Unit 1 - Foundations of Management
Unit 1.1 - Knowing Yourself
a) Linked here is the first of two learning styles tests. Take it and then take the second one linked here. After you have learned about your learning style (dominate one), follow this link and click on your dominant learning style. Then Reflect.
Screen Shot your results!
- Does this seem like you?
- Do you think you learn best using the reccomendations they have?
- Does anything they recommend resonate with you? Is there something you would do different?
Record your thoughts in your notes (you will need them later).
Screen Shot your results!
- Does this seem like you?
- Do you think you learn best using the reccomendations they have?
- Does anything they recommend resonate with you? Is there something you would do different?
Record your thoughts in your notes (you will need them later).
b) Find other people in the class with your dominant learning style. Sit with them. Share how you study and what you want to do in the future.
1. What is similar between you?
2. What is different between you?
Be prepared to share with the class.
1. What is similar between you?
2. What is different between you?
Be prepared to share with the class.
Screen Shot and Record YOUR RESULTS. You will need them later.
c) Multiple Intelligences |
Take your multiple intelligence test here. |
Howard Gardner's Eight IntelligencesThe theory of multiple intelligences challenges the idea of a single IQ, where human beings have one central "computer" where intelligence is housed. Howard Gardner, the Harvard professor who originally proposed the theory, says that there are multiple types of human intelligence, each representing different ways of processing information:
- Verbal-linguistic intelligence refers to an individual's ability to analyze information and produce work that involves oral and written language, such as speeches, books, and emails.
- Logical-mathematical intelligence describes the ability to develop equations and proofs, make calculations, and solve abstract problems.
- Visual-spatial intelligence allows people to comprehend maps and other types of graphical information.
- Musical intelligence enables individuals to produce and make meaning of different types of sound.
- Naturalistic intelligence refers to the ability to identify and distinguish among different types of plants, animals, and weather formations found in the natural world.
- Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence entails using one's own body to create products or solve problems.
- Interpersonal intelligence reflects an ability to recognize and understand other people's moods, desires, motivations, and intentions.
- Intrapersonal intelligence refers to people's ability to recognize and assess those same characteristics within themselves.
RECORD YOUR RESULTS. You will need them later.
Visual Reflection
Individually you will create a mind map that reflects what you have learned so far about yourself. You will use the software bubbl.us to create the mind map. The centre or title of your mind map will be your name (first name is fine). The mind map should not just be concepts you learned (visual learner), but also how you demonstrate or feel you demonstrate these concepts (how are you body - kinaesthetic?).
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Overview of Business Today |
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One Woman's Experience: Follow the link here to read one woman's experience in the workforce here in Canada.
Globalization: Short History Lesson
Case Studies
Throughout the course we will be doing case studies like the ones below (some will be longer and more comprehensive) and they will be the focus of your critical thinking going forward. Problem - solving is a very important aspect of business. So even though they are not marked all the time, they serve as good practice for evaluating business concepts from both leadership/management perspectives and worker perspectives.
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Organizations |
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Watch and note down the functions of managment. Then rank them 1 to 4 in the order of importance. Compare your rankings with you group.
Henry Mintzberg's 10 Managerial Roles
Mintzberg identified 10 roles managers should fill and put them into three categories: informational, interpersonal and decisional. Visit the following link and read more about these roles. Can you think of someone you know who fills some of these roles? Who are they? What makes them good or not so good at managing?
Which do you think are most important? Choose 3.
Which do you think are most important? Choose 3.
Emotional Intelligence
Visit the following link and do the emotional intelligence test.
*Go to your mind map you made earlier and add to your mind map what you have learned*
*Go to your mind map you made earlier and add to your mind map what you have learned*
RECORD YOUR RESULTS. You will need them later.
Unit 1.2 - Management Approaches |
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So far we have got to know a little about ourselves and a little about what we think makes a quality manager. Now we will take some time and investigate some of the different managerial approaches. I have uploaded a Managerial Styles Table and it is your job as a group to fill it out. However, you want to find the information (Google might be one way) you need to fill out the chart. After you have filled out the chart you are to do the following:
1. Choose 1 or 2 Managerial Approaches that you like.
2. Explain why you think it is effective.
3. What might be 1 drawback to it.
4. Add them to your mind map.
1. Choose 1 or 2 Managerial Approaches that you like.
2. Explain why you think it is effective.
3. What might be 1 drawback to it.
4. Add them to your mind map.
Case Study |
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Read the following case. After you have read it, look at your management style that you chose. If you follow that management style, what would you do? What would you tell Jane and how would you handle the situation. Remember to follow your management style that you chose. Be prepared to share with the class.
