SR201
TODAY:
-No new discussion questions due.
-Opportunity Quiz #4.
-We reviewed for Exam #1.
HOMEWORK:
-Study for Exam #1.
-No class on Friday.
MN371
TODAY:
-No new discussion questions due.
-Opportunity Quiz #4.
-We discussed the 5 Forces Model.
HOMEWORK:
-Study for Exam #1.
-We will finish discussing Chapter 4 on Friday.
SR338
TODAY:
-No new discussion questions due.
-Opportunity Quiz #4.
-We reviewed for Exam #1.
HOMEWORK:
-Study for Exam #1.
-No class on Friday.
SR368
TODAY:
-Exam #1.
HOMEWORK:
-Read the following March 7-13 SBJ articles & answer the corresponding Discussion Questions:
A) Page Cover: Seat On Selection Committee A Hoops Junkie's Dream
1) How many college administrators serve on the NCAA men's basketball committee?
2) How many teams will be selected?
3) How many teams are eligible?
4) How long is each administrator's term length?
5) How many new committee members does the NCAA pick each year
6) When the committee members join the selection team, what does the NCAA pay to have installed in their home?
7) What is the compensation for serving on the committee?
8) How many women have served on the men's basketball selection committee?
B) Page 6: ISC Adds PayPal Option For Website Ticket Sales
1) International Speedway Corp. became the first motorsports operator to allow fans to buy tickets using what?
2) How many tracks that host Sprint Cup Series races does ISC own?
3) How much does PayPal charge users for the service?
4) In addition to PayPal, what new feature is expected to help convert more ISC visitors into ticket buyers?
5) What companies are 2 of the biggest ticket providers?
Monday, March 7, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
FRIDAY 3/4
SR201
TODAY:
-Into The Wild: Chapters 9 & 10.
-No new discussion questions due.
-We finished discussing Chapter 6.
HOMEWORK:
-Study for Exam #1. It will be next Wednesday.
-Have your notes & homework with you in class on Monday in case there is a quiz.
MN371
TODAY:
-Chapter 4 discussion questions due.
-We finished discussing Chapter 3 & began discussing Chapter 4.
HOMEWORK:
-Study for Exam #1. It will be next Wednesday.
-Have your notes & homework with you in class on Monday in case there is a quiz.
SR338
TODAY:
-2 articles discussion questions due.
-We discussed the 2 articles.
HOMEWORK:
-Study for Exam #1. It will be next Wednesday.
-Have your notes & homework with in class on Monday in case there is a quiz.
TODAY:
-Into The Wild: Chapters 9 & 10.
-No new discussion questions due.
-We finished discussing Chapter 6.
HOMEWORK:
-Study for Exam #1. It will be next Wednesday.
-Have your notes & homework with you in class on Monday in case there is a quiz.
MN371
TODAY:
-Chapter 4 discussion questions due.
-We finished discussing Chapter 3 & began discussing Chapter 4.
HOMEWORK:
-Study for Exam #1. It will be next Wednesday.
-Have your notes & homework with you in class on Monday in case there is a quiz.
SR338
TODAY:
-2 articles discussion questions due.
-We discussed the 2 articles.
HOMEWORK:
-Study for Exam #1. It will be next Wednesday.
-Have your notes & homework with in class on Monday in case there is a quiz.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
THURSDAY 3/3
IC212
TODAY:
-No new discussion questions due.
-I handed out Opportunity Quiz #4 as a take home quiz.
-We began a discussion of Drucker Chapter 5.
HOMEWORK:
-Opportunity Quiz #4 is due next Tuesday.
-Answer the following Drucker Chapter 7 Discussion Question:
1) According to Drucker, what characterisitcs are unique to a CEO?
EXAM #1 STUDY GUIDE:
Chapter 1
-Be able to state the successful business attributes that we discussed & state the company(s) taht represent each one.
-What is the #1 key to a successful organization?
-Who is the godfather of management?
-Be able to define management & state the 6 management functions.
-Be able to explain the 4 types of manamgement that we discussed.
Chapter 2
-Be able to state the reasons that we discussed for why the customer is in the driver's seat.
-Be able to state & explain the levels of the Customer Satisfaction Model.
-Be able to explain & give examples of push & pull marketing.
-Be able to explain how Medtronic personifies Drucker's ideal of customer focus.
-be able to explain the difference between demographics & psychographics.
Chapter 3
-Be able to explain why Starbucks exemplifies what Drucker considers to be true innovation.
-Be able to state the 5 Starbucks problems.
