...websites and tools that can assist you in completing assignments, connecting to other students, and searching for careers. Instructions Complete the following Scavenger Hunt Matrix regarding student resources provided by the university. In the first column, list the steps used to locate each resource. In the second column, explain how each resource might contribute to your success. Scavenger Hunt Matrix |Student resource |List the specific steps you used to locate |Explain how you can use each resource to support your | | |each resource. |academic, career, or personal success. | |Course syllabus |The course syllabus is located in the |The class syllabus is useful because it is a listing of| | |classroom. 1st location is on class home |all of the required study materials, tasks to complete,| | |and from the current class list on your |and exercises. It lists your assignments and their due | | |ecampus home page |dates. You can check off completed items. | |Academic policies |These are found on the class home page on |The academic policy has a wide range of very important | | |the right hand side of the screen above the|information. It...
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...LISTENING REACTION PAPER [pic] Speech 100 – all sections. Assignment Instructions: The Listening Exercise takes place in class. You must be in class doing the exercise to be able to write this short paper. Type a double-spaced, two page paper (see ”Format” in the class syllabus for instructions on margins, etc.) Type full pages – don’t skimp! It’s worth points to fill the page. NUMBER your answers and answer the following: 1. As you listened to a classmate in a “duo” or a “trio” in class, were you “empathically” listening? Explain. 2. Discuss your personal “barriers” to listening (p. 29-31 in the workbook “Communicate.”) How well did you listen? Discuss difficulties you may have experienced during the exercise. 3. Consider page 31 in the workbook – what steps did you take while listening to another person? 4. Do page 37-38 in the Communicate workbook, “Analysis of my listening effectiveness” – and tell me what your results were. What did your results tell you? 5. Finally, when it was YOUR turn to talk and have another person listen to you: (a) Discuss how it felt to have someone listen to you – really listen, without judging, without offering advice, or without trying to ”fix” it. (b) How could you tell they were listening to you? 6. What did you think of this exercise? ** This paper is worth 20 points – points are awarded on the QUALITY and also the required length of the paper, as well as...
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...Discovery Project: A Venture in Merging Brands, 65 Points Total: Introduction The Discovery Project will aid in identifying essential criteria you must consider as you pursue any organization. To outpace your competition, you will need to create a connection between the employer’s brand and your personal brand. In the four-step Personal Branding Process (Discover, Create, Communicate, Maintain), this jump-starts the Discovery stage. You will spend time finding key information and career opportunities on your selected organization that will be used in composing your resume, cover letter, personal brand pitch, online applications, and interview responses. Tasks You will: 1. Identify the name, and other criteria, of a company/organization (Part 1) for whom you would like to work, the Focus (Part 2), and its Competition (Part 3) and submit these in one document to the Blackboard Assignment Drop Box in a Microsoft Word document, by Friday, September 2, 2011 2. Review its website, if available, and other resources uncovered through our “Discovery Project” lecture for essential information that will be used in marketing yourself as a prospective hire 3. Collect and record this information so that you may draw from it and build your brand for future assignments 4. Compare and merge your and your organization’s brands so that you will gain experience promoting yourself to an array of employers 5. Submit the remainder of the Project (Parts 4 and 5) for grading in the Blackboard...
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...BUAD 201: Business Writing Syllabus Fall 2014 Professor Katharine Sentz Office: SGMH 5166 Phone: 657.278.3645 Office Hours: MW 12:00 am -1:00 pm (and by appointment) E-Mail: ksentz@fullerton.edu Department Phone: (657) 278-2223 Logon for Fullerton’s Portal: http://my.fullerton.edu Prerequisites: English 101 or equivalent (with a grade of C or better). You may not be enrolled in BUAD 201 while taking BUAD 301. Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: • apply fundamental strategies and techniques of business communication to prepare business correspondence, reports and presentations • understand the characteristics of business writing style and the essentials of effective document design • analyze and use contemporary business communication channels. • analyze intercultural communication strategies, nonverbal communication, and ethics in typical workplace situations. • prepare a basic job application package, understand job search strategies and interview process. • exhibit team skills by collaborating with peers to write and present. • demonstrate literacy skills by producing university caliber and workplace-acceptable documents. The instructor may suggest a self-study program to students having difficulties with grammar and mechanics. In some cases, the instructor may advise that students hire a tutor. Required Texts: Mary Ellen Guffey & Dana Loewy. Business Communication: Process & Product, 8th edition + Aplia Learning...
