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Weekly Lessons

Thursday

  1. Discuss  course outline and class policies.
  2. A little info about Mr. D.
  3. Review my "pet peeves"
  4. Review the  computer lab policy .
  5. Discussion: how to get an "A" in a grade 12 "U" or "M" course.
  6. Note -  What is organizational behaviour?
  7. Handout/discussion - "The Best Employers"
  8. Class discussion - where does everyone work?  Do you like your job?
  9. Homework - decide if you are staying in all four of your current courses!

Friday

  1. Note/activity -  Basic management functions.
  2. Note/activity -  Basic managerial roles and skills.
  3. Handout/activity - Assessing your management skills.
  4. Homework - finish today's activities.

Monday

  1. Management trends of the last century activity -  instructions.
  2. Homework - work on your slideshow.

Tuesday

  1. Review functions, skills, and roles.
  2. Presentations - managment theories. Each student is responsible for learning the six theories.
  3. Summary note -  management theories.
  4. Introduce  assignment #1 - The Consultant's Report
  5. Homework - assignment #1

Wednesday

  1. Review functions, skills, roles, and theories.
  2. Work period - assignment #1.
  3. Homework - assignment #1.

Thursday

  1. Review management theories.
  2. Note -  Understanding ethics .
  3. Activity -  Case Study: The Polluters Dilemma
  4. Note -  ethics in the workplace.
  5. Homework - assignment #1.

Friday

  1. Read the note -  international views on ethics
  2. Individual activity -  Case Study: Letron Corporation.
  3. Take up Letron Corporation
  4. Work period - assignment #1.
  5. Homework - assignment #1 due on Tuesday.

Monday

  1. Quiz - managment functions, skills, roles, and theories
  2. Review ethics notes.
  3. Group activity - fun!
  4. Homework - finish your first hand-in assignment (Consultant's Report).

Tuesday

  1. Hand in Consultant's Report.
  2. Note -  Case study format.
  3. Case example - Big Rock Construction Company.
  4. Homework - complete steps 1 to 4 for the Joe McBrine Case.

Wednesday

  1. In groups, prepare a case study solution for the Joe McBrine Case.  I will provide feedback to each group about their answer.
  2. Homework - complete steps 1 to 3 for the Sandwich Shop Case.

Thursday

  1. Take up Joe McBrine case - Answers
  2. Finish the Sandwich Shop Case.
  3. Take up Sandwich Shop Case - Answers
  4. Start assignment #2 - hand in case - Jeff Martin. (Case is in hard copy format.  Click here for marking key instructions.)
  5. Homework - Jeff Martin Case

Friday

  1. No Classes - P.A. Day 

Monday

  1. No Classes - Family Day.

Tuesday

  1. Review unit one concepts.
  2. Work period - Assignment #2 - Jeff Martin hand in case.

Wednesday

  1. Unit one test!
  2. Homework - Jeff Martin case.

Thursday 

  1. Start unit two - leading.
  2. Case/handout - Jack's Frustrations - complete the questions.
  3. Note - Personality in organizations - OCEAN.
  4. Article/handout - "Office Pests" - read and discuss.
  5. Activity - personality trait test.
  6. Activity/overhead - optillusions.
  7. Homework - Jeff Martin case

Friday

  1. Note - perception and errors in the perceptual process.
  2. Activity/handout - more perception errors.
  3. Homework - Finish today's work (not including the Gull Products case) and complete your Jeff Martin case. 

Monday

  1. Hand in your Jeff Martin case.
  2. Take up Friday's questions about Perception errors.
  3. Poem/discussion - The Blind Man and the Elephant - How does it relate to perception errors?
  4. Case - Gull Products
  5. Video - An episode of "The Office" - relates to perception errors.
  6. Homework - describe three examples of perception errors made by either your work supervisor or teacher.  Write about three different perception errors, not three examples of the same perception error.

Tuesday

  1. Take up homework.
  2. Note - The benefits of a positive attitude.
  3. Video - TED Talks - Tony Robbins: Why we do what we do.
  4. Final review of perception errors.