-Be able to define systematic abandonment & explain how Kimberly-Clark & Peapod used it.
-Be able to explain how Google seeks opportunities.
-I will give you a company that we discussed and you will need to match it to the approriate 7 key sources of opportunities.
Chapter 4
-Be able to define brainstorming & state the 4 rules.
-Be able to explain Myelin Repair Foundation's collaboration model.
-Be able to explain how Dell is a pioneer of collaboration.
Chapter 5
-Be able to explain how Alcoa out Drucker's ideas about putting people first into practice.
-Be able to explain how management can motivate employees through Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
Chapter 7
-Be able to explain Drucker's characteristics that are unique to a CEO.
-Be able to explain the 4 types of managers.
TODAY:
-No new discussion questions due.
-I handed out Opportunity Quiz #4 as a take home quiz.
-We began a discussion of Drucker Chapter 5.
HOMEWORK:
-Opportunity Quiz #4 is due next Tuesday.
-Answer the following Drucker Chapter 7 Discussion Question:
1) According to Drucker, what characterisitcs are unique to a CEO?
EXAM #1 STUDY GUIDE:
Chapter 1
-Be able to state the successful business attributes that we discussed & state the company(s) taht represent each one.
-What is the #1 key to a successful organization?
-Who is the godfather of management?
-Be able to define management & state the 6 management functions.
-Be able to explain the 4 types of manamgement that we discussed.
Chapter 2
-Be able to state the reasons that we discussed for why the customer is in the driver's seat.
-Be able to state & explain the levels of the Customer Satisfaction Model.
-Be able to explain & give examples of push & pull marketing.
-Be able to explain how Medtronic personifies Drucker's ideal of customer focus.
-be able to explain the difference between demographics & psychographics.
Chapter 3
-Be able to explain why Starbucks exemplifies what Drucker considers to be true innovation.
-Be able to state the 5 Starbucks problems.
-Be able to define systematic abandonment & explain how Kimberly-Clark & Peapod used it.
-Be able to explain how Google seeks opportunities.
-I will give you a company that we discussed and you will need to match it to the approriate 7 key sources of opportunities.
Chapter 4
-Be able to define brainstorming & state the 4 rules.
-Be able to explain Myelin Repair Foundation's collaboration model.
-Be able to explain how Dell is a pioneer of collaboration.
Chapter 5
-Be able to explain how Alcoa out Drucker's ideas about putting people first into practice.
-Be able to explain how management can motivate employees through Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
Chapter 7
-Be able to explain Drucker's characteristics that are unique to a CEO.
-Be able to explain the 4 types of managers.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
WEDNESDAY 3/2
SR201
TODAY:
-Chapter 6 discussion questions due.
-We finished our discussion of Chapter 5. We discussed Nash's Pyramid of Leisure.
-We started a discussion of Chapter 6. We discussed ultimate goals, life patterning, and the ABC rating system.
HOMEWORK:
-Into The Wild: Chapters 9 & 10.
-Exam #1 will be Wednesday 3/9.
EXAM #1 STUDY GUIDE:
Sport & Society
-Be able to state the 8 basic motives that drive people to consume sports.
-Be able to explain the terms BIRGing & CORFing and how they were coined.
-Be able to explain what a deep fan is.
-Be able to explain the the 3 baseball fan groups.
-Be able to state the 2 main benefits of sport.
Chapter 1
-Be able to define leisure, work, personal care, & recreation.
-Be able to explain the 3 leisure categories & 3 nonleisure categories of Neulinger's Paradigm.
-Be able to explain the classical, antiutilitarian, social instrument, & leisure as a symbol of social class views of leisure.
Chapter 2
-Be able to explain the 4 factors we discussed causing a decline in free time in the future.
-Be able to explain the 3 factors we discussed causing an increase in free time in the future.
-Be able to explain the 3 leisure related problems.
Chapter 3
-Be able to explain the 3 factors that will affect the recreation movement in the 21st century.
Chapter 4
-Be able to define secondary viewing
-Be able to state the 4 benefits of sex as a leisure activity.
-Be able to explain the 3 factors that we discussed that restrict leisure time for women.
Chapter 5
-Be able to define play.
-Be able to explain the following play theories: surplus energy, recreation, relaxation, compensation, optimal arousal.
-Maslow's Hierarchy & Nash's Pyramid: If I give you a leisure activity, be able to place it in the correct category.
Chapter 6
-Be able to define ultimate goals, transition time, & the swiss-cheese approach.
-Be able to state the 4 common time wasters that we discussed.