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...Course Description This course introduces the concepts, tools, and first principles of strategy formulation and competitive analysis. It is concerned with managerial decisions and actions that materially affect the success and survival of business enterprises. The course focuses on the information, analyses, organizational processes, skills, and business judgment managers must use to design strategies, position their businesses and assets, and define firm boundaries, to maximize long-term profits in the face of uncertainty and competition. Strategic Management (BUAD 497) is an integrative and interdisciplinary course in two important respects: 1. The course assumes a broad view of the environment that includes competitors, buyers/consumers, suppliers, technology, economics, capital markets, and government both locally and globally. It assumes that the external environment is dynamic and characterized by uncertain changes. In studying strategy, this course draws together and builds on all the ideas, concepts, and theories from your functional courses such as Accounting, Economics, Finance, Marketing, Organizational Behavior, and Statistics. However, it is much more than a mere integration of the functional specialties within a firm. 2. The course takes a general management perspective. It views the firm as a whole, and examines how policies in each functional area are integrated into an overall competitive strategy. We designed this course to develop...
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...Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California MOR 465: ADVANCED METHODS IN STRATEGY ANALYSIS Spring, 2006 T, TH 10 am – 11:50 am BRI-8 Professor: Juan Carlos Araque Office: Bridge Hall 301 Phone: USC Office: (213) 821-5708 Email: araque@marshall.usc.edu Office Hours: Thursday 9:00 am - 10:00 am Advanced Methods in Strategy Analysis is an advanced strategy elective designed for business major undergraduates interested in the strategic management of businesses and corporations. The course represents an extension of the frameworks and materials learned in BUAD 497. In particular, MOR 465 focuses on four main substantive areas of interest: Module 1: Basics of Corporate Strategy Module 2: Competitive Rivalries Module 3: Managing Strategic Change Module 4: Academic Research on Strategy Module 1: Basics of Corporate Strategy extends the frameworks and cases taught in BUAD 497 on “Corporate Strategy”, meaning issues that companies with multiple strategic business units face. We focus on the following issues in this module: 1. 2. 3. 4. The basic tenets of corporate strategy; Diversification and the notion of core competences; Vertical integration, Transaction Cost Economics (TCE) & the “make or buy decision”; and Corporate governance and “managing” the managers We examine these issues through both Harvard Business Review readings and Harvard and Stanford Business School cases. Module 2: Competitive Rivalries examines in more detail how firms compete with each-other...
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...UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Leventhal School of Accounting BUAD 305: ABRIDGED CORE CONCEPTS OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION Course Syllabus for Fall Semester 2011 |Sec. |Time |Location | |14766R |8:00-9:50 AM TTH |HOH 303 | |14772R |12:00-1:50 PM TTH |HOH 421 | |14774R |2:00-3:50 PM TTH |HOH 421 | Professor: Chrislynn Freed, CPA* Course website: http://blackboard.usc.edu/ Office: School of Accounting Building, Room 115 Office Phone: 213-740-4867 (also voicemail number) Email Address: cfreed@marshall.usc.edu My Office Hours: Tuesday & Thursday: 7:15-7:45AM; 10:00-11:00 AM; and 4:00-5:00 PM; or by appointment (also please feel free to send me an email at any time. I will respond as quickly as I can.) IA Office Hours: Mondays: 1:00-3:00PM; Wednesdays: 4:15-6:15PM Emergencies: Call (213) 740-4321 (for personal emergency) or (213) 740-9233 or tune to KUSC Radio at 91.5 on your FM dial USC Information: (213) 740-2311 Emergency Info: Call (213) 740-9233 or listen to KUSC Radio at 91.5 on your FM dial * regulated by the state of Florida I. COURSE DESCRIPTION, GOAL AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES; COURSE FORMAT This course is not a traditional financial-managerial accounting course. Instead, this course will take a new approach...
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...University of Delaware BUAD 309 Management and Organizational Behavior SYLLABUS FALL 2012 Mondays 6:00pm-8:45pm 102 GORE HALL Instructor: Meg Reno Email: mreno86@aol.com Phone: 302-598-9878 (c) 302-475-4196 (h) The following details how the course will be taught and what will be expected of each student. Required Texts Management and Organizational Behavior, Custom Edition for University of Delaware, Pearson, Course Pak McGraw ISBN-10 1121130593 CHANGE THIS Order online: www.mcgrawhillcreate.com/shop Course Description The course will focus on individuals and groups in organizations. We will discuss the concepts of diversity, corporate culture, personality, motivation, power, conflict, communication and group behavior, etc. Each unit will give you the theory and the skills to better understand yourself and others. In addition, you will grasp the impact of people strategies on organizational effectiveness and tools/techniques to support team effectiveness and help people reach maximum potential. Course Objectives The following course objectives will be achieved by the end of the term. Each student will: • Understand the environmental context in which organizational change takes place. • Comprehend the issues relevant to individual and group behavior in organizations. • Understand the people strategies involved in effective management practices. • Describe the organizational issues and possible solutions...
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