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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 ...

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Lesson 1.2:DISC Lesson 1.2 Homework Forum

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Lesson 1.3: Four Tendencies Personality Test Lesson 1.3 Homework Forum

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Lesson 1.4: Leadership Lesson 1.4Homework Forum

Home work

Take notes using these questions. Organize your notes in a table format.

3. What are the six leadership styles? Describe them using your own words.
4. When should you use each style? 
5. When should you not use each style?
6. What skills are needed in each style?
7. Which leadership styles do...
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Lesson 1.5: Teamwork Lesson 1.5 Homework Forum
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Lesson 1.5 Production Form

Canva is a great tool for making posters and PPTs. Make a poster using Canva to explain how to have good teamwork!

China link: http://canva.cn/

Outside of China: https://www.canva.com/



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Lesson 1.6: Case - The Forgotten Team Member Lesson 1.6 Homework Forum

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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 ...

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Lesson 2.1 Homework Forum

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Lesson 2.3: Case - Food Terminal Lesson 2.3 Homework Forum

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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...

  1. Show a better example?
  2. Show genuine care to his employees?
  3. Increase intrinsic motivation of his employees?
  4. Improve his relationship with the department managers?

For each, talk about wh...

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Lesson 2.4 Stress Management Lesson 2.4 Mini Assignment

Stress management sheet is given to you by your teacher.

There are four activities in there. Do them and answer the questions.


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Lesson 2.4 Homework Forum

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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:

  1. What emotional intelligence skills are the people missing?
  2. Do you think they are emotionally flooded? 
  3. How can they reframe their anger?
  4. How can they use the XYZ method?

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Lesson 2.4 Homework Forum

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Lesson 2.6: Character Lesson 2.5 Homework Forum

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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 ...
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Lesson 3.2: Business Communication Lesson 3.1 Homework Forum

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Lesson 3.1 Production

Download these two documents. One is an email and the other is a business report.

Situation: A student wrote a business report about Hai Di Lao expanding to Toronto. The student emailed his teacher asking the teacher to review it.

https://moodle.edu4u.ca/pluginfile....

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Lesson 3.3: Business Writing Essentials Lesson 3.3 Homework Forum

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Lesson 3.4: Business Ethics Lesson 3.4 Production

Watch this video and discuss the questions with your group.

  

Video Questions

  1. What unethical behavior do the employees want to do?
  2. Which of the 5Ps relate to...
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Lesson 3.4 Homework Forum

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Lesson 3.5: Corporate Social Responsibility Lesson 3.5 Production- Group work

In 2013, Coca-Cola announced a CSR project called the EKOCENTER. The goal is to provide safe drinking water to poor communities in developing countries like Vietnam. However, Coca Cola has been criticized for promoting unhealthy soda drinks, which hurts people's health. Do you think Coca Coal is ...

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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....

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Lesson 3.4 Homework Forum

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Lesson 3.6 Case - Apple and CSR Lesson 3.6 Homework Forum
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Lesson 3.6 Production

Now that you are familiar with the Apple CSR case, discuss these questions with your group:

  1. 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?
  2. What was Apple’s gross ...
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Lesson 4.1:Strategy Lesson 4.1 Homework Forum

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Lesson 4.2: Controlling Lesson 4.2 Homework Forum

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Lesson 4.3: Snoozy Inn Lesson 4.3 Homework Forum

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Lesson 4.4 Principles Lesson 4.4 Homework Forum 0
Lesson 4.5: Change Management Lesson 4.5 Homework Forum

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Lesson 5.1: Human Resources Lesson 5.1 Homework Forum

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Lesson 5.1 Production


With your group:

  1. Use the performance formula (Performance = Motivation X Ability X Guidance X Resources) to explain how you will improve your  performance.
  2. Prepare a performance evaluation form for the cashiers. It should have 3-5 questions and use three different types of questions.
One person ...
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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 ...
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Lesson 5.2 Homework Forum

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Lesson 5.3: Case - Star Advise Lesson 5.3 Homework Forum

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Lesson 5.4: Organizational Structures Lesson 5.4 Homework Forum

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Lesson 5.4 Production

Analyze the organizational structure for Sunnyside High School.

  1. What kind of organizational structure is it?
  2. How can the principal help teachers get their voice heard by upper management?
  3. How can the principal promote cross-department collaboration?



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Lesson 5.5 Purpose Lesson 5.5 Homework Forum

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Lesson 5.5 Production Forum

Many students don't have a strong purpose for going to school. They feel like school is boring and hard work, so they lose motivation.

Make a poster or infographic to teach other students how to have a strong purpose.

You can use canva.

http://canva.cn/

https://www.canva.com/

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