Wednesday

  1. Review unit two concepts.
  2. Debrief yesterday's video.
  3. Note - Quality of work life.
  4. Group activity - bonus homework check up for grabs!
  5. Debrief group activity - What teamwork skills were used by each group member? What were the problems encountered? Did each group member have a role? Etc.
  6. Note - roles for team/group effectiveness.
  7. Homework activity:
    1. Write down the role(s) of each group member in today's group task.  How did each person demonstrate their role?
    2. Study for Friday's quiz.

Thursday  

  1. Review yesterday's team roles.
  2. Handout - team roles preference scale.
  3. Note - Introduction to groups.
  4. Activity - read the handout about group development and answer the following questions.
  5. Handout - self assessment of group cohesiveness.
  6. Homework:
    1. Finish today's group development questions.
    2. Study for tomorrow's quiz (personality, perception, attitide, and quality of work life).

Friday

  1. Quiz- personality, perception, attitide, and quality of work life.
  2. Finish taking up questions from yesterday. (Here's the answers - group development/performance questions.)
  3. Note - teams vs groups.
  4. Activity - Applying group knowledge to a group/team that you have experienced. (other than the Obelisk activity)
  5. Introduce Lucent Technologies hand in questions (case is a handout) - hand it in Thursday or the Monday after the break.
  6. Homework - Lucent Technologies. 

Monday

  1. Work period - Lucent Technologies. 

Tuesday

  1. Brainstorm - What makes a great leader?
  2. Note -Leadership traits.
  3. Video - Jeff Bezos Biography: Complete traits chart (hand-out) as you watch the movie.
  4. Homework - complete the Lucent Technologies case. 

Wednesday

  1. Reveiw leadership traits (especially the 7 most important).
  2. Note - Three leadership theories: Trait theory, behaviour theory and contingency theory.
  3. Activity - Contingency theory: complete a chart about four different leadership styles.  (Here's the answers)
  4. Start tomorrow's activities if time.
  5. Homework - finish today's activity if necessary and your Lucent Technologies questions.

Thursday  

  1. Review leadership theories.
  2. Activity - Who's the boss.
  3. Review activity - Jeremiah Bigatallio's Leadership Challange - Questions. (Case study is a handout)
  4. Homework - finish Lucent Technologies if you have not handed this in already.

Friday

  1. No Classes - Start of March Break!!

Monday

  1. Hand in Lucent Technologies.
  2. Review unit two concepts from before the Break.
  3. Take up the Jeremiah Bigatallio questions.
  4. Homework: Begin studying for the unit two test on Friday.

Tuesday

  1. Start of unit three: Management Challenges. Two introductory activities.
  2. Note - Introduction to communication.
  3. Funny story - Tickle Me Elmo
  4. Note - Types of noise in the communication model.
  5. Homework - study for Friday's unit two test.

Wednesday

  1. Discuss the two notes from yesterday.
  2. Activity - listening to newspaper articles.
  3. Note - Verbal and non-verbal communication.
  4. Note - Current trends in organizational communication.
  5. Brainstorm - Ways to deal with conflict
  6. Activity - Using the internet, research conflict management strategies and complete a chart.
  7. Homework:
    1. Finish conflict chart.
    2. Review your notes for Friday's test!

Thursday (short class - P/T interviews today)  

  1. Take up the conflict chart from yesterday.
  2. View an episode of The Office that is about conflict.
  3. Homework - study for tomorrow's test.

Friday

  1. Unit two test.
  2. Homework:
    1. Write a paragraph explaining a conflict and the strategy used to resolve the conflict that you recently watched on a T.V. show.  (If you can't recall any shows, then your homework is too watch some t.v. this weekend!!)
    2. Review your communication and conflict notes.

Monday

  1. Take up the homework conflict activity.
  2. Introduction to stress: Do you guys ever face stress? Why?
  3. Note - What is stress?
  4. Note - Stressors - causes of stress.
  5. Handout/discussion - "Super Moms Face Super Stress" and "Technostress for Over Connected Canadians"
  6. Activity/homework - Read the case "Stress in the MBA program" and answer the two questions at the end.

Tuesday

  1. Review communication, conflict, and stress.
  2. Hand in assignment - small case and questions about stress (due Tuesday)
  3. Homework:
    1. Study for thursday's quiz - stress, communication, conflict
    2. Work on your stress assignment - due Tuesday

Wednesday

  1. Note - Introduction to motivation.
  2. Activity - Introduce content theories of motivation. Complete a chart based on a handout reading.
  3. Take up the chart.
  4. Homework - finish your stress assignment for Tuesday and study for tomorrow's quiz.

