Don A. Larsen, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor

  College of Business

  Montana State University-Billings

Introductory Chapter

• What Does It Take to Be an Effective Manager (p. 28)

  • Download the assignment by clicking on the assignment title above.  Remember to attach to the assignment the notes from your interview with the manager.  Good luck.

Chapter 1 FIRO-B

• FIRO-B

  • Select the link above for the FIRO-B survey.  Take the survey and score it.  The scoring is complicated, so give yourself enough time to understand it correctly.  We will be doing an exercise in class with your teammates that will require that you have scored this survey correctly.

Chapter 1 Skill Application

• Instructions:  Self Awareness Skill Application

  • Access the assignment by clicking on the link above.  The instructions are fairly explicit.  However, if you have any questions, feel free to ask me for help.  Good luck.

Chapter 3 Podcast - Newspapers in Trouble

• NPR Podcast - "Newspapers in Trouble"

  • Access the podcast by clicking on the link above.  You may be asked to save the file.  If so, save the file and then open it.

  • This podcast is from the daily news program "To the Point" available on National Public Radio each day at 1:00 p.m.  There are several topics discussed on this podcast.  You need to listen to the following time slot: 7:20 to 42:18.  If you use the Quicktime media player to listen to mp3 files, I don't believe the minutes will be displayed.  Minutes are displayed in RealPlayer and Windows Media Player.

  • Once you have listened to the podcast, download the podcast review form below and complete it.

    • Podcast Review Form

Ch 6 Article

• Article: On the Folly of Rewarding A While Hoping for B

  • Download either the PDF version or HTML version of the article.

    • pdf version

    • html version

  • Download the article review form below and complete it.

    • Article Review Form