ACTIVITY SHEET
MANAGEMENT THEORY
PLANNING UNIT
September 11 - September 26
Instructions - Intranet Access
1. Launch your Web browser.
2. Access the Corporate View Web site at www.corpview.com.
3. Click the Intranet Employee Login
Username - Student Name
Password - intern
ACTIVITY 1
Corporate View Web site - www.corpview.com
Access the Intranet and find the definition for each of these terms by clicking the Shop Talk link on the Regular Features page.
Acronym Groupware Profit Administrative Outsourcing Project Planning
Assistant (AA) Software
PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) Bonus Seminar Critical Path
Personal Planner Shareware Flowchart PERT Chart Stipend
Freeware PIM (Personal Information Management) Todo List Gantt Chart
ACTIVITY 2
If you have Outlook, which is part of the Microsoft Professional Office Suite, follow the steps below to launch and explore it.
1. Launch Outlook by clicking or double-clicking on the Outlook icon.
2. Every PIM has several features. If you are using Outlook, select each of the icons listed below to learn about the program’s features.
Inbox (for email)
Calendar
Contacts List or Address Book
Task or "Todo" List
Personal Journal
Notes
3. Use the calendar feature in Outlook to plan your day. Print a hard copy of your plan for the day.
4. Access the links on the Intranet to see what PADs can do. Click on the Marketing, Sales, & Support link. Select the TeleView link and choose Product Promotions and Pricing
5. Learn all you can about PDAs by selecting the Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and Hand- held Computers link. Select the links and evaluate the various PDAs. Which would you prefer? Why?
6. Create a table, spreadsheet, or chart listing the main features of three PDAs. Make your list as if you were a customer, listing all the features and prices that are promised.
Example:
HP Palmtops PSION Apple Newton
List features... List features... List features...
ACTIVITY 3
To become proficient at planning, you must have some experience making plans. It could take months and months of practice to develop a system that works for you. In this portfolio-building project, you will get a chance to develop that elusive perfect planning system.
1. Choose a personal planning method (PIM, paper-based planner, or PDA). Use the method to plan the use of your time for an entire week. Plan all the activities of your life: school, play, and work.
2. At the end of the week, write a report of 90 to 100 words about your experience. Think about and answer these questions as you write:
How did planning help you or hinder you?
What did you like or dislike about keeping track of all your activities?
Did you accomplish more by planning ahead?
Did you think you were using your time more or less efficiently?
3. Spell-check your report before you print or share it, and remember to proofread and correct all errors.
ACTIVITY 4 - Workgroup
Creating good flowcharts takes practice. More important, creating charts with team members takes a special kind of patience, practice, and persistence. Workgroup members often disagree on the sequence of events or the steps that need to be followed to a successful conclusion. In this activity, you will see exactly what we mean. Practice group flowcharting for this exercise.
1. Team up with three or four coworkers and brainstorm all the events and decisions required to create one of the following:
A new software game that will be sold at computer stores and department stores.
A new PDA for TeleView
A new airline flight and vacation package from your city to Orlando, Florida, or from your city to Aspen, Colorado
A corporate safety or computer training seminar for new employees
2. Create a Gantt or PERT chart to illustrate the events and decisions your group agreed on. Show all the decisions and steps you as a group think are important to bring the project or product from its idea stage to a product that will make a profit. Remember to include an estimated time for each step and for the total project.
3. Proofread your flowchart and correct all errors. Print a hard copy if you created the chart electronically. If you prepared a flowchart on paper, present your finished project to your instructor.
Source:
Corporate View, Barksdale & Rutter, South-Western Educational Publishing, Cincinnati, Ohio,
1999.