| |Instructor Policies |
| |HRM - 531 |
| |Human Capital Management |
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|Campus: WEST LOOP LEARNING CENTER |Schedule:03/17/2011 - 04/21/2011 |
|Class Hours: 6:00 – 10:00pm | |

|Facilitator Information |
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|Dr. Don Wicker |
|dwnee@email.phoenix.edu (University of Phoenix |
|dwnee1234@aol.com (AOL) |
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|(Work) 979-230-3199 (CST) 8am - 9pm M-F |
|(Cell) 806-445-3905 (CST) 8am - 9pm M-F |
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|Welcome! |
|I am looking forward to spending the next six weeks with you and assisting you in moving another step closer to your degree. If you have |
|any questions that are not discussed during class, please do not hesitate to contact me at one of the phone numbers provided. |
|Instructor Bio |
|Dr. Wicker has been teaching at numerous colleges and universities since 1999. In his current position as a full-time professor at |
|Brazosport College, his areas of concentration are organizational behavior, business ethics, operations management, quality management, |
|international management, and information technology management. / (Author of Goal Setting Published 2008) and (Motivation: An interactive |
|guide Published 2009) and (Attitude is # 1 Published 2010) |
|Dr. Wicker’s educational background includes a doctoral degree in the area of business organization and management from Capella University |
|– Minneapolis, Minnesota; a master of science degree in business administration from Central Michigan University – Mt. Pleasant, Michigan; |
|and a bachelor of science degree in business from Northern Michigan University – Marquette, Michigan. |
|His business experience includes 21 years working in the automotive industry for General Motors Corporation. During his career with General|
|Motors, his work experience included management assignments in accounting; auditing; finance; vehicle sales, service, & marketing; and |
|service parts operations. |
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|Facilitator Availability |
|The best way to contact me is by posting a note in the Main Forum with the subject line identifying the issue. If it is personal, please |
|post a note in the Main Forum that you have posted a note in your individual forum. I generally sign on at least once per day. I am |
|available from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Central Time on most days, but I attempt to reserve the weekends for my school work and my family. If these |
|times are not convenient for you, please let me know. I will be happy to accommodate your schedule, if possible. I provide you with these |
|times to make it easier to communicate with me, and not to limit our contact. |
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|Late Assignments |
|Late assignments receive a zero (0) if assignments are not posted by 6:00 p.m. C.S.T. on the day they are due. Assignments more than 4 days|
|late will not be accepted. Technological issues are not considered valid grounds for late assignment submission. In the event of a |
|University of Phoenix server outage, students should submit assignments to the instructor and when systems are restored, submit those |
|assignments according to syllabus instructions. Unless an Incomplete grade has been granted, learner assignments submitted after the last |
|day of class will not be accepted. |
|NOTE: Please include a ticket number from Student Technical Support indicating there is a problem. Without the ticket number, assignments |
|will not be accepted via email. |
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|Learning Teams |
|University of Phoenix students are expected to work effectively in diverse groups and teams to achieve tasks. They must collaborate and |
|function well in team settings as both leaders and followers. They should respect human diversity and behave in a tolerant manner toward |
|colleagues and peers. If you experience 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. Because Learning Team projects are outcome-based, |
|all members of your Learning Team will generally earn the same 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 Teams should |
|provide a brief summary of any communication held outside the forum. Therefore, if you hold conference calls, work in a real-time chat |
|room, or get together outside the OLS (Online Learning System) environment in another way, please post a log, transcript, or summary in the|
|Learning Team forum. 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. |
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|Learning Team Charters and Weekly Log forms are required. |
|It is expected that you will actively participate with your learning team and contribute to the team discussions by a) contributing |
|original work that is accepted and used by the team with proof of originality b) participating in the project from assignment organizing |
|through meaningful final review of the team project for submission, and c) ensuring to your team that your contributions are your original |
|work and properly quoted, cited, and referenced. |
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|Classroom Management Policies |
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|Student Behavior Standards |
|All students are expected to conduct themselves as mature adults and members of an academic community as defined in the University’s Code |
|of Student Responsibility. |
|Note: Please put all pagers and cell phones on vibrate. |
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|Note: These items are not allowed in class: |
|Laptops for class assignment use only |
|Blackberry/Treo |
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|Late Arrival / Early Departure |
|Late Arrivals: As you know, arriving to class late is not acceptable. A 15-minute grace period is provided. If you arrive to class after |