Thursday 

  1. Study time - 15 minutes.
  2. Quiz - stress, communication, conflict
  3. Read Note - process theories of motivation.
  4. Activity/handout - complete the case - "Perfect Pizzeria" (Answer the questions at the end of the case.)
  5. Homework - complete today's work and finish your stress assignment.

Friday

  1. Easter Friday - No Classes

Monday

  1. Easter Monday - No Classes

Tuesday

  1. Take up Thursday's work and review the content/process theories of motivation.
  2. Discussion articles - "Fulfilling Needs Through Cyber Easter Eggs" and "Ethics of Fair Pay Among Canada's Bank Executives"
  3. Homework - review motivation theories.

Wednesday

  1. Take up the unit two test.
  2. Review motivation theories.
  3. Group activity - employee reward systems.
  4. Note - Intrinsic vs extrinsic rewards
  5. Stories/handout - "Soggies Take the Risk..." and "When Rewards Go Wrong".
  6. Activity/homework - Case: "Keeping Suzanne Chalmers"
  7. Homework - start working on this motivation assignment.

Thursday 

  1. Work period - motivation assignment. (Due Monday)

Friday

  1. Note - Introduction to planning.
  2. Activity - Real life examples of planning.
  3. Activity - How good is your time managment?
  4. Note - Personal time management technique.
  5. Video - Stephen Covey's time management matrix.
  6. Homework - Time management matrix activity.

Monday

  1. Hand in your motivation assignment.
  2. Take up the time management matrix activity.
  3. Test review.

Tuesday

  1. Unit three test.
  2. Homework - choose any three companies and locate their mission statements on their websites.  Copy the three mission statements into a word document.

Wednesday

  1. Note - planning terms.
  2. Ford Motor Company - sample vision statement, mission statement, and core values.
  3. Partner activity - buying a car.
  4. Note - short term vs long term planning.
  5. Note - major types of planning.
  6. Homework Activity - "Strategic Planning: Five Steps to a More Secure Future"

Thursday (no classes due to literacy test)

Friday

  1. Review planning terms.
  2. Take up strategic planning questions.
  3. Note - Management Analysis Tools
  4. Activity/handout - Highly Brill Leisure Centre
  5. SWOT Activity - Skoda case study. (Prepare a SWOT analysis in a seperate document.  Ignore the questions at the end of the case study. Also prepare a PEST analysis based on your current knowledge of Europe and the car industry.)

Monday

  1. Read the note - Ways to make planning more effective.
  2. Read the note - Long-term planning strategies.
  3. Work period (handout) - Windsor Miniature Golf. (due Monday, April 22nd)

Tuesday

  1. Take up the Skoda case.
  2. Review yesterday's notes
  3. Work period - Windsor Miniature Golf.

Wednesday

  1. Note - corporate culture.
  2. Video - introducing unwritten ground rules of corporate culture.
  3. Video - culture at Google.
  4. Activity - UGR's at your work.
  5. Homework:
    1. Study for tomorrow's quiz on planning (does not include today's notes)
    2. Work on Windsor Miniature Golf.

Thursday 

  1. Quiz - planning.
  2. Note - The managment of change.
  3. Video - What is change management?
  4. Video - Overcoming resistance to change.
  5. Discussion - Have you encountered change at your place of work? How was the change implemented?  Why were employees happy or not happy with the change.
  6. Homework - Windsor Miniature Golf

Friday

  1. Review yesterday's topic.
  2. Complete Windsor Miniature Golf case - due Monday.

 

Monday

  1. Note - steps in the control process.
  2. Activity - assessing controls at your work - complete the first two questions today.
  3. Hand-in activity - Portakabin case study. (due Friday) - work on the first two questions today.

Tuesday

  1. Note - forms of managerial control.
  2. Activity - assessing controls at your work - complete the remaining questions today.
  3. Work period - continue with your Portakabin assignment - you can now answer all of the questions.

