Gareth R. Jones,
Texas A&M University -- College Station Jennifer M. George,
Rice University
ISBN: 0073530433 Copyright year: 2009
Resources - Instructor and Student
Instructor’s Supplements:
Jones/George is supported by a wealth of unique resources to support your on campus, hybrid, and online courses. The accompanying Instructor’s Resource CD-ROM (IRCD) (0077246667) includes the following, which are also available on the Online Learning Center (OLC):
Instructor’s Manual (IM): The IM supporting this text has been completely updated by Adrienne Hinds of Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale in order to save instructors time and support them in delivering the most effective course to their students. For each chapter, this manual provides chapter contents, overview, lecture outline with integrated PowerPoint, notes for opening case, notes for end-of-chapter materials, video case teaching notes, key terms with definitions as well as additional value adds such as additional critical thinking exercises, lecture enhancers, supplemental internet exercises, and more.
The test bank has been thoroughly revised in response to customer feedback by Eileen Hogan of Kutztown University. There are more than 100 questions per chapter, including true-false, multiple-choice, and essay, with particular expansion of scenario based M/C questions requiring critical thought and application. Each question is tagged for the level of difficulty (corresponding to Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives), AACSB standards, correct answer, page references and whether the question is used anywhere else such as the OLC. The AACSB tags allow instructors to sort questions by the various standards and create reports to help give assurance that they are including the recommended learning experiences in their curricula. A computerized Test Bank is available also.
PowerPoint® Presentation: 40 slides per chapter feature reproductions of key tables and figures from the text as well as original content—prepared by Brad Cox of Midlands Tech. Lecture enhancing additions such as additional examples, quick polling questions and slides featuring “Movie Examples” to help you incorporate popular movies, such as Office Space and Monty Python and the Holy Grail into your management course. These move slides appear at the end of each chapter presentation and include notes on how the movies can be used to generate discussion and to illustrate management concepts.
Video Resources – McGraw-Hill provides you with the richest, most diverse video program of any publisher on the market. The following video resources are available to adopters of Jones/George 6th edition:
Principles of Management Video DVD Vol. 1 (ISBN: 0073364142) & NEW! Vol. 2 (ISBN: 0073364231) – Now offering more than 70 video clips from sources such as BusinessWeek TV, PBS, NBC, BBC & McGraw-Hill are provided on 2 DVD sets. These company videos are organized by the 4 functions of management, planning, leading, organizing and controlling a feature companies such as Playstation, Panera Bread, Patagonia, Mini Cooper and the Greater Chicago Food Depository in 2 ½ to 15 minute clips. Corresponding video cases and a guide that ties the videos closely to the chapter can be found in the Instructor’s Manual and Online.
EXPANDED! Manager’s Hot Seat Online! Now instructors can put students in the hot seat with access to an interactive program, including six brand new segments. Students are given an introduction to the situation, view a dossier of related management materials, and then watch 21 real managers apply their years of experience when confronting unscripted issues. As the scenario unfolds, questions about how the manager is handling the situation pop up, forcing the student to make decisions along with the manager. At the end of the scenario, students watch a post-interview with the manager, view how their responses matched up to the manager’s decisions, and then submit a report critiquing the manager’s choices while defending their own. Access to this online program is provided as part of the Premium Online Learning Access of this text. Access can also be purchased stand alone.
Management in the Movies DVD (0073317713): This faculty DVD makes it easy to bring that captivating power of big screen movies to your classroom! Each video clip illustrates a specific management topic in less than 2 ½ minutes via a scene from major movies or TV show. E.g. Groups—13 Going On 30, Ethics—John Q, Global Management—Gung Ho. The Management is the Movies DVD is available exclusively for current users of McGraw-Hill Principles of Management, OB & HRM texts and is supported by an Instructor Manual with suggestions for usage of the clip, video summaries, and discussion questions for each segment!
Group and Video Resource Manual: An Instructor’s Guide to an Active Classroom (0073044342), Authored by Amanda Johnson and Angelo Kinicki of Arizona State University, the Group & Video Resource Manual was created to help instructors create a livelier and stimulating classroom environment. The manual contains interactive in-class group and individual exercises to accompany Build Your Management Skills assessments on the OLC, additional group exercises for each chapter and comprehensive notes and discussion questions to accompany the Manager’s Hot Seat. This valuable guide includes information and material to help instructors successfully execute additional group exercises and the Manager’s Hot Seat into their classrooms. For each exercise, the manual includes learning objectives, unique PowerPoint slides to accompany the exercises, and comprehensive discussion questions to facilitate enhanced learning. The manual also includes lecturettes and associated PowerPoint slides to supplement and expand material presented for each exercise.
Student’s Supplements:
Premium Online Resources: Organized chapter by chapter, the online content is designed to reinforce and build on the text content. As students read the book, they can go online to take self-grading quizzes, review material, complete Video Cases, watch Destination CEO video clips, or work through interactive exercises like the Management History Timeline, Self-Assessments, or Test Your Knowledge Exercises. Chapter quizzes, narrated slides, and most videos are available for iPod download. The Premium Online Resources can be delivered multiple ways—professors and students can access them directly through the textbook website at www.mhhe.com/jonesgeorge6e, through PageOut, or within a course management system (i.e. WebCT, Blackboard, D2L, eCollege).
EXPANDED! Manager’s Hot Seat Online! Now instructors can put students in the hot seat with access to an interactive program, including six brand new segments. Students are given an introduction to the situation, view a dossier of related management materials, and then watch 21 real managers apply their years of experience when confronting unscripted issues. As the scenario unfolds, questions about how the manager is handling the situation pop up, forcing the student to make decisions along with the manager. At the end of the scenario, students watch a post-interview with the manager, view how their responses matched up to the manager’s decisions, and then submit a report critiquing the manager’s choices while defending their own. Access to this online program is provided as part of the Premium Online Learning Access of this text. Access can also be purchased stand alone.
Self-Assessment Gallery: McGraw-Hill Management provides 23 interactive self-scoring Self-Assessments to students to test their values, believe, skills and interests in a wide variety of areas. This enables students to personally apply chapter content to their own lives and careers. Assessments provided include “What Is Your Guiding Ethical Principle?”, “What Is Your Decision-Making Style?”. The self-assessments are organized by topic and are supported by an instructor manual and Power Point in the Group and Video Resource Manual. Instructors and Students can access these materials as part of their Premium Online Resources.
Test Your Knowledge: This interactive online application allows students to study 31 key concepts. After they review the key concept presented, students take quizzes in either practice or testing mode, to ensure their comprehension. The application contains both knowledge and application questions. Instructors and Students can access these materials as part of their Premium Online Resources.
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