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Lecture # Subject Title
Module 1: Managerial Perspectives
Presenter: Jim Sowers, PhD
1 How Managers Add Value – Targets for Adding the Most Value
2 The Dashman Company Case
3 How Managers Get Value-Adding Decisions Implemented – Managing and Leading People
4 Understanding Which Leadership Styles Work Best in Different Situations
5 A Model for Managing People
6 The Five Ts
7 The New Deal in the Workplace: It's Impact On Being an Effective Manager
8 A Model for Understanding and Managing Organizations - The Congruence Model
9 Managing Information and Motivation – The Hausser Food Products Case
10 Pulling It All Together: Strategic Planning & Operations Improvement – The Hudepohl Brewing Company
Module 2: Managing People
Presenter: Mary Konovsky, PhD
11 Recruiting Employees
12 Screening Employees
13 Interviewing Employees
14 Checking Employee References
15 Training New Employees
16 Motivating Employee Performance Beyond the Call of Duty
17 Evaluating Employees
18 Coaching Employees for High Performance
19 Motivating Marginal Employees
20 Terminating and Employee
Module 3: Business Laws for Managers
Presenter: Mike Hogg, PhD
21 Employment and Discrimination Law: Introduction
22 Recruiting and Hiring
23 Harassment and Discrimination
24 Workplace Privacy
25 Workers' Compensation and the Family Medical Leave Act
26 The American's With Disabilities Act
27 Substance Abuse in the Workplace
28 Workplace Violence
29 Discipline and Termination
Module 4: Managerial Economics
Presenter: Daniel Arce, PhD
30 Introduction to Economic Decision Making
31 Opportunity Cost, Production and Trade
32 Supply and Demand: The Cocktail Lecture
33 ABCs of Demand
34 Elasticity
35 Profit Maximization
36 Topics in Cost and Pricing
37 Game Theory
38 Auctions
39 Game Theory and Competitive Strategy

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