MN371
TODAY:
-No new discussion questions due.
-We continued our discussion of Chapter 3. We discussed the purpose of a vision & mission statement.
HOMEWORK:
-Answer the following Chapter 4 Discussion Questions:
1) What is a feasibility analysis?
2) What is an industry & market feasibility analysis?
3) Briefly explain each of the 5 forces of the 5 forces model.
4) What is a product or service feasibility analysis?
5) What is the difference between primary & secondary research?
6) What is a financial feasibility analysis?
-Exam #1 will be Wednesday 3/9.
EXAM #1 STUDY GUIDE:
Beer
-What is the largest brewer in the world?
-What are Anheuser-Busch InBev's top 3 brands?
-Who is Ninkasi?
-What ingredient did early Europen beers not contain?
-What are the 2 reasons why Reinheitsgebot was enacted?
-Since 1950, who taps the first keg of Oktoberfest beer in Munich, Germany?
-Where does Yuengling rank in production among American commercial breweries?
-What bill was enacted by Congress on October 28, 1919 to prohibit intoxicating beverages?
-Be able to define bootlegging & speakeasy.
-What constitutional amendment repealed prohibition?
-What are the 4 main ingredients in beer?
-What are the 2 main categories of beer and how are they different?
Chapter 1
-Be able to state the 5 Detjen attributes of successful businesses.
-If I give you an explanation of one of the 5 benefits or 4 drawbacks of entrepreneurship, be able to state the benefit or drawback.
-Be able to define small business.
Chapter 2
-Be able to define creativity, innovation, & entrepreneurship.
-If I give you an explanation of one of the 10 barriers to creativity, be able to state the barrier.
-Be able to explain freewheeling & the 2 pizza rule.
Chapter 3
-Be able to define intellectual capital & its 3 components.
-Be able to define competitive advantage.
-What are the 2 types of competitive advantage?
-Be able to state the 4 aspects that a company needs to examine to define their competitive advantage.
-Be able to define vision & state the question it should answer.
-Be able to state the 3 ways a vision helps a company.
-Be able to define mission statement & state the question it should answer.
-Be able to state the 3 key elements of a mission statement.
-Be able to define SWOT Analysis & explain each of its components.
Chapter 4
-Be able to define feasibility analysis & state the question it should answer & the 3 interrelated components.
-If I give you an explanation of the 5 forces from the 5 forces model, be able to state the force.
SR338
TODAY:
-The 3 articles discussion questions were due.
-We discussed the articles.
HOMEWORK:
-Read this article and answer the following Discussion Questions:
1) What does research suggest may be the first step toward better health?
2) People who score high on tests of self-compassion have less what?
3) What is the biggest reason people aren't more self-compassionate?
4) A 2007 study by researchers at Wake Forest University suggests that even minor self-compassion intervention could influence what?
5) What is the missing ingredient in every diet & weight loss plan?
-Read this article & answer the following Discussion Questions:
1) What is the name of Taco Bell's low-calorie menu?
2) By eating from taco Bell's low-calorie menu 5-8 times per week, how much weight did Christine Dougherty lose?
3) The burritos & tacos on the menu do not contain what?
4) What does Taco Bell call its low-calorie marketing effort?
5) Taco Bell says if you really ant to lose weight, what should you do?
EXAM #1 STUDY GUIDE:
Chapter 1
-80% of cardiovascular disease & cancer deaths could be prevented through what?
-What are the main factors that affect health & well-being?
-What is the largest cause of preventable deaths?
-What term is used to describe deaths attributed to a lack of regular physical activity?
-From our discussion, what is the average LE in the US?
-From our discussion, what is the average HLE in the US?
-In order, what are the leading causes of death in the US?
-Be able to explain the difference between health-related fitness & skill-related fitness?
-What is the main reason why the US health care system ranks 37th in the world?
Chapter 2
-Be able to state 3 environmental influences on physical activity & 2 environmental influences on diet & nutrition.
-Be able to define traffic calming & value marketing.
-Define locus of control, internal locus of control, & external locus of control.
Chapter 3
-Be able to define nutrition.
-Be able to state the essential nutrients, fuel nutrients, regulatory nutrients, macronutrients, & micronutrients.
-What is referred to as the 7th nutrient?
-What type of carbohydrates offer little nutritive value?
-What type of carbohydrates provide the body with vitamins, minerals, & fiber.
-What type of fats are from animal origin?
-What type of fats are found in plant products?
Chapter 4
-What is the fat component of the human body called?
-What is the non-fat component of the human body called?
