This document outlines the course assignments and topics for a management class, including papers on visiting McDonald's and conflict resolution in teams, case studies on ethical issues and business planning, quizzes on management pioneers and business growth stages, and assignments on interviewing a manager, hiring candidates, and reflecting on learning throughout the semester via a learning log. The goals are to improve observational, analytical, and interpersonal business skills.

1. Micah Graciani
Professor Polk
MGT 310-03

2. Paper #1 McDonalds Visit
 How a business such as McDonald’s can resemble a
machine symbolically.
 How to properly handle and take care of your
“machine and all its components”(business and
employees).
 Being more observant of the operations in a business
setting.

3. Chapter 2 Quiz
 The management pioneers and what they are known
for.
 The importance of their contributions.
 How their contributions still live on today.

4. Paper #2 Team Experience
 The entire team development process, how it works,
and what it means.
 How to bring forward a past experience and break it
down into the stages of the team development process.
 To recognize that stages we are going through in future
team experiences and knowing how to apply these
stages within those teams.

5. Case Study #1 Lamb Consulting
 Recognizing the ethical and legal issues within an
organization.
 Recognizing the options and possible risks for taking
action.
 Determining that the owner of a business has the most
to lose in a predicament like this.

6. Chapter 6 Quiz
 Entrepreneurship in the U.S. creates Jobs and
encourages innovation.
 Starting a business entitles: writing a plan, choosing a
legal structure, and arranging your finances.
 Stages of business growth include: start-up, survival,
success, takeoff, then maturity.

7. Paper #3 Conflict
 How to decrease dysfunctional conflict among
individuals within a group.
 How to increase functional conflict among individuals
within a group.
 Functional conflict can benefit the business by
encouraging innovative ideas/opinions of others.

8. Case Study #2 American Images
 It is possible to be successful when all employees
participate in all aspects of the business.
 It is highly important that you have a business plan to
remain successful.
 When you don’t know how to run a specific aspect of
your business, hire someone who does.

9. Paper #4 Manager Interview
 Importance of listening, training and delegation as a
new manager.
 Importance of having a mentor in your field of study
who will help you grow and better succeed.
 Importance of asking questions you normally don’t.
I’ve never asked my father such questions as a manager
and I was amazed at the things I heard and could learn
from.

10. Chapter 11 Quiz
 Change within organizations is a hot topic and is
important.
 Creativity is important for exploration/innovation
 Uncertainty is the number one reason for fear in an
organization because people are always afraid of the
unknown.

11. Case Study #4 “Captain’s Tale”
 Communicating effectively and getting along with
your team is key as a leader.
 It is important to treat your team with dignity and
respect, give them absolute support and give credit
when and where it is due.
 To be a Level 5 Leader you must demonstrate humility
and dedication.

12. Chapter 16 Quiz
 Difference between Extrinsic and Intrinsic rewards.
 Recognizing what segment of Maslow’s hierarchy of
needs a person is presently in.
 Goal-setting theory: you have to “buy into” your goals
so that you can accomplish them.

13. Who-to-Hire Assignment
 How to put together a job description, state values, and
write a mission statement.
 Listing the pros and cons of an individual and how
they might fit your company is beneficial.
 How to pick and number by priority potential
candidates for the job based on their pros and cons.

14. Chapter 17 Quiz
 Different forms of communication.
 Characteristics of a good listener.
 Proper form of communication to use while, for
example, emailing someone.

15. Learning Log Assignment
 The use of a learning log is great to refresh your
memory of things learned throughout the semester.
 It is a great way to organize your thoughts.
 You can retain this information for the long-term to
review what you learned previously.

16. Bio-Poem Assignment
 I learned about the many CEOs, their managerial
styles, beliefs, and lives.
 How to utilize a biography to decipher a CEO’s
management style/beliefs.
 Learning from CEOs and choosing what type of
manager I want to exemplify in the future.