Friday, March 29, 2013
correction to "Some exam 2a items and other information"
When I mentioned that exam 1a review materials were now available on educreations.com, I meant to type "exam 2a" review materials. Exam 1a topics are not what you should be studying for next Thursday's exam. best...mf
Thursday, March 28, 2013
BLACKBOARD ASSIGNMENTS #6, #7, #8, and #9
Blackboard Assignments #6, #7, #8, and #9
Due April 5 (Friday), April 11 (Thursday), April 17 (Wednesday), and April 25 (Thursday), respectively.
For your convenience as we enter this semester’s crush period, assignments #6, #7, #8, and #9 are posted together. They have different deadlines, as you can see, but you are welcome to complete them as early as possible. (Please do not do Asg09 TOO early.)
There will be no assignment #10; it is one “free point” that’s really FREE!
NOTE THAT THESE ARE DUE ON VARIOUS DAYS OF THE WEEK FOR SEVERAL REASONS, INCLUDING THE NEED TO POSTPONE THE NEXT ASSIGNMENT UNTIL AFTER EXAM 2A..
BLACKBOARD ASSIGNMENT #6
Due on FRIDAY, 4/5
In the "student edition" of the premium content site, go to the Manager's Hot Seat section and complete Scenario #12: Virtual Workplace--Out of the Office Reply. Review the profiles, references, scenario, and dossier before you create your report evaluating how Ralph Ramos handled the situation. Be sure to include your answers to the 6 multiple choice questions in the conference scenario video itself. (Use the email feature at the bottom of the screen to copy the text into your clipboard.)
Once you've created the report analyzing the situation in your own words, you can save it--along with the responses--to a text file to copy and paste into a Blackboard discussion entry. Please post your assignment by CREATING A THREAD with the subject heading Asg06.
In the "student edition" of the premium content site, go to the Manager's Hot Seat section and complete Scenario #3: Partnership: The Unbalancing Act.
BLACKBOARD ASSIGNMENT #8 (Asg08)
Due on Wednesday, April 17.
In the "student edition" of the premium content site, take the Self Assessment titled “Assessing Your Ethical Decision-Making Skills.” Read the feedback and write one or two sentences reporting your score and reacting to it in any way you like.
Then go to the Manager's Hot Seat section and complete Scenario #2: Ethics: Let’s Make a Fourth Quarter Deal. Review the profiles, references, scenario, and dossier before you create your report.
Copy your answer to the in-case questions in your assignment posting, and add a paragraph evaluating Jason’s performance.
BLACKBOARD ASSIGNMENT #9 (Asg09)
Due *** THURSDAY *** April 25
Write one or more paragraphs analyzing your experience in this course. Which topics did you find most (or least) helpful and interesting? Especially welcome are your opinions of the various tools and instructional techniques, including the text and other readings, regular and "second chance" exams, short in-class videos, downloadable review slides, the hotseat, guest speakers, clickers, flip class and exam review videos, and on-line contributions like this one. What changes might improve the course for the students who will follow you?
Due April 5 (Friday), April 11 (Thursday), April 17 (Wednesday), and April 25 (Thursday), respectively.
For your convenience as we enter this semester’s crush period, assignments #6, #7, #8, and #9 are posted together. They have different deadlines, as you can see, but you are welcome to complete them as early as possible. (Please do not do Asg09 TOO early.)
There will be no assignment #10; it is one “free point” that’s really FREE!
NOTE THAT THESE ARE DUE ON VARIOUS DAYS OF THE WEEK FOR SEVERAL REASONS, INCLUDING THE NEED TO POSTPONE THE NEXT ASSIGNMENT UNTIL AFTER EXAM 2A..
BLACKBOARD ASSIGNMENT #6
Due on FRIDAY, 4/5
In the "student edition" of the premium content site, go to the Manager's Hot Seat section and complete Scenario #12: Virtual Workplace--Out of the Office Reply. Review the profiles, references, scenario, and dossier before you create your report evaluating how Ralph Ramos handled the situation. Be sure to include your answers to the 6 multiple choice questions in the conference scenario video itself. (Use the email feature at the bottom of the screen to copy the text into your clipboard.)
Once you've created the report analyzing the situation in your own words, you can save it--along with the responses--to a text file to copy and paste into a Blackboard discussion entry. Please post your assignment by CREATING A THREAD with the subject heading Asg06.
BLACKBOARD ASSIGNMENT #7 (Asg07)
Due Thursday, April 11
Due Thursday, April 11
In the "student edition" of the premium content site, go to the Manager's Hot Seat section and complete Scenario #3: Partnership: The Unbalancing Act.
Include one or more paragraphs that identify the kind conflict taking place and also classify and evaluate Rande’s approach to resolving the conflict. What mistakes do you think she and Jonas made going into their partnership and leading up to the current situation? Can you name any things they seem to have done right?
