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For emergencies, when you are not able to gain access to messages on the Online Learning System(OLS), please send a message to my personal email address. In the event a third party needs to contactme, please direct them to my contact information listed under "facilitator information." No third partyshould use your login credentials to gain access to the classroom.

Where to Go to Class

Main: This is the main forum for the class and is where discussion is conducted. It has read-and-writeaccess for everyone.

Chat-Room: This is a read-and-write access forum. It is designed as a place to discuss issues not relatedto the course content. This is the forum to which we will send our bios.

Course-Materials: This is a read-only forum, which means you can read messages here but cannot sendany. This is where I will post the course syllabus and materials.

Learning-Team-A, B, C: These three Learning Team forums will be used as workrooms for the learningteams. You will be assigned to one of these learning teams.

Individual Forum: You will see one forum with your name on it. This is a private forum, shared only byyou and me, the facilitator. Your classmates will not have access to this forum. This is where you will postyour individual assignments, and where I will post your feedback. You can also ask questions here.However, if you have general questions about instructions of assignments, please post those in the Mainforum, since other students may benefit by that exchange as well.

Policies

For class policies, please see the Policies link on the left side of the Materials page for the course oneCampus. Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to allpolicies contained within that link. University policies are subject to change so please be sure to readthem at the beginning of each class as it may have changed since your last class. Policies may be slightlydifferent depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities itis important you read the policies governing your current class modality.

Certificate of

Originality Each individual and team paper shall have posted with it a certificate of originality. Forms are available under the Course Materialstab.

Late Assignments

Late assignments receive a 10% deduction for each day they are late if assignments are not posted by11:59 p.m. M.S.T. on the day they are due. Assignments more than 7 days late will not be accepted.Technological issues are not considered valid grounds for late assignment submission. In the event of aUniversity of Phoenix server outage, students should submit assignments through email to the instructor and post to the individual forum when systems are restored. Unless an Incomplete grade has beengranted, learner assignments submitted after the last day of class will not be accepted.

Learning TeamsUniversity of Phoenix students are expected to work effectively in diverse groups and teams to achievetasks. They must collaborate and function well in team settings as both leaders and followers. Theyshould respect human diversity and behave in a tolerant manner toward colleagues and peers. If youexperience difficulties working with your team, you are expected to resolve them within the team if possible. However, please feel free to contact me for guidance if you have concerns in this area. BecauseLearning Team projects are outcome-based, all members of your Learning Team will generally earn thesame grade for Learning Team projects. However, I reserve the right to report different grades for different Learning Team members if I see a substantial imbalance in individual contribution. Learning


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Teams should provide a brief summary of any communication held outside the forum. Therefore, if youhold conference calls, work in a real-time chat room, or get together outside the OLS (Online LearningSystem) environment in another way, please post a log, transcript, or summary in the Learning Teamforum. Further, do not use any of these supplementary communication tools unless everyone on your Learning Team agrees to the method and to the schedule. If you have any questions, please contact me.

Several of the assignments in this class will be completed in Learning Teams of three to five students. I

will set up these teams by the end of Week 1. If you have any requests for teammates, please let meknow by Thursday of the first week via your Individual Forum. Learning Team Charters and Peer Evaluation forms are required. Please see the instructions in the weekly sections for more information. AllLearning Team assignments must be submitted to the Learning Team forum.

It is expected that you will actively participate with your learning team and contribute to the teamdiscussions by a) contributing original work that is accepted and used by the team with proof of originalityb) participating in the project from assignment organizing through meaningful final review of the teamproject for submission, and c) ensuring to your team that your contributions are your original work andproperly quoted, cited, and referenced.

Technical Support

Technical Support is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Call 1-877-832-4867, or use the e-mailsupport form .

Answers to the most common issues are found in the Knowledge Base by clicking Help, found at the topof every student Web site.

Feedback

Each week, I will provide grades or scores and comments on assignments within 6 days of when theywere submitted. I will send feedback to your Individual forum. After I send feedback each week, I willpost a notification in the Main forum.

Grading Formula

Points Grade

95+ A

90-94 A-

87-89 B+

84-86 B

80-83 B-

77-79 C+

74-76 C

70-73 C-

67-69 D+

64-66 D

60-63 D-


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Course Topics & Objectives

See eCampus.

