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Student Edition
Instructor Edition
Business: A Changing World, 2/e

O. C. Ferrell, Colorado State University
Geoffrey Hirt, DePaul University
Rick Bates, University of Guelph
Elliott Currie, University of Guelph

ISBN: 0070921989
Copyright year: 2005

Supplements



Instructor’s Supplements:

Instructor’s Online Learning Centre (OLC)
The OLC includes a password-protected Web site for Instructors. The site offers downloadable supplements and access to PageOut, the McGraw-Hill Ryerson Web site development centre.

Instructor’s CD-ROM
It contains the Instructor’s Manual, Computerized Test Bank, and PowerPoint® Presentation.

Instructor’s Manual, prepared by Rick Bates and Elliott Currie of the University of Guelph, contains lecture outlines and notes, supplemental lectures, additional discussion questions and exercises, and guest speaker and teaching suggestions for each chapter.

Computerized Test Bank, prepared by Peter Mombourquette of Mount Saint Vincent University, contains true/false and multiple choice questions classified by difficulty level and topic. This program makes it possible to create tests based on chapter, type of questions, and difficulty level.

PowerPoint® Presentation, prepared by Mary Furey, Memorial University of Newfoundland, has been developed to clearly illustrate chapter concepts.

CBC Video Cases, prepared by Rick Bates and Elliott Currie. University of Guelph, have been chosen to visually aid students in tying real-world issues to the text, and to illuminate key ideas and concepts. A set of instructor notes that accompanies the segments is available in the Instructor's Manual, located on the Instructor's Resource CD-ROM, or downloadable from the Instructor's Online Learning Centre. The video segments will be available in a VHS and DVD formats for use in class and through video-streaming on the Online Learning Centre accessible by both instructors and students.

Group-Video Resource Manual

This new manual contains everything an instructor needs to successfully integrate McGraw-Hill technology and additional group activities into the classroom. It includes a menu of items you can use as teaching tools in class. All of the Build Your Management Skills (self-assessments and Test Your Knowledge) exercises have teaching notes included here, with additional PowerPoint slides (in printed form) to use in class. All of the HotSeat DVD segments have teaching notes with additional PowerPoints (In printed form) included here as well. In addition, group exercises are included with anything a professor would need to use this exercise in class – handouts, figures, etc.

The manual is organized into 25 topics like ethics, decision-making, change and leadership. Each of the teaching resources is then organized by topic for easy inclusion in the professor’s lecture. A matrix is included at the front of the manual that references each resource by topic.

All of the actual exercises and assessments are included on the book OLC’s for student access. The actual PPT files are also included on the individual book OLCs (in the instructor center).

Group Video Resource Manual Sample (68.0K)

Student Supplements:

Strong student supplement package to facilitate Student Success: Numerous resources are available to assist the student in mastering the concepts - from the additional questions and skill building exercises on the OLC and in the Student Success Centre on the Online Learning Centre (containing a free electronic student study guide), to the CBC Video segments and related cases, to the wealth of resources available through "Business Around the World" and "Career Corner" sections of the OLC. This combination of text and study guide and web site material allows for the expansion of subject matter, content, and learning devices without increasing the overall size of the text. This integrated package benefits those instructors and students who only want to cover the basics, yet provides expanded coverage and study aids for those desiring more detail. The OLC contains a feature called 'The Career Centre' which houses all of the 'Exploring Your Career Options' features from the 1e and the Personal Career Plan Appendix from the 1e.

Student Online Learning Centre
Prepared by Denise Seguin, Fanshawe College. This learning centre offers Quick Quizzes and Internet exercises.

Electronic Study Guide Written by Peter Mombourquette of Mount Saint Vincent University. This Student Success Centre is a valuable resource that provides students with an overview and additional review problems for each chapter. Each chapter includes a Chapter Outline, Chapter Objectives, Chapter Recap, Enhancement Exercises, Matching Quiz, True/False Quiz, Multiple Choice Quiz, and Skill Building Quiz. Also look for videos and all new role plays!

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Business: A Changing World

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