Wednesday

  1. Portakabin work period.
  2. Review some unit four concepts.

Thursday 

  1. Note - What are performance appraisals?
  2. Note - Challenges to effective measurement.
  3. Case study/handout - New Boss, New Problems.
  4. Homework - finish Portakabin case study - due tomorrow

Friday

  1. Final review of unit four.
  2. Complete the Portakabin assignment.

Monday

  1. Start unit 5 - organizing - Introductory activity: Designing an organization chart.
  2. Note - The nature of organization structure.
  3. Activity/worksheet - Elements of organization structure - read the handout and answer the following questions.
  4. Homework:
    1. Study for Wedndesday's unit four test.
    2. Complete today's worksheet

Tuesday

  1. Take up the elements of organization structure questions.
  2. Activity - "Departmentalization..." handout and questions.

Wednesday

  1. Unit four test.

Thursday

  1. Take up Tuesday's questions.
  2. Review elements of org. structure.
  3. Activity - DHS org chart activity.
  4. Homework - "Challenging the Rules at Cosmo Plastics" case. 

Friday

  1. Work period - PMC AG Case. (due next Wednesday)

Monday

  1. Note - Recent trends in organizational design
  2. Article/discussion - The Westray Mine Disaster
  3. Activity - Types of workplace settings and arrangements.
  4. Homework - finish PMC AG case.

Tuesday

  1. Finish take up the workplace arrangements from yesterday.
  2. Partner activity - The Changing Nature of Work.
  3. Note - job satisfaction.
  4. Partner activity/handout - job design alternatives (Which job will Remo be most satisfied with?) and approaches.
  5. Discussion/handout - various stories of companies whose employees have fun.
  6. Homework:
    1. Write a paragraph describing if you are satisfied with your current job (or most recent).  Refer to the job satisfaction note and the job design approaches when answering this question.
    2. Make sure PMC is finished - due tomorrow.
    3. Review your notes from this unit.

 Wednesday

  1. Take up the homework paragraph.
  2. Note - The psychological contract.
  3. Activity - describe the pyschological contract at your work or in the classroom.
  4. Brainstorm - list as many labour laws as you can think of.
  5. Activity - legal considerations in the staffing process.
  6. Homework - finish legal considerations activity and review unit 5 notes.

Thursday 

  1. Finish yesterday's "legal considerations" activity.
  2. Activity - research questions about unions.
  3. Homework - finish today's questions.

Friday

  1. DHS pep rally this period! - don't forget to "buy-in"
  2. Introductory union videos.
  3. Work period - finish PMC and hand-in today.
  4. Homework - start studying for next week's test and also make sure the activities from the last two days are complete.

Monday

  1. Take up legal considerations questions.
  2. Take up union questions. (Let's turn it into a debate!)

Tuesday

  1. Prom Assembly.

Wednesday

  1. Finish any "union" activities.
  2. Review for theunit five test
  3. Introduce the practice ISU.

Thursday 

  1. Work period - practice ISU

Friday

  1. Work period - practice ISU

Monday

  1. Victoria Day - No Classes

Tuesday

  1. Practice ISU negotiations.
  2. Introduce ISU

Wednesday 

  1. Unit 5 Test.

Thursday (Carnival afternoon for those who "Buy-In") 

  1. Work period - Part I of ISU.

Friday

  1. Work period - Part I of ISU.

Monday

  1. Work period - Part I of ISU.

Tuesday

  1. Work period - Part I of ISU.

Wednesday

  1. Work period - Part I of ISU. 

Thursday 

  1. Work period - Part I of ISU. 

 Friday

  1. Negotiations - Day 1 (Attendance is Mandatory!)

Monday

  1. Negotiations - Day 2 (Attendance is Mandatory!).

Tuesday

  1. Work period - Parts II/III of ISU.

Wednesday

  1. Work period - Parts II/III of ISU.

Thursday 

  1. Work period - Parts II/III of ISU.

Friday

  1. Work period - Parts II/III of ISU.

Monday

  1. Work period - Parts II/III of ISU.

Tuesday

  1. Last day to submit Parts II/III of the ISU.

Wednesday

  1. Exam Review

Thursday 

  1. Exam Review

Friday

  1. Grade 12 Exams

Monday

  1. Grade 12 Exams

Tuesday

  1. Grade 9 to 12 Exams

Wednesday

  1. Grade 9 to 12 Exams

Thursday 

  1. Grade 9 to 11 Exams

Friday

  1. Grade 9 to 11 Exams

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

  1. Graduation - UOIT/DC

Thursday 

Friday

Upcoming Due Dates

Monday, April 22nd - Windsor Miniature Golf Case

Monday, April 29th - Portakabin Case

Wednesday, May 1st - Unit four test

Unit Notes

What is oganizational behaviour?

