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Foundations of Business: Managing for Success
Foundations of Business: Managing for Success
Read Exploring Business: Chapter 6.1. Discuss PowerPoint presentation and students will complete the exercise below. Consider the things that your principal must do to ensure that the school meets the needs of its students. Identify these activities and group them by the four functions of management: planning, organizing, directing, and controlling. Play Kahoot! Learning Target: I […]
Foundations of Business: Planning
Foundations of Business: Planning
Read Exploring Business: Chapter 6.2. Watch Wendy’s video. Watch Starbucks SWOT analysis. Learning Target: I understand that the planning function allows managers set goals and determine the best way to achieve them.
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Foundations of Business: Organizing
Foundations of Business: Organizing
Read Exploring Business: Chapter 6.3. Watch video on Organizational Structure. Complete the Organization Chart assignment in Teams. Learning Target: I understand that the organizing function of management involves various activities for organizing a business and creating an organization chart.
Foundations of Business: Directing
Foundations of Business: Directing
Read Exploring Business: Chapter 6.4. Watch EdPuzzle on leadership styles and answer the questions at the end. Learning Target: I understand the directing function of management involves directing others and motivating them to achieve company goals.
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Foundations of Business: Controlling
Foundations of Business: Controlling
Read Exploring Business: Chapter 6.5. Watch Emery Worldwide Airlines Disaster video. Discuss quality control failures and how it impacted Emery’s business. Do some additional research by reading this article if desired. Learning Target: I can define the controlling management function.
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Foundations of Business: To Manage or Not to Manage
Foundations of Business: To Manage or Not to Manage
Watch Management vs. Technical: Which Career Path Is Right for You. Read What To Know About a Career in Management and complete the To Manage or Not to Manage Assignment. Place the completed assignment in the black inbox on the teacher’s desk at the end of the period. Learning Target: I can analyze different career paths to determine which […]
Foundations of Business: Managerial Skills
Foundations of Business: Managerial Skills
Read Exploring Business: Chapter 6.6. Complete the Problem-Solving Assignment that the teacher will pass out. You may work in groups if you’d like, but each student should turn in his/her own completed worksheet. Watch this video detailing the problem-solving process. Place the completed assignment in the black inbox on the teacher’s desk at the end of […]
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Foundations of Business: Chapter 6 Review
Foundations of Business: Chapter 6 Review
Play Kahoot! to review Chapter 6. The Chapter 6 quiz will be on Tuesday.
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Foundations of Business: A Great Work Environment
Foundations of Business: A Great Work Environment
Read Exploring Business: Chapter 7.1. Watch video on What Makes Employees Happy. Complete Keeping Employees Happy assignment. Discuss trust & respect, fairness, and listening and what employers can do better in those areas. Watch video on Human Resource Management. Discuss the pros and cons of pre-employment testing. Learning Targets: I understand how trust & respect, fairness and listening […]
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Foundations of Business: Equity Theory and Employee Retention
Foundations of Business: Equity Theory and Employee Retention
Watch video on Equity Theory. Read this article and choose an employee retention strategy in the article that you would implement to help keep employees motivated. Choose the theory of motivation you are utilizing with your strategy. Please turn in your completed video, PowerPoint presentation or Word document with communication to your employees, strategy used, and […]
Foundations of Business: Theories of Motivation
Foundations of Business: Theories of Motivation
Continue on Chapter 7.3. Watch video on The Two Factor Theory. Play game matching characteristics. Watch video on Expectancy Theory and complete the assignment. Learning Targets: I can describe the two factor and expectancy theories of motivation.
Foundations of Business: Motivating Employees
Foundations of Business: Motivating Employees
Read Chapter 7.3. Watch video on Hierarchy of Needs Theory. Play game matching up characteristics. Complete the Hierarchy of Needs Theory assignment. Learning Target: I can define motivation and describe the hierarchy of needs theory of motivation.
Foundations of Business: Developing Employees
Foundations of Business: Developing Employees
Watch video on New Employee Orientation. Complete the New Employee Orientation assignment. Read and discuss Chapter 7.2. Learning Target: I can explain how companies train and develop employees.
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Foundations of Business: Employee Retention
Foundations of Business: Employee Retention
Continue working on Employee Retention Plan (see below for instructions). Upload your completed assignment in Teams by midnight tonight. Read this article and choose an employee retention strategy in the article that you would implement to help keep employees motivated. Choose the theory of motivation you are utilizing with your strategy. Please upload your completed video, […]
Foundations of Business: What Makes a Happy Place to Work?
Foundations of Business: What Makes a Happy Place to Work?
Read Chapter 7.4. Complete #1-3 on What Makes a Great Place to Work assignment. Discuss your answers to #3 with the person beside you. Watch the video on creating a work culture that brings out the best in employees. Complete #4-5 on What Makes a Great Place to Work assignment. Discuss which piece of information from […]
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Foundations of Business: Labor Unions
Foundations of Business: Labor Unions
Play Theories of Motivation Kahoot. Watch video on unions. Unions are groups of workers who have banded together to have better negotiation power, higher wages, better working conditions, better benefits. Watch video on union strikes. Read Chapter 7.6. Discuss: You’ve just gotten a job as an autoworker. Would you prefer to work in a unionized or nonunionized plant? Why? If […]
Foundations of Business: Performance Appraisal
Foundations of Business: Performance Appraisal
Allow time for students to share about their employee retention projects, if desired. Watch video on five success factors for a performance appraisals. Use a clear outline Involve employee Start with the bad news More regular feedback, not just once a year Document employee appraisal sessions Read Chapter 7.5. Learning Target: I can explain how managers evaluate […]
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Foundations of Business: Careers and Your Personality
Foundations of Business: Careers and Your Personality
Take the Matchmaker and Personality Style quizzes in Xello (you can log in through Clever). Student Sign-In Format Username: Prefix + student ID e.g. MUEVSD-000000 Password: Student’s date of birth e.g. MMDDYYYY Students must change their passwords when they first log in. MATCHMAKER QUIZ: Asks students a series of questions to determine some career options […]
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Foundations of Business: Careers in Human Resources
Foundations of Business: Careers in Human Resources
Check out the hierarchy of HR job titles. Which path to an entry level HR job appeals to you from this article? Complete the Human Resources Career assignment. Research the Human Resource field online and discuss the following questions with your group: What is the Human Resources field like? What do HR professionals like about […]