRCI Practice Exam

Wall Street Journal Online Interactive Feature: Shifting Gears

PowerPoint slides

• Chapter One

• HR's Toughest Challenges

Legal Environment

• NPR: Iowa Plant Charged With Hiring Minors

• NPR: High Court Bolsters Age-Bias Arguments

• NPR: Genetic Discrimination Bill Clears Hurdle in House

• NPR: Geneticists Hail Senate Vote on DNA Discrimination

• NPR: NY Knicks to Pay $11.6M for Sexual Harassment

• NewsHour Online: Justices Limit Time Employees Can Sue over Pay Disparity

• NewsHour Online: FAA Reconsiders Pilot Retirement Age

• NPR: Walgreen Accused of Racial Bias on the Job

• NewsHour Online: Immigration Crackdown Results in 1,300 Arrests

• NPR: Customs Raids Cull Half of Ga. Town's Plant Workers

• NPR: Immigration Raid Roils Kentucky Community

• NPR: Legislatures Grapple with 'Conscience Laws'

Managing Diversity

• NPR: Women's Space Dreams Cut Short, Remembered

• NPR: Studies: Diversity Spurs Workplace Creativity

• NPR: Generational Differences in the Workplace

Recruitment and Selection

• NPR: At Iowa Meatpacking Plant, New Workers Complain

• NPR: Chief Beer Officer Does Best Work Before Lunch

• NPR: Ski Resorts Scramble to Find Workers

• NPR: Meat Processors Look to Puerto Rico for Workers

• NPR: Help Wanted: Must Test Well

• NPR: Study: Office Trinkets Can Harm Career

• NPR: No Americans Need Apply? Work Ethic Questioned

• NPR: Social Networking Technology Boosts Job Recruiting

• NPR: Pennsylvania Moms Fight Hiring Bias

• NPR: Police Departments Struggle with Staffing Levels

• NPR: Miscue: An Applicant Becomes an Expert on BBC

• NPR: Psyching Out NFL Prospects on an IQ Test

• NPR: Manufacturing Industry Sees Lack of Skilled Workers

• Dilbert

Human Resource Development

• NPR: Delphi Chief: Skills Key to U.S. Factory Turnaround

• NPR: Corporate Teams Grow Outside the Office

Compensation

• NPR: Portable Health Insurance Faces Challenges

• NPR: Unpaid Sick Leave Diminishing for Poor

• NPR: Making Ends Meet Without Health Insurance

• NPR: Retiree Health Care Shifts to Unions

• NewsHour Online: Wal-Mart, Union Leaders Collaborate on Health Care

• NPR: Imports, Technology Hurt Low-Skilled Workers' Pay

• NewsHour Online: Missouri Debates Increasing Minimum Wage on November Ballot Initiative

• NPR: Western Burger Chain Keeps Employees with Higher Pay

• NPR: Ford Faulted for Mixed Messages on Salaries

• NPR: Will the Pension Protection Act Do the Job?

• NPR: The Ins and Doubts of Pension Plans

• NewsHour Online: President Bush Signs Overhaul of Pension Plan Laws

• NPR: IBM Wins Case Involving Pension Change

• NewsHour Online: High Pension Costs Hurt Business

• NPR: Young Workers Spending Instead of Saving

• NPR: College No Guarantee of Top-Dollar Pay

• NPR: Government Scrutinizes Dating of Stock Options

• NPR: Verizon Unveils Major Changes to Retirement Benefits

• NPR: Massachusetts Pursues Mandatory Health Insurance

• NPR: Health Care Memo Further Tarnishes Wal-Mart

• NPR: As Costs Rise, Employers Balk at Health Coverage

Employee Relations

• NPR: Disney, NRA Fight Over Guns At Work

• NPR: Embracing Flex Time Takes Work, Firms Find

• NPR: Survey: Casual Dress Leaves Workers Uneasy

• NPR: Former Miracle-Gro Employee Challenges Policy

• NPR: Miracle-Gro Faces Lawsuit over No-Smoking Policy

• NPR: Truckers Tripped Up by Workplace Smoking Rules

• NPR: Best Buy Cuts Workers Loose from Clock, Desks

• NPR: High Court Tightens Rule on Workplace Speech

• NPR: Employers Worry About World Cup Absentees

• NPR: Pharmacists Suspended over Prescription Oath

• NPR: NBA's New Dress Code Policy Sparks Furor

• NPR: High Court Weighs Scope of First Amendment Rights

• NPR: Pharmacists' Duties Subject of Hearings on Hill

• Monthly Labor Review article: "The Employment-at-will doctrine: three major exceptions"

Labor-Management Relations

• NPR: Striking Minor League Umpires Demand Better Pay

• NPR: Labor Board Staff Unhappy with Working Conditions

Safety and Health

• NPR: Costs of Obesity Add to Business Overhead

• NPR: Companies Paying Employees to Stay Fit

• NPR: Chaplains Join the 'Faith-Friendly' Workplace

• NPR: Disturbing Safety Violations Seen at Sago Mine

• NPR: Gun Laws Prompt Worries Among Employers

International HRM

• NPR: Foreign Companies Face Cultural Adjustment in U.S.

