Course Outline

RSM 462H1S
Managing People in the Context of Globalization
Winter 2017

Course Meets: Monday 4 pm 6 pm

Classroom: WO 30 119 St. George Street

Instructor: Elham Marzi

E-Mail: [email protected]
(Please make sure you add RSM462 in your subject line.)
Webpage: http://portal.utoronto.ca
Phone: 416-978-0704
Office Hours: Wednesdays By appointment
Office: Rm. 102 at the Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources at 121 St. George
Street (unless otherwise stated on Blackboard)

Teaching Assistant: Qian Zhang [email protected]

Course Scope and Mission

Companies that succeed in the global arena are those whose human capital can understand and adapt to the
demands of foreign partners and markets. Large markets for products and services are not the only things enticing
companies to seek globalization. Foreign labor markets also attract interest. At the same time, companies that
establish subsidiaries abroad or work in alliances with foreign partners face some liabilities of foreignness when
utilizing labour force across geographic boundaries. With global supply chains becoming more ubiquitous across
various industries, organizational structures that reflect and support globalization are becoming a necessity.
Effective managers need to develop skills to aid their organizations transition into the arena of more intense
worldwide competition as well as domestic competition.

In this course you wear the hat of a freshly hired HR consultant. You are introduced to the impact of global
conditions on the management of human resources at home and abroad and learn to apply the concepts to a
variety of cases. As a group we consider and discuss globalization and multinational human resource management
issues in the context of overseas subsidiaries, domestic locations and their use of immigrants, international joint
ventures, international mergers and acquisitions and the multinational enterprise itself. As we explore these
issues, country differences due to factors as cultural variation, socio-political differences, legal regulations,
economic and educational levels, and business customs are addressed. There are many opportunities to learn
about all these aspects of international (global) human resource management. The first part of the course focuses
on issues pertaining to global human resources management and less on the HR functionalities.
After the first four lectures, the course will then look at the techniques used in HR policies and practices such as
staffing, training, performance management, compensation etc. from an international perspective.

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Overall this course is about:
1) Global strategy/structure and the HR linkage;
2) modes of entry and expansion; and
3) the HR function/structure/professionals.

Our learning objectives will be to:

1) Analyze the impact and consequences of globalization on mobilizing talent.

2) Develop an understanding as to how human resource practices can facilitate business success in a global
context.
3) Strengthen your research, analysis, and communication skills.
4) Develop skills to communicate with peers from different cultures, especially as we move to a more virtual
World. Part of your evaluation will include a group project where you will be working in virtual teams on a
project with students around the World.

Expectations for Success

1) Always finish assigned readings before each class.
2) Actively participate in class discussions, group work, in-class activities and exercises.
3) Complete and submit all graded assignments before the deadline.
4) Stay engaged and informed! Think deeply about the material!

Course Prerequisites

Prerequisite: RSM260H1;
Exclusion: RSM 410H1 - Managing Human Resources in Context of Globalization

Required Readings

Dowling, P. J., Festing, M., Engle Sr., A. D.,(2013) International Human Resource Management (6th Edition),
Cengage Learning EMEA. (DFE for the following discussion)

Evaluation and Grades

Grades are a measure of the performance of a student in individual courses. Each student shall be judged on the
basis of how well he or she has command of the course materials.

Course Requirement Marks Due Dates

Participation and social learning (2 article submission to 15% Ongoing (Last day of
discussion board) classes April 3rd)
Group presentation (5/6-person groups, within class) 15% Ongoing
Individual case write-up 20% Feb 27th
X-culture group report (includes some individual components and 25% TBD
some group work where you will be working with students from
around the World)
Final Examination (TBD) 25% scheduled by registrar
All submissions are due before class. Hard copies are to be submitted in class softcopies uploaded before

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COURSE FORMAT AND EXPECTATIONS

Participation and Social Learning (15%)

Students are expected to attend, prepare for each class and participate fully. High levels of participation include
consistent and active contribution in class discussions and activities. Each student must take an active role in
creating a collaborative learning environment. Students are expected to demonstrate leadership skills with
thoughtful contributions that support their own learning process, along with those of their peers. One of the
particulars of this course is that we will be discussing cases with regards to IHRM. Students will be randomly
chosen to discuss/analyze and answer questions pertaining to the cases that are part of this syllabus.

