MONDAY 2/27

SR368
TODAY:
-Chapter 5 discussion questions 1-10 were due.
-We discussed the SBJ articles that were due last Friday.
-We began a discussion of Chapter 5.  Our discussion focused on starting a conversation about the various private revenue sources available to sports/entertainment facilities.

HOMEWORK:
-Matt Horan will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Answer the following Chapter 5Discussion Questions:
11) What is one of the most important revenue sources for most facilities?
12) One of the critical components of maximizing the answer to Question 11 is to police the facility for illegal sales of what?
13) What can sport & entertainment facilities provide a sponsor access to?
14) What was the company, team, & year the first time a company agreed to pay to have its name attached to a professional sport facility?
15) What was the issue with San Francisco's Candlestick Park agreeing to naming rights?
16) What was the issue with the Houston Astros selling the name rights to its stadium?

IC212
TODAY:
Drucker Chapter 5 discussion questions were due.
-You took Quiz #5.
-We began a discussion of Chapter 5.  Our discussion focused on the relationship between managers & employees.

HOMEWORK:
-Drew Larson will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Read Drucker Chapter 7 & answer the following Discussion Questions:
1) What 3 characteristics did Drucker define as being unique to a CEO?
2) In the story box on page 248 Frances Hesselbein, CEO of The Girls Scouts, states that "leadership is a matter of how to be, not how to do." What does she mean?
3) How did Frank Weise, CEO of Cott Beverage, import his personality on the company when he took over? (Story box starting on page 251.)
4) How did Richard Block, president of AGI, have an impact on the actions of the company after touring the company's largest plant in Melrose Park, Illinois? (Story box on page 256.)
5) What does Drucker mean by, "Each of us is a CEO?"

MN371
TODAY:
-Chapter 3 discussion questions 1-3 were due.
-You took Quiz #5.
-We finished our discussion of Chapter 2.  Our discussion focused on convergent & divergent thinking.

HOMEWORK:
-Brendan McCarron will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Answer the following textbook Chapter 3 Discussion Questions for Wednesday:
4) What are the 3 ways that a clearly defined vision helps a company?
5) What is a mission statement? What are the main elements of a mission statement?
6) What is FPU's mission statement?  How well do we follow it?
-Read BUAB Chapter Chapter 4 & answer the following Discussion Questions for Friday:
1) What type of ales are becoming a more popular segment of the high-end beer category?
2) What is the name of the Dogfish Head Belgian-style white beer made with with lemongrass & chunks of dried organic oranges?
3) What are some of the advantages to staring Dogfish Head as a brewpub instead of a microbrewery?
4) Dogfish Head's mission statement came from what author?
5) What % of the restaurants that open today fail within 5 years?
6) What is AB-InBev's market share of domestic beer sales?
7) Why do the big breweries use corn instead of barley to brew their beer?
8) According to Sam, what is the most important goal in life?
9) What is the #1 reason small companies go out of business?
10) The average brewpub utilizes brewing equipment that makes about how many barrels of beer in every batch?
11) The average cost of a new brewing system that will yield about 20 kegs per batch is what?
12) Sam's first brewing equipment could only make what kind of beer?
13) Dogfish Head brewed over how many styles of beer in their first year in business?
14) Dogfish Head averages over how many visitors to its Milton, DE production brewery?
15) What did Dogfish Head make for the first time in 1999?
16) What is the name of the answer to Question 15?