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Reviewed:: Dec 3, 2017 by Business

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Overview:: This is a site that contains concise summaries of major management methods, models, and theories. The summaries are well written and succinct, but very general and high level. It is a very good site when you want students to do compare and contrast types of assignments. It contains summaries of many of the classics as well as up-to-date theories, models, and methods. It is important to note that the subjects and concepts cover a broad base of management, leadership, and finance topics.
Type of Material:: Reference Material
Recommended Uses:: • Resource for homework and assignment development
Technical Requirements:: Used Internet Explorer (Enterprise Edition) to access; Also Chrome
Identify Major Learning Goals:: • Will identify and aggregate management methods, models, and theories • Will understand concise overviews of management methods, models, and theories • Will develop an expansive perspective of management methods, models, and theories • Will learn about financial concepts • Will be able to cross-reference relevant concepts and theories to each other
Target Student Population:: • All levels of business students– information varies from simple management theory to advanced management theory • Subject matter is focused on business management theory • Works well for graduate and undergraduate students. • Undergraduate students may need to be guided more with the material.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:: No pre-requisite knowledge needed to navigate. Undergraduate students may need more context for the information or an assignment to ground them in how to process information on the site.

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Strengths:: • Expansive resource of management methods, models, and theories • The information can be used across a broad spectrum of courses • Very concise summaries of theories and concepts along with other resources (books, articles, etc) • The site is very current with theories as well as historical theories that still have relevance
Concerns:: • Some links move user to other external websites which can be confusing. For example, Dictionary link takes users to 12Manage: The Executive Fast Track website (https://www.12manage.com/management_dictionary.html) • Undergraduate students may need more guidance in how to utilize the material • The material is a good summary, but context (or an assignment) may be important for an undergraduate student to know before using the material The material does not bridge the gap to practical application of the information

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

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Strengths:: • Expansive resource of management methods, models and theories • The material has clear cross-referencing to other relevant material on the site • A student can learn about many different related theories using the site • The material is vast, but a faculty should be able to isolate theories for the students to focus on
Concerns:: • This is a resource, not a curriculum for students • A faculty will have to align the material with learning objectives A faculty will have to determine how to have a student move through this material • A faculty will have to identify if context is required or pre-requisite knowledge is required • A faculty will have to determine how to have a student move through this material

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Strengths:: • Rich resource of management models, methods, and theory • Website has comparative links to other principles that may be of interest to the user • The material is very easy to navigate with links throughout the written material • A student would find it engaging because of the brevity and ease of reading • The material is very interactive because a student can follow other interesting links to further the understanding
Concerns:: • Listing of expansive resources can be overwhelming to novice learners • The site is specifically designed for “senior management executives” • Design quality is primarily text and does not use interactive teaching methods that would appeal to different learning styles • A lot of distracting advertising • The site does not have instructions, so a faculty may have to provide that for the students • The advertising causes it to be somewhat visually unappealing and a student, if they re not savvy with the advertising, might click on something that really has no bearing on the content

Other Issues and Comments:: • Website last updated January 6, 2016.
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