Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Articles for class on 02/25
Friday, February 22, 2013
Article reading for 02/25
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Business Week Article for 02/23 class
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Period #2 Results Available
Industry #1 News
Congrats to Daniel and Zane owners of Hebrews Café for their
#1 ranking in the balance scorecard. This is Daniel and Zane’s second week at
#1. They had a positive net income, their brand awareness increased and
customer satisfaction went through the roof.
Cool Beans Café (Parker & Jessica) remain strong at #2.
Hit um Hard (Chad and Tristan jumped up to spot #3). Brand awareness
numbers skyrocketed.
Industry #2 News
Congrats to Lizzy and Natalie owners of Chill Beans who
remain at #1 this week producing positive net income and increased brand
awareness and customer satisfaction.
Lennay’s Café (Cody and Hunter) remain at #2 with strong
revenue #’s.
Cuppa Joseph (Matt and Joe drop 1 to #3 but remain
competitive.
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Period #2 Review -
Overall it was a
great period #2. By this time some of you should be producing positive net
income numbers (hopefully cumulative as well). By period #3, you should strive
to produce positive net incomes for your company.
Monday, February 11, 2013
BUS 121 Update
A few of things I wanted to update you on:
1. Next period decisions for BizCafe are due by Midnight on
02/13/2013
2. On Wednesday (02/13/13), you will be working on a case
study in class with your BizCafe partner(s). This case study will be turned in
as an assignment grade on 02/17/13. You will need to complete this
electronically so bring a laptop to class (to look up information and type up
your answers). The assignments should be emailed to me directly on or before
02/17/13 by 8:59am. Assignments submitted after this time will not be accepted.
Hopefully you will finish it all in class (you should have plenty of time).
3. Your Exam will occur on Friday (02/15/13). A few of you
asked me what to expect on it. Here is the information about the exam:
- The exam will cover Chapters 1-5 as well as anything we
discussed in class (businessweek articles, christian ethics section etc......).
All exam questions are based on practical application; therefore, it is
important that you know how to apply definitions and concepts (rather than
simply memorize) to solve problems related to the business environment.
- The exam will be all multiple choice
- 30 to 40 questions will come from Chapter Material (some
of the stuff we covered in class, some of the stuff you are responsible for on
your own. remember everything from chapter readings to discussions are fair
game).
- 5 to 10 questions will come from businessweek articles,
and the christian ethics talk/activity in class
- Utilize book resources (questions in the back on the
cards), online lectures posted, powerpoints posted, as well as online resources
from your book to help you study
Email or send me a tweet if you have any questions.
Ryan
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Period #1 Results are in!!
The period 1 results are in. Due to the size of the class, we are actually split
into two industries.
The top 3 in Industry 1 are:
1.
Hebrews 86.82
2.
Cool Beans Café 81.06
3.
Hit Um Hard Café 77.91
The top 3 in Industry 2 are:
1.
Chill Beans 90.62
2.
Cuppa Joseph 84.79
3.
Lennay’s Café 79.81
I have uploaded a sortable spreadsheet with both industries
(industry 1 is on sheet #1, industry 2 is on sheet #2) to the course website.
In addition, I have also included a team listing so you can see the names of
the managers of each coffee shop. Click Course resources
We will discuss more about this soon. Remember period #2 decisions
are due by
Friday, February 1, 2013
Articles for 02/04/13
China's Unsafe Water is Nestle's opportunity: January 28th, 2013 edition of Businessweek.