Management Fundamentals 7th Edition by Robert N. Lussier

Exercise 26

Objectives

1. To get acquainted with some of your classmates

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2. To gain a better understanding of what the course covers

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3. To get to know more about your instructor

Skills

The primary skills developed through this exercise are:

1. Management skill – interpersonal

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2. AACSB competency – communication

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3. Management function – leading

Procedure 1 (5–8 minutes)

Break into groups of five or six, preferably with people you do not know. Have each member tell his or her name and two or three significant things about himself or herself. Then ask each other questions to get to know each other better.

Procedure 2 (4–8 minutes)

Can everyone in the group address every other person by name? If not, have each member repeat his or her name. Then each person in the group should repeat the names of all the group members, until each person knows everyone’s first name.

Discussion

What can you do to improve your ability to remember people’s names?

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Procedure 3 (5–10 minutes)

Elect a spokesperson for your group. Look over the following categories and decide on some specific questions you would like your spokesperson to ask the instructor from one or more of the categories. The spokesperson will not identify who asked the questions. You do not have to have questions for each area.

•        Course expectations. What do you expect to cover or hope to learn from this course?

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•        Doubts or concerns. Is there anything about the course that you don’t understand?

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•        Questions about the instructor. List questions to ask the instructor in order to get to know him or her better.

Procedure 4 (10–20 minutes)

Each spokesperson asks the instructor one question at a time until all questions have been answered. Spokespeople should skip questions already asked by other groups.

Apply It

What did I learn from this experience? How will I use this knowledge in the future?

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Step 1 of 2

To improve the ability to remember people’s names I can associate each member behavior or characteristics with his or her name. So whenever I will that person it will remind me of his characteristic and ultimately his name.