   

• NPR: United Airlines Seeks to Terminate Pensions

• USAToday article: "How NOT to dress for work"

• Business Week article: "No Way to Treat a Lady?"

• BLS chart: Fastest growing occupations by level of education

• BLS chart: Occupations with largest job growth

• Business Week commentary: "Women's Pay: Why the Gap Remains a Chasm"

• Christian Science Monitor article: "Getting what you're worth"

• Slate article: "Can Your Boss Fire You for Your Political Beliefs?"

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MNGT 601:  Human Resource Management
Assignment for 9/11/08:

• Text, chs. 1-3

• HR contributions memo (How does HR contribute to organization's implementation of its business-level  strategy?)

• An Extraordinary Stumble at JetBlue (Q2)

• FastCompany article: "Why We Hate HR"

Inflation is Squeezing Take-Home Pay

PowerPoint slides

• Chapter One

• Workplace Due Process

• Get Creative!

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MNGT 408: Collective Bargaining and Industrial Relations
Assignment for 9/15/08:

• Text, chs. 1-3

O*NET OnLine

PowerPoint Presentations

• Chapter One

Contemporary Challenges

• NPR: Boeing Braces For Machinists' Vote, Possible Strike

• NPR: Detroit and the UAW Face Uncertain Future

• NPR: Gettelfinger Steers UAW into Tough Contract Talks

• NPR: U.S. Labor Unions: Past, Present and Future

• NPR: AFL/CIO Vice President Discusses New Direction

• Colbert Report: "Solidarity"

• NPR: UAW Plots Course Amid Changing Industry

• NewsHour Online: Ford's Future

• NPR: Union Perspective on GM Layoffs

• NPR: Delta Seeks to Void Pilots' Union Contract

Labor History

• NPR: Reuther Put Horsepower into Auto Workers Union

• NPR: A Brief History of the Labor Movement

• NPR: 1981 Strike Leaves Legacy for American Workers

• NPR: The Haymarket Riot Remembered

• NPR: Standing With Dr. King in Memphis

• NPR: A Look Back at the Farmington Mine Disaster

Labor Law

• NPR: Labor Board Decision May Slash Union Membership

Union Structure and Governance

• NPR: AFL-CIO Strikes Deal with Teachers' Union

• NPR: Dissident Trade Union Holds First Convention

• NPR: AFL-CIO Tries to Adapt to Smaller Size

• NPR: SEIU's Stern Leads Move Away From AFL-CIO

• NewsHour Online Focus: Labor Union Split

• Online NewsHour Focus: Union Problems For AFL-CIO

Union Organizing and Employer Response

• NPR: Union Focuses on Huge N.C. Pork Plant

• NPR: Toyota Powers Ahead at Kentucky Plant

Strikes and Impasse Resolution

• NPR: Why Teacher Strikes Aren't What They Used To Be

• NPR: Labor Strikes Growing Far Less Common

• NPR: Detroit Teachers Maintain Strike on Salary Issue

• NPR: Mechanics Union Stands Firm in Northwest Airlines Dispute

• NPR: Labor Issues, History Behind New York Transit Strike

• NPR: Ralph's Supermarkets Charged in Labor Dispute

Collective Bargaining Topics: Income and Job Security

• NPR: Future Uncertain for Auto Workers' Safety Net

• NPR: Outsourcing Air Maintenance

Collective Bargaining Topics: Work Rules

• NPR: Union Contracts Stymie School Hiring Decisions

Collective Bargaining Topics: Compensation

• NPR: GM, UAW Look for Solution to $50 Billion Health Bill

Flexibility and Employee Involvement

• NPR: American Airlines 'Insources' Maintenance Work

 

• Students' Questions Following "An Inside Look at Collective Bargaining"