Course Materials

See eCampus.Point Values for Course Assignments

ASSIGNMENTS Due Percentage

Individual (70%)Organizational Behavior Paper Week 1 10%

Leading Group Challenges Paper Week 3 15%Decision-Making Paper Week 5 15%Participation, Discussion Questions and Weekly

Summaries

All Weeks 30%

Learning Team (30%)Reinforcement Strategies Paper Week 2 5%Elements of a High Performance OrganizationPaper

Week 4 10%

Organizational Culture Presentation and Paper Week 6 15%Total 100


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Week OneWeek 1 Learning Objectives:

Identify the basic concepts of organizational behavior

Describe the environmental context in which criminal justice organizations operate

Determine the impact of the challenges and opportunities of globalization on criminal justice organizations

Required Reading:

1. Read Chapters 1 through 3 in Organizational Behavior

Assignments:

INDIVIDUAL

1. Due Day 1 (Tuesday): Post to the Chat forum: a biographical sketch. Tell us aboutyourself, i.e. where you live, work, why you are interested in this class, what your hobbies are, etc. Begin discussion by responding to the biographies of other students.

2. Due all week: Individual Discussion Question (Counted as part of Participation):Post your response to the Week 1 Individual Discussion Questions in the Main forumand begin commenting on each other's responses. Please post your responses in the

DQ threads. Responses to each question should be at least 200-300 words.

3. Due Day 6 (Sunday): Prepare a 700 to 1000 word essay on your understanding of organizational behavior in a criminal justice agency. Describe what you believe areimportant elements of organizational behavior and how these elements can impact theeffectiveness of the agency. Identify the criteria of effectiveness, as well as thedimensions that contribute to it. Feel free to illustrate your points with personalexperiences or incidents that you have observed.

4. Due Day 7 (Monday): Submit your Weekly Summary for this week. Weeklysummaries are a separate grade item, and do not count toward your requiredclass participation.

All Week: Participation (5 points): Contribute substantively to the class discussions 4out of 7 days during the week.

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Learning Team Week One1. Select Learning Team Members who will work together throughout the course2. Read the following items, available at http://ecampus.phoenix.edu :

a. Learning Team Toolkitb. Toolkit Essentialsc. Why Learning Teams?d. Team Basicse. Getting Startedf. Getting to Resultsg. Project Planningh. Decisions/Conflict Resolutioni. Team Learning

3. Prepare and submit the Learning Team Charter found onhttp://ecampus.phoenix.edu

Post the Learning Team Charter to the Learning Team forum.

4. Prepare a 1250 to 2250 word paper on reinforcement strategies applied inteam members organizations. The report should identify the reinforcementstrategies used by management to motivate employees. Categorize eachreinforcement example as continuous, positive or negative, and discuss thestrengths and shortcomings of each reinforcement example, based teammembers own observations and experiences. Attempt to evaluate a concreteorganizational environment, identifying how people differ in their motivations, inthe rewards they desire and how a reinforcement or learning process impactsbehavior.

These assignments are due in Week Two.

Weekly RemindersWeekly Summaries

Weekly summaries will be required in this course but not counted as class participation. Weeklysummaries will be graded separately.

Discussion Questions

Discussion question responses will count towards the class participation requirement.

Only posts in the Main classroom forum will count towards your class participation score.

ParticipationAll Week: Remember to participate in the class discussions 4 out of 7 days during the week.

Summary of Week 1 Deliverables

Assignment Individual or Learning Team

Location Due

Bio Individual Chat Room TuesdayDQs Individual Main Friday
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OrganizationalBehavior Paper

Individual IndividualForum

Sunday

Weekly Summary Individual Main Monday


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Week TwoLearning Objectives

Distinguish among the key factors that affect people in criminal justice organizationsand assess how these factors influence perceptions of work behavior and productivity.

Compare and contrast principles of personal motivation in criminal justice organizations.

Design jobs for optimal productivity in criminal justice organizations.

rEsource Reading & Activities

1. Read Chapters 4 through 8 in Organizational Behavior.2. Read Secrets of Great Groups

http://www.pfdf.org/leaderbooks/L2L/winter97/bennis.html

Individual Assignments

1. Due Day 4 (Friday): Individual Discussion Question Submit a response to theDiscussion Question(s).

2. Due Day 7 (Monday): Submit your Weekly Summary for this week.

All Week : Participation (5 points). Remember to participate in the class discussions 4out of 7 days during the week.

These assignments are due in Week Two

Learning Team Week Two1. Review the objectives from Week One and discuss additional insights and questions

that may have arisen.






Participation

All Week: Remember to participate in the class discussions 4 out of 7 days during the week.


Assignment Individualor

LearningTeam

Location Due

DQs Individual Main Friday
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ReinforcementStrategies Paper

Team Team Forum (have one teammember post the paper clearly IDdas final version.

Sunday


Learning TeamCharter

Team Post to Learning Team Forum Thursday


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Week ThreeLearning Objectives

Analyze the basic characteristics of groups in criminal justice organizations.

