Class Preparation and Personal Study
To help you to prepare for class, perform the activities outlined in this section. Performing these activities will help you to significantly enhance your classroom performance.
Reflecting on Target Skill
On page 1, this chapter opens by presenting a target management skill along with a list of related objectives outlining knowledge and understanding that you should aim to acquire related to this skill. Review this target skill and the list of objectives to make sure that you’ve acquired all pertinent information within the chapter. If you do not feel that you’ve reached a particular objective(s), study related chapter coverage until you do.
Know Key Terms
Understanding the following key terms is critical to your preparing for class. Define each of these terms. Refer to the page(s) referenced after a term to check your definition or to gain further insight regarding the term.
Know How Management Concepts Relate
This section comprises activities that will further sharpen your understanding of management concepts. Answer essay questions as completely as possible.
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1-1. How can controlling help a manager to become more efficient?
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1-2. What is the value in having managers at the career exploration stage within an organization? Why? The decline stage? Why?
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1-3. Discuss your personal philosophy for promoting the careers of women managers within an organization. Why do you hold this philosophy? Explain any challenges that you foresee in implementing this philosophy within a modern organization. How will you overcome these challenges?