Enrolling in this class mandates your
commitment to the labs. Since teamwork has been recognized as a critical
component for companies to compete effectively in today's
highly dynamic and globalized business environment,
it is important for the class to learn how to work effectively with other
people. Each member of this class
is required to join a project team of 5~8 persons.
Hire your Company members carefully. You
will need to spend a lot of time discussing projects or preparing for exams
together with your fellows, so you had better check into the course schedules
of people you interview. Each Company
CEO must print and hand in their final member list by Wed, Feb. 23th. After
we complete a few projects, there may be a “downsizing day”, where people can
move between companies. We will discuss this later in class. Each CEO must
retain at least 5 members in order
to remain a viable company.
Our teamwork approach requires that each
individual work closely together with other members on the same team (at least
during our class hours) and make contributions to the completion of each
project. By default, each member in the same group will receive the same score
on each project, possibly altered by evaluation report(s) from the company
member(s). Anyone may write an evaluation, but the CEO must write one
for each member for each project. In the
evaluation report, you need to evaluate each member, including yourself, giving them a grade of A thru F, and you should
also elaborate briefly on how each member contributes based on lab participation, cooperation,
asking questions, helping other members solve problems, etc. You may either
e-mail your evaluation to me at LarsonHomework@hotmail.com
or type your report and turn it in with the submission of the project. Please note that I reserve the right to
modify the peer evaluation for each member if I determine that the evaluation
is not consistent with my observations in the class. Each project will be
graded on points, and members in the same group will receive a score
proportionate to his/her averaged contribution.
Job Descriptions:
CEO: Hires and fires members,
although he/she should consult with the other members about their
decisions. CEOs must write an evaluation
on everyone else’s performance in the company after each project. A paragraph is sufficient. CEO’s
keep an attendance roll for their employees, which will affect their grades.
CIO: The technical leader of the
company. They decide the implementation strategy for each project. Normally, they get the most technical portion
of any project to perform.
VP: A dime a dozen. The grunt workers of your executive staff,
they must be kept happy and working.
NO CHEATING:
Each project report must represent your own group’s effort. Copying
another company’s output, in any form, is absolutely prohibited. plagerizing
your report, failing to document your sources, or otherwise taking credit for
the work of others will result in disaster for the entire group. poor ethics will result in no grade for the
project report. In addition, I might need to question the source of your
project report whenever the situation warrants.