 Managerial Functions

 Managerial Roles and Skills

 Summary of Managment Theories

 Understanding Ethics

 Ethics in the Workplace

 International Views on Ethics

 Case Study Format

 

You may print the following class notes at your own expense: (or copy from the overhead)

Reminder: Some of the unit concepts are covered through class activities and therefore must also be studied when preparing for the test.

 

 Personality in organizations - OCEAN

Perception and errors in the perceptual process

The benefits of a positive attitude in the workplace

Quality of work life.

Roles for team/group effectiveness

Introduction to groups

Teams vs groups

Leadership traits

Leadership theories

You may print the following class notes at your own expense: (or copy from the overhead)

Reminder: Some of the unit concepts are covered through class activities and therefore must also be studied when preparing for the test.

 

 

Intro to communication

Types of noise

Verbal vs non-verbal communication

Current trends in the workplace

Link to site about five conflict strategies

What is stress?

Stressors - causes of stress

Individual differences in stress

Introduction to motivation

Process theories of motivation

Intrinsic vs extrinsic rewards

You may print the following class notes at your own expense: (or copy from the overhead)

Reminder: Some of the unit concepts are covered through class activities and therefore must also be studied when preparing for the test.

Previous Semester's Lessons

Wednesday

  1. Discuss  course outline and class policies.
  2. A little info about Mr. D.
  3. Review my "pet peeves"
  4. Review the  computer lab policy .
  5. Note -  What is organizational behaviour?
  6. Handout/discussion - "The Best Employers"
  7. Note -  How does organizational behaviour relate to you?
  8. Homework - decide if you are staying in all four of your current courses!

Thursday

  1. Management trends of the last century activity -  instructions.
  2. Homework - work on your slideshow.

Friday (go to the caf.)

  1. Note/activity -  Basic management functions.
  2. Note/activity -  Basic managerial roles and skills.
  3. Handout/activity - Assessing your management skills.
  4. Homework - finish your management theory slideshow and today's activities.

Monday

  1. Presentations - managment theories. Each student is responsible for learning the six theories.
  2. Take up functions, roles, and skills activities from Friday.

Tuesday

  1. Review theories, functions, skills, and roles.
  2. Summary note -  management theories.
  3. Introduce  assignment #1 - The Consultant's Report
  4. Work period - assignment #1.
  5. Homework - assignment #1.

Wednesday

  1. Review management theories.
  2. Note -  Understanding ethics .
  3. Activity -  Case Study: The Polluters Dilemma
  4. Homework - assignment #1.

Thursday (short period due to assembly)

  1. Quiz - managment functions, skills, roles, and theories.
  2. Note -  ethics in the workplace.
  3. Homework - assignment #1.

Friday

  1. Read the note -  international views on ethics
  2. Individual activity -  Case Study: Letron Corporation.
  3. Finish assignment #1
  4. Homework - assignment #1 due on Monday.

Monday

  1. Review ethics notes.
  2. Take up Letron Corporation Case Study.
  3. Hand in Consultant's Report
  4. Note -  Case study format.
  5. Case example - Big Rock Construction Company.
  6. Homework - complete steps 1 to 3 for the Joe McBrine Case.

Tuesday

  1. Review case format.
  2. In groups, prepare a case study solution for the Joe McBrine Case.  I will provide feedback to each group about their answer.

Wednesday

  1. Take up the unit one quiz.
  2. Handout/Individual practice case study - Sandwich Shop Case.
  3. Review unit one concepts.
  4. Homework - finish Sandwich Shop Crisis (point form is ok)

Thursday

  1. Take up Joe McBrine Case.
  2. Take up Sandwich Shop Case
  3. Start hand in case - Jeff Martin Case.

Friday

  1. No Classes - P.A. Day

Monday

  1. No Classes - Family Day

Tuesday

  1. Work period - Jeff Martin hand in case.

Wednesday

  1. Start unit two - leading.
  2. Case/handout - Jack's Frustrations - complete the questions.
  3. Note - Personality in organizations - OCEAN.
  4. Article/handout - "Office Pests" - read and discuss.
  5. If time - review for next week's test.
  6. Homework - Jeff Martin case. 

