MONDAY 02/04

SR368
TODAY:
-Chapter 2 discussion questions 1-5 were due.
-You took Quiz 2.
-We continued our discussion of Chapter 1 by looking at green facility & sustainable design.

HOMEWORK:
-Hayley Brown will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Answer the following Chapter 2 discussion questions:
6) State & summarize the 4 phases of event planning.
7) What is one of the most important elements of strategic planning for an event?
8) What is one of the first documented examples of the strategic planning process?
9) What are the 3 main types/categories of staff that a sport event/facility manager will work with?
10) Aside from new venue construction, what is the single most difficult aspect of producing a major sporting event?
11) Why conduct pre-event briefings & what are the 3 pre-event briefings that should take place for all types of events?
12) What is the primary motivation for people to volunteer?

IC212
TODAY:
-The Super Bowl article discussion questions were due.
-We discussed the historical events that led to a paradigm change in management in the US.
-We discussed the Super Bowl commercials.

HOMEWORK:
-Kim Barthelemy will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Answer the following Drucker Chapter 2 discussion questions:
1) What does the author mean by, "the customer is in the driver's seat"?
2) In your opinion, what company does a great job at satisfying its customers' needs? Why?
3) What does Medtronic do? The author states that Medtronic is a company that personifies Drucker's ideal of customer focus. How?
4) What are the 4 Drucker questions that a company should answer when connecting with its customer?

MN371
TODAY:
-"How Beer Saved The World" discussion questions were due.
-The 2 Super Bowl articles discussion questions were due.
-You took Quiz 2.
-We discussed the Volstead Act & Prohibition and the 2 Super Bowl articles.

HOMEWORK:
-Ryan Bobillo will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Read Making Samuel Adams Beer and answer the following discussion questions (click each photo in the article for information):
1) What does beer start with?
2) Why does barley go through a malting process?
3) What country does Sam Adams get its hops from?
4) What kind of hops does Sam Adams use for its flagship beer, Boston Lager?
5) How is mash made?
6) 20% of the mash is put into a vessel called what?
7) The other 80% of the mash is put into a vessel called what?
8)  The goal is to break down the starch in the mash and convert it into what?
9) The result is a product called what?
10) The mash is then moved into a third tank called what?
11) After being strained, the liquid is known as what?
12) The liquid is then moved back into either the mash kettle or the mash tun, which has been rinsed out, and then it is boiled for how long?
13) One pound of hops are added for ever how many gallon barrel?
14) Next, in order to get rid of the unnecessary parts of the hops, the entire brew is moved into what?
15) Before the wort can be moved into the fermentation vats, it must be cooled from what degrees Fahrenheit to about what degrees?
16) Once the wort is put in the fermentation tanks, it's time to add what?
17) How long is the wort left in the vats to ferment?
18) Afterward, the wort is moved into a new tank, where it ferments for how much longer?
19)  Toward the end of that process, yeast collected from the bottom of another tank is added, which brings in fresh sugars, to act as something like a clean-up crew. All told, the brew sits in this second tank, where it is chilled, for four weeks. After that, it is ready for what?
-Read "Brewing Up A Business" Chapter 1 for Friday and answer the following discussion questions:
1) What high school was Sam kicked out of 2 months before graduation?
2) What was the most important reason why Sam's time at the prep high school was so crucial in his development as a creative person?
3) What was Sam's major in college?
4) What was Sam's inmost thought in high school that still drives him today?
5) What is the only predictable thing in the world of business?
6) What does Sam say business integrity is?
7) What is one major characteristic consistent in every successful business that survives long past its inception?
8) What college did Sam graduate from in 1992?
9) What did Sam call his first batch of home brewed beer?
10) Where does the name "Dogfish Head" come from?
11) How many gallons of beer is yielded from a barrel?
12) What are the components of Sam's personality equation?