Business Media Offered by Penn State Media Sales
Business Media Offered by Penn State Media Sales
| Accounting for Managers: 6 -- Costing Concepts More on DVD Version | Highlights the complexities of two primary approaches to costing -- process costing and job-order costing -- and shows how to use cost reports and projections to monitor and control expenses. Analyzes the effect of numerous variables on the cost of manufacturing a product. Ciulla reviews one "cost" of doing business that companies often encounter when operating in other countries: bribery. |
| Accounting for Managers: 8 -- Structuring a Business More on DVD Version | Focuses on company start-up factors and related liabilities, including legal, tax, and financial incentives for establishing a corporation as a partnership, with shareholders, or under sole ownership. Ciulla discusses how a new business owner can consciously establish a moral environment in a firm. |
| Business Logistics Management: 1 -- Introduction to Business Logistics More on DVD Version | Presents an overview of logistics management, including definitions, elements of logistics systems, and a rationale for the interest in effectively managing the logistics function in the firm. Produced by Penn State Television / WPSX-TV. |
| Business Logistics Management: 2 -- Logistics Systems Analysis More on DVD Version | Provides a discussion of systems analysis and its importance in business organizations, and covers different approaches to analyzing logistics systems and measuring the total cost of alternate logistics systems. |
| Business Logistics Management: 3 -- Macro and Micro Perspectives of Logistics Systems More on DVD Version | Examines the various roles of logistics in the economy (macro) and the role of logistics in the firm (micro). |
| Business Logistics Management: 4 -- More on DVD Version | An analysis of the factors that affect the cost of logistics in the firm, including spatial relationships, competitive relationships, and product characteristics. |
| Business Logistics Management: 5 -- Logistics Relationships in the Firm More on DVD Version | Explores the relationships between logistics and other managerial functions, including marketing, production, and finance. |
| Business Logistics Management: 6 -- Customer Service More on DVD Version | Examines the critical area of customer service in general, with particular emphasis on the logistics role in customer service in today's competitive market environment. |
| Business Logistics Management: 7 -- Materials Management More on DVD Version | The components of materials management are discussed, with emphasis on its relationship to production. |
| Business Logistics Management: 8 -- Inventory in the Logistics System More on DVD Version | Beginning with an overview of the node in the logistics system, discussion is provided of one of the major nodal activities, inventory control. |
| Business Logistics Management: 9 -- Techniques of Inventory Management More on DVD Version | Presents the various methods or techniques for inventory control, including EOQ, MRP, JIT, and DRP. |
| Business Logistics Management: 10 -- The Basic EOQ Model More on DVD Version | The economic order quantity (EOQ) is discussed and explained as a tool for inventory management. |
| Business Logistics Management: 11 -- Adapting the EOQ Model for Logistical Decisions More on DVD Version | Analysis of how the basic EOQ model can be adapted to aid certain logistics related decisions, including modal selection and volume rates. |
| Business Logistics Management: 12 -- The Warehouse in Logistics Systems More on DVD Version | An overview is provided of the role of warehousing in logistics decisions, and major warehousing decisions are covered. |
| Business Logistics Management: 13 -- Warehouse Operations More on DVD Version | Operational dimensions of warehousing are discussed, including warehouse layout, stock location alternatives, and order selection alternatives. |
| Business Logistics Management: 14 -- Materials Handling and Packaging in Logistics More on DVD Version | The role and objectives of materials handling and packaging in logistics are examined and the process of selecting equipment and materials is analyzed. |
| Business Logistics Management: 15 -- Link Analysis: An Overview More on DVD Version | The basic modes of transportation and intermodal alternatives are examined, as are the criteria for selecting the best alternatives for a particular logistics system. |
| Business Logistics Management: 16 -- Transportation Modes: Railroads and Pipelines More on DVD Version | A systems overview of railroads and pipelines, including infrastructure, cost structure, operating characteristics, and market situation. |