Unit 1.3 - Information and Decision - Making
Your Cognitive Style |
Take the cognitive style quiz here and read about your cognitive style below. Make sure to record your results. You will need them later. |
Introduction - Creativity: What is creativity? Explain.
Group Decisions - What are the advantages and disadvantages of group decisions?
Group Decisions - What are the advantages and disadvantages of group decisions?
Problem - Solving |
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Look further at the decision - making process in this 7 step model. Which do you like better? What do you think is the most difficult step in the decision - making process? Why?
Share your thoughts with your group. Do they agree that this is the most difficult part of the decision - making process?
Share your thoughts with your group. Do they agree that this is the most difficult part of the decision - making process?
Case Study
Read the following Case Study - Answer the questions
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*Go to your mind map you made earlier and add to your mind map what you have learned*
Unit 1.4 - Ethics of Management
Additional Reflection
Sorry I am away, but something just happened and I wanted to share it with you. Read the scenario and answer the question.
So, many of you know I collect sports cards. I was in a Razz where you buy a spot 1 to 10 for 20.50$. The Razz determines the order of a team draft (who gets which teams that have not been purchased; for example my wife purchased Ottawa for 40$) for a break (explained shortly here). The top 5 spots (using random.org to determine position) get to pick in whichever order they want the teams that are available. Team value is determined by number of and value of cards they have in the boxes opened (this break has 5 boxes of Black Diamond, value and set). I purchased 1 spot (number 2) two other group members purchased 1 spot each and then another group member purchased the 7 remaining spots. The guy, Jesse then randomizes the names from 1 to 10 and the top 5 people draft. Natasha said that whoever did not land in the top 5 she would give a spot (give a team) to, of the three others who bought spots. The team values are as follows: (see photo)-------->
As you notice, I did not win a spot. Also, the other person who bought a spot did not win a spot either. Natasha then offered first pick to me. Which team would you take and why? Which team should Matt pick? Why? (the other guy did not respond to messages so he received the final team).
So, many of you know I collect sports cards. I was in a Razz where you buy a spot 1 to 10 for 20.50$. The Razz determines the order of a team draft (who gets which teams that have not been purchased; for example my wife purchased Ottawa for 40$) for a break (explained shortly here). The top 5 spots (using random.org to determine position) get to pick in whichever order they want the teams that are available. Team value is determined by number of and value of cards they have in the boxes opened (this break has 5 boxes of Black Diamond, value and set). I purchased 1 spot (number 2) two other group members purchased 1 spot each and then another group member purchased the 7 remaining spots. The guy, Jesse then randomizes the names from 1 to 10 and the top 5 people draft. Natasha said that whoever did not land in the top 5 she would give a spot (give a team) to, of the three others who bought spots. The team values are as follows: (see photo)-------->
As you notice, I did not win a spot. Also, the other person who bought a spot did not win a spot either. Natasha then offered first pick to me. Which team would you take and why? Which team should Matt pick? Why? (the other guy did not respond to messages so he received the final team).
Ethics are sets of moral principals that guide and subsequently affect the way people live their lives. They are determined often be values (underlying beliefes and attitudes that determine our behaviours Ethics are concerned with what is good for both the individual in society and the whole of society. In many of the cases you have been working on, you have been making ethical judgments. Ethical judments judge whether an action is right or wrong or good or bad.
Approaches to Ethics:
Visit the following link to the article entitled What is Ethics by By Manuel Velasquez, Claire Andre, Thomas Shanks, S.J., and Michael J. Meyer. Read it and answer the following questions.
1. What do the authors say that ethics "is"?
2. What do the authors say ethics is not?
3. What are your moral beliefs? What are some values that you hold to be important?
Approaches to Ethics:
- Meta-ethics deals with the nature of moral judgement. It looks at the origins and meaning of ethical principles.
- Normative ethics is concerned with the content of moral judgements and the criteria for what is right or wrong.
- Applied ethics looks at controversial topics like war, animal rights and capital punishment
Visit the following link to the article entitled What is Ethics by By Manuel Velasquez, Claire Andre, Thomas Shanks, S.J., and Michael J. Meyer. Read it and answer the following questions.
