Jeopardy: Business Communication Semester Review

Jeopardy Entrepreneurship and Innovation Negotiations and Business Across Cultures Careers and Companies Miscellaneous $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400

1 - $100 Whose job is it to hire and fire employees, train new employees, and make sure employees are happy? Human resources

1 - $200 In your team, explain or show the two sides of the social media debate. One side – why should companies research social media of potential employees? The other side – why shouldn’t they? Should – it will give them a better idea of who the person is they are hiring Shouldn’t – invades privacy, personal life and work should be separate

1 - $300 What are three things you do NOT want to say when answering the question “Tell me about yourself”? Personal life Pets Extracurricular activities Entire resume or biography

1 - $400 What is the difference between a career path and a career ladder? Career path – the direction your working life takes Career ladder – a series of steps or levels in your working life

2 - $100 Who is Mark Zuckerberg and why do we consider him an entrepreneur? He is the founder of Facebook. He is considered an entrepreneur because he had a new and unique idea that he turned into a successful business.

2 - $200 How is entrepreneurship dependent (reliant) on the country it happens in? The conditions of business in country have to be supportive of innovative ideas and investment. There has to be a market for the product.

2 - $300 Why is entrepreneurship good for the economy? It brings new ideas into the market and opportunities for investment and competition.

2 - $400 Why is the immediate translation on your phone idea from the article we read about Google an innovation but not considered entrepreneurship? Immediate translation on your phone is being developed by Google. It is adding innovation to the already existing Google Translate. It is not entrepreneurship because it is not opening a new market but rather innovating in the existing ones.

3 - $100 List three possible situations where business negotiations could occur. Boss-employee Advertising Mergers Partnering Sponsorship Hiring/firing Buying/selling Etc.

Appropriate conversation topics 3 - $200 Juan is coming to Morocco for the first time to meet his new business partner. They have a meeting at 10am. What should he know about this meeting beforehand so he is prepared for any cultural differences? Timing Greetings Length Politeness Appropriate conversation topics Etc.

3 - $300 Juan is in hot water with his Moroccan business partner, Khalid. Is their meeting a piece of cake? No! Bonus point: Explain the idioms used

3 - $400 You are business partners Juan and Khalid. Negotiate what day you are going to release your product. Juan wants to wait until after Ramadan and Khalid wants to start selling before Ramadan. ?????

4 - $100 Name at least three business sectors. Media Engineering Pharmaceuticals Banking and finance Construction Food and Drink Retail Tourism Etc.

4 - $200 What tools do companies use to create convincing advertisements? Emotion Story telling Humor Celebrities Etc.

4 - $300 Is this idea entrepreneurial? Why or why not? Yes!

4 - $400 Create an ad (or idea for an ad) for business communication that will convince students to come to this class next year. ????