| Business Logistics Management: 17 -- Transportation Modes: Motor Carriers and Water Carriers More on DVD Version | A systems overview of motor carriers and water carriers, including infrastructure, cost structure, operating characteristics, and market situation. |
| Business Logistics Management: 18 -- Transportation Modes: Airlines and Special Carriers More on DVD Version | A systems overview of airlines and special carriers, including infrastructure, cost structure, operating characteristics, and market situation. |
| Business Logistics Management: 19 -- Legal Environment of Transportation More on DVD Version | Provides an overview of the development of the regulation of transportation, with particular emphasis on today's deregulated environment. |
| Business Logistics Management: 20 -- Legal Forms of Carriage More on DVD Version | Presents an overview of the major legal forms of transportation, with particular emphasis on their role in the logistics systems. |
| Business Logistics Management: 21 -- Basic Transportation Rates More on DVD Version | An introduction to the basic types of transportation rates quoted by carriers and to the factors that affect the rates charged by transportation companies. |
| Business Logistics Management: 22 -- Special Transportation Rates and Services More on DVD Version | Discusses and illustrates some of the special rates and services offered by transportation carriers to attract business and/or to meet the special needs of shippers. |
| Business Logistics Management: 23 -- Transportation Strategies in a Deregulated Environment More on DVD Version | Examines the strategic transportation decisions facing logistics managers in today's competitive, deregulated environment. |
| Business Logistics Management: 24 -- Logistics Information Systems More on DVD Version | Describes the importance of logistics information and information quality, and examines such key areas for information systems as order processing and transportation evaluation. |
| Business Logistics Management: 25 -- International Logistics More on DVD Version | Focuses on the international dimension of logistics, including intermediaries, government regulation, and financial arrangements. |
| Business Logistics Management: 26 -- Location Analysis More on DVD Version | Examines the various factors that affect location decisions and provides a framework for location decision making. |
| Business Logistics Management: 27 -- Location Techniques More on DVD Version | Presents some of the elementary techniques that can be used for location decision making. |
| Business Logistics Management: 28 -- Organization of the Logistics Function More on DVD Version | Provides an overview of the development of the logistics function in U.S. companies and the major organizational issues that are usually addressed in setting up a logistics department. |
| Business Logistics Management: 29 -- Strategic Planning for Logistics More on DVD Version | Discusses the strategic planning process and its impact on logistics, and develops a comprehensive strategic framework for planning. |
| Business Logistics Management: 30 -- Logistics Systems: A Future Perspective More on DVD Version | Reviews early developments in logistics and discusses developments in computers, management, and integration. |
| The Columbus Legacy: The Greeks -- The Family Business More on DVD Version | Visits a Greek family that operates a fourth-generation candy business to show how the Greek values of tradition and independence enhanced their chances for success in the United States. Also touches on the influence of the Greek Orthodox Church. |
| The Columbus Legacy: The Koreans -- A Middle-Class Migration More on DVD Version | Shows how changes in U.S. immigration laws during the 1960s allowed a unique middle-class migration of professional and skilled Koreans to emigrate to America and make a fresh start. Focuses on one family's success in the dry-cleaning business. |
| Good Manufacturing Practices: Sources and Control of Contamination During Processing SPANISH More on DVD Version | This instructional tool for employees in food-manufacturing plants focuses on the sources and control of contamination during processing. Covers the importance of proper handling, correct seals, cargo-space appearance, odor, and acceptable temperature, and describes the FIFO technique, the hazards of thawing, and the growth of microorganisms. Includes a tour of a plant production line; a review of microbial contamination and growth, cross-contamination, and aerosols; and stresses the need for accurate labeling. Written by Arnold S. Roseman and produced by Penn State Television / WPSX-TV. Business; Food; Safety education |
