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 17: Describe your personal leadership style, or the style of your boss. How do others respond to the style? Are you a leader or follower? Formally or informally? What leadership style do you use? Why? What leadership style best describes your boss? Is it the most effective? Which style best describes the student-teacher relationship? Select a historically "great leader" and describe what about his/her leadership style made him/her worth remembering.
2		Journal Entry 18: Describe your (or your boss's) sources of power. Is it personal or position based power? Is it the same in all situations? Describe a charismatic leader you know personally. How much influence does this individual have on you? on others? How have the male and female bosses (or teachers) differed in their leadership approaches? Which was the most effective?