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S.96-12

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC

MEMORANDUM

To: ?

Senate

From:

D. Gagan, Chair

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Senate Committee on Academic Planning

Subject: ?

Faculty of Business Administration ?

Curriculum Revisions

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Date: ?

December 11, 1995

Action undertaken by the Senate Graduate Studies Committee and the Senate Committee

on Academic Planning gives rise to the following motion:

Motion:

"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of

Governors, asset forth in S. 96-12

, the following

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New courses: ?

BUS 837-4 Human Resource Management II

BUS 901-4

Selected Topics in Business Administration

BUS 902-4

Selected Topics in Business Administration

BUS 903-4

Selected Topics in Business Administration

BUS 904-4

Selected Topics in Business Administration

BUS 905-4

Selected Topics in Business Administration

BUS 906-4

Selected Topics in Business Administration

BUS 907-4

Selected Topics in Business Administration

BUS 908-4

Selected Topics in Business Administration

BUS 909-4

Selected Topics in Business Administration

BUS 910-4

Selected Topics in Business Administration

Deletion of:

BUS 893-4 Selected Topics in Business Administration

BUS 894-4

Selected Topics in Busines Administration

BUS 895-4

Selected Topics in Business

BUS 896-4

Selected Topics in Business"

For Information:

Acting under delegated authority of Senate, SGSC has approved the following revision

Change in title and description for BUS 836-4

Agreement has been reached between the Faculty and Library in?

the assessment of library costs associated with the new course.

Date:

?-/i/ /

Date: 7(J/7 /'c

Simon Fraser University?

New Graduate Course Proposal Form

Department:

Business Administration 

?

Course Number:

BUS

837

Course Title:

Human Resource Management II 

Course Description for Calendar

(append a course outline):

Topics covered include performance evaluation, pay equity, 

and compensation/reward systems. 

Credit Hours: 4.0

Vector:

4-0-0

Prerequisites (if any): Bus 836

or permission of the 

Instructor 

Estimated Enrolment:

16

?

When the course will first be offered:

95-3

Frequency of course offering:

every other year 

Justification:

The content of the proposed BUS 

837

course has been taught 

under 

BUS894

(Selected Topics) for a number of years. Demand 

is now sufficient to justify a permanent course designation. 

Resources:

Faculty member(s) who will normally teach this course;

append information about their competency to teach the course:

Haviovic or McShane 

Number of additional faculty members required in order to offer this course:

none 

Additional space required in order to offer this course

(append details):

n/a

Additional specialized equipment required in order to offer this course

(append details):

n/a

see attached 

Additional Library resources required

(append details):

annually: $

one-time: $

Any other resource implications of offering this course

(append details):

n/a

additional resources are required to offer this course, the department proposing the course should be

prepared to provide information on the source(s) of those additional resources.

Approvals:

Departmental Graduate Program

Faculty Graduate Studies Commi

Faculty: ?

Following approval by the Faculty, this form and all relevant documentation should be forwarded to the Assistant Director -

Graduate Studies in the Office

the Registrar for consideration by the Senate Graduate Studies

Committee, the Senate Committee on Academic Planning and Senate.

JUSTIFICATION

This course is presently being taught every other year as Bus 836 and Bus 894.

Bus 837 contains the remaining Human Resource Management course material

that is not covered in the present Bus 836. The HRM area of the Faculty of

Business Administration is proposing that "Human Resource Management II"

become an official course to recognize that the course content is different from

Bus 836. ?

This course will concentrate on human resource performance

evaluation, pay equity and compensation/reward systems.

No additional library resources will be needed as we currently have sufficient

resources to support this course.

BUS 837 

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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT II 

Instructor: Dr. Stephen J. Havlovic

Office: AQ6181

Telephone: 291-4728 (Internet Address: havlovic@sfu.ca )

Office Hours: Wednesday 1:004:00 or by appointment

Required Readings

All assigned readings (TOD' and Selected) are to be read prior to class. Students

should come to class prepared for in-depth discussions of the assigned materials.

Student Evaluation

15%

"Teacher of the Day" Presentation and Critique

20% -

Midterm Examination (2 of 3 Essays; BUS 836 - additional essay)

25%

Term Paper (BUS 472: 10-15 pages; BUS 836: 20-25 pages)

25% -

Final Examination (3 of 4 Essays; BUS 836- additional essay)

15%

Class Participation (Attendance & Discussion)

Teacher of the Day (TOD)

You are scheduled to be a TOD once. At least 10 days prior to your presentation you

should meet with the Professor and finalize your article selection. At the class prior to

your presentation, you should hand out copies of the article to be presented. As a TOD

you are expected to make an oral presentation summarizing and critiquing a research

article pertinent to the scheduled class topic. You are expected to discuss the positive

and negative aspects of the article and subject matter. In addition to your verbal

presentation, you are to distribute a typed (double spaced) 10 to 12 page summary and

critique of the selected article to the class and professor. Your evaluation will include an

assessment of your verbal presentation (30%) and written paper (70%).