Thursday

  1. Work period - Jeff Martin hand in case.

Friday

  1. Activity - personality trait test.
  2. Activity/overhead - optillusions.
  3. Note - perception and errors in the perceptual process.
  4. Activity/handout - more perception errors.
  5. Homework - Finish today's work (not including the Gull Products case) and complete your Jeff Martin case.

Monday

  1. Take up Friday's questions about Perception errors.
  2. Case - Gull Products
  3. Skits - demonstrating perception errors.
  4. Review for tomorrow's test!

Tuesday

  1. Unit one test!!

Wednesday

  1. Poem/discussion - The Blind Man and the Elephant - How does it relate to perception errors?
  2. Note - The benefits of a positive attitude.
  3. Video - An episode of "The Office" - relates to perception errors.
  4. Final review of perception errors. 

Thursday

  1. Note - Quality of work life.
  2. Group activity - bonus homework check up for grabs!
  3. Debrief group activity - What teamwork skills were used by each group member? What were the problems encountered? Did each group member have a role? Etc.
  4. Handout - roles for team/group effectiveness.
  5. Activity - write down one role for each member of today's group task.  How did each person demonstrate their role?
  6. Homework - take it easy tonight :)...(Unless you owe me your Jeff Martin case still!)

Friday

  1. Review yesterday's team roles.
  2. Handout - team roles preference scale.
  3. Note - Introduction to groups.
  4. Activity - read the handout about group development and answer the following questions.
  5. Handout - self assessment of group cohesiveness.
  6. Homework - finish today's group development questions. 

Monday

  1. Finish taking up questions from Friday. (Here's the answers.)
  2. Note - teams vs groups.
  3. Activity - Applying group knowledge to a group/team that you have experienced. (other than the Obelisk activity)
  4. Review for tomorrow's quiz - personality, perception, attitide, and quality of work life.

Tuesday

  1. Quiz
  2. Work period - Lucent Technologies hand in questions (case is a handout) - hand it in this Thursday or the Monday after the break.

Wednesday

  1. Brainstorm - Leadership behaviours and traits.
  2. Note - Leadership traits.
  3. Video - Jeff Bezos Movie: Complete traits chart as you watch the movie.
  4. Homework - complete the Lucent Technologies case.  

Thursday (no power all period - moved to another room) 

  1. Reveiw leadership traits (especially the 7 most important).
  2. Note - Three leadership theories: Trait theory, behaviour theory and contingency theory.
  3. Activity - Who's the boss.
  4. Homework - finish today's activity if necessary and your Lucent Technologies questions.

Friday

  1. No Classes - Start of March Break!! 

Monday

  1. Hand in Luncent Technologies.
  2. Review leadership theories.
  3. Activity - Contingency theory: complete a chart about four different leadership styles.
  4. Take up the chart.
  5. Homework - study for Friday's unit test.

Tuesday

  1. Review activity - Jeremiah Bigatallio's Leadership Challange - Questions. (Case study is a handout)
  2. Take up the questions.
  3. Final review of unit 2.
  4. Homework - study for Friday's unit 2 test.

Wednesday

  1. Start of unit three: Management Challenges. Two introductory activities.
  2. Homework - study for the test. 

Thursday  (Short period due to parent/teacher interviews.)

  1. Note - Introduction to communication.
  2. Funny story - Tickle Me Elmo
  3. Video - The Office - Boys vs Girls episode

Friday

  1. Unit two test.

Monday

  1. Note - Types of noise in the communication model.
  2. Activity - listening to newspaper articles. 
  3. Note - Verbal and non-verbal communication.
  4. Note - Current trends in organizational communication. 
  5. Brainstorm - Ways to deal with conflict
  6. Activity - Using the internet, research conflict management strategies and complete a chart.
  7. Homework:
    1. Finish conflict chart.
    2. Review your notes! 

Tuesday

  1. Video - The Office - "Conflict Resolution" episode.
  2. Take up homework.
  3. Activity - conflict role play.
  4. Homework - review communication and conflict notes. 

Wednesday

  1. Introduction to stress: Do you guys ever face stress? Why?
  2. Note - What is stress?
  3. Note - Stressors - causes of stress.
  4. Handout/discussion - "Super Moms Face Super Stress" and "Technostress for Over Connected Canadians"
  5. Activity/homework - Read the case "Stress in the MBA program" and answer the two questions at the end.