As in previous assignments, you must answer the questions posed during the scenario, include them in your report, and paste the resulting text file into a Blackboard discussion entry with Asg07 in the subject line. (Use the email feature at the bottom of the screen to copy the text into your clipboard.)
BLACKBOARD ASSIGNMENT #8 (Asg08)
Due on Wednesday, April 17.
In the "student edition" of the premium content site, take the Self Assessment titled “Assessing Your Ethical Decision-Making Skills.” Read the feedback and write one or two sentences reporting your score and reacting to it in any way you like.
Then go to the Manager's Hot Seat section and complete Scenario #2: Ethics: Let’s Make a Fourth Quarter Deal. Review the profiles, references, scenario, and dossier before you create your report.
Copy your answer to the in-case questions in your assignment posting, and add a paragraph evaluating Jason’s performance.
BLACKBOARD ASSIGNMENT #9 (Asg09)
Due *** THURSDAY *** April 25
Write one or more paragraphs analyzing your experience in this course. Which topics did you find most (or least) helpful and interesting? Especially welcome are your opinions of the various tools and instructional techniques, including the text and other readings, regular and "second chance" exams, short in-class videos, downloadable review slides, the hotseat, guest speakers, clickers, flip class and exam review videos, and on-line contributions like this one. What changes might improve the course for the students who will follow you?
Some exam 2a items and other information
CLICKER QUESTIONS: The clicker questions for the second course segment are now available on electronic reserve. Feel free to email me if you have trouble answering any questions using your notes, the slides, or the text and other readings. ERes file name: Exam 2a Review: 09-15 clicker questions
EXAM 2A REVIEW ITEMS: As I'm sure you know, the session 16 video and the Exam 2a (not 1a, as stated earlier) review presentations can be accessed on electronic reserve and educreations.com, respectively. I caution you against waiting till the last minute to access either resource, particularly the session video. If too many students try to see it at once, you may experience choking delays and other contention problems. Making such a bad choice can easily end up costing you points on next Thursday's exam.
SPECIAL OFFICE HOURS TODAY: I will remain in my office today into the afternoon. Students whose schedules usually keep them from meeting with me should take advantage of this class-time availability. If you need to see me after around 1:30 today, please call or email me before then.
I will see you next Tuesday....mf
EXAM 2A REVIEW ITEMS: As I'm sure you know, the session 16 video and the Exam 2a (not 1a, as stated earlier) review presentations can be accessed on electronic reserve and educreations.com, respectively. I caution you against waiting till the last minute to access either resource, particularly the session video. If too many students try to see it at once, you may experience choking delays and other contention problems. Making such a bad choice can easily end up costing you points on next Thursday's exam.
SPECIAL OFFICE HOURS TODAY: I will remain in my office today into the afternoon. Students whose schedules usually keep them from meeting with me should take advantage of this class-time availability. If you need to see me after around 1:30 today, please call or email me before then.
I will see you next Tuesday....mf
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Important Exam 2a items
"Exam 2a" review slides are now available on electronic reserve, and six related video exam review tutorials--each consisting of 1-3 slides with my voice-over summary--are accessible via educreations.com.
Files of Exam 1a-related clicker questions from sessions 9-15 should also be on ERes sometime tomorrow p.m.
I appreciate any feedback you can give me on these online exam review sessions, as this is the first semester I have tried this method to help students prepare for exams.
Files of Exam 1a-related clicker questions from sessions 9-15 should also be on ERes sometime tomorrow p.m.
I appreciate any feedback you can give me on these online exam review sessions, as this is the first semester I have tried this method to help students prepare for exams.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
from the Bloomberg Aptitude Test representative
Kevin Gayson, our campus rep for this test, has asked that I inform you of this opportunity.
The service is unrelated to this course and to me, but I think the announcement might interest many of you. ...Prof. M. Fogelman
The service is unrelated to this course and to me, but I think the announcement might interest many of you. ...Prof. M. Fogelman
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Dear Students,
It’s no surprise they have had more than 77,000 test takers in the past 2 years.
In 3 weeks we
will be hosting the Bloomberg Aptitude
Test on campus, which connects students to employers. Bloomberg invites
anyone, (all majors and years,) who might be considering a career in
business or finance to attend. Due to limited seating, we encourage only
the most career-oriented students to sign
up.
The
BAT enables test takers, based entirely on their individual abilities,
to
get in front of 20,000+ employers, who are conducting daily searches to
identify and fill internships and entry-level positions.
Session Details:
Date: Saturday,
March 9th at 11:00AM HU 129
Monday, March 11th at 7:15PM HU 113
Tuesday, March 12th at 7:15PM HU 114
Wednesday, March 13th at 7:15PM HU 113
Bring your laptops!
