Course Information

BUS 510OL High Performance Management

Summer 2019

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Course Description

This MBA graduate course focuses on many different aspects of high performance management. It is designed to go beyond basic management principals, to assist the student to develop a dynamic high performance organization, promote innovation, cultivate and develop a management skill set that will optimize and redefine organizational performance in a digital age.

Weekly activities and content have been specifically designed to improve student's cognitive skill set and strengthen the connections between the left and right brain, as they move through the coursework. The course seeks to develop an external environmental analytical skill set, and proposes practical and theoretical paradigms between the art and science of business. The course is designed to enable students to integrate content from other courses in their graduate MBA program.

I have been teaching this course for six years in a traditional class setting. This will be the first time this course it being offered online. Students in this class will have the opportunity to provide direct feedback on the content and structure of the course, and to assist the course designer with ongoing development of this course.

Student Learning Outcomes:

By the successful completion of this course, you will be able to Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

Read business articles and view business related media content, then describe the issues faced, interpret and critique the subject matter.
Discuss with other class members, current management principals, theory and models as they relate to optimizing high performance organizations.
Demonstrate an understanding of business and environmental issues driving high performance management.
Identify and explain the key internal and external leverage points of an organization and how these can be used to add strategic value to the organization.
Discuss and describe factors driving change within an industry, then demonstrate how to effectively position an organization for future peak performance.

This graduate course rests on several integrated components; self-study and research, reading course text and articles, viewing assigned videos, chat session lectures, student online presentations, student and professor interaction, student and class interaction, business practice and theory application. Students will be provided with a recommended reading and video viewing list.

First QLT Objective Showcased

Course Example

Section 3. Instructional Materials

Quality Learning and Teaching (QLT) Standards QLT 3.3 Instructor articulates the purpose of each instructional material and how it is related to the course, activities, learning objectives, and success of the student.

Description of QLT Course Design

A computer and internet connection are required to interact in and complete this course. The materials required for this course are, (a) the course text book. Strategy: Create and Implement the Best Strategy for Your Business (HBR Press) 978-1-59139-632-1 (ISBN). The text was chosen for this course to provide students with a grounding in high performance strategy and road map to understand how the internal and external leverage points of an organization can be linked together to add strategic value to an organization. The text is provided in paperback format; (b) course articles and video content have been carefully selected for the course to provide students with a broad array of diverse topics to reach into the theoretical, artistic, scientific, and practical nature of business. The objective is for students to assimilate a diverse volume of information, integrate this with content from their previous MBA courses, critically analyze obvious and hidden connections, and begin to create their own strategic high performance value concepts for an organization from the diverse set of materials and class discussions.

Course Example:

This is an example of Quality Learning and Teaching (QLT) Standards QLT 3.3; Instructor articulates the purpose of each instructional material and how it is related to the course, activities, learning objectives, and success of the student. The applicable section is highlighted in the screenshot of the syllabus.

Example of Instructional Material

Second QLT Objective Showcased

Course Example

Section 3. Instructional Materials

Quality Learning and Teaching (QLT) Standards QLT 3.5 There are a variety Instructional material types and perspectives, while not overly relying on one content type such as text.

Description of QLT Course Design

This course has been designed to provide students with different resource materials. These materials incorporate a broad array of diverse topics related to weekly course content. These materials and media include, instructor online powerpoint presentations and videos, the course text, suggested business books, business articles, case studies, TEDx seminar videos, and theoretical and business related videos.

Course Example

The following are examples of Quality Learning and Teaching (QLT) Standards QLT 3.5 There are a variety Instructional material types and perspectives, while not overly relying on one content type such as text.

1. Video - Bloomberg London Office Design

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2. TEDx Athens- The Future of Work is Chaos

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3. Course Text. Strategy: Create and Implement the Best Strategy for Your Business. Paperback – July 1, 2005

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4. Case Studies

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Instructor Contact Information

Michael Prior Ph.D.

michael.prior@csuci.edu