One of the goals of taking a principles of management course is to provide you with the opportunity to learn about the fundamentals of management theory and practice. Unless you've been in the workforce for a period of time, some concepts might be hard to relate to or understand.

The following "Journal Entries" will help you apply what you are learning in the text to real-life situations. There are one to two Journal Entries related to each text chapter for you to answer based on experiences you may have had or are having in your life. You can use a notebook to answer these questions to make up these Journal Entries for each chapter, or you can use these fill-in templates and email them to yourself to keep a running record of your experiences with management. You should be able to cut & paste the questions and your answers from your email into whatever word-processing program you use. Remember that your responses to the questions are based on your experiences, so there are no one correct or incorrect answers.

Your professor might choose to assign these as homework. Maintaining these Journal Entries after you study each chapter is also a good way to check your progress after completing a chapter.

1		Journal Entry 14: Describe your basic family or work place rules and how they impact the culture and ethics of the groups members. How were you socialized into your university/college? What kinds of rites and ceremonies are used? What are the key stories and legends that make your campus unique?
2		Journal Entry 15: Have you tried to change recently? What factors influenced your ability to change? How successful are you at making personal changes? What impacts your success or failure? Has an organization you worked for tried to make a major change? Describe how it was attempted.