Blackboard Assignments #6, #7, and #8

Regarding Blackboard Assignments #6, #7, and #8

Due November 11, 17, and 28, respectively

For your convenience as we approach the term’s crush period, assignments #6, #7, and #8 are posted together. They have different deadlines, as you can see, but you are encouraged to complete them as early as possible. (Please do not do Asg08 TOO early.) Liaisons have no extra responsibility on assignment #8; they should just do what all the other students do. Liaisons (and everyone else) are also advised that there will be no Blackboard contributions #9 and #10. For those two assignments, everyone gets two **really free** points. If liaisons want to be sure to take their two individual Blackboard Assignment "days off," assignments #6, #7, and #8 will be their last opportunities to do so. Liaisons completing seven or eight assignments receive the same 10 total individual contribution points as those who do just six of them.

As always, REMEMBER TO POST EACH ASSIGNMENT AS A THREAD. Do not create any other forum. Since forums are neither identified with individual students nor time-stamped by Blackboard, they will not earn any credit.

Blackboard Assignment #6 (Asg06-Group##)

Due FRIDAY(!!!), November 11

Lives people generally consider to be "well-lived" are often characterized by extensive community involvement, so "service learning" is a topic we've mentioned more than once in class. Though doing a project to benefit both the student and the community is an important part of students' preparation for business careers, such an activity is not easily mentored and evaluated in a survey course like Management 341. Knowing and thinking about SL, however, remains an objective of this course. In your group discussion forum, CREATE A THREAD that consists of a short report (1-3 paragraphs) covering one of three topics: (1) a service learning project you began and sustained throughout this term, (2) some such project you carried out at any time in the past, or (3) a project you will or might engage in at some time in the future. Include a discussion of the activity's benefits to you and to the community.

There is a wealth of information at the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse web site (http://www.servicelearning.org/what_is_service-learning/service-learning_is/index.php). Along with a more detailed definition and explanation of the process, you will find a glossary of terms and a list of some jobs/activities to give you ideas. Appropriate local undertakings might include work on the campus drive to increase organ and tissue donation, cooperating with the Junior Chamber of Commerce to teach economic concepts to public school students, or running a campaign to provide household or medical supplies to less privileged populations here or in developing nations. Due date: FRIDAY, November 11.

In addition to doing what is required of everyone else for this assignment, liaisons should create a thread (subject line Asg06-Grp18-LIAISON) to the FULL CLASS DISCUSSION. In this posting, please indicate which of the other students’ exercises you considered to be of the greatest overall learning and service value in each category ([1] those that are in progress, [2] those actually completed, and [3] those that are planned or imagined). Indicate why you chose this posting above the others in that category. Of course, you can skip any category for which none of your group members posted. Liaison posting deadline: ***MONDAY***, November 14.

 

Individual Blackboard Assignment #7

Due on THURSDAY, November 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. Look over Session number “23 Supplemental Ethics Case Slides.”

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.

Answer the questions throughout the case in your assignment posting, and add a paragraph evaluating Jason’s performance.

Please create the thread for your assignment as Asg07-GrpNN, where NN represents your 2-digit group number. If you are in Group 18, for example, the subject heading will include "Asg07-Grp18" with no spaces, and the posting will be created in the Grp18 discussion forum.

In addition to doing the same assignment as everyone else, liaisons should read everyone else’s assignments and create a thread (Asg07-Grp18-LIAISON) in the FULL CLASS DISCUSSION. First, liaisons should list people’s scores on the assessment (not their names, just their scores), and then write a paragraph discussing very generally the variation among group members’ evaluations of Jason’s performance. Indicate whether you think the group could have been led to any consensus about Jason’s overall behavior in this scenario and how YOU believe he should proceed at this point.

This liaison report is due by MONDAY (that’s MONDAY!), November 21.

Blackboard Assignment #8 (Asg08-Grp##)

Due MONDAY, November 28

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, quizzes, short in-class videos, downloadable review slides, virtual discussion groups, the hotseat, guest speakers, clickers, and on-line contributions like this one. What changes might improve the course for the students who will follow you? React also to any new ideas mentioned in class, including the possible video replacement of additional class lectures in future semesters. Liaisons do only what is required of everyone else for this assignment. Due date: ***MONDAY***, November 28.