-What are the 3 basic functions of storage fat?
-What BMI range is considered overweight?
-A BMI above what is considered obese?
-A BMI below what is considered underweight?
Chapter 5
-What are the most critical health problems in the 21st century?
-50% of new fitness club memberships quit within how many months?
-What are the 3 main health consequences of obesity?
-What are the 2 most common types of eating disorders?
-What body hormone stimulates appetite?
-What body hormone let's the brain know when you are full?
Chapter 6
-What is the single most important component of heath-related physical fitness?
-What are the 4 main hypokinetic diseases?
-What is the main contributing factor of hypokinetic diseases?
-What are the 4 cardiorespiratory prescription variables?
SR368
TODAY:
-SBJ articles discussion questions due.
-We discussed Chapter 5.
HOMEWORK:
-No class on Friday.
-Exam #1 on Monday.
TODAY:
-Chapter 6 discussion questions due.
-We finished our discussion of Chapter 5. We discussed Nash's Pyramid of Leisure.
-We started a discussion of Chapter 6. We discussed ultimate goals, life patterning, and the ABC rating system.
HOMEWORK:
-Into The Wild: Chapters 9 & 10.
-Exam #1 will be Wednesday 3/9.
EXAM #1 STUDY GUIDE:
Sport & Society
-Be able to state the 8 basic motives that drive people to consume sports.
-Be able to explain the terms BIRGing & CORFing and how they were coined.
-Be able to explain what a deep fan is.
-Be able to explain the the 3 baseball fan groups.
-Be able to state the 2 main benefits of sport.
Chapter 1
-Be able to define leisure, work, personal care, & recreation.
-Be able to explain the 3 leisure categories & 3 nonleisure categories of Neulinger's Paradigm.
-Be able to explain the classical, antiutilitarian, social instrument, & leisure as a symbol of social class views of leisure.
Chapter 2
-Be able to explain the 4 factors we discussed causing a decline in free time in the future.
-Be able to explain the 3 factors we discussed causing an increase in free time in the future.
-Be able to explain the 3 leisure related problems.
Chapter 3
-Be able to explain the 3 factors that will affect the recreation movement in the 21st century.
Chapter 4
-Be able to define secondary viewing
-Be able to state the 4 benefits of sex as a leisure activity.
-Be able to explain the 3 factors that we discussed that restrict leisure time for women.
Chapter 5
-Be able to define play.
-Be able to explain the following play theories: surplus energy, recreation, relaxation, compensation, optimal arousal.
-Maslow's Hierarchy & Nash's Pyramid: If I give you a leisure activity, be able to place it in the correct category.
Chapter 6
-Be able to define ultimate goals, transition time, & the swiss-cheese approach.
-Be able to state the 4 common time wasters that we discussed.
MN371
TODAY:
-No new discussion questions due.
-We continued our discussion of Chapter 3. We discussed the purpose of a vision & mission statement.
HOMEWORK:
-Answer the following Chapter 4 Discussion Questions:
1) What is a feasibility analysis?
2) What is an industry & market feasibility analysis?
3) Briefly explain each of the 5 forces of the 5 forces model.
4) What is a product or service feasibility analysis?
5) What is the difference between primary & secondary research?
6) What is a financial feasibility analysis?
-Exam #1 will be Wednesday 3/9.
EXAM #1 STUDY GUIDE:
Beer
-What is the largest brewer in the world?
-What are Anheuser-Busch InBev's top 3 brands?
-Who is Ninkasi?
-What ingredient did early Europen beers not contain?
-What are the 2 reasons why Reinheitsgebot was enacted?
-Since 1950, who taps the first keg of Oktoberfest beer in Munich, Germany?
-Where does Yuengling rank in production among American commercial breweries?
-What bill was enacted by Congress on October 28, 1919 to prohibit intoxicating beverages?
-Be able to define bootlegging & speakeasy.
-What constitutional amendment repealed prohibition?
-What are the 4 main ingredients in beer?
-What are the 2 main categories of beer and how are they different?
Chapter 1
-Be able to state the 5 Detjen attributes of successful businesses.
-If I give you an explanation of one of the 5 benefits or 4 drawbacks of entrepreneurship, be able to state the benefit or drawback.
-Be able to define small business.
Chapter 2
-Be able to define creativity, innovation, & entrepreneurship.
-If I give you an explanation of one of the 10 barriers to creativity, be able to state the barrier.
-Be able to explain freewheeling & the 2 pizza rule.
Chapter 3
-Be able to define intellectual capital & its 3 components.
