After reading Chapter 2, complete 4 out of the 6 Chapter Activities:

1. Find a current job posting online for one group sales, inside sales, and premium sales position in professional sports. Based on these descriptions, describe the similarities and differences between these three types of sales positions.

2. Create a graphic or image that illustrates the typical career progression in sport sales, beginning at the entry-level and moving toward senior management levels.

3. Explain the hunter/farmer model of sales staffing. What is meant by the terms “hunters” and “farmers”?

4. What function does the CRM personnel serve within a sales team?

5. How does the sales staff differ between a major league professional sport franchise and a minor league franchise?

6. Explain why a college athletics programs have been slower to adopt significant sales structures compared to their professional sport team peers.

After reading Chapter 1, please complete 3 out of the 4 Chapter Activities:

1. Contrast your opinion of sales prior to reading this chapter to your opinion after completing this chapter. Describe how your opinion may have changed.

2. Discuss your motivation for taking this class and your current attitude toward sales in relation to what you want to achieve through this class by the end of the semester. Then make a self-assessment about whether you think you have what it takes to be successful in sport ticket sales.

3. Go to LinkedIn and find five profiles of people who work in sport sales positions. Identify trends, themes, and other observations from examining the five profiles.

4. Find five sport sales job announcements on Teamwork Online or Work in Sports. Based on these job descriptions, identify and describe three skills that you have that are a good fit for sales positions. Then, identify and describe three skills you will need to improve on to be successful in sales.

USING THE RESOURCES BELOW. Reflect on what you have learned this week and how you will apply it to your current job.(CURRENT JOB IS A HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM DIRECTOR)

Textbook: The Ethics of Leadership by Joanne Ciulla, Chapter 6

Video: https://www.ted.com/talks/gordon_brown_wiring_a_web_for_global_good

TED is a small nonprofit which started in 1984 and since has a devoted mission of Spreading Ideas. It’s a community welcoming people from every discipline and culture who have just two things in common: they seek a deeper understanding of the world, and they hope to turn that understanding into a better future for us all.

Attached Article: “Importance of ethics in business”
Read this article by Philippa Foster Back, which discusses the business approach to ethics.

Library Article: “Confucianism and the art of Chinese management”
Read this article that discusses Chinese approach to management.

Attached Article: “Wyclef Jean Enters the Race to Rescue a Battered Haiti”
Read this article by T. Padgett and J. Desvarieux.

Article: “Rebel Reformer”
Read this article by Alex Perry that discusses the debate if Rwanda’s rebel reformer was a tyrant or savior?
http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2007287,00.html

Write a minimum of a 2 page double-spaced reflection paper that summarizes the items above. Paper must be well-written to receive full credit

–I already did the interview and I will put the Interview conversation content in the document. Please use that to writeThank you

The essey need include
Although the interview format for this assignment is flexible, you must cover the following topics:
    Overview of the Financial Professional (learn a little about the financial professional)
o    Who they are,  where they work, area of personal finance they are an expert in
o    Explain why you chose this individual and what you hope to learn?
    Advice from their perspective 
o    Biggest mistakes for college students/young adults
    Identify and describe the three biggest personal finance mistakes college students/new college graduates make (this should be your interpretation of what they shared some quotes are ok)
    Why do they feel these concepts are important?
    Share a story from the financial professional that illustrates the importance of at least one of the concepts.
o    Action Steps/Take-away messages
    Identify two action steps/take away messages for you to consider as you continue to learn the concepts of personal finance (within their profession)
    Why does the professional believe these important for you to consider?
o    Reflection of the experience
    Provide a short reflection on the experience. What did you learn? What do you hope to take from the interview?
    As a result of hearing this information, how do you hope to implement the action steps provided?

Six Sigma versus Total Quality Management Research Paper
The research paper should  analyze ,compare, contrast, discover, balance, and seek to provide the reader with an excellent understanding of all issues.
I expect extensive research for this paper; I also expect to hear your voice, too. Provide a recommendation, summary/conclusion. There must be a minimum 9-12 bibliographic sources, of which, at least 6 must be from book sources. 

Rubics are:
Did you follow instruction.
Analysis and quality of content.
Balance between research commentary and student’s original thoughts — “voice-of-the-student”.
Flow, format, use of tables, graphs, charts and color is recommended.
You may use MLA or APA for documenting and footnoting. Minimum 12-15 pages.