Thursday  

  1. No classes due to the Literacy Test.

Friday

  1. Review the first two notes about stress.
  2. Note - Individual differences in stress.
  3. Hand in assignment - small case and questions about stress. (due Tuesday)
  4. Activity - Introduce content theories of motivation. Complete a chart based on a handout reading.
  5. Homework:
    1. Study for Monday's quiz - stress, communication, conflict
    2. Finish the first two rows of the motivation chart from today.
    3. Work on your stress assignment - due Tuesday

Monday

  1. Quiz
  2. Note - Introduction to motivation.
  3. Activity - complete the "content" theories chart from Friday.
  4. Article - Genentech
  5. Self assessment - what motivates you?
  6. Homework - finish your stress assignment for tomorrow.

Tuesday

  1. Hand in the stress assignment. (save an electronic copy in the "hand in" folder)
  2. Read the note - process theories of motivation.
  3. Read the articles/handout - "Fulfilling Needs Through Cyber Easter Eggs" and "Ethics of Fair Pay Among Canada's Bank Executives" (We will discuss these on Wednesday.
  4. Activity/handout - complete the case - "Perfect Pizzeria" (type out your answers in a word document)
  5. Homework - complete today's work.

Wednesday

  1. Take up yesterday's case.
  2. Group activity - employee reward systems.
  3. Note - Intrinsic vs extrinsic rewards
  4. Stories/handout - "Soggies Take the Risk..." and "When Rewards Go Wrong".
  5. Activity/homework - Case - "Keeping Suzanne Chalmers"

Thursday  

  1. Take up case - "Keeping Suzanne Chalmers" 
  2. Work period - motivation assignment.

Friday

  1. No Classes - Good Friday

Monday

  1. No Classes - Easter Monday.

Tuesday

  1. Note - Introduction to planning.
  2. Activity - Real life examples of planning.
  3. Activity - How good is your time managment?
  4. Note - Personal time management technique.
  5. Video - Stephen Covey's time management matrix.
  6. Homework - Time management matrix activity.

Wednesday (short period due to career day for grade 11's)

  1. Hand in your motivation assignment from last week.
  2. Take up the homework activity.
  3. Review for tomorrow's unit three test.

Thursday  

  1. Unit three test.

Friday

  1. Note - planning terms.
  2. Ford Motor Company - sample vision statement, mission statement, and core values.
  3. Partner activity - buying a car.
  4. Note - short term vs long term planning.
  5. Note - major types of planning.
  6. Homework Activity - "Strategic Planning: Five Steps to a More Secure Future"

Monday

  1. Review planning terms.
  2. Take up strategic planning questions.
  3. Note - Management Analysis Tools
  4. Activity/handout - Highly Brill Leisure Centre
  5. SWOT Activity - Skoda case study. (Prepare a SWOT analysis in a seperate document.  Ignore the questions at the end of the case study. Also prepare a PEST analysis based on your current knowledge of Europe and the car industry.)

Tuesday

  1. Work period (handout) - Windsor Miniature Golf.

Wednesday

  1. Note - Ways to make planning more effective.
  2. Note - Long-term planning strategies.
  3. Work Period - Windsor Miniature Golf.

Thursday  

  1. Take up Skoda from Monday.
  2. Review yesterday's notes.
  3. Note - corporate culture.
  4. Video - introducing unwritten ground rules of corporate culture.
  5. Video - culture at Google.
  6. Activity - UGR's at your work.
  7. Homework - work on Windsor Miniature Golf.

Friday

  1. Take up yesterday's activity.
  2. Note - The managment of change.
  3. Video - What is change management?
  4. Video - Overcoming resistance to change.
  5. Discussion - Have you encountered change at your place of work? How was the change implemented?  Why were employees happy or not happy with the change.
  6. Homework - Windsor Miniature Golf

Monday

  1. Note - steps in the control process.
  2. Activity - answer the following questions about the controls in place at your work.
  3. Review for tomorrow's quiz.
  4. Complete Windsor Miniature Golf case - due tomorrow.