• NPR: Little Solidarity in Northwest Airline Strike

• NewsHour Online: Northwest Workers On Strike

• NPR: S.F. Schools Brace for Possible Worker Strike

• NPR: Mine Industry Tackles Drug Abuse Among Workers

• NPR: UAW, GM Deal Highlights Global Labor Woes

• Autoline Detroit: Robert Chiaravalli

• NPR: Delphi, UAW Locked in Wage War

• NPR: GM Employees React to Union Deal

• NPR: Workers and Bargaining Power

• NPR: GM, UAW Make Deal on Benefits

• Video: MIT's Thomas Kochan and Fortune magazine's Geoffrey Colvin

• Detroit Free Press column: "At last, automaker, union accept reality"

• NPR: Northwest, Striking Mechanics to Meet

• NPR: Group Aims to Organize Industry Workers

• Breakdown of data on union membership

• NPR: In Oakland, Thousands Apply for Wal-Mart Jobs

• NPR: Teacher Unions Take Stand Against Wal-Mart

• NPR: Union's Appeal Lost on Younger Workers

• NPR: Labor Organizations Losing Ground

• NPR: Catholic Church Workers Battle for Right to Unionize

• NPR: Wal-Mart Closure Touches Off Union Debate

• NPR: Boeing's Striking Machinists Dig In

• NPR: Preservation Clash Has Echoes of Coal Dispute

• NPR: A New Old Job: Today's Young Coalminers

• NPR: Boeing Machinists Vote to Strike

• NewsHour Online Focus: Big Labor's Decline

• Median Weekly Earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by union affiliation and industry, 2004

• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report, "Union Members in 2004"

• Inc.com guide to Open Book Management

• NPR: British Airways Strike Could Have Long-Lasting Impact

• NPR: Chicago Laborites Appraise AFL-CIO Schism

• NPR: Teamsters, Service Workers Depart AFL-CIO

• NPR: Departing Union Rips AFL-CIO on Recruiting

• NPR: Teamsters Give Leaders Permission to Leave AFL-CIO

• NPR: GM Asks Union to Consider Healthcare Plan Cuts

• NPR: Groups Seek Split From AFL-CIO

• NPR: Workers May Strike over United's Pension Cuts

• NPR: United Airlines Workers Cope with Pension Changes

• Detroit Free Press article: "Election stakes high for unions, managers"

• New York Times article: "Workers Face Difficult Choices as Airlines Seek Concessions"

• New York Times article: "In Chicago, an Ambiguous Memorial to the Haymarket Attack" (one-time free registration required)

• Los Angeles Times article: "Labor Board May Rule on Union Tactic" (one-time registration required)

• Hourly Compensation Costs in U.S. dollars, production workers in manufacturing, 2003

• New York Times* News Analysis: "In Latest Contracts, Labor Uses New Strategy"

• Washington Post opinion column: "Protect Workers' Rights"

• New York Times* article: "Labor Opens a Drive to Organize Wal-Mart"

• Washington Post article: "For AFL-CIO and White House, The Great Divide Is Deepening"

• Detroit Free Press article: "Labor Pains and Gains"

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MNGT 361: Business Environmental Factors
 

"Gimme an Rx!"

Spirited Sales Leaders

PowerPoint Presentations

The Corporation and Its Stakeholders

• NPR: Coca-Cola Deal Dumped Amid Labor Abuse Charges

• NPR: History of Boycotts

• NPR: Ford Drops Ads in Gay-Oriented Magazines

Public Affairs Management

• NPR: Wal-Mart Counters Critics in Ads

• NPR: Soft Drink Rivals Cooperate in Theft Case

• NewsHour Online: Wal-Mart's Public Image Campaign

• McSpotlight

Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Citizenship

• UNAIDS Data (see p. 39)

• NPR: Brazil Presses AIDS Drug Makers to Cut Prices

• NPR: Wal-Mart Plans Classes on Small-Business Survival

• NPR: Clinton Unveils Deal for Cheaper AIDS Drugs

• NPR: Author: Companies Are Becoming More Responsible

• NewsHour Online: Good Business Deeds

• VanCity's Social Audit Process

Business and the Social Environment

• McSpotlight

• PETA and Safeway website

Business and the Ethical Environment

• NPR: How the Bear Stearns Fraud Case Unfolded

• NPR: Indictments Loom in Bear Stearns Case

• NPR: Loan Auditor: Supervisors Covered Up Bad Loans

• NPR: Analysis: Lenders, Investors, Buyers Fed Loan Crisis

• NPR: Lacihte? Whole Foods CEO Spams Under Anagram

• NPR: Former Ameriquest Workers Tell of Deception

• NPR: Critics Fume over Marketing of 'Camel No. 9'

