There will be two non-cumulative exams in the course, one midterm and one final. Exams will be posted on Blackboard. You will be given a 3 reasonable “time window” (usually to 4 days, with a single 4-hour block of time) in which you must complete each exam. The exams will allow open material, and will contain a variety of item types. Some items will pertain to facts. Others, however, will require you to apply concepts and make inferences about HRM practice and evaluation, and will therefore not be amenable to a simple “look-up” procedure. The exams will be worth a total of 40% of your grade. A few days prior to each exam, you will be reminded by e-mail and by announcement posted on Blackboard. You will receive your exam score within 6-10 days after taking the exam. Miscellaneous Assignments from Cengage MindTap Course Website Cengage Learning (publisher of the textbook) provides a course-specific website, MindTap, containing a large number of videos, quizzes, assignments, cases, and study aids for guiding and learning of the textbook material. Throughout the semester, tracking students’ several miscellaneous tasks from the MindTap site will be assigned. You should purchase your access code for the MindTap site when you purchase your textbook (see highlighted information above in the Instructions for registering on the MindTap site are “Course Readings” section). posted under the Content tab in Blackboard (see and “MindTap Helpful Hints Registration”). Course Grades and Grading Policy: Course grades will be determined as follows: Exams (2): 40% total Discussion: 15% Integrative cases (2) 20% total Miscellaneous assignments from Cengage MindTap course site: 25% The scores on these components will be translated into grades on the basis of a combination of absolute and relative standards. For example, if everyone scores above 90% on an exam, everyone's grade equivalent on that exam will be in the A range (absolute standard). However, given that the measurement properties of tests in subjects such as HR cannot be specified precisely ahead of time, as indicated by the distribution of scores typically ranging from the 60s or 70s through the 90s, I also take into account the average and range when assigning grade equivalents (relative standard). This combination has the effect of taking into account the difficulty of exams within each class.
There will be two non-cumulative exams in the course, one midterm and one final. Exams will be posted on Blackboard. You will be given a reasonable “time window” (usually 3 to 4 days, with a single 4-hour block of time) in which you must complete each exam. The exams will allow open material, and will contain a variety of item types. Some items will pertain to facts. Others, however, will require you to apply concepts and make inferences about HRM practice and evaluation, and will therefore not be amenable to a simple “look-up” procedure. The exams will be worth a total of 40% of your grade. A few days prior to each exam, you will be reminded by e-mail and by announcement posted on Blackboard. You will receive your exam score within 6-10 days after taking the exam. Miscellaneous Assignments from Cengage MindTap Course Website Cengage Learning (publisher of the textbook) provides a course-specific website, MindTap, containing a large number of videos, quizzes, assignments, cases, and study aids for guiding and tracking students’ learning of the textbook material. Throughout the semester, several miscellaneous tasks from the MindTap site will be assigned. You should purchase your access code for the MindTap site when you purchase your textbook (see highlighted information above in the “Course Readings” section). Instructions for registering on the MindTap site are posted under the Content tab in Blackboard (see “MindTap Helpful Hints and Registration”). Course Grades and Grading Policy: Course grades will be determined as follows: Exams (2): 40% total Discussion: 15% Integrative cases (2) 20% total Miscellaneous assignments from Cengage MindTap course site: 25% The scores on these components will be translated into grades on the basis of a combination of absolute and relative standards. For example, if everyone scores above 90% on an exam, everyone's grade equivalent on that exam will be in the A range (absolute standard). However, given that the measurement properties of tests in subjects such as HR cannot be specified precisely ahead of time, as indicated by the distribution of scores typically ranging from the 60s or 70s through the 90s, I also take into account the average and range when assigning grade equivalents (relative standard). This combination has the effect of taking into account the difficulty of exams within each class.
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