If I find a mistake in grading your work I will make an adjustment. Your participation, management talks, cases, current events, etc. will determine 15 percent of your grade. We may give a pop quiz if I feel that the class is unprepared or when attendance is low. We also may provide the class with an opportunity to earn extra credit. Hiring employees with excellent communication skills is critical to all organizations.
Recruiters cite poor communication skills as the biggest weakness of new graduates.
Both the management talks and written assignments are designed to help you improve your communication skills as well as to get you to think about important managerial issues. Management talks are designed to provide you with the opportunity to practice talking to a group. The themes selected for these talks are topics that managers often find that they must talk about to their employees. Management talks are two-minute speeches on an assigned topic, such as commending for a job well done. Case assignments are designed to provide an opportunity to utilize the theory you have learned in this and other courses you have taken.