Chapter 1: Management
Pedagogy Map
This chapter begins with the learning outcome summaries and terms covered in the chapter, followed by a set of lesson plans for you to use to deliver the content in Chapter 1.
Lesson Plan for Lecture (for large sections)
Lesson Plan for Group Work (for smaller classes)
Assignments with Teaching Tips and Solutions
What Would You Do? Case Assignment––Netflix
Self-Assessment––Is Management for You?
Management Decision––Should We Try to Make More Money
Management Team Decision––Negotiating with Investors
Practice Being a Manager––Finding a Management Job
Develop Your Career Potential––Interview Two Managers
Reel to Real Video Assignment: Management Workplace ––Camp Bow Wow
Review Questions
Additional Activities and Assignments
Highlighted Assignments
Key Points
What Would You Do? Case Assignment
After a period of phenomenal growth, Netflix faces several challenges as it looks to develop new ways to deliver movies.
Self-Assessment
Students get a first glimpse to determine if their skills overlap those required of managers.
Management Decision
Students must consider whether an airline should follow competitors in charging fees for checked baggage.
Management Team Decision
Students consider what a company should do when its philosophy conflicts with that of its biggest investor.
Practice Being a Manager
Students explore the hiring process by role-playing interviews for management positions they research in the newspaper and online.
Develop Your Career Potential
Students interview two managers and compare the managers’ responses to the information in the chapter.
Reel to Real Video Assignment: Management Workplace
Candace Stathis, a general manager at Camp Bow Wow, faces several challenges to keep the camp running as efficiently as possible.
Supplemental Resources
Where to Find Them
Course Pre-Assessment
IRCD
Course Post-Assessment
IRCD
PowerPoint slides with lecture notes