Students are expected to complete participation cards when in class and must share two worth news stories with
the class in the discussion forum on blackboard before the last day of class. Each valid story shared will
contribute 2.5% to the students participation grade, to a maximum of 5%.

Individual Case Write-up (20%)

This case can be purchased from Harvard Business Publishing. When writing your assignment, you are expected
to specifically use and cite material in the related readings/lectures that would help you answer questions for this
particular case. [The assignment questions will be posted on Blackboard as an announcement as the term
progresses]. Use (and properly cite) alternative sources such as books, websites, articles etc. Page 5 on this
course outline has the link to a course guide, which will give links to some data as well as other useful websites.

Each assignment is a maximum of 5 pages of text (double-spaced with 1-inch margins on all sides, written in 12-
point Times New Roman font). In addition to the 5 pages, you have to include an Executive Summary at the
beginning of the assignment and also add a bibliography section at the end along with proper in-text citations (all
in APA-style for a guide on APA, click https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/10/). You are expected to
locate your supporting documents such as charts, diagrams etc. in an appendix section. All assignments must be
submitted to Turnitin.com.

Typically this assignment will consist of 3 questions, and your work will also be assessed based on quality of
writing, grammar/spelling, and proper APA citations.

You must submit the assignment before the start of class 3:59pm on Oct 26th
Go to www.turnitin.com and create an account if you do not already have one. Enrol in the class by using
the Class ID 14172308 Enrollment Password: GlobalHR17
Upload a single document (Rotman individual cover sheet and your full written work)
Click Submit and wait a few minutes to confirm a successful upload and also to confirm that your work
is indeed original.
In addition, please bring a hard copy to class as well.

For Written Assignments:

Please note that clear, concise, and correct writing will be considered in the evaluation of learning reflection. That
is, you may lose points for writing that impedes communication: poor organization, weak paragraph development,
excessive wordiness, hard-to-follow sentence structure, spelling mistakes and grammatical errors. Students who
require additional support and/or tutoring with respect to their writing skills are encouraged to visit the Academic
Success Centre (www.asc.utoronto.ca) or one of the College Writing Centres (www.writing.utoronto.ca/writing-
centres). These centres are teaching facilities not editing services, where trained staff can assist students in
developing their academic writing skills. There is no charge for the instruction and support.

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Group Work:

There are two distinct group projects for this class.

1. Group presentation (5/6-person groups, within our class 15%)

Students will self-assign into groups of 5/6 (flexible depending on final course enrolment) to give a 10-min
presentation, including Q&A from the audience. The objective of these presentations is to give an overview of
international business and to go over cultural differences that affect management and employees around the
World. These presentations should also help students for the X-Culture project report which is described further
on the next page.

The presentations should focus on the following:

Geography and demographics: location, climate, size, age distribution,

education levels, etc.
Economic environment: Income levels, unemployment, infrastructure
development, ease of doing business, etc.
Political and legal environment: political and legal systems, political risk, government policy toward
trade and foreign direct investment, property rights and intellectual property right protection, corruption,
political freedom, etc.
Cultural environment: cultural values, predominant religion(s), language(s), social class structure,
customer preferences and tastes etc.

Each presentation/week will focus on one particular country/region of the World (other than Canada). For
example, the first presentation will focus on North America; the second on the Caribbean States & Latin America
and so on until we will have hopefully covered the whole World. These regions have been selected more or less
in accordance with the World Banks Regional Doing Business reports. As such, you are encouraged to consult
the latest reports and to also read some books and web reports that talk about Country/Cultural differences.
Students would be expected to refer to Hofstedes cultural dimensions to conduct your analysis.

The presentations should be done on PowerPoint or Prezi and should contain meaningful charts/diagrams/tables
with proper sources in the respective captions. One student from each group needs to email me the file by 11 am
the day that particular group is presenting. I also need a hard copy so I can easily annotate. In terms of
grading, a detailed rubric is provided on Blackboard under Course Materials.

To assist you, the Rotman Business Information Centre (BIC) has created a guide for this course. You may access
it by clicking on https://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/FacultyAndResearch/BIC/Research/CourseGuides/RSM462.aspx
The Country Information tab should be particularly helpful.

