Introductions

• Ice Breaker Exercise
• Review of Day's Agenda

Review of Syllabus and Proposed Schedule

Learning to be a Manager

Overview of the Manager's Role

The Environmental Context

Some Technical Issues

• Benefits and Problems in distance Education
• listserv, chat, discussion board, equipment requirements
• Submission of assignments

Readings discussed Today

• Chapters 1-4 of Montana & Chernov
• Chapters 1-2 of Hill
• Mintzberg, Henry, "The Manager's Job: Folklore and Fact," Harvard Business Review (Jul-Aug 1975) 49-61.