j0286744.gif (7885 bytes)       Extra Credit

     Write journal or Proquest www.proquest.umi.com/pqdweb  article summaries from DIFFERENT professional publications on business topics. (Call the reference librarian for current account name and password )  This should be equivalent to a one page written article summary naming the author, title, publication, and date, along with your summary of what the author was attempting to communicate to the reader. Be sure to include your personal thoughts about this information. Some suggested publications are listed on the Course Resources Page. Each article summary or net exercise is worth 1 point for a maximum of 10 extra credit points. Extra credit is accepted until the last day of classes. Any extensions must be cleared with the instructor.

You can also do additional Taking It To The Net Exercises at the end each chapter in your textbook, or view and evaluate any of the business videos listed through the library link on the Course  Resources Page.

You may also review any of the following articles or case studies which your instructor has found interesting and useful

Is the Starship Enterprise Holodeck coming sooner than thought? 

The Story of Stuff

Are you a Self Starter  The Entrepreneur Test 

The Millennials are coming.

How Wal-Mart Is (Mis)Shaping the Global Economy- American Educator Spring, 2007

The end of cheap oil and then what?  The Long Emergency

Streaming video presentation at the Seattle Town Hall lecture series by the author of the Long Emergency

Why Do They Hate Us?   Thomas Friedman, New York Times Columnist & Author

Compare two countries way of doing business by reviewing their business culture guides

"Will the Kitchen Please Shut Up" by Richard Wolkomir,   Smithsonian, Sept 1999

Benetton Clothes Tracking with Micro-chip

The Cyborg Evolution

Personal Fabrication...the Star Trek replicator is closer than we think

Micro-loan Banking for the poor

Pointers on how to create business websites that work

"Beyond the Information Revolution"    Atlantic Monthly,  Peter Drucker,  October, 1999

"The Next Society"  The Economist  Peter Drucker, November 3, 2001

The Pentagon's New Map:  It Explains Why We're Going To War, and Why We'll Keep Going to War.

End of the day leadership by the President of Seattle University

Emotional IQ Test

Queendom Emotional IQ test

The Kingdomality Personal Preference Profile

Communication Skills Test

 Social Security......Privatize or keep the same

It's a Flat World, After All by Thomas Friedman