>>>>>>>>Reserve your spot by registering here: http://bit.ly/BAT2013
Hear BAT testimonials direct from student hires and see why students take the BAT:
Slide content from today's class
Here are some items that were not included in the session 13 review slides:
Session Overview
Some review topics
Time management
Career life cycles and career planning
Alternative work arrangements
Stress and stress management
…from our session on “Managing Yourself”
Co-creation is the process of working on new product and service ideas together with the customers who are going (you hope) to buy them.
Crowdsourcing is the outsourcing of tasks to a distributed group of people, usually to an undefined public rather than a specific body, such as your own customers or paid employees.
Insights from Goal-Setting Research
1. Difficult goals lead to higher performance
2. Specific, difficult goals lead to higher performance for simple rather complex tasks
3. Goal specificity – quantifiability of a goal
4. Feedback enhances the effect of specific, difficult goals
5. Participative goals, assigned goals, and self-set goals are equally effective
6. Goal commitment and monetary incentives affect goal-setting outcomes
7. Goal commitment – extent to which an individual is personally committed to achieving a goal
Golden Rules of Goal-Setting
…from the reading
Set goals that motivate you.
Set SMART goals
Specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time bound
Set goals in writing.
Make an action plan.
Stick with it!
Session Overview
Some review topics
Time management
Career life cycles and career planning
Alternative work arrangements
Stress and stress management
…from our session on “Managing Yourself”
Co-creation is the process of working on new product and service ideas together with the customers who are going (you hope) to buy them.
Crowdsourcing is the outsourcing of tasks to a distributed group of people, usually to an undefined public rather than a specific body, such as your own customers or paid employees.
Insights from Goal-Setting Research
1. Difficult goals lead to higher performance
2. Specific, difficult goals lead to higher performance for simple rather complex tasks
3. Goal specificity – quantifiability of a goal
4. Feedback enhances the effect of specific, difficult goals
5. Participative goals, assigned goals, and self-set goals are equally effective
6. Goal commitment and monetary incentives affect goal-setting outcomes
7. Goal commitment – extent to which an individual is personally committed to achieving a goal
Golden Rules of Goal-Setting
…from the reading
Set goals that motivate you.
Set SMART goals
Specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time bound
Set goals in writing.
Make an action plan.
Stick with it!
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Asg05 - Due on WEDNESDAY, 3/13
Individual Blackboard Assignment #5
Due on WEDNESDAY, 3/13
In the "student edition" of the premium content site, go to the Manager's Hot Seat section and complete Scenario #15: Working in Teams: Cross-Functional Dysfunction. Review the profiles, references, scenario, and dossier before you create your report.
In this case, however, do not just answer the question about what Joe Tanney should do to make the implementation a success. Indicate as well what Joe—and probably Joe’s boss, Jeffrey Dillon (see Dossier exhibit 2)—could have done at the outset to prevent or minimize the challenges Rosa and Simon present to the completion of this project. Feel free to include aspects of team size, motivation, mutual responsibility, “virtuality,” perception management, etc.
As in previous assignments, you must answer the questions posed during the scenario, include them in your report, and paste the resulting text into a Blackboard discussion entry.
(Once you see the assessment on your screen, you should select email on the bottom of the screen. Then copy/paste that text into your “report,” which you copy in turn into a discussion thread—titled Asg05—that gets posted on Blackboard.)
Due on WEDNESDAY, 3/13
In the "student edition" of the premium content site, go to the Manager's Hot Seat section and complete Scenario #15: Working in Teams: Cross-Functional Dysfunction. Review the profiles, references, scenario, and dossier before you create your report.
In this case, however, do not just answer the question about what Joe Tanney should do to make the implementation a success. Indicate as well what Joe—and probably Joe’s boss, Jeffrey Dillon (see Dossier exhibit 2)—could have done at the outset to prevent or minimize the challenges Rosa and Simon present to the completion of this project. Feel free to include aspects of team size, motivation, mutual responsibility, “virtuality,” perception management, etc.
As in previous assignments, you must answer the questions posed during the scenario, include them in your report, and paste the resulting text into a Blackboard discussion entry.
(Once you see the assessment on your screen, you should select email on the bottom of the screen. Then copy/paste that text into your “report,” which you copy in turn into a discussion thread—titled Asg05—that gets posted on Blackboard.)
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
office hours today till only 2:30
I forgot to mention this in the early class today: I'll be in a meeting from 2:30-4:30, so my office hours will end early today.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Reminder for Session 12 (this Tuesday, 3/5)
Please do not forget to watch the lecture portion of this class online. We will be applying it along with chapter 4 content in scenarios and clicker questions this Tuesday. As is the case with the other "flipped class" lectures, our in-term exam review sessions, and some other materials, Tuesday's lecture-capture videos reside on our course's educreations site.
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