1. What do the authors say that ethics "is"?
2. What do the authors say ethics is not?
3. What are your moral beliefs? What are some values that you hold to be important?
Two Types of Ethics
a) Consequentialism Ethics of the good or bad. Judging whether an act is good or bad based on its consequences.- If the act produces good consequences then we should do it. If it does not then we should not.
1. Visit the link from The University of Texas and watch the video linked above. Think about the final example they give, do you think that enslaving 2% of the population actually produces good?
2. Choose 2 - 3 other definitions that sound interesting to you (or more) and watch the videos for each. Record their meanings in your own words.
3. Think of an example of each of the definitons in real life and record it. Be prepared to share what you chose.
b) A non-consequentialist theory of value judges the rightness or wrongness of an action based on if the action itself is right or wrong, not on its consequences. Watch the video below for a more in-depth explanation.
Then answer this question:
- Which do you prefer, consequentialist or non - consequentialist and why?
1. Visit the link from The University of Texas and watch the video linked above. Think about the final example they give, do you think that enslaving 2% of the population actually produces good?
2. Choose 2 - 3 other definitions that sound interesting to you (or more) and watch the videos for each. Record their meanings in your own words.
3. Think of an example of each of the definitons in real life and record it. Be prepared to share what you chose.
b) A non-consequentialist theory of value judges the rightness or wrongness of an action based on if the action itself is right or wrong, not on its consequences. Watch the video below for a more in-depth explanation.
Then answer this question:
- Which do you prefer, consequentialist or non - consequentialist and why?
Justice Ethics:
The idea that moral behaviour is based on the belief that ethical decisions treat people fairly or unfairly according to legal rules. Remember though: What is moral is not necessarily legal and what is legal is not necessarily moral. Can you think of something that you feel is moral but is not legal and something that is legal but not moral?
Procedural Justice: The application of policies and rules fairly. Think of school. Do you think school has fair procedural justice?
Distributive Justice: People are treated the same regardless of personal characteristics (race, gender, age, or other) Can you think of an example of the unfair application of distributive justice in your life?
Interactional justice: The degree to which people treat one another with dignity and respect.
Visit the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Do you feel that it sets a good ethical standarded that people should follow? Why or why not? Are there parts you disagree with?
Procedural Justice: The application of policies and rules fairly. Think of school. Do you think school has fair procedural justice?
Distributive Justice: People are treated the same regardless of personal characteristics (race, gender, age, or other) Can you think of an example of the unfair application of distributive justice in your life?
Interactional justice: The degree to which people treat one another with dignity and respect.
Visit the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Do you feel that it sets a good ethical standarded that people should follow? Why or why not? Are there parts you disagree with?
Knowing Yourself Personal Reflection Assignment
Thus far in Unit 1 you have taken and reflected on a number of personality tests and completed a number of ethical dilemmas (case studies) that have asked you to make decisions that reflect your character. Now it is time to reflect on who you have discovered you are.
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Corporate Social Responsibility
Social Enterprises in Canada
An index by Thomson Reuters Foundation and Deutsche Bank ranks Canada first for access to impact investment and second overall as an environment for growing social enterprises
Social enterprises use business strategies to achieve measurable social and environmental impact, meaning that as their business grows, so does the contribution to developing the social fabric of the community and promoting the well-being of individuals and families.
According to a survey by Thomson Reuters Foundation and Deutsche Bank, social entrepreneurs in Canada benefit from one of the best environments in the world for starting and growing businesses aimed at producing a positive social impact.
The survey asked experts in 45 countries to gather opinions from more than 600 academics, social entrepreneurs, investors, policy makers and support network staff to determine the state of conditions for supporting social entrepreneurship. Answers to the 14-question survey helped determine an assessment across six categories: government support, attracting skilled staff, public understanding, making a living, gaining momentum and ease of access to investment.
Canada claimed the top spot in three categories, including:
Canadian social enterprises are connected to markets and capital to help them grow and scaleCanadian social enterprises benefit from the best access to investment in the world, ahead of Singapore, the U.S., Belgium and the Philippines, which rounded out the top five. In Ontario, social entrepreneurs benefit from The Social Venture ConneXion (The SVX), an impact-first platform led by MaRS and the TMX group, which connects social enterprises with impact funds and investors. With approximately 10,000 social enterprises in Ontario alone, social enterprises located here will play a key role in unlocking the estimated $2.5 billion in impact investing capital available in Canada.