-Be able to define competitive advantage.
-What are the 2 types of competitive advantage?
-Be able to state the 4 aspects that a company needs to examine to define their competitive advantage.
-Be able to define vision & state the question it should answer.
-Be able to state the 3 ways a vision helps a company.
-Be able to define mission statement & state the question it should answer.
-Be able to state the 3 key elements of a mission statement.
-Be able to define SWOT Analysis & explain each of its components.
Chapter 4
-Be able to define feasibility analysis & state the question it should answer & the 3 interrelated components.
-If I give you an explanation of the 5 forces from the 5 forces model, be able to state the force.
SR338
TODAY:
-The 3 articles discussion questions were due.
-We discussed the articles.
HOMEWORK:
-Read this article and answer the following Discussion Questions:
1) What does research suggest may be the first step toward better health?
2) People who score high on tests of self-compassion have less what?
3) What is the biggest reason people aren't more self-compassionate?
4) A 2007 study by researchers at Wake Forest University suggests that even minor self-compassion intervention could influence what?
5) What is the missing ingredient in every diet & weight loss plan?
-Read this article & answer the following Discussion Questions:
1) What is the name of Taco Bell's low-calorie menu?
2) By eating from taco Bell's low-calorie menu 5-8 times per week, how much weight did Christine Dougherty lose?
3) The burritos & tacos on the menu do not contain what?
4) What does Taco Bell call its low-calorie marketing effort?
5) Taco Bell says if you really ant to lose weight, what should you do?
EXAM #1 STUDY GUIDE:
Chapter 1
-80% of cardiovascular disease & cancer deaths could be prevented through what?
-What are the main factors that affect health & well-being?
-What is the largest cause of preventable deaths?
-What term is used to describe deaths attributed to a lack of regular physical activity?
-From our discussion, what is the average LE in the US?
-From our discussion, what is the average HLE in the US?
-In order, what are the leading causes of death in the US?
-Be able to explain the difference between health-related fitness & skill-related fitness?
-What is the main reason why the US health care system ranks 37th in the world?
Chapter 2
-Be able to state 3 environmental influences on physical activity & 2 environmental influences on diet & nutrition.
-Be able to define traffic calming & value marketing.
-Define locus of control, internal locus of control, & external locus of control.
Chapter 3
-Be able to define nutrition.
-Be able to state the essential nutrients, fuel nutrients, regulatory nutrients, macronutrients, & micronutrients.
-What is referred to as the 7th nutrient?
-What type of carbohydrates offer little nutritive value?
-What type of carbohydrates provide the body with vitamins, minerals, & fiber.
-What type of fats are from animal origin?
-What type of fats are found in plant products?
Chapter 4
-What is the fat component of the human body called?
-What is the non-fat component of the human body called?
-What are the 3 basic functions of storage fat?
-What BMI range is considered overweight?
-A BMI above what is considered obese?
-A BMI below what is considered underweight?
Chapter 5
-What are the most critical health problems in the 21st century?
-50% of new fitness club memberships quit within how many months?
-What are the 3 main health consequences of obesity?
-What are the 2 most common types of eating disorders?
-What body hormone stimulates appetite?
-What body hormone let's the brain know when you are full?
Chapter 6
-What is the single most important component of heath-related physical fitness?
-What are the 4 main hypokinetic diseases?
-What is the main contributing factor of hypokinetic diseases?
-What are the 4 cardiorespiratory prescription variables?
SR368
TODAY:
-SBJ articles discussion questions due.
-We discussed Chapter 5.
HOMEWORK:
-No class on Friday.
-Exam #1 on Monday.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
TUESDAY 3/1
IC212
TODAY:
-Drucker Chapter 5 discussion questions due.
-Opportunity Quiz #3.
-We finished our discussion of Chapter 4. We discussed the essential elements to brainstorming groups, the 4 rules to brainstorming, the advantages/disadvantages of group decision making, Myelin Repair Foundation & Dell's collaboration models.
HOMEWORK:
-No new discussion questions. Have your Drucker Chapter 5 discussion questions answers with you on Thursday.
TODAY:
-Drucker Chapter 5 discussion questions due.
-Opportunity Quiz #3.
-We finished our discussion of Chapter 4. We discussed the essential elements to brainstorming groups, the 4 rules to brainstorming, the advantages/disadvantages of group decision making, Myelin Repair Foundation & Dell's collaboration models.
HOMEWORK:
-No new discussion questions. Have your Drucker Chapter 5 discussion questions answers with you on Thursday.
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