• NewsHour Online: Skilling Sentence Marks Latest Crackdown on Corporate Crimes

• NewsHour Online: Death of Kenneth Lay Leaves Questions Unanswered

• NPR: Enron and the Fall of Arthur Andersen

• NewsHour Online: Enron Top Officials Found Guilty of Fraud and Conspiracy

• NewsHour Online: Lay, Skilling Convicted in Sweeping Enron Verdict

• NPR: Whistleblower, Enron Employees Hear Verdict

• NPR: Jury Declares Lay and Skilling Guilty of Fraud

• NPR: Federal Report Blames Fannie Mae Leadership

• NPR: Enron Defense Delivers Passionate Rebuttal

• NPR: Prosecution Lambastes Enron Defendants in Closing Arguments

• NPR: Boeing Moves Forward After Government Fine

• NPR: Prosecutors Grill Lay on Enron Short-Selling

• NPR: Lay Questioned about Enron Loan and Witness Contacts

• NewsHour Online: Enron Founder On the Stand

• NPR: Skilling Continues to Assert Innocence at Enron Trial

• NPR: Skilling's Testimony at Odds with Prosecutor's Facts at Enron Trial

• NewsHour Online: Enron CEO On the Stand

• NPR: Enron Witnesses Lying About Fraud, Skilling Says

• NPR: Skilling Takes Stand and Proclaims Innocence at Enron Trial

• NPR: Enron Whistleblower Testifies Against Ex-Chairman

• NewsHour Online: Conducting Drug Trials in India

• NPR: Prosecutors Lay Out Case in Enron Fraud Trial

• NewsHour Online: Debating Drug Company Gifts

• NPR: Doctors' Ties to Drug Makers Need Tighter Rules

• NPR: Ex-Accountant's Plea Changes Dynamic in Enron Case

• NewsHour Online Focus: Corporate Crime

• NPR: Second Tyco Trial Ends in Two Convictions

• NPR: Trials Shake Up Corporate Landscape

• NPR: Has Accounting World Changed Since Enron?

• NPR: How Sarbanes-Oxley Has Affected Corporate Culture

• NPR: Ex-Tyco Chief Defends Bonuses in Court

• Movie Review: An Inside Look at Enron

• NPR: Post-Scandal Regulations Boost Accounting Industry

• NPR: Scandal Dogs AIG

• Online NewsHour Focus: Ebbers Convicted

• New York Times* article: "Reining In the Imperial CEO"

• New York Times* article: "Verdict Does Little to Enhance Reform of the Audit Industry"

• Business Week article: "How Corrupt Is Wall Street?"

• Business Week Special Report: "The Crisis in Corporate Governance"

• Business Week article: "At Enron, 'The Environment Was Ripe for Abuse'"

• New York Times* article: "Web of Details Did Enron In as Warnings Went Unheeded"

• Business Week Commentary: "Pitt's Accounting Fix Leaves a Lot Broke"

• Business Week essay: "Can You Trust Anybody Anymore?"

• Business Week article: "A Hero--and a Smoking-Gun Letter"

• Business Week article: "Accounting in Crisis"

• New York Times* op-ed column: "Enron for Dummies"

• Business Week Commentary: "How Governance Rules Failed at Enron"

• New York Times* article: "Company's Silence Countered Safety Fears About
  Asbestos"

The Challenges of Globalization

• NPR: The Growing Economic Influence of China and India

• NPR: World Sock Capital Suffers From Duty-Free Imports

• NPR: Study: Low-Skilled Workers Failed by Free Trade

• NPR: Nigerian Rebels Kidnap American Workers

• NewsHour Online: Environmental Activist Questions the Goals of Globalization

• NewsHour Online: CEO Weighs Consequences of Globalization

• The History Channel: Blood Diamonds

• NewsHour Online: Conflict Diamonds Receive Attention from Hollywood

• NPR: Q&A: The Collapse of World Trade Talks

• NPR: Fight over Oil Money Percolates in Nigeria

• NPR: Militant Group Targets Oil Producers in Nigeria

• NPR: WTO Talks Reach Deal on Farm Subsidies

• NPR: Farm Subsidies Debated in Global Trade Talks

• NewsHour Online: A World Without Borders

• NPR: WTO Talks Focus on Tackling Global Poverty

• NPR: Corruption Clouds Nigeria's Growing Gas Business

• NewsHour Online Focus: Tension Over Oil in Nigeria

• NPR: Deadly Oil Skirmish Scars Nigerian Town