| Good Manufacturing Practices: Sources and Control of Contamination During Processing (Vietnamese) More on DVD Version | This instructional tool for employees in food-manufacturing plants focuses on the sources and control of contamination during processing. Covers the importance of proper handling, correct seals, cargo-space appearance, odor, and acceptable temperature, and describes the FIFO technique, the hazards of thawing, and the growth of microorganisms. Includes a tour of a plant production line; a review of microbial contamination and growth, cross-contamination, and aerosols; and stresses the need for accurate labeling. Written by Arnold S. Roseman and produced by Penn State Television / WPSX-TV. Business; Food; Safety education |
| Leadership and Management: 1 -- Leadership and Workplace Diversity More on DVD Version | This six-part series explores the challenges that managers face in organizational settings with diverse workforces, and features interviews with business executives and employees. The first program reveals the changing environments in today's workplace, focusing on work force diversity including gender, age, and the physically challenged. Reviews the differences between leadership and management and the qualities of an effective leader. Host: James Adams. Produced by the University of Maryland's Office of Instructional Development. |
| Leadership and Management: 6 -- The New Competitive Environment More on DVD Version | Focuses on the future of corporate America, including increased customer demand for quality and service, national and international competition for consumers, the need for higher worker productivity, and the advent of the global marketplace. Experts pose questions about what lies ahead and discuss the skills managers need to function in the chaos of the contemporary business world. |
| Managing Globally: 1 -- Global Business: An Overview More on DVD Version | This twelve-part series reviews the economic, political, and cultural environment affecting the growth of international marketing, competition, and the management of multinational corporations. The first program examines the expansion of U.S.-owned businesses in the world marketplace, and highlights volume of export sales and the overseas operations of production facilities. Partners in an architectural firm describe projects in Indonesia and Turkey. Host: Fran Dorn. Produced by the University ofMaryland's Office of Instructional Development. |
| Managing Globally: 2 -- International Trade More on DVD Version | Presents the pros and cons of trade barriers in the world marketplace. Discusses the issue of protection from foreign competition and juxtaposes it with international business opportunities for U.S. companies if trade barriers are removed. |
| Managing Globally: 3 -- Understanding Cultural Differences More on DVD Version | Suggests that Western business executives need to understand the cultural characteristics of another nationality before approaching a client in that marketplace. Looks at cross-cultural sensitivity training, and provides a brief overview of such training available to companies doing business in the Middle East. |
| Managing Globally: 4 -- Developing Cultural Sensitivity More on DVD Version | Delves into cultural sensitivity training, which involves "more than the etiquette of presenting a business card." Cultural sensitivity trainers stress the importance of understanding the beliefs and traditions that shape a culture and dictate the thinking and behavior of its citizens. |
| Managing Globally: 5 -- Building Competitive Advantage More on DVD Version | Focuses on the climate of fierce competition in the global market, and asks whether U.S. businesses can compete. Executives from an international business, the Council on Competitiveness, the Manufacturing Forum, and the National Academy of Sciences address this question. |
| Managing Globally: 8 -- International Marketing Management More on DVD Version | Highlights the understanding of cultural values, religious beliefs, business taboos, and the meaning of certain words or slogans in another language before designing a marketing campaign for sale of a product or service overseas. Uses print and video advertisements developed for European and Hispanic markets to illustrate international sales strategies. |
| Managing Globally: 12 -- Global Business: The Future More on DVD Version | Speculates on the opportunities and challenges of the future in the global economy. Will tomorrow bring stiffer competition? How will economic and political conditions affect businesses? Executives and futurists predict what the coming years may hold for international business and trade. |
| Marketing for Managers: 1 -- Why? More on DVD Version | Outlines the importance of inside and outside marketing at Denro International, a company specializing in air-traffic-control systems, and discusses the elements that make a business attractive to outside investors. |