2. X-Culture Group Project and Report (usually 6 to 7-person groups, with students enrolled in
International Business/Management classes around the World 22%)

This may be the most fun and yet the most career-defining project you will ever do in your undergraduate
experience. It will require a great deal of commitment on your part and students who do not participate fully may
be excluded from the project.
X-Culture (www.x-culture.org) is an endeavour to get students from around the World to participate in a real
international business/management/marketing challenge. The X-culture group of instructors will put you in
groups (close enough to a random selection) where you will be working to advise a company on a potential global
expansion. The crux of the project involves picking one of the following business problems http://www.x-

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culture.org/challenges.html and providing an analysis on how the company could enter a foreign country, staff its
foreign operations, and market a new product or existing product with perhaps some tweaks.

This course is all about managing talent in a globalized World. This project will hopefully be that learning
experience that you will need before embarking on your immediate and future career. Most importantly, this
project will enable you to interact with students from around the World in that you will be working with them on a
real business challenge and will be proposing your analysis and solutions via a group report. Think of yourself as
a consultant working on a global project! There would probably be two students from this course in each group
and the rest of the group will be comprised of students from around the World who are studying international
business/management/marketing.

Since you will be collaborating with international co-workers, you will be using tools such as Skype, Dropbox,
Google+, and Facebook in addition to emails. My general recommendation is to use your U of T email accounts
for email communication, Dropbox sharing, and Skype.

More details are in the pdf files within the X-culture folder on Blackboard and you have to read the Student
Instructions Manual and pass a pre-project readiness test to be considered a participant in X-Culture. For those of
you who do not wish to work in groups for various reasons, you will be able to carry out the whole project
individually. Note, however, that this is heavily discouraged because it would stray away from one of the
objectives of this course and also it would be very taxing on your time.

From the pdf documents in the X-Culture folder on Blackboard, you will read in more detail the requirements for
the X-Culture project and group report but the table below gives an indication of the requirements and deadlines
for this group work which is worth 22% of your course grade.

Milestones
1. Pre-project Readiness Test (check your emails for personalized link)
2. Establish Contact and Meet your Teammates
3. Analysis of the Company
4. Identify Market Success Factors
5. Market Analysis and Selection
6. Entry Mode
7. Distribution and Pricing
8. Branding, Promotion and Advertising
9. Staffing
10. Complete Preliminary Draft
11. FINAL Team Report (Hardcopy and turnitin)
12. Post-project Survey

If you are the student who is responsible to submit the Draft (Milestone 9) and Final Report (Milestone 10) on
behalf of your group, log in to turnitin.com using your email address and use the following Class IDs and the
password is xculture

Instructions: Class ID:

To submit the preliminary draft (Milestone 9): 12345678
To submit the final report (Milestone 10): 12345678

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The final report will be graded in terms of Accuracy and thoroughness of the company analysis; Quality of the
market opportunity analysis, including the feasibility of the success criteria; Accuracy and thoroughness of the
market analysis; Feasibility of the product choice, its suitability for the suggested new market; Feasibility of the
suggested market entry mode and staffing policies; Feasibility and creativity of the marketing strategy; Quality of
the arguments in support of the recommendations provided in the report (clarify, strength and feasibility of the
arguments essentially how well you explain your decisions); Proper use of external sources and references;
Clarity of presentation, formatting quality, readability, visual appeal, grammar.

For both group projects:

Learning to work together in teams is an important aspect of your education and preparation for your future
careers. That said, project-based teamwork is often new to students; to work well in teams, it helps to follow a set
of core expectations to best succeed at your team projects.

1. Read the document entitled, Working in Teams: Guidelines for Rotman Commerce Students which is
available on the RC portal under the Academic Services tab.

2. When working in a team, Rotman Commerce students are expected to:

Treat other members with courtesy and respect;

Honour the ground rules established by the team;
Contribute substantially and proportionally to the final project;
Ensure enough familiarity with the entire contents of the group project/assignment so as to be able to sign
off on it as original work;
Meet the project timeline as established by the team.

3. Resolving conflicts:
Conflicts are part of the teams process of learning how to work together. When handled well, it can generate
creativity and bring-multiple perspectives to the solution.

Student teams are expected to work through their misunderstandings as soon as they arise (and prior to
submission of the final project). When teams are unable to arrive at a solution that works for all members, the
team must meet with the Rotman Commerce Team Coach** as soon as possible. The Coach will listen to the team
and help develop options for improving the team process. All members of the project team must commit to, and,
utilize their action plans.

**For an appointment with a Rotman Commerce Team Coach, please contact Nouman Ashraf at
[email protected] Nouman is highly skilled at facilitating team dynamics and collaboration.
Note that the Team Coachs s role is to provide guidance, support and advice on team matters not to formally
evaluate or assess teamwork for academic purposes.

