Monday, April 30, 2012

MONDAY 04/30

SR368
TODAY:
-Chapter 12 discussion questions 1-7 were due.
-We began a discussion of Chapter 12.  Our discussion focused on the components of an Emergency Management Plan.

HOMEWORK:
-Jeff will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Answer the following Chapter 12 Discussion Questions:
8) What does "EPT" stand for?
9) To ensure an emergency management plan's integration into a sport facility's organizational culture, what 2 questions need to be answered "yes?"
10) What increases the likelihood that sport event or facility managers can rapidly & effectively respond to life-threatening & non-life-threatening medical situations?
11) What is the focal point that coordinates all emergency medical personnel at a larger sport facility or event?
12) What provide a primary response mechanism to medical incidents until the patient can be cared for at the first aid location or base station, or transportation to another medical facility can be arranged?
13) What is an AED?
14) The American Heart Association notes that at least how many lives could be saved annually by prompt use of AEDs?

IC212
TODAY:
-No new discussion questions were due.
-We finished discussing The Corporation Chapter 5 by taking a look at the 4 categories of parents in relation to the Nag Factor.

HOMEWORK:
-Annemarie will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-No new discussion questions.

MN371
TODAY:
-No new discussion questions were due.
-We finished our discussion of Chapter 13.  Our discussion focused on the difference between equity & debt capital, and federal loan programs.

HOMEWORK:
-The Business Proposal is due.
-Read BUAB Chapters 15 & 16 and answer the Discussion Questions for Wednesday.
Chapter 15
1) Who is recognized as the father of the American home brewing movement?
2) What is the name of his book that launched a thousand craft breweries in the US?
3) Today he is the president of what group that represents the vast majority of commercial breweries in the US?
Chapter 16
1) In 2003, what brewery was the fastest-growing brewery in America?
2) In Buddhism, what ideal is a nobility in letting go of the desire for material success?
3) What is Google's motto?
4) What company's cofounder believes the company's goal is to be a force for good?

Friday, April 27, 2012

FRIDAY 04/27

SR368
TODAY:
-The SBJ articles' discussion questions were due.
-You took Quiz #13.
-We discussed the 3 SBJ articles that were about Fenway Park.

HOMEWORK:
-Pat will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Read Chapter 12 & answer the following Discussion Questions:
1) What does FEMA stand for?
2) How does FEMA define "emergency management?"
3) Often, what is the first human response to an emergency?
4) What should be the overriding principle that every sport facility manager tasked with developing & implementing an emergency management plan remember?
5) What does EMP stand for?
6) An emergency can be defined by what 2 things?
7) Explain the differences between: local, major, & catastrophic emergencies.

IC212
TODAY:
-TWIF Chapter 1 discussion questions were due.
-You took Quiz #12.
-We continued our discussion of The Corporation Chapter 5. Our discussion focused on cradle to the grave branding & opportunity in devastation marketing tactics.

HOMEWORK:
-Mikie will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-No new discussion questions.

MN371
TODAY:
-No textbook discussion questions were due.
-BUAB Chapters 13 & 14 discussion questions were due.
-You took Quiz #12.
-We began a discussion of Chapter 13 by discussing the 3 different types of capital: fixed, working, & growth.
-We discussed the business plan presentation & assigned times.

HOMEWORK:
-Jen will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-No new discussion questions.
-I have given an extension for the business plan. It is now due at the beginning of class next Wednesday.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

THURSDAY 04/26

SR338
TODAY:
-We finished watching the documentary Food, Inc.

HOMEWORK:
-Josh, Wes & Mike will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-The Food, Inc discussion questions are due next Tuesday.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

WEDNESDAY 04/25

SR368
TODAY:
-Chapter 11 discussion questions 12-17 were due.
-You took Quiz #12.
-We finished our discussion of Chapter 11.  Our discussion focused on peer-group security, the advantages/disadvantages to outsourcing event security, & how crowd management has changed since 9/11.

HOMEWORK:
-Greg will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Read the following April 16-22 SBJ articles & answer the Discussion Questions:
A) Page 22: "Fenway Gets Saved..."
1) What stadium sparked the stadium development boom in the 1990's?
2) In the early 1990's Boston-area leaders wanted a downtown sports & entertainment complex that would contain new homes for the Red Sox & what other team?
3) What is the current name of that downtown sports & entertainment complex?
4) Plans for a "new" Fenway Park had the ballpark opening in what year?
5) How much would the ballpark have cost?
6) How was the private land that the ballpark would have been built on going to be acquired?
7) What was the name of the group of preservationists that banded together to fight the replacement of Fenway Park?
B) Page 22: "Will Sellout Streak..."
1) At the time the article was written, the Fenway Park sellout streak was at how many games?
2) The streak is the 3rd-longest in US professional sports behind what 2 teams?
3) The club has consistently referred to the streak as who's record?
4) What team has the longest sellout streak in the NBA?
5) What team has the longest sellout streak in the NHL?
6) What team has the longest sellout streak in the NFL?
C) Page 25: "What's in store..."
1) What is the name of the 6,000-square-foot club within Fenway Park that will feature many rare pieces of club memorabilia?
2) Fenway Park tours draw more than how many visitors per year?
3) Earlier this year the Red Sox & MLB produced a 7-pound coffee table book called what?
4) What did the team install in Fenway Park following the 2010 season?
5) How much did the decade of renovations cost the Red Sox?

IC212
TODAY:
-No new discussion questions were due.
-We continued our discussion of The Corporation Chapter 5.  Our discussion focused on undercover marketing.

HOMEWORK:
-Kylie will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Answer TWIF Chapter 1 discussion questions that were posted on Monday.

MN371
TODAY:
-Chapter 13 discussion questions were due.
-We finished our discussion of Chapter 10 by discussing objectives & strategies for pricing new products.

HOMEWORK:
-Anthony will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-No new textbook discussion questions.
-Answer the BUAB Chapters 13 & 14 discussion questions that were posted on Monday.  

TUESDAY 04/24

SR338
TODAY:
-No new discussion questions were due.
-We finished discussing Chapter 13.  Our discussion focused on the negative effects of compulsive exercising, caffeine, & alcohol.
-We began watching the documentary Food, Inc.

HOMEWORK:
-Josh & Wes will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-No new discussion questions.
-If you were absent you can watch the first 20 minutes of the documentary here:
Food Inc