Employ the concepts of teamwork and high performance teams in criminal justiceorganizations.

Distinguish the roles that a manager must play in order to be an effective team member and leader of a team in a criminal justice organization.


1. Read Chapters 9 through 11 in Organizational Behavior.



2. Due Day 6 (Sunday): Prepare a 1450 to 2250 word paper on the challenges of leading groups in a criminal justice organization, today and over the next five years.What challenges are present currently, and what challenges are likely to emerge?What skills and resources are needed to lead groups?

3. Due Day 7 (Monday): Submit your Weekly Summary for this week.


These assignments are due in Week Three.

Learning Team Week Three

1. Review the objectives from Week Two and discuss additional insights and questionsthat may have arisen .

2. Due Day 6 (Sunday) of Week 4: As a team, examine the elements of a HighPerformance Organization (HPO) and a Learning Organization. Explore howinformation technology contributes to making an organization a high performanceorganization and a learning organization. Select an organization represented by oneof the team members, examine the role of IT as a strategic capability and prepare aset of recommendations to use IT in order to make the organization a HighPerformance and a Learning Organization. The report should be in 1750 to 2850words.

These assignments are due in Week Four.





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Participation




LearningTeam

Location Due



Leading GroupChallenges Paper

Individual Individual Forum Sunday


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Week Four Learning Objectives

Link strategic competency and organizational design in criminal justice agencies.

Examine the behavioral implications of different organizational designs in criminal justice agencies.

Assess the role of technology in work design and creating high performanceorganizations in the criminal justice system.


1. Read Chapters 17 and 18 in Organizational Behavior.


1. Due Day 4 (Friday): Individual Discussion Question Submit a response to theDiscussion Question(s).2. Due Day 7 (Monday): Submit your Weekly Summary for this week.


These assignments are due in Week Four.

Learning Team Week Four

1. Review the objectives from Week Three and discuss additional insights andquestions that may have arisen.

2. Due Day 6 (Sunday ) of Week 6: Examine the culture of an organization (either the one selected during the Week Three learning team assignment or another onerepresented by one of the team members) and identify key characteristics.Determine whether the culture is supportive of and fosters innovation and change;include illustrations of processes to support your position. Identify recommendationsfor enhancing the total organization to make it more effective. Develop a 10 to 15slide presentation that would be used to convince management to implementchange proposals. Written portion should be approximately 1750 to 2450 words.This assignment is due in Week Six.

These assignments are due in Week Five unless otherwise noted







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Participation



Assignment Individual

or LearningTeam

Location Due



Elements of a High PerformanceOrganization Paper

Team Team Forum posted

by one team

member

Sunday


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Week Five

Learning Objectives

Identify the issues related to power and political behavior in criminal justice agencies.

Contrast the types and channels of communication to enhance information sharing incriminal justice organizations.

Evaluate elements of the decision making process in criminal justice agencies.


1. Read Chapter 12 in Organizational Behavior.

Individual Assignments Due Day 4 (Friday): Individual Discussion Question Submit a response to theDiscussion Question(s).

Due Day 6 (Sunday): Prepare a 1450 to 2250 world paper on group decision-making . Identify the factors that impact the decision making process. Focus onexperiences with group decision-making and identify one very successful and onevery unsuccessful experience. Identify and discuss the reasons for the groups verygood or very poor performance, drawing from concepts in the readings.

Due Day 7 (Monday): Submit your Weekly Summary for this week.


These assignments are due in Week Five.

Learning Team Week Five1. Review the objectives from Week Four and discuss additional insights and questions

that may have arisen .

2. Continue to work on the Organizational Culture Presentation and Paper, due inWeek 6.

These assignments are due in Week Six.






Participation



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LearningTeam

Location Due



Decision-MakingPaper



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Week Six

Learning Objectives

Examine the issues of conflict management and the negotiation process in criminal justice organizations.Evaluate change and innovation processes to enhance organizational effectiveness.

Explain the role of organizational culture as the foundation for high performance criminal justice organizations.


1. Read Chapter 15, 16, and 19 in Organizational Behavior.



2. Due Day 6 (Sunday): Complete the Learning Team Evaluation, on the formprovided by your instructor, and submit it to the your Individual forum. Each teammember will submit a separate copy to the instructor.

3 . Due Day 7 (Monday): Submit your Weekly Summary for this week.


These assignments are due in Week Six.



Final Week Requirements

Discussion question responses will be required during the final week of the course.


Participation



Assignment Individualor Learning

Team

Location Due



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Organizational CulturePresentation and Paper

LearningTeam

Team Forum. Have one teammember submit the final versionclearly IDd as the final version.

Sunday

Learning TeamEvaluation


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