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Lesson Plan November 28, 2018

Business Task Cards Activity

Short Description

The Business Task Cards is a 1-hour team-based activity. The activity was created for a business management course that needed to complete a business opportunity project. The activity requires students to complete four tasks: 1) Find company information, 2) Find a company's income statement, 3) Find articles on a company's management strategy, and 4) Find current industry trends that will impact the company. A print and online version of the activity is provided.

Learning Outcomes

LO #1: Students will match information needs to business search tools in order to locate relevant company information. LO #2: Students will recognize the information type and evaluate how it meets their information need.

Discipline

Course Context (e.g. how it was implemented or integrated):

This activity was used for an upper-division business management course.

Assessment or Criteria for Success

Print version - collect task cards at the end of the course for assessment purposes. Online version - student submissions are collected via Google Forms.

Suggested Citation

Blas, Nataly. "Business Task Cards Activity." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments). 2018. https://projectcora.org/lesson/business-task-cards-activity