IC101
Today: We viewed 2 video clips about setting goals and the obstacles that may get in the way of achieving them. The first was a clip about Rex Pemberton's expedition to the top of Mt. Everest and the second clip was about the "Everest Boys" and their journey to become the first humans to go from Pole to Pole using only manpower. We then discussed as a group the obstacles you may encounter while trying to achieve your 6 goal & how you can avoid/combat them.
Rex Pemberton
Everest Boys
Pole to Pole
Homework: Be ready to discuss potential civic engagement project ideas on Monday. Our Civic Engagement discussion on Wednesday & Friday will surround Unit 5 in the Common Reader & Question 8 from Three Cups of Tea. Have a great weekend!
IC212
Today: We took Quiz #2. Kevin stumped me with his Seinfeld trivia question although I am protesting. I just looked it up and the deal is that the character of Kramer is based on a neighbor of the show's co-creator Larry David named Kenny Kramer. For fear that naming the character after him may cause a lawsuit, Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld were going to name the character Kessler. Before production of the show started they decided to go with the name of Kramer so the name Kessler was never used in the actual show. We also had a group brainstorming session about research topics. I was pleased with all the ideas we discussed today. If you are still having trouble, please come see me.
Homework: Work on a research topic. The proposal is due next Friday. For Monday, read and be ready to discuss Drucker 18 & 19. Have a great weekend!
Friday, September 21, 2007
Thursday, September 20, 2007
THURSDAY 9/20
SR201
Today: I was not impressed with our discussion today. It was evident that the majority of you were not prepared to discuss the textbook material or the Into The Wild chapters. There were also a lot of side conversations going on during our small group discussion and our class discussion. This cannot continue, and if it does will only make the semester more laborious for you. It is my expectation that from now on you read the material prior to coming to class and then be ready to actively engage in a discussion in class.
We took Quiz #1 based on our previous class' discussion. Our discussion today focused on 3 main parts from Chapter 3:
A) What are the benefits from studying leisure history?
B) What are some factors that have influenced the development of the recreation movement in the 20th century?
C) What are some factors that will influence the development of the recreation movement in the 21st century?
Homework: Read and be ready to discuss Chapter 4. In addition, you are to write up a 1 page summary of the chapter and also a list of 5 main points that the chapter addresses. This is to be typed and turned in on Tuesday, & will count as a quiz grade. We will also divide into groups for the group presentation. Your groups should be made up of 5 people.
SR368
Today: Really good discussion today. Nice job. We took Quiz 2 and we finished discussing Chapter 2. Our discussion focused on 5 main points:
A) Job Description for FPU Director of Intramurals
B) Why is in-service training important and what should be the elements of an effective program?
C) Why is a rewards system essential to maintaining employee morale, & what are examples of intrinsic & extrinsic rewards?
D) What are the procedures for terminations by the employee & by the organization?
E) What should the procedures be for an employee reporting inappropriate behavior (sexual harassment)?
Homework: Read and be ready to discuss Chapter 3.
Today: I was not impressed with our discussion today. It was evident that the majority of you were not prepared to discuss the textbook material or the Into The Wild chapters. There were also a lot of side conversations going on during our small group discussion and our class discussion. This cannot continue, and if it does will only make the semester more laborious for you. It is my expectation that from now on you read the material prior to coming to class and then be ready to actively engage in a discussion in class.
We took Quiz #1 based on our previous class' discussion. Our discussion today focused on 3 main parts from Chapter 3:
A) What are the benefits from studying leisure history?
B) What are some factors that have influenced the development of the recreation movement in the 20th century?
C) What are some factors that will influence the development of the recreation movement in the 21st century?
Homework: Read and be ready to discuss Chapter 4. In addition, you are to write up a 1 page summary of the chapter and also a list of 5 main points that the chapter addresses. This is to be typed and turned in on Tuesday, & will count as a quiz grade. We will also divide into groups for the group presentation. Your groups should be made up of 5 people.
SR368
Today: Really good discussion today. Nice job. We took Quiz 2 and we finished discussing Chapter 2. Our discussion focused on 5 main points:
A) Job Description for FPU Director of Intramurals
B) Why is in-service training important and what should be the elements of an effective program?
