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Current Business Environment. Dr. Wieland . What is a Corporation?. A corporation is created under the laws of a state as a separate legal entity that has privileges and liabilities that are distinct from those of its members . Corporation Ranked by Revenues G enerated in 2011. Discuss.
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Current Business Environment Dr. Wieland
What is a Corporation? A corporation is created under the laws of a state as a separate legal entity that has privileges and liabilities that are distinct from those of its members.
Discuss Q1: What do most of these corporations have in common? Q2: How much money do you think the federal government took in relative to these corporations?
Implications What are the implications of this? The Corporation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHrhqtY2khc Corporations were developed to “Serve the Public Good” (stop at 8:40 ish)
Why Study Management? Reason #1 Change is needed. http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2009-05-20/mbas-public-enemy-no-dot-1-businessweek-business-news-stock-market-and-financial-advice The debate over business schools' fault in the financial crisis rages on, with no clear end in sight.
Why Study Management? Resources (especially in technical fields) are valuable! Reason #2 Managers decide how to use the majority of our resources. The more efficiently and effectively that organizations can use resources the greater the well-being and prosperity of people in society. Only through improvements in productivity and/or technology does our standard of living improve.
Testing Your Management IntuitionReason #3: Your intuition may not be as good as think! Example: Google Top performers were commonly promoted to positions in leadership and management. Read the related article: Evidence-Based Management
Testing Your Management IntuitionReason #3: Your intuition may not be as good as think! Example: Google Top performers were commonly promoted to positions in leadership and management. Read the related article: Evidence-Based Management