ACUE Banner

MGMT 117: Business, Ethics, and Society

Relevance, Pace, Visuals

Reflection on Instructional Change

I tried to inspire inquiry and promote lifelong learning through a focus on career skills in teaching MGMT 117: Business, Ethics, and Society. This course is an upper-division Writing Intensive course, GE Area D. It investigates contemporary business issues and management dilemmas in relation to broad social concerns. The topics focus on the social responsibilities of business and the various ethical dilemmas managers face. The class is organized around four main themes, and each theme is discussed in one or more weeks during the term.

I implemented several practices from the FLC in my class including sharing the relevance of the course content to students’ academic and career goals, appropriately pacing information, and integrating visuals to enhance the quality of the course. I found these techniques useful in my teaching and in student learning as they improved the relevance of my course to the students and enhanced their engagement and interactions. The students have noted that these techniques were helpful to their learning in the way they illustrated the relevance the course material and assignments.

This FLC, through its activities and various learning opportunities, was crucial for me to implement these enhanced practices. The resources that this FLC offered as well as the examples of videos of faculty showcasing the relevance of their course were instrumental. The observe and analyze sessions also provided feedback and encouragement to make more progress on the development and delivery of my course.

**Evidence of Instructional Change**

Changes in the MGMT 117 Course

Through the course of this FLC, I have made several attempts to showcase the relevance of my course content to students’ academic and career goals. As the evidence shows, by incorporating and conceptually analyzing various ethical quandaries that have been recently published in the business press, I have improved the student engagement and interactions in this class. The students appreciated these timely connections of the material with the business world.

**Faculty Bio**
	Pooria Assadi is an Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations in the College of Business at California State University, Sacramento. His research focuses on business ethics, decision making, and strategic management.

**Program Sponsors**
	This work was supported by: US Department of Education Developing Hispanic Serving Institutions Project Degree with a Purpose P031S210061 US Department of Education Hispanic Serving Institution STEM Project STEM4Equity: P031C210012 National Science Foundation Hispanic Serving Institution Project STEMZone 1832335 *Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the US Department of Education or the National Science Foundation.