MONDAY 11/26

MK201
TODAY:
-No new discussion questions were due.
-We continued our discussion of Chapter 10.

HOMEWORK:
-Shawn Wright will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Answer the following Chapter 12 Discussion Questions:
1) What covers all of the activities involved in the sale of products to final consumers?
2) Consumers spend more than how much money a year buying goods & services from US retailers?
3) About how many of new retailing ventures in the US fail during the first year?
4) Stores that specialize in certain lines of related products rather than a wide assortment are known as what?
5) What is the main advantage of limited-line retailers?
6) What is a type of conventional limited-line store that is usually small & has a distinct personality?
7) What are larger stores that are organized into many separate departments & offer many product lines?
8) What does the mass-merchandising concept state?
9) Wal-Mart & Target are examples of what kind of large, self-service stores?
10) Whose supercenters have turned into the largest food retailer in the US?

GLE101
TODAY:
-No new discussion questions were due.
-We finished watching Green Street Hooligans.
-We finished discussing Unit 3: Violence & Sports.

HOMEWORK:
-Zac Sprague will bring in a current event for us to discuss next Monday.
-Unit #3 quiz on Wednesday.
-App Assignment #3 needs to be posted on CampusWeb by Friday.
-Blog Post #7 is due by Friday. First, read Chapter 4 in Mindset. Then answer the following 2 questions: What do you consider one of your successes during your first semester in college? What do you consider one of your failures during your first semester in college?

IC212
TODAY:
-No new discussion questions were due.
-We began a discussion of The Corporation Chapter 2.
-I handed out the assignment rubric for the paper due on the last day of class.

HOMEWORK:
-Weixin Yuan will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Answer the following Corporation Chapter 3 Discussion Questions:
1) Explain what an externality is.
2) Why did Patricia Anerson sue General Motors?
3) GM calculated that it could save how much money per automobile if it allowed people to die in fuel-fed fires rather than alter the design of vehicle to avoid such fires?
4) The jury awarded Anderson & her children how much money in compensatory damages?
5) The jury awarded Anderson & her children how much money in punitive damages?

SR201
TODAY:
-No new discussion questions were due.
-We began a discussion of Chapter 11.
-I handed out an assignment rubric for the paper that is due on the final class.

HOMEWORK:
-Steven Niele will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Answer the following Chapter 12 Discussion Questions:
1) Define sport marketing.
2) What serve as road maps or game plans for an organization's marketing activities?
3) What elements make up the marketing mix?
4) What is important because it creates in people's hearts & minds a reference, a set of criteria or guidelines by which they will govern themselves?
5) What are general summary statements of expected outcomes?
6) What are the specific activities that enable the sport marketer to obtain the expected outcomes?
7) What are the 4 elements of a SWOT analysis?