Canada is the best place in the world for social entrepreneurs to make a livingWith Canada ranking as the top location for access to social impact investment, including being among the best places to find grant funding, it's no wonder Canada is also the best place for social entrepreneurs to make a living. Ontario's social enterprises employ an average of 38 people while generating $1.2 million in revenues. Canada was one of only two G7 countries that ranked in the top ten in this category, the other being the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, the U.S. finished 13th.
The momentum of social entrepreneurship in Canada is unmatched and growingThe U.S. and Singapore trail Canada as the social entrepreneurship hotspot gaining the most momentum. With a talented, highly skilled labour force and generous support from all levels of government, post-secondary institutions and research centres, Canadians are leveraging social entrepreneurship to find solutions to the world's most pressing social problems.
- Why do you think Canada ranks so high?
Social enterprises use business strategies to achieve measurable social and environmental impact, meaning that as their business grows, so does the contribution to developing the social fabric of the community and promoting the well-being of individuals and families.
According to a survey by Thomson Reuters Foundation and Deutsche Bank, social entrepreneurs in Canada benefit from one of the best environments in the world for starting and growing businesses aimed at producing a positive social impact.
The survey asked experts in 45 countries to gather opinions from more than 600 academics, social entrepreneurs, investors, policy makers and support network staff to determine the state of conditions for supporting social entrepreneurship. Answers to the 14-question survey helped determine an assessment across six categories: government support, attracting skilled staff, public understanding, making a living, gaining momentum and ease of access to investment.
Canada claimed the top spot in three categories, including:
- 1st for ease of access to investment (debt and/or equity)
- 1st for ability for social entrepreneurs to make a living from the work
- 1st for momentum of social entrepreneurship
Canadian social enterprises are connected to markets and capital to help them grow and scaleCanadian social enterprises benefit from the best access to investment in the world, ahead of Singapore, the U.S., Belgium and the Philippines, which rounded out the top five. In Ontario, social entrepreneurs benefit from The Social Venture ConneXion (The SVX), an impact-first platform led by MaRS and the TMX group, which connects social enterprises with impact funds and investors. With approximately 10,000 social enterprises in Ontario alone, social enterprises located here will play a key role in unlocking the estimated $2.5 billion in impact investing capital available in Canada.
Canada is the best place in the world for social entrepreneurs to make a livingWith Canada ranking as the top location for access to social impact investment, including being among the best places to find grant funding, it's no wonder Canada is also the best place for social entrepreneurs to make a living. Ontario's social enterprises employ an average of 38 people while generating $1.2 million in revenues. Canada was one of only two G7 countries that ranked in the top ten in this category, the other being the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, the U.S. finished 13th.
The momentum of social entrepreneurship in Canada is unmatched and growingThe U.S. and Singapore trail Canada as the social entrepreneurship hotspot gaining the most momentum. With a talented, highly skilled labour force and generous support from all levels of government, post-secondary institutions and research centres, Canadians are leveraging social entrepreneurship to find solutions to the world's most pressing social problems.
- Why do you think Canada ranks so high?
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Is CSR Real? Can companies be socially responsible? Watch the following videos that explain corporate social responsibility.
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Strategies for CSR
CSR involves a number of stakeholders (people directly affected by the behavior of the organization and hold a stake in its performance such as: people, groups or other organizations).
The graphic to the right illustrates the four strategies of corporate social responsibility, which do you think most companies employ? Why do you think that? |
Examples of CSRBelow are examples of CSR. How do the videos make you feel? Why do you think these two companies do the sorts of things they do? Do your feelings for the corporations change after watching the videos?
Do you think this is all real? |
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The New Corporation: Group Presentations 15%
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Together we will watch the documentary The New Corporation. Before watching the documentary we will go over The New Corporation Group Presentations Assignment. You will be discussing aspects of the movie that are contraversial, so I STRONGLY suggest that you watch it and make notes of some of the people and issues in the documentary and aspects your group might want to research afterwards. You will also have to do research for your presentations and therefore some of the people who speak in it could be researched further.
Research Success Criteria
Your presentation will require you to do some research. Therefore it is important for us to understand what research is acceptable and what is not. Below is our Research Success Criteria; if you follow it, then you will utilize quality research. Think about this: If someone tells you something and tries to convince you of something and they have good evidence from good sources, are you not more likely to believe them?