C) Why is a rewards system essential to maintaining employee morale, & what are examples of intrinsic & extrinsic rewards?
D) What are the procedures for terminations by the employee & by the organization?
E) What should the procedures be for an employee reporting inappropriate behavior (sexual harassment)?
Homework: Read and be ready to discuss Chapter 3.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
WEDNESDAY 9/19
IC101
Today: We FINALLY finished up our introduction presentations. Nice job to everyone; I was impressed. Also nice job to those of you who were able to stump us with the 5 statements. No thanks to Sleepy for always leading me in the wrong direction.
Homework: Be ready to discuss the following:
A) One goal you set for yourself and you were able to achieve, & one goal you set and you were not able to achieve.
B) One obstacle for each of your 6 goals that we discussed on Monday.
IC212
Today: We learned that it is not fun to get assaulted with a taser gun. We also discussed Chapter 11 and focused our discussion on 2 ares: 1) Market Focus & 2) Top Management. We talked about how "market" is a business term for customers, and that in order to be effective a business needs to listen to its customers, deliver to them what they want, and be willing to adapt & change. We talked about how the computer, Xerox photocopier and Air Jordan sneakers are all examples of products that were successful in new markets that they were not originally intended for. We also discussed Top Management and the group decided that the need for an effective Top Management is critical to the success of a business. Drucker states that:
-A top management team must be built before a company actually needs one
-Forming a top management team is a long process that can't be done overnight
-Top management must focus on 2 key activities:
1) Management of people
2) Management of money
Homework: Quiz #2 based on Chapters 9, 10, 11, 15 will take place. See the study guide below. Also, please bring in 1, 2, 3 or as many ideas as you have for your research topic. I want to use the time in class to get everyone focused on a research topic.
Quiz Study Guide
-What is the Peter Principle? (9)
-What are the 4 basic principles when making people decisions? (9)
-What are the 5 decision steps when making effective promotion & staffing decisions? (9)
-What are the 3 "Don'ts" that entrepreneurial management of an existing business should not do? (10)
-What are the 2 key activities present in in all organizations (11)
-Businesses must realize that its product/service is defined by who? (11)
-As an individual in a business the first thing to know about how you perform is to determine if you are what? (15)
Today: We FINALLY finished up our introduction presentations. Nice job to everyone; I was impressed. Also nice job to those of you who were able to stump us with the 5 statements. No thanks to Sleepy for always leading me in the wrong direction.
Homework: Be ready to discuss the following:
A) One goal you set for yourself and you were able to achieve, & one goal you set and you were not able to achieve.
B) One obstacle for each of your 6 goals that we discussed on Monday.
IC212
Today: We learned that it is not fun to get assaulted with a taser gun. We also discussed Chapter 11 and focused our discussion on 2 ares: 1) Market Focus & 2) Top Management. We talked about how "market" is a business term for customers, and that in order to be effective a business needs to listen to its customers, deliver to them what they want, and be willing to adapt & change. We talked about how the computer, Xerox photocopier and Air Jordan sneakers are all examples of products that were successful in new markets that they were not originally intended for. We also discussed Top Management and the group decided that the need for an effective Top Management is critical to the success of a business. Drucker states that:
-A top management team must be built before a company actually needs one
-Forming a top management team is a long process that can't be done overnight
-Top management must focus on 2 key activities:
1) Management of people
2) Management of money
Homework: Quiz #2 based on Chapters 9, 10, 11, 15 will take place. See the study guide below. Also, please bring in 1, 2, 3 or as many ideas as you have for your research topic. I want to use the time in class to get everyone focused on a research topic.
Quiz Study Guide
-What is the Peter Principle? (9)
-What are the 4 basic principles when making people decisions? (9)
-What are the 5 decision steps when making effective promotion & staffing decisions? (9)
-What are the 3 "Don'ts" that entrepreneurial management of an existing business should not do? (10)
-What are the 2 key activities present in in all organizations (11)
-Businesses must realize that its product/service is defined by who? (11)
-As an individual in a business the first thing to know about how you perform is to determine if you are what? (15)
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
TUESDAY 9/18
SR201
Today: We discussed Chapter 2 of the textbook which focuses on leisure education. Our small group discussions focused on 2 issues: a) Will leisure time grow or decline in the future, & what factors contribute to the growth or decline of leisure time in our society. b) Exercise 2.1: Ideal Material Wants vs Minimized Material Needs. We then, as a group, came up with reasons for why leisure time will either increase or decrease. Here are the main points to consider.