| The Meaders Family: North Georgia Potters More on DVD Version | Depicts members of the Meaders family conducting their pottery business in Cleveland, Georgia, using techniques unchanged since 1893 to dig and grind the clay, and then throwing, glazing, and firing the crocks and pitchers. They discuss each step and the attitudes of folk potter "holdouts" toward piecing, brick kilns, homemade tools, clay mixtures, and glazes. From the Smithsonian Folklife Studies Monograph / Film series. Produced by the Smithsonian Institution Office of Folklife Programs. |
| Organizational Communication: 1 -- Context of Communication More on DVD Version | This eight-part series focuses on business communication skills and strategies, offers examples of their application in a variety of organizational settings, and presents commentary from academics, business professionals, and consultants. The first program shows how the work environment and individual differences -- age, gender, and values -- affect communication. Managers explain how a more diverse work force influences their management styles, and a motivational behavior expert discusses ways to improve work-related communciation. Host: Karen Kirschenbauer. Produced by the University of Maryland's Office of Instructional Development. |
| Organizational Communication: 6 -- Writing Effectively More on DVD Version | Explains various forms of business writing and reviews the elements writers must consider in creating a document. Considers the important managerial role of directing and evaluating the writing of others, and excerpts from a workshop provide an overview of the writing process through the rough-draft stage. |
| Safety Is Everyone's Business More on DVD Version | With a touch of humor, this program follows a health-care administrator as he attempts to pinpoint the cause of an epidemic of accidents. Discusses steps all employees can take to reduce common safety hazards in health-care institutions. Covers such concerns as falls, fires, electrical hazards, burns, and cuts, and stresses the importance of incident reports. From the Training Programs for Health-Care Workers series. Produced by the Penn State Coordinating Council for Continuing Education in Health Care. |
| Touching the Future: Albert Shanker More on DVD Version | Albert Shanker, president of the American Federation of Teachers, discusses the role of teachers' organizations, linkages to higher education, and business in restructuring education. He suggests the temporary suspension of government regulations to allow for needed experimentation within school systems, and he believes education has much to learn from business. |
| Touching the Future: Robert Hughes More on DVD Version | Shows how a project developed by Bob Hughes, director for educational relations at Boeing Company, to increase teacher productivity through technology resulted in a four-year inquiry unexpectedly revealing a number of areas in which business can improve its relationship with education. |
| Touching the Future: Phillip Schlechty More on DVD Version | Phillip Schlechty, president of the Center for Leadership and School Reform, believes schools must be organized around the needs of children rather than those of adult school employees. He recognizes business as a model for organizing success-oriented educational leadership structures and talks about the practical impact of legislation on education. |
| Touching the Future: William Kolberg More on DVD Version | William Kolberg, president of the National Alliance of Business, served on the Skills of the American Work Force Commission that produced the 1990 report America's Choice: High Skills or Low Wages. Kolberg says the U.S. work force needs high-school graduates adept at math and critical thinking who can perform consistently at the high levels required to meet worldwide standards. |
| Accounting For Managers 1 - Using Financial Statements More on DVD Version | Provides an explanation of the basic accounting equation, cash and accural bases of accounting, the balance sheet,the income statement, the statement of cashflows, and ratio analysis. Two executives provide examples of assets, liabilities, owner’s equity for enterprises, and an overview of the types of business decisions managers would make using financial statements. |
| Pennsylvania Parade #104: Teachers and Gardners/Return to Bitumen More on DVD Version | Teachers, Gardners: Teachers/Gardeners covers a wide range of topics inlcuding educational philosophy, administrative strategies, man’s relationship to the environment, religion, gardening and retirement. Return to Bitumen is an account of a coal mining community in northwestern Pennsylvania. Return to Bitumen: Jerry and Shirley Brown work Christmas day. And Easter. And Memorial Day, and Labor Day, and Groundhog Day, and National Peanut Butter Day. Their 62 milk cows don't understand what weekends, holidays, and vacations are all about. Jerry and Shirley farm for a living; 4 a.m. to 9 p.m. and later, 365 days a year. Their investment in land, equipment, and livestock is close to a quarter million dollars; their debts are frequently close to that. Twenty-six dairy farms have gone out of business in "the home valley" in the last 20 years, but the Browns hang on. It is what they know, what they are content with; and they will continue, as long as they can. Produced by P.J. O'Connell for Penn State Television / WPSX-TV. Rural America Documentary project. |
