Today's Agenda

Parent Contact SheetSyllabus/FoldersReview PretestChapter 1

Reading Activity – Stump the Teacher

Group Activities role play

Homework Quiz Next Class

INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT

Chapter 1

August 25-26, 2010

Bell Activity Write a short paragraph explaining how a police officer who directs traffic

may be like a manager.

Write a sentence for each term even if you are unsure of its meaning…..keep for later use.

Management Senior Management Middle Management Supervisory Management Role Conceptual Skills Human Relations Skills Technical Skills Principle Glass Ceiling

Stump the Teacher

Everyone reads assigned text silently.Students quiz teacher with book closed. (2

min)Teacher ask questions of students whose

books are closed for set time. (3 min)

Bell Activity

Imagine you manage a small, retail business and are looking for a new salesperson.

What qualities would they look for and what questions would you ask in an interview?

The Management Process

What a manager does can be examined in three different ways. The tasks performed. The roles taken on. Type of skills required.

Amount of Emphasis

Principles of Management

• A principle is a truth or law.• Management principles are rules by which managers make

decisions.• Scientists proved scientific principles through controlled

experiments.• Most management principles are developed through

observation and deduction.• Management principles are more likely to change than

specific principles.• When management principles need to be changed, it is

important for a manager to be able to change and adapt.• Arriving to work at the same time every day and wearing

certain kinds of clothes to work are examples of management principles that are changing

Discussion Questions

Why do you think there has been a glass ceiling for woman in the work place??

Imagine that you manage a small retail business and are looking for a new salesperson. What qualities would you look for and what questions would you ask in an interview?

Management Tasks

• Planning• Organizing• Staffing • Leading• Controlling

Homework Assignment

Interview a family member, friend or co worker who has managerial experience to find out what a managers job is like. What do they like and dislike about the job?

Bell Activity

Entrepreneurs – Person who launches and runs their own business

Professional Manager – Senior, middle, or supervisory paid to perform management functions within a company

Would you rather start your own business or help to run another company?

If you were to start your own business, what would it be and why?

Read P.21

AGENDASec 1.2

FACTS and IDEAS Review 1-5 P. 20

Read P. 21 – DiscussRead /Discuss Sec 1.2

Venn Diagram

HOW COULD AN ENTREPRENEUR TAKE A SMALL BUSINESS AND GROW IT INTO A LARGE

BUSINESS?

Critical Thinking

T/F1. Only large companies with several employees need managers. 2. A good manager may occasionally make a decision contrary to generally accepted principles of management. 3. Senior managers of very large corporations don't want their middle managers to think like entrepreneurs. 4. Forepersons, crew leaders, and store managers are all examples of _____ managers.

A) middle B) supervisory C) senior D) beginning 5. A sole proprietorship is a business owned by _____.

A) one company B) relatives C) one person D) the bank

6. _____ percent of the businesses in the United States are small businesses. A) 45 B) 67 C) 90 D) 99

Match the category of skills to the activity that best corresponds to it.

7. Conceptual Skills A) Negotiating salaries with workers B) Taking inventory of merchandise in a store C) Deciding how to invest company profits

8. Human Relations Skills A) Negotiating salaries with workers B) Taking inventory of merchandise in a store C) Deciding how to invest company profits

9. Technical Skills A) Negotiating salaries with workers B) Taking inventory of merchandise in a store C) Deciding how to invest company profits

10. Wally is a very organized, well-liked person who values security and would like to climb the ladder to success. Janelle is a charismatic risk taker who likes to test out her creative ideas even though they sometimes fail. Who would be best suited for the life of an entrepreneur? A) Janelle B) Wally C) Both D) Neither

•Find a local business that you frequent in town and interview the owner. Develop at

least 7 questions that includes likes, disl ikes, drawback, rewards, etc.

•Write a one page, DS report.•Due- September 10 t h

Homework

Friday Assignment

Read “Applying Management Principles” P.29Explain why you think part-time employees

should be involved in the decision making process and offered the chance to rate raises and receive benefits.

Present the possible benefits of changing your stores policy to the class.

You have 5 minutes to prepare.

Friday – Chapter 2

What do you know about the industrial revolution?

List 5 elements that influence you to work more efficiently and faster while performing a task. Share

What comes to mind when you hear the word monopoly?

What comes to mind when you hear the word industrial revolution?