Prerequisites: Introductory Course in Personnel Administration. This is a three credit hour course designed to inform studentsabout the process of personnel administration. Emphasis will be placed upon various aspects of   leadership in the personneladministration/human resources process as these concepts have evolved and developed during recent years.

The course is devoted to a consideration of personnel theory and its practical application. The content is drawn from manyareas of scholarly concern and tends toward a global view of the field.  Generic human resources/relations concepts applicable in a  variety of organizational settings are discussed, with examples drawn from a number of fields.
 

                                            Course Topics:                          Readings:

I. Introduction to Personnel Management in Education      Seyfarth, Ch. 1
    Introduction to PBL Exercise

 II.  Management of Personnel                                              Chs. 2 & 3
       Personnel Planning in Education
       Oral data collection and analysis

 III. Recruitment of Personnel                                               Chs. 4, 5, & 6
    Selection & Motivation

IV. Induction of  Personnel                                                     Chs. 7 & 8
    Staff Development

V.  Personnel Evaluation
     Compensation Issues
     Productivity of Staff Members                                          Chs. 9, 10, 11

 VI. Legal Issues                                                                      Ch. 12, 13, 14
       Bargaining and Conflict Resolution

VII.  Termination of Personnel                                               Ch. 15

VIII Technology Issues                                                           Ch. 16

IX. PBL Oral Reports/ Written Report Submission

X. Historical Case in Personnel leadership                           Carlton

XI. Leadership --Kouzes and Posner's LPI                            "   "

 XII Leadership Workshop Concluded                                    "   "

XIII. Term Project Oral Reports

XIV Term Project Oral Reports Concluded

 XV. Final Examination
 
 

Patrick W. Carlton (2001) The Practice of Leadership. 2nd Ed. (On-line document.)
 
 

Students are expected to attend all classes unless excused by the instructor.

Students are expected to read all assigned materials and to come to class prepared to discuss them, both within small groupsand with the class at large.

Students will participate in a graded personnel-related Problem Based Learning Exercise.

Students will complete  a final exam.

Students will be expected to prepare a term project of substantial nature. This may take the form of a research-based term paper of not less than 20 textual pages, typewritten and double spaced. A bibliography is required. The APA, Turabian, or Chicago style formats are acceptable. Such papers are to embody a substantial review of the literature in an appropriate area of administrative theory. Check with the professor for subject approval prior to undertaking this assignment. In addition, students will be expected to submit an outline of the paper prior to undertaking actual paper preparation.

As an alternative, students may prepare a term project involving the selection and interview of a retired public school principal on a variety of topics related to administration in general and personnel administration in particular.  Students undertaking such projects will be expected to submit the audio tapes of the interview, which shall be at least one hour and not more than two hours in length, plus a complete, typed transcript of the interview on a 3 1/2" floppy disk, and a hard copy of the text. Microsoft Word or WordPerfect are the software packages employed in these projects.  Students will prepare a brief paper on personnel issues considered during their investigation.  (A question set will be made available for student use.)
 
 

** Assessment and grading procedures in Educational Leadership  are based upon traditional techniques. Students will be required to complete  a series of graded activities during the semester and should expect to be assessed on an individual, as opposed to a group, basis. A normal distribution of grades is assumed.

+ The final examination consists of both a take-home, open book portion, and an in-class, closed-book section. This requirement is not negotiable.