Welcome to AB140

1. Welcome to AB140 Unit 1 Seminar – Introduction to Management Introduction to Management

2. Don’t be frightened No, I don’t have an Uncle Fester.

3. The real me

4. Office Hours • We are using AOL AIM. My AIM name is dstarnes92. • Office hours are on Sundays: 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm ET • I will always be available at that time.

5. Best communication method… Your best bet for communicating with me is by email. I check it at least once per day and respond as soon as I see your message. My Kaplan email address is: dstarnes@kaplan.edu Very Important --- Please be sure to include the course number in the subject line when sending me email. This helps me quickly identify the course.

6. Other communication… Another method of communication is the Virtual Office found under Course Home in our course site. I check this every day. This is a good place to ask questions where everyone might benefit from the answer. Private messages should still go to email.

7. MT140 Course Objectives During this term, we will: • Describe solutions to management problems • Recognize the four functions of management • Explain a process to manage technology decisions • Summarize the importance of social responsibility, and diversity in a business environment • Identify the ethical issues within business

8. The Course Syllabus: Your Roadmap to The Course! Read it, Print it and Understand it! • You will find our Syllabus in the Syllabus Area of our Course room, and in the Doc Sharing area of our course. I have also sent everyone an advance copy by email. • Print it out, as well as your readings in Doc Sharing • Review the course requirements and expectations. • Any questions, now is a good time to ask?

9. Your First Weekly Activity: Reading! • This course uses a text: Management M Start Here by Bateman & Snell • 1st Edition ISBN: 978-0-07-353039-0 • Your Reading this week: Chapter 1 pp. 12-26 in the Bateman & Snell textbook • Always make your reading the first activity of the unit!

10. Any questions ?

11. Your Second Weekly Activity: Class Discussion! It Allows Us To: • Learn from the many different perspectives represented • Add experiential knowledge to our course material • Ask questions • Get help from instructor and classmates • Exchange ideas • Get feedback • And they are fun!

12. How To Do Well In Class Discussion: • Post early: Your Initial Post must be made no later than Saturday, midnight EST. The earlier the better! Posts must be made on at least 3 different days. This is expected to be an on-going discussion! • Respond to at least two classmates, not including the instructor! • Be sure your Initial Discussion Post is at least 100 words in length • Check out the key terms at the end of each unit– try to incorporate them • Use web based researchwhere appropriate to make a point. If you use referenced material, this must be correctly cited. • Be thoughtful, thorough, and substantive. The posts should address the Discussion questions or topics. • Check frequently to see if anyone has asked questions • Please read the rubric in your syllabus

13. Remember… • Students are to post a minimum of three posts per discussion thread. One initial response and two replies to their classmates • Posting on a minimum of three different days, for example: Wednesday, Friday and Monday • The first post must be made by Saturday. • Why? Because otherwise it is:

14. Discussion Guidelines • When posting, students should post complete, well thought-out responses in Standard English. • Pleese uze the spel chek feeture in the diskushun threds 8-)

15. If you’re wondering what 8-) is, that’s me smiling with glasses on 8-)

16. Netiquette Be nice in discussion! It’s okay to disagree, but do it constructively.

17. Any questions ?

18. Your Third Weekly Activity: Homework Assignments! • Exercises may consist of answering questions in a text chapter, writing a paper, or completing some other assignment. Exercises are usually performed offline. • Proof, proof, proof – grammar and spelling matter. Apply the concepts and language of the course • Answer all the questions in terms of the key concepts of that unit • Additional research may be used. • Assignments are due by Tuesday Midnight EST. • Is everyone clear on how to use the Dropbox? • If something is confusing, please check with your professor .

19. Remember… All coursework is due no later than Tuesday at 11:59 PM. Stay up to date so you are not taken by surprise :-o

20. Late Assignments • Post your assignments on time. I will deduct points for late submissions. ***************************************************************** If you do post an assignment late, be sure to send me an email. I will not automatically see a late posting. *****************************************************************

21. Plagiarism Policy Read the policy! Don’t copy stuff without proper citation!

22. …enough big talk If you know you are going to be late, let me know in advance. I might be in a good mood :-)

23. How to Do Well in Homework Assignments: • You are encouraged to begin using APA • APA style means that you are required to include: 1) A title page, 2) The paper itself, 3) A references page • A title pagecontains three items: the paper's title, the date and the author's name. • The last thing required is the references page. Sources should be alphabetized by the author's last name (or, for sources without authors, by the first letter in the title) and the second line of each source should be indented a half inch (the first line is not indented). • If something is confusing, please check with your professor .

24. How To Do Well In Homework Assignments Page (Continued) • Be sure your response adequately answers the assignment question (s). • Be sure your Homework Assignment is well-written without spelling errors and using complete sentences. • Be sure your assignment is submitted to the correct Dropbox as an attachment in MS Word (.doc) format. • Be sure your file is named using the correct Kaplan file naming convention. (This will be covered in Unit 2).

25. Extra Credit No extra credit :-( Please don’t ask :-)

26. Any questions ?

27. Your Fourth Required Weekly Activity: Reviews! • Multiple choice quizzes • Reviews are not timed • Think the question through • Retake the quizzes as necessary • Press the “Submit for Grade” button when you are finished and ready for me to grade your Review • If you have any technical problems, call the Help Desk immediately

28. Let’s Review: Grading Overview Extra Credit is not offered in the Kaplan School of Business

29. Class Seminars! • Fun and helpful • Opportunity to ask questions • Opportunity to interact with classmates • You can review the recording if you are unable to attend • Go to the KHE link as you did to enter this Seminar and choose “History.” Choose the date of the Seminar you would like to review and click on it. • Seminar Participation is not graded but you are strongly encouraged to attend!

30. Any questions ?

31. What Managers Do: POLC P = Planning: The management function of systematically making decisions about goals and activities that an individual, a group, a work unit, or the overall organization will pursue. O = Organizing: The management function of assembling and coordinating human, financial, informational, and other resources needed to achieve goals. L = Leading:The management function that involves the manager’s efforts to stimulate high performance by employees. C = Control: The management function of monitoring performance and making needed changes.

32. What is Business ? • A commercial entity that engages in activities to earn a profit.

33. What is Profit? • The positive gain from an investment or business operation after subtracting for all expenses.

34. What is Revenue? • For a company, this is the total amount of money received by the company for goods sold or services provided during a certain time period. • What are Expenses? • Any cost of doing business resulting from revenue-generating activities.

35. Instructor Contact Information Email: dstarnes@kaplan.edu Phone: 248-217-1744 AIM: dstarnes92

36. That’s it! Any questions ? Send me an email and I’ll get back to you ASAP.

37. Have a great week! After this seminar has concluded, there will be a recording in the archives located in the seminar room. It may be selected by date.