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Weekly Schedule (Tentative)

Date
Jan WEEK 1 Syllabus overview + Deliverables:
9th National cultural context and management

1. DFE Ch 2

2. Thomas, D. C., & Lazarova, M. B. (2014). Cultural and (None)

Institutional Context of Global Human Resource Management. In
Essentials of international human resource management:
managing people globally (pp. 23-36). Los Angeles: Sage
Publications.

3. Cross-Border Transfer of Knowledge: Cultural Lessons from

Project GLOBE. Mansour Javidan, Gunter K. Stahl, Felix
Brodbeck and Celeste P. M. Wilderom. The Academy of
Management Executive (1993-2005) , Vol. 19, No. 2 (May, 2005),
pp. 59-76
http://simplelink.library.utoronto.ca/url.cfm/441686

Jan WEEK 2 National Culture Context & Management Continued

16th *SAME READINGS AS FIRST WEEK

1. DFE Ch 2

2. Thomas, D. C., & Lazarova, M. B. (2014). Cultural and (NONE)

Institutional Context of Global Human Resource Management. In
Essentials of international human resource management:
managing people globally (pp. 23-36). Los Angeles: Sage
Publications.

3. Cross-Border Transfer of Knowledge: Cultural Lessons from

Project GLOBE. Mansour Javidan, Gunter K. Stahl, Felix
Brodbeck and Celeste P. M. Wilderom. The Academy of
Management Executive (1993-2005) , Vol. 19, No. 2 (May, 2005),
pp. 59-76
http://simplelink.library.utoronto.ca/url.cfm/441686

Jan WEEK 3 Institutional and legal context of international operations + Ethics in International Business
23th Deliverables:
1. Thomas, D. C., & Lazarova, M. B. (2014). Cultural and
Institutional Context of Global Human Resource Management.
In Essentials of international human resource management: (Within-class group
managing people globally (pp. 36-46). Los Angeles: Sage presentation: Region
Publications. 1 - North America
2 - Australasia)
2. Locke, R. M., & Romis, M. (2007). Improving work conditions
in a global supply chain. MIT Sloan Management Review, 48(2),
54-62. http://simplelink.library.utoronto.ca/url.cfm/403132

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 *Festing (2012). Retaining Talent in times of crisis: Opportunities
for the Robert Bosch Group in the context of the German Industrial
Relations System. In James Hayton; Michal Biron; Liza Castro
Christiansen; Bard Kuvaas (Eds.), Global Human Resource
Management Casebook, (pp. 12-21). New York: Routledge

Jan WEEK 4 International expansion and strategic context of international human resource management
30th (IHRM)
Deliverables:
1. DFE Ch 3
(Within-class group
2. Briscoe, D., Schuler, R., & Tarique, I. (2012). Strategic presentation: Region
International Human Resource Management. In International 3 - Western Europe
human resource management: Policies and practices for 4 - Nordic Europe)
Multinational Enterprises (pp. 29-57). 4th ed. New York:
Routledge.

3. Kuemmerle, W. (2005). The entrepreneur's path to global

expansion. MIT Sloan Management Review, 46(2), pp. 42 - 49
http://simplelink.library.utoronto.ca/url.cfm/317931

(Watch Silvio Napoli video in class)

Feb. WEEK 5 Design, structure, and strategy of a Multinational Enterprise (MNE)

6th Deliverables:
1. DFE Ch 3
(Within-class group
2. Hill, C. W. L. (2013). The organization of international business. presentation: Region
In International Business: Competing in the global marketplace 5 - Eastern Europe and
(pp. 446483). 9th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Irwin Central Asia
6 - Middle East and North
*HBS Coursepack: Kent Chemical Africa)

Recommended reading: Ghemawat, P. (2007). Managing Differences:

The Central Challenge of Global Strategy. (Cover story). Harvard
Business Review, 85(3), 58-68.

