Extra Credit
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 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.
Urban Farmers and Urban Farming
Energy from glassware and cups
Less Stuff, More Happiness A TED talk by Graham Hill
Mother Earth - Caring for 7 Billion+ an hour video about world population
US Geothermal in the United States
Chevron Geothermal in the Philippines and Indonesia
Printing a 3 D statue of yourself
Re Inventing Fire- a 40 year energy plan by Amory Lovins from the Rocky Mountain Institute A TED talk
The 21 Hour Work Week Text explanation of The 21 Hour Work Week pdf
Buckle up for the Robot Revolution
Compost Food Waste at the store or restaurant
Review and comment on any of these YouTube Videos
Printable Plastic Solar - Konarka
Amazing Volkswagon factory of the future, here today
The energy self sufficient island of El Hierro in the Canary Islands
Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs Speaks to the Senate Article about Mike Rowe and the Status of Vocational Education
Sustainability explained through animation.
The 10 Commandments of Wealth and Happiness
CNN covers the story of Bernie Karl at Chena Hot Springs, Alaska
Global Weirding, not Warming by Thomas Friedman
American Retrofit of car to run on water
American Company using water power/hydrogen technology
Is the Starship Enterprise Holodeck coming sooner than thought?
Are you a Self Starter The Entrepreneur Test
How Wal-Mart Is (Mis)Shaping the Global Economy- American Educator Spring, 2007
The end of cheap oil and then what? 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
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
The Kingdomality Personal Preference Profile
Communication Skills Test