Tuesday

  1. Quiz - planning (doesn't include culture or change notes)
  2. Note - forms of managerial control.
  3. Activity - answer the following questions about managerial control at your work.
  4. Hand-in activity - Portakabin case study. (due Friday)

Wednesday

  1. Review culture, change, and control notes.
  2. Work period - Portakabin case study (I have a handout of the case, since the link is blocked.)

Thursday  

  1. Note - What are performance appraisals?
  2. Note - Challenges to effective measurement.
  3. Case study/handout - New Boss, New Problems.
  4. Homework - finish Portakabin case study - due tomorrow.

Friday

  1. Hand in the Portakabin case.
  2. Start unit 5 - organizing - Introductory activity: Designing an organization chart.
  3. Note - The nature of organization structure.
  4. Activity/worksheet - Elements of organization structure - read the handout and answer the following questions.
  5. Homework:
    1. Study for Monday's unit four test.
    2. Complete today's worksheet (for Tues)

Monday

  1. Unit four test!

Tuesday

  1. Take up the elements of organization structure questions.
  2. Activity - "Departmentalization..." handout and questions.

Wednesday

  1. We will be active participants in a trial run of a leadership camp workshop.

Thursday 

  1. Take up Tuesday's questions.
  2. Review elements of org. structure.
  3. Note - Recent trends in organizational design
  4. Activity - DHS org chart activity.
  5. Group activity/handout - "Challenging the Rules at Cosmo Plastics" case. 
  6. Homework/handout - "A New Challenge for an Old Company" case.

Friday

  1. Take up homework.
  2. Assignment/homework - PMC AG Case. (due next Wednesday)

Monday

  1. Article/discussion - The Westray Mine Disaster
  2. Activity - Types of workplace settings and arrangements.
  3. Homework - finish PMC AG case.

Tuesday

  1. Finish take up the workplace arrangements from yesterday.
  2. Partner activity - The Changing Nature of Work.
  3. Note - job satisfaction.
  4. Partner activity/handout - job design alternatives (Which job will Remo be most satisfied with?) and approaches.
  5. Discussion/handout - various stories of companies whose employees have fun.
  6. Homework:
    1. Write a paragraph describing if you are satisfied with your current job (or most recent).  Refer to the job satisfaction note and the job design approaches when answering this question.
    2. Make sure PMC is finished - due tomorrow.
    3. Review your notes from this unit.

 Wednesday

  1. Take up the homework paragraph.
  2. Note - The psychological contract.
  3. Activity - describe the pyschological contract at your work or in the classroom.
  4. Brainstorm - list as many labour laws as you can think of.
  5. Activity - legal considerations in the staffing process.
  6. Homework - finish legal considerations activity and review unit 5 notes.

Thursday 

  1. Take up the legal considerations activity.
  2. Introductory video about unions.
  3. Activity - research questions about unions.

Friday

  1. Union vidoes.
  2. Finish union questions.

Monday

  1. Take up union questions. (Let's turn it into a debate!)
  2. Review for tomorrow's unit five test.

Tuesday

  1. Unit 5 Test.

Wednesday

  1. Practice ISU.

Thursday 

  1. Practice ISU

Friday

  1. Prom Day

Monday

Tuesday

  1. Practice ISU

Wednesday

  1. Practice ISU

Thursday 

  1. ISU Work period - Part One

Friday

  1. ISU Work period - Part One

Monday

  1. ISU Work period - Part One

Tuesday

  1. ISU Work period - Part One

Wednesday

  1. ISU Work period - Part One

Thursday 

  1. Negotiations

Friday

  1. Negotiations

Monday

  1. Finish negotiations.
  2. Start parts 2 and 3 of ISU.

Tuesday

  1. Work period - parts 2 and 3 of ISU.

Wednesday

Thursday 

Friday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

  1. ISU Part II/III - Work Period.

Thursday 

  1. Exam review.

Friday

  1. Grade 12 exams.

Monday

  1. Grade 12 exams.

Tuesday

  1. Grade 9 to 12 exams.

Wednesday

  1. Grade 9 to 12 exams.

Thursday 

  1. Grade 9 to 11 exams.

Friday

  1. Grade 9 to 11 exams.

Monday

  1. Extra exam day.

Tuesday

  1. Credit completion.

Wednesday

  1. Graduation at Durham College

Thursday 

  1. PA Day

Friday

  1. PA Day

 

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