Feb WEEK 6 Overview of dimensions of human resource management

13th Managing human resources in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and international joint ventures
(IJV)
Deliverables:
1. DFE Ch 4
(Within-class group
2. Randall S Schuler, Ibraiz Tarique, Susan E Jackson (2004), presentation: Region
Managing Human Resources in Cross-Border Alliances, in (ed.) 3 7- Sub-Saharan Africa
(Advances in Mergers & Acquisitions, Volume 3), Emerald 8 - Caribbean States & Latin
Group Publishing Limited, pp.103-129. America)
http://dx.doi.org.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/10.1016/S1479-

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3. Schuler, R. & Tarique, I. (2005). International Joint Venture

system complexity and Human Resource management. Retrieved
from http://smlr.rutgers.edu/schuler-selected-publications-
international-joint-venture-system-complexity

*HBS Coursepack: Lincoln Electric

Feb READING WEEK NO CLASS Feb 20-24th

20th
Feb. WEEK 7 Staffing international operations
27 Deliverables:
1. DFE Ch 5 (case assignment due - submit
to Turnitin.com. Instructions
2. Collings, D. G., Scullion, H., & Dowling, P. J. (2009). Global on page 4)
staffing: a review and thematic research agenda. International
Journal of Human Resource Management, 20(6), 1253-1272. (Within-class group
presentation:Region
9 - South Asia
10- East Asia)

Mar. WEEK 8 Expat failure, career issues, and repatriation

6th *Case Centre: Jaguar or Bluebird? Mark Chans decision to stay Deliverables:
overseas or return home

Recommended reading: Groysberg, B., Nohria, N., & Herman, K.

(2011). The Expat Dilemma. Harvard Business Review, 89(11), 150-
153.

Mar. WEEK 9 Global Training and Development

13th Deliverables:
1. DFE Ch 7

2. Caligiuri, P. M. & Tarique, I. (2005). International Assignee

selection and Cross-cultural training. Retrieved from (None)
http://smlr.rutgers.edu/international-assignee-selection-and-cross-
cultural-training-and-development

Recommended Reading: Earley, P., & Mosakowski, E. (2004).

Cultural Intelligence. Harvard Business Review, 82(10), 139-146.

Mar WEEK 10 Performance appraisal of employees in an MNE

20 Deliverables:
1. DFE Ch 6
X-culture project preliminary
2. Caligiuri, P. M. (2006). Performance management in a cross- draft and final report due this
national context. Retrieved from week

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national-context

*HBS Coursepack: Global Talent Management at Novartis

Mar. WEEK 11 International compensation and benefits

27 Deliverables:
1. DFE Ch 8
Hard copy of the
2. McFarlin, D. B. & Sweeney, P. (2013). Rewarding and X-culture project final report
Compensating International Employees. In International due
organizational behavior: Transcending borders and cultures (pp.
321-358). New York, NY: Routledge.

Apr. 3 WEEK 12 Global leadership + Final Exam Review

Deliverables:
1. Recommended reading: Goleman, D. (2004). What makes a
leader? Harvard Business Review, 82(1), 82-91.
(None)
2. Recommended reading: Hae-Jung, H., & Doz, Y. (2013). L'Oral
Masters Multiculturalism. Harvard Business Review, 91(6), 114-
119.

Cumulative exam
TBA Final Exam

POLICY AND PROCEDURE

Missed Tests and Assignments (including midterm examinations)

Students who miss a test or assignment for reasons entirely beyond their control (e.g. illness) may submit a
request for special consideration. Provided that notification and documentation are provided in a timely manner,
and that the request is subsequently approved, no academic penalty will be applied.

In such cases, students must notify Rotman Commerce on the date of the missed test (or due date in the case of
course work) and submit supporting documentation (e.g. Verification of Student Illness or Injury form) to the
Rotman Commerce Program Office within 48 hours of the originally scheduled test or due date. Students who do
not provide Rotman Commerce or the instructor with appropriate or sufficient supporting documentation will be
given a grade of 0 (zero) for the missed test or course deliverable.

Note that the physicians report must establish that the patient was examined and diagnosed at the time of
illness, not after the fact. Rotman Commerce will not accept a statement that merely confirms a report of
illness made by the student and documented by the physician.

Late Assignments
All assignments are due at the time on the date specified in the course outline. Late submissions will normally be
penalized by 5% if the assignment is not received on the specified date, at the specified time. A further penalty of
2% will be applied to each subsequent day.

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Students who, for reasons beyond their control, are unable to submit an assignment by its deadline must obtain
approval from the instructor for an extension. Supporting documentation will be required as per the policy on
missed tests and assignments.
Regarding Request for Term work
Students have up to 5 business days after written work has been graded and returned to them to submit it for re-
grading. Submissions for re-grading must be made in writing, with the student outlining the specific areas of the
work that he or she feels were incorrectly graded. All submissions should be signed and dated by the student. Your
TA will handle the regrading and will return a written response explaining the results of the review and indicating
whether the students grade has changed. If a student remains dissatisfied with the grading process, he or she will
have up to five business days after receiving the re-graded work to submit it a second time for re-grading. Course
instructor will handle the second round of re-grading and the mark will be final.

