Saturday, 21 September 2013

Course Outline Sem 1 2013

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA
FAKULTI PENDIDIKAN

Subject
:
Organization and Management of a Resource Center – MPT 1233
Lecturer
:
Room No.
:
M39 B
Telephone No.
:
off : 075533176/ Hp : 0197176762
E-mail
:
hasnah-m@utm.my

Course Outline :  The aim of this course is to give exposure to students on management of resource centre. The course will cover the aspects of theories and principles of management, competencies for resource centre manager and other aspects of management activities such as budgeting, planning, staff development and training.

Week
      Topic
1 & 2






·         Definition of organization, administration and management
·         Characteristics of an organization.
·         The concept of process and system in an organization
·         Types of systems / processes in an organization.
3
Concept of Resource Centre
·         the existence of resource centre
·         Services provided
·         utilization issues of school resource centre
4 & 5
·       .The type of management theory
·         The type of management model
6
Organizational structure of  Resource Centre
·         Type structure in organization (Modular, Bureaucracy, entrepreneur, free.)
·         Pros and cons of the structures types
7

Mid-Semester Break
8 & 9
Competencies of  Resource Centre Manager
·         Functions and authority of the leader, skills and responsibilities of  senior, middle and support staff
·         Types of competencies (Competency)
10



Planning and Organization
·         Collection building
·         Collection management
·         Space allocation
11



Budget and Financing 
·         Financial and budget
·         Type of budgeting
·         Financial resources and allocation
12
Functional Application Control component              
·         process and type of Control
13
Staff Development  and Training
·         Understanding the duties and responsibilities of  resource centre personnel
·         Categories of people in an organization by group
·         Types and forms of staff training
14



Communication and promotion of resource centre
·         Types of communication,
·         Promotion
15
Discussions
Reference  :

Brophy,Peter & Kate Coulling. Quality Management for Information and Library Managers. Great Britain: Aslib Gower,1996
Crowley J.D. Organizational Analysis" Developing a Vision: Strategic Planning and the Library Media Specialist. London: Greenwood Press, 1994
Afzal, Waseem, Management of information organizations, Chandos Information Professional Series, Publication Information: Oxford, ENK. : Chandos Publishing, 2012.
Gordon, Rachel Singer. The accidental library manager, Medford, N.J. : Information Today, 2005.
Kreitner, Robert. “Management” .11th ed. Australia : South-Western/Cengage Learning, 2009.
Hannafin,R.D&Wilhelma C.S" Technology in the Classroom:The Teacher's New Role and Resistance to it. Educational Technology,June 1993.
Pantelidis,Veronica S. "Virtual Reality in the Classroom" Educational Technology. Washington,D.C: AECt, April 1993.
Chisholm, Margaret E., Ely, Donald P. “:Media personnel in education : a competency approach.” Prentice-Hall,  1976

b.http://www.oltc.edu.au/CP/REFS/Reeves.htm  
c.http://www.cast.org.
d.http://www.MsState.edu/lsa/

Course Evaluation

Evaluation
Status
Percentage (%)
***Assignments (2x)
Individual
30
Quiz
Individual
10
Presentation (2x)
Individual
10
Class Participation 
Individual
5
e-Portfolio (blog)
Individual
5
Final Exam
Individual
40
Total

100

Course Work

1. Assignment & Presentation (40%)

Assignment 1 :

Based on the questions provided, get information about resource center and present the findings in 3rd week of the semester.

Assignment 2 :

Describe one of the following aspects and its relation to the resource center:
a.       The type of management theory
b.       The type of management model
c.        The type of structure in  organization
d.       Pros and cons of the structures types
e.        Functions and authority of the leader, skills and responsibilities of  senior, middle and support staff in management
f.        Types of competencies (Competency) resource centre manager
g.        Types of communication in management
h.       Effective communication in management

Students have to submit hardcopy and softcopy by 8th week of  the semester.

2. Compulsory Folio (Blog)

Students are required to have their academic teaching and learning e-portfolio (blog) of the MPT 1233 course. The contents of the blog denote student’s preparation and readiness in getting further non-formal knowledge from various resources (internet, journal, books etc) in relation to the topics lectured. Students are expected to read, analyse, criticism about the content in your blog.
The submission of this blog is on the 14th week of the semester.




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