Factors Causing A Decline In Leisure Time
1) Limitless Materialism
2) Increase of women in the workforce
3) Increase in demand for service jobs
4) An increasingly complex society
Factors Causing An Increase In Leisure Time
1) Technology in the workplace and at home
2) Baby Boom generation retiring
3) Education
Homework: Read and be ready to discuss Chapter 3 from the textbook and Chapters 1 & 2 from Into The Wild. Quiz 1 will be on Thursday. Don't forget to come up with a Seinfeld trivia question for extra credit. See the study guide below.
-Read the 9/11 & sports article that goes with the documentary 9 Innings From Ground Zero
-Read Into The Wild Chapters 1 & 2
-Define "Leisure Time"
-Neulinger's Paradigm of Leisure
-Views of Leisure (Classical View, Antiutilitarian View, Social Instrument View, Leisure as a Symbol of Social Class)
-Define "Limitless Materialism"
-Factors causing an increase in lesisure time (textbook)
-Factors causing a decrease in leisure time (textbook)
SR368
Today: We divided into smaller groups and discussed the job qualifications for the Assistant Director of Recreation Sports at Seattle University. This exercise led us into a group discussion about Chapter 2. Our discussion focused on the following:
-Main components of Human Resource Management (HRM)
-Types of employees (2 Classifications & 4 Special Types)
-Three categories/characteristics of all employees
-Components of a Job Description (3)
-Components of a Position Announcement (7)
Homework: Develop a Job Description for the Director of Intramural Sports @ FPU. Divide groups for group presentation (3 groups of 4 & 1 group of 5). Read and be ready to discuss the second half of Chapter 2. Quiz 2 will be on Thursday. Don't forget to come up with a Seinfeld trivia question for extra credit. See the study guide below.
-Main components of Human Resource Management (HRM)
-Types of employees (2 Classifications & 4 Special Types)
-Three categories/characteristics of all employees
-Components of a Job Description (3)
-Components of a Position Announcement (7)
-Staff Development Program for In-Service Training (4 elements)
-Reward System: Examples of common extrinsic rewards
-What does EEOC stand for
-What procedure should organization's outline for employees to take if they were sexually harassed (5 components)
Today: We discussed Chapter 2 of the textbook which focuses on leisure education. Our small group discussions focused on 2 issues: a) Will leisure time grow or decline in the future, & what factors contribute to the growth or decline of leisure time in our society. b) Exercise 2.1: Ideal Material Wants vs Minimized Material Needs. We then, as a group, came up with reasons for why leisure time will either increase or decrease. Here are the main points to consider.
Factors Causing A Decline In Leisure Time
1) Limitless Materialism
2) Increase of women in the workforce
3) Increase in demand for service jobs
4) An increasingly complex society
Factors Causing An Increase In Leisure Time
1) Technology in the workplace and at home
2) Baby Boom generation retiring
3) Education
Homework: Read and be ready to discuss Chapter 3 from the textbook and Chapters 1 & 2 from Into The Wild. Quiz 1 will be on Thursday. Don't forget to come up with a Seinfeld trivia question for extra credit. See the study guide below.
-Read the 9/11 & sports article that goes with the documentary 9 Innings From Ground Zero
-Read Into The Wild Chapters 1 & 2
-Define "Leisure Time"
-Neulinger's Paradigm of Leisure
-Views of Leisure (Classical View, Antiutilitarian View, Social Instrument View, Leisure as a Symbol of Social Class)
-Define "Limitless Materialism"
-Factors causing an increase in lesisure time (textbook)
-Factors causing a decrease in leisure time (textbook)
SR368
Today: We divided into smaller groups and discussed the job qualifications for the Assistant Director of Recreation Sports at Seattle University. This exercise led us into a group discussion about Chapter 2. Our discussion focused on the following:
-Main components of Human Resource Management (HRM)
-Types of employees (2 Classifications & 4 Special Types)
-Three categories/characteristics of all employees
-Components of a Job Description (3)
-Components of a Position Announcement (7)
Homework: Develop a Job Description for the Director of Intramural Sports @ FPU. Divide groups for group presentation (3 groups of 4 & 1 group of 5). Read and be ready to discuss the second half of Chapter 2. Quiz 2 will be on Thursday. Don't forget to come up with a Seinfeld trivia question for extra credit. See the study guide below.