SONA Research Credit

This course is listed on the Rotman School of Management Course Credit Research Participation System. Each
students can earn up to 3% course grades by participating research through the system. The participation is
voluntary. The course grades earned via SONA will be considered as a top-up to class participation
marks. Students will receive up to 3 points participation marks conditional on the full participation marks do not
exceed 15 points.

Accessibility Needs
The University of Toronto is committed to accessibility. If you require accommodations for a disability, or have
any accessibility concerns about the course, the classroom or course materials, please contact Accessibility
Services as soon as possible: [email protected] or http://www.accessibility.utoronto.ca/

Academic Integrity
Academic Integrity is a fundamental value essential to the pursuit of learning and scholarships at the University of
Toronto. Participating honestly, respectively, responsibly, and fairly in this academic community ensures that the
UofT degree that you earn will continue to be valued and respected as a true signifier of a student's individual
work and academic achievement. As a result, the University treats cases of academic misconduct very seriously.

The University of Torontos Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters

http://www.governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/policies/behaveac.htm outlines the behaviours that constitute academic
misconduct, the process for addressing academic offences, and the penalties that may be imposed. You are
expected to be familiar with the contents of this document. Potential offences include, but are not limited to:

In papers and assignments:

Using someone else's ideas or words without appropriate acknowledgement.
Submitting your own work in more than one course without the permission of the instructor.
Making up sources or facts.
Obtaining or providing unauthorized assistance on any assignment (this includes collaborating with others
on assignments that are supposed to be completed individually).

On test and exams:

Using or possessing any unauthorized aid, including a cell phone.
Looking at someone else's answers
Misrepresenting your identity.
Submitting an altered test for re-grading.

Misrepresentation:

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 Falsifying institutional documents or grades.
Falsifying or altering any documentation required by the University, including (but not limited to),
medical notes.

All suspected cases of academic dishonesty will be investigated by the following procedures outlined in the Code
of Behaviour on Academic Matters. If you have any question about what is or is not permitted in the course,
please do not hesitate to contact the course instructor. If you have any questions about appropriate research and
citation methods, you are expected to seek out additional information from the instructor or other UofT resources
such as College Writing Centres or the Academic Success Centre.

Email
At times, the course instructor may decide to communicate important course information by email. As such, all
UofT students are required to have a valid UTmail+ email address. You are responsible for ensuring that your
UTmail+ email address is set up AND properly entered on the ROSI system. For more information please visit
http://help.ic.utoronto.ca/category/3/utmail.html

Forwarding your utoronto.ca email to a Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo or other type of email account is not advisable. In
some cases, messages from utoronto.ca addresses sent to Hotmail, Gmail or Yahoo accounts are filtered as junk
mail, which means that important messages from your course instructor may end up in your spam or junk mail
folder.

Blackboard and the Course Page

The online course page for this course is accessed through Blackboard. To access the course page, go to the UofT
Portal login at https://portal.utoronto.ca/ and log in using your UTORid and password. Once you have logged in,
look for the My Courses module where youll find the link to all your course websites. If you dont see the course
listed here but you are properly registered for the course in ROSI, wait 48 hours. If the course does not appear, go
to the Information Commons Help Desk in Robarts Library, 1st floor, for help, or explore the Portal Information
and Help at http://www.portalinfo.utoronto.ca/content/information-students and review the Frequently Asked
Questions.

Recording Lectures
Lectures and course materials prepared by the instructor are considered by the University to be an instructors
intellectual property covered by the Canadian Copyright Act. Students wishing to record a lecture or other course
material in any way are required to ask the instructors explicit permission, and may not do so unless permission
is granted (note: students who have been previously granted permission to record lectures as an accommodation
for a disability are, of course, excepted). This includes tape recording, filming, photographing PowerPoint slides,
Blackboard materials, etc.

If permission is granted by the instructor (or via Accessibility Services), it is intended for the individual students
own study purposes and does not include permission to publish them in anyway. It is absolutely forbidden for a
student to publish an instructors notes to a website or sell them in any other form without formal permission.

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