•

Term Paper

Each student is required to write a research paper. The term paper should be typed

(double spaced) and adhere to the length guidelines listed above. A one page topic

outline of the paper should be submitted to the Professor by October 5 for approval and

. feedback. A listing of your references to date should be attached to the outline. Be sure

that all sources including quotes and statistics are properly referenced. A typical paper

will provide an in depth discussion and analysis on a HRM topic of interest. The

relevance of the topic should be explained, literature on the subject reviewed, followed

by a serious discussion and analysis, and conclusions drawn. The term paper is to be

turned in to the Professor at the start of class on November 30! You will be required to

give an executive summary of your paper to the class on November 30 which will be

followed by discussion and questions. A late penalty will be applied to all papers

received after the start of class on the 30th.

CLASS SELECTED READINGS

Sep. 7 ?

Introduction

Topic: Compensation Management

Sep. 14 Topic: Job Evaluation

Reading #1 De Corte

Reading #2 Quaid

Reading #3 Davis & Sauser

TOD1: Dora L.

Sep. 21 Topic: Performance Appraisal and Reward Systems

Reading #1 Barnes-Farrell

Reading #2 Ingraham

TOD1: John S.; TOD2: Neil C.

Sep. 28 Topic: Employee Benefits

Reading #1 Johnson

Reading #2 O'Connell

TODI: Bi1IC.; TOD2: Angelal.

Oct. 5

Topic: Employment Standards

Reading #1 B.C. Em

p lo

ment Standards

Reading #2 Canadian Em

Term Paper Topic Outlines Due

Oct. 12 Topic: Pay and Employment Equity

Reading #1, McDermot

Reading #2 Ream

TOD1: Kathy L. TOD2: Andrea B.

Review for Midterm Examination

Oct. 19

Midterm Examination

Lit.

Oct. 26 Topic: Workers Compensation and Severance Pay

Reading# Erwin

Reading #2 Gallager

TOD1: Wendy L.; TOD2: Winn y

Topic: Self-Managing Work Teams

Reading #1 Manz

Reading #2 Wellins

TOD1: Claudio W.; TOD2: SteveA.

Nov. 16 Topic: Intrinsic Benefits of Work

Nov. 23 Topic: Employee Ownership

Term Paper Due at the Start of Class

Executive Summary Presentations and Discussion of Papers

Review for Final Examination

Dec. 8-18

Final Examination

(See University Exam Schedule)

Simon Fraser University ?

New Graduate Course Proposal Form

Department:

Business Administration 

?

CourseNumber:

BUS901910 & 

Course Title:

Selected Topics in Business Administration 

Course Description for Calendar

(append a course outline):

Credit Hours:

0 ?

Vector:

Prerequisites (if any): ?

n/a

Estimated Enrolment:

n/a

When the course will first be offered:

Spring 96 

Frequency of course offering:

n/a

Justification:

See attached 

Resources:

Faculty member(s) who will normally teach this course;

append information about their competency to teach the course:

n/a

Number of additional faculty members required in order to offer this course:

no

Additional space required in order to offer this course

(append details):

no

Additional specialized equipment required in order to offer this course

(append details): ?

no

Additional Library resources required

Any other resource implications of Offering this course

(append details): ?

flO

additional resources are required to offer this course, the department proposing the course should be

prepared to provide information on the source(s) of those additional resources.

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, this form and all relevaii documentation should be forwarded to the Assistant Director -

Graduate Studies in the Office of the Registrar for consideration

the Senate Graduate Studies ?

Committee, the Senate Committee on Academic Planning

and Senate.

newcourseform

Form revised August 1995

JUSTIFICATION

At present there are four MBA selected topics courses in the

calendar - Bus 893, Bus 894, Bus 895 and Bus 896. The MBA

program has eight areas of concentration.

Each semester different

areas offer courses that require selected topics numbers. Such

courses are normally offered three to four times in order to assess

whether the demand is sufficiently strong to justify an application to

SGSC for purposes

placing the course formally in our Calendar.

On a number

occasions the Program has exhausted selected

topics numbers because more than four selected topics courses

were introduced by our various areas. Therefore, we are requesting

the inclusion

of 10

selected topics courses in the Calendar. The

numbers

these course could be

Bus 901, Bus

902, Bus 903, Bus

904, Bus 905, Bus 906, Bus 907, Bus 908,

Bus

909, and Bus 910.

The first four numbers (Bus 901-904 inclusive) will replace the

existing selected topics numbers (Bus 893-896 inclusive) in the

calendar. ?

We anticipate "retiring" Bus 893, 894, 895 and 896 as

selected topics designations.

topics courses

service eight

This amounts

. We appreciate the fact that a request for

might seem excessive but these numbers

different "departments" in our Day MBA

marginally to 1

selected topics numbers