[TCA-T4] BOH4M, Business Leadership: Management Fundamentals by Mr. C. Chung (2023-24 Term4): Forums

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Announcements	Important Dates: 29/3/2024 Good Friday Holiday (no school) 1/4/2024 Easter Monday Holiday (no school) 2/4/2024 Assignment 2 Presentation + Deadline for self reflection 3/4/2024 Midterm Test Review 4/4/2024 Midterm Test	0

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COURSE LEARNING COMMUNITY	Introduce Yourself	Either post a picture of yourself and write a self-introduction, or record a 1-minute video. Please let us know the following information about yourself: Your name Hometown Your interests and hobbies Why you are taking this course Short message to your classmates Then, please reply to each of your ...	1

Lesson 1.4: Leadership	Lesson 1.4 Class Production	Now you learn about the six different leadership style. The class will be randomly organised into groups of 2. In your group, you will be given a scenario. Discuss with your groupmate and choose 2 leadership style that you think is suitable to be applied in the scenario. Each groupmate will be ...	5
	Additional Class Activity - Greta Thunberg	1. In terms of DISC profile, which character do you think Greta has the most? Explain your answer. 2. In terms of four tendencies, which character do you think Greta has the most? Explain your answer. 3. What emotion leadership style do you think Greta demonstrate? Give examples to support your ...	6
	Additional Class Activity - Bryan Stephenson	1. In terms of DISC profile, which character do you think Bryan has the most? Explain your answer. 2. In terms of four tendencies, which character do you think Bryan has the most? Explain your answer. 3. What emotion leadership style do you think Bryan demonstrate? Give examples to support your ...	6

Lesson 2.1: Motivation	What kind of motivation is this?		1
	Lesson 2.1Production	Role Play: One person is Fred. The other person is the friend giving advice. Situation: Fred is a grade 12 student hoping to get into a good university. However, his grades have not been good recently, and he doesn’t feel very motivated to keep trying. He spends a lot of time playing ...	5

Lesson 2.3: Case - Food Terminal	Lesson 2.3 Production	Mike has hired you to help him make a plan to improve his store situation. Explain to Mike how he can... Show a better example? Show genuine care to his employees? Increase intrinsic motivation of his employees? Improve his relationship with the department managers? For each, talk about wh...	5

Lesson 2.5: Emotional Intelligence and effective communication	Lesson 2.4 Discussion	Watch the video on the lesson page. (It is the same video as last lesson) Answer these questions: What emotional intelligence skills are the people missing? Do you think they are emotionally flooded? How can they reframe their anger? How can they use the XYZ method?	4

Lesson 2.6: Character	Lesson 2.5 Production	Think back to Mike from the Food Terminal case study. How did he do on the 5 virtues? Consider these case facts: His father is the owner of the company He fired some lazy employees He focuses on profit He used the coercive leadership style He didn’t ask for advice from the department managers He ...	6

Lesson 3.4: Business Ethics	Lesson 3.4 Production	Watch this video and discuss the questions with your group. Video Questions What unethical behavior do the employees want to do? Which of the 5Ps relate to this video? What would...	3

Lesson 3.5: Corporate Social Responsibility	Lesson 3.5 Production- Group work	Situation: You are the CEO of a clothing company, and your factories are based in France and the workers are paid a fair salary along with good benefits. One day, over a meal with a friend he tells you that he uses factories in another country and that he spends a lot less money on wages than you....	3
	Lesson 3.4 Homework Forum	Post your notes from the reading here by 1 hour before class.	1

Lesson 3.6 Case - Apple and CSR	Lesson 3.6 Production	Now that you are familiar with the Apple CSR case, discuss these questions with your group: When Apple told Foxconn to improve their factory conditions, Foxconn did. But as a result, Foxconn had to raise their prices. How did Apple respond? Which virtue is related here? What was Apple’s gross ...	3

Lesson 4.1:Strategy	Lesson 4.1 Production	With your Assignment 4 team, answer these questions: What company will you choose? Which Porter's Strategy do they use? Do a PEST Analysis as a team. What are some Political, Economic, Social, and Technological factors affecting that company right now? Time Limit: 45 minutes	1

Lesson 4.2: Controlling	Class Product 1: SWOT analysis	Read the SWOT analysis notes and carry out a SWOT analysis for your chosen business.	3
	Lesson 4.2 Discussion	Meet with your team and discuss these questions: 1.Send me your team agreement if you did not yet. 2.You all want to get a good score for Assignment 4. What are some feedforward controls you can set? 3.Let’s say one person did not submit their work on time. What corrective action can you take?	1

Lesson 4.3: Snoozy Inn	Lesson 4.3 Production	Give a presentation to Mr. Smith 1.What are the customer groups and which one should Snoozy Inn target? (think of at least 2) 2.What are the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for Snoozy Inn? 3.Provide an action plan and performance metrics.	2

Lesson 5.1: Human Resources	Lesson 5.1 Production	With your group: Use the performance formula (Performance = Motivation X Ability X Guidance X Resources) to explain how you will improve your performance. Prepare a performance evaluation form for the cashiers. It should have 3-5 questions and use three different types of questions. One person ...	3

Lesson 5.2: Changing Nature of Work	Lesson 5.2 Production: Student Wellness Program	Students are similar to employees. Give a presentation on how your school leaders (e.g., Principal, teachers, and guidance counselors) can help students achieve “school-life balance”. Make a “student wellness program” similar to how a company would have an employee wellness program. One person ...	6

Lesson 5.4: Organizational Structures	Lesson 5.4 Production	Analyze the organizational structure for Sunnyside High School. What kind of organizational structure is it? How can the principal help teachers get their voice heard by upper management? How can the principal promote cross-department collaboration?	3