-Main components of Human Resource Management (HRM)
-Types of employees (2 Classifications & 4 Special Types)
-Three categories/characteristics of all employees
-Components of a Job Description (3)
-Components of a Position Announcement (7)
-Staff Development Program for In-Service Training (4 elements)
-Reward System: Examples of common extrinsic rewards
-What does EEOC stand for
-What procedure should organization's outline for employees to take if they were sexually harassed (5 components)
Monday, September 17, 2007
MONDAY 9/17
IC101
Today: We discussed goals. You all have set really good goals for yourselves. Now comes the hard part, making sure you accomplish them. We focused on goals to accomplish for Freshman year (short-term) and goals to accomplish for graduation (long-term). We talked about why they are important and the steps to take to ensure we accomplish them. You submitted your Goals/Expectations Essay today. I look forward to reading them. I will make comments, grade them, & have them back to you no later than next Monday.
Homework: We will finish out introduction presentations on Wednesday. I have some youtube clips I want to show you after the presentations that build off of our goals discussion today and will build on our discussion for Friday. I want you to think about the 6 goals you have for yourself and give some thought to potential obstacles you might encounter while working towards accomplishing these goals. In addition, keep giving thought to the civic engagement project. Do we want to do a group project? Several smaller group projects? Individual projects? The Fair on Wednesday will have good ideas if you are stuck. We will start discussing 3 Cups of Tea next week. Make sure you refresh yourself on the book.
IC212
Today: Quality discussion today. Nice job. We talked bout how all "bad" neighborhoods have streets named after trees. Stay away from them. We also discussed Chapters 9 & 10. Our discussion focused on 3 main areas: a) Generic qualities managers look for when hiring employees, b) The 4 basic principles in making people decisions and why each is important, & c) the 5 steps in making important staffing decisions and why each is important. Revisit the Peter Principle (people rise to their level of incompetence), you might see it again (wink, wink) .
Homework: Read & be ready to discuss Chapters 11 & 15. For Friday, bring in at least 1 idea for the semester research project. My goal for Friday is to have everyone know the direction they will be taking with this project. You will be able to accomplish a lot on Friday so make sure you take advantage. Anytime you can use class time to get out of class work done is a good thing.
Today: We discussed goals. You all have set really good goals for yourselves. Now comes the hard part, making sure you accomplish them. We focused on goals to accomplish for Freshman year (short-term) and goals to accomplish for graduation (long-term). We talked about why they are important and the steps to take to ensure we accomplish them. You submitted your Goals/Expectations Essay today. I look forward to reading them. I will make comments, grade them, & have them back to you no later than next Monday.
Homework: We will finish out introduction presentations on Wednesday. I have some youtube clips I want to show you after the presentations that build off of our goals discussion today and will build on our discussion for Friday. I want you to think about the 6 goals you have for yourself and give some thought to potential obstacles you might encounter while working towards accomplishing these goals. In addition, keep giving thought to the civic engagement project. Do we want to do a group project? Several smaller group projects? Individual projects? The Fair on Wednesday will have good ideas if you are stuck. We will start discussing 3 Cups of Tea next week. Make sure you refresh yourself on the book.
IC212
Today: Quality discussion today. Nice job. We talked bout how all "bad" neighborhoods have streets named after trees. Stay away from them. We also discussed Chapters 9 & 10. Our discussion focused on 3 main areas: a) Generic qualities managers look for when hiring employees, b) The 4 basic principles in making people decisions and why each is important, & c) the 5 steps in making important staffing decisions and why each is important. Revisit the Peter Principle (people rise to their level of incompetence), you might see it again (wink, wink) .
Homework: Read & be ready to discuss Chapters 11 & 15. For Friday, bring in at least 1 idea for the semester research project. My goal for Friday is to have everyone know the direction they will be taking with this project. You will be able to accomplish a lot on Friday so make sure you take advantage. Anytime you can use class time to get out of class work done is a good thing.
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