|6:15 am, you will lose the 1 point. |
|Early Departure: As you know, classes at the University of Phoenix-Houston Campus are held from 6pm-10pm. If you leave class before the |
|official departure time, you will lose the 1 point. If you need to leave early, let me know before class begins. |
|Breaks: When the class is given a “break,” the student is expected to return from break on time. Please note, if you return from break |
|later than 5 minutes after the allowed “break time,” you will lose 1 point. |
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|Entering class after 6:15 PM |
|_1_ point(s) from participation |
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|Leaving class before 9:30 PM |
|_2_ point(s) from participation |
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|Leaving class before 9:45 PM |
|_1_ point(s) from participation |
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|Late Assignments |
|Assignments must meet the deadlines established and late papers will receive a grade of zero (0). Assignments submitted within 72 hours of |
|the due date will be returned with feedback. After 72 hours, assignments will not be accepted. Individual written work may be made up by |
|prior arrangement with the instructor; penalty deductions are at the facilitator’s discretion and any deductions will be identified when an|
|extension is approved. Presentations and group work cannot be accepted late. No assignments will be accepted after the conclusion of |
|Workshop 5. |
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|HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS |
|All assignments MUST be posted to your individual forum. Team assignments are to be posted to one of the team member’s individual forum. |
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|Late Assignments |
|Late assignments will receive a grade of zero (0) unless the student has informed the facilitator prior to the class and received |
|permission to turn in the assignment later. There will be no exceptions to this rule. Any assignment not turned in at the beginning of |
|class, or upon your arrival if you are late for class, will receive a ZERO. It is the students’ and teams’ responsibility to turn in all |
|due work at the beginning of class including team assignments, charters, logs, and evaluations. Failure to turn in the Team Charter, Log, |
|or Evaluation will result in the loss of one 1 point each from your Team Assignment for the week. |
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|OLS Posting Issues |
|You may bring a hard copy of your assignment to class as backup to make sure I have received at least one copy of the assignment on time. |
|This will buy you until 6 PM Friday to get your assignment posted on OLS. If you have a problem with that, you can email me your assignment|
|as a last resort. You must let me know during class that you are having a problem or I will not accept your assignment via email. |
|NOTE: I do NOT grade hard copy assignments. |
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|Writing Standards |
|Note: Papers MUST conform to the word-count specified in the assignment. Exceeding the either limit will result in a deduction from your |
|paper. If the paper is too short, your grade will be reduced by the percentage of words the paper is short. For example, if the lower limit|
|is 300 words and you write only 270 words, that is 30 words below the limit. This is 10% below the limit. Your final grade will be reduced |
|by 10 points. If you exceed the word count, I will delete all words after the upper limit. Therefore, if the upper limit is 700 words, I |
|will delete everything after the 700th word. This will mean all or part of your conclusion will be removed and will result in additional |
|point loss. Your cover sheet and reference page do NOT count towards the word count. |
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|Spell and Grammar Check: The first thing I do is run your paper through the MS Word spell and grammar check. I strongly recommend you use |
|this tool before submitting your written assignments. To set the tool up properly, select Tools => Options => Spelling and Grammar. There |
|is a box on the bottom right. Make sure it says “Grammar and Style.” To check the settings, click on the Settings button. Make sure you |
|always have a comma after the last list item and one (1) space after a period. I recommend checking for the period inside the quotes. While|
|this is NOT APA, it will allow you to make sure all your quotes are APA format and that you have citations for every quote. |
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|Below the Settings button, you will see a Recheck Document button. You should click on this button before running spell and grammar check. |
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|To insure a majority of each assignment consists of “original” thoughts from the student, no more than 20% of the assignment can be cited |
|material. Any assignment containing 20%, or more, cited material will result in an automatic ZERO for that assignment. |
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|Please do NOT use Wikipedia as a source for any of your research. Wikipedia is not a scholarly source. Please use the sites provided in |
|your syllabus or the University library for your research. References to non-scholarly material will be deleted from your paper before |
|evaluation and grading. Please do not waste your time by using sources that will not be accepted. |
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|Grading Scale |
|Grade |
|A |
|A- |
|B+ |
|B |
|B- |
|C+ |
|C |
|C- |
|D+ |
|D |
|D- |
|F |
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|Percentage |
|95+ |
|90-94 |
|87-89 |
|84-86 |
|80-83 |
|77-79 |
|74-76 |
|70-73 |
|67-69 |
|64-66 |
|60-63 |
|> Writing & Style Guidelines. It is also located under Tutorials & Guides >> Plagiarism Tutorial.