| Pennsylvania Parade #133 - Notes on an American Business: Keep the Wheels Rolling More on DVD Version | An overview of Sitkin Smelting and Refining, Inc., a family-controlled public corporation employing over 300 people in Lewistown, Pennsylvania. Bill, Leon, Jack, Lew, The Preacher--the heart and substance of an American business. From the company Christmas party to reflections by the board chairman, a personal look at a small business located in rural Pennsylvania. Most American businesses are small and most are family-owned. This one is typical in those regards. It is also typical in that the business--a scrap metal recycling firm--is truly the people who work there, from foundry to front office. Their personalities, their methods, their capacities make this the unique workplace it is. The film surveys the business, featuring Lew Sitkin, chairman of the board, and Clayt "The Preacher" Rheam, who began working with Lew's father. Their ages are similar, their viewpoints are not. From the "Notes on an American Business" series. Produced by P J O’Connell for Penn State Public Broadcasting and The Rural America Documentary Project. ©1977 |
| Pennsylvania Parade#139: RD #1Box 99 More on DVD Version | Jerry and Shirley Brown work Christmas day. And Easter. And Memorial Day, and Labor Day, and Groundhog Day, and National Peanut Butter Day. Their 62 milk cows don't understand what weekends, holidays, and vacations are all about. Jerry and Shirley farm for a living; 4 a.m. to 9 p.m. and later, 365 days a year. Their investment in land, equipment, and livestock is close to a quarter million dollars; their debts are frequently close to that. Twenty-six dairy farms have gone out of business in "the home valley" in the last 20 years, but the Browns hang on. It is what they know, what they are content with; and they will continue, as long as they can. Produced by P.J. O'Connell for Penn State Television / WPSX-TV. Rural America Documentary project. |
| Pennsylvania Parade #143 - U. S. Chronicle: God’s Country, U.S.A. / Festival More on DVD Version | God’s Country USA - A small, white, wooden church, isolated in a fog-shrouded mountain valley, with cars crowding the parking lot for the morning services--"Sunday in God's Country; an American classic." But mixed with the distant hymns is the sound of gunfire. Tomorrow is the opening of deer season and Potter County (Pa.) hunters are "sighting-in" and revving up. Here are the effects--good and bad, depending on your point of view--of the yearly explosion of hunters streaming into "the deer-hunting capital of the United States." NBC and Sports Illustrated come; the firemen's dance is a crowded success; deer are "harvested." And in a few days the valleys are peaceful again--except for a few local residents quietly hunting the snowy hillsides above ice-covered streams. Recreation as community problem, big business, and modern folklore. Festival - Haluski, pierogi, and pigs-in-blankets. Moonwalk, bingo, nickle-pitch, and Madonna. "A money-making activity and a social activity, to bring the people together." Welcome to Christ the King Church, Houtzdale, PA. Despite intermittent rain and a shortage of wieners, the 13th Labor Day Festival went off as scheduled. The four-day event, organized by Rev. L. M. Kuziora and a small army of volunteers, is representative of the harvest festivals which dot the calendar each fall in rural Pennsylvania. With dinners, dances, and games-of-chance, they are gatherings of neighbors and strangers, come together for relaxation, conversation, and sometimes a free basket of groceries. Produced by P.J. O'Connell for Penn State Television / WPSX-TV. Rural America Documentary project.* |
| Pennsylvania Parade #135: Notes on an American Business - Strike up the Band More on DVD Version | Jack Sitkin is the third-generation male in a small, family-owned, rural business, waiting his turn to take command. Meanwhile, he is Vice President for Operations, covering everything but sales and finance. But Jack is also a person: an exuberant, profane, canny, highly motivated, chatty person in charge of a 300-plus work force and a $30 million annual production budget. It is the intersection of personality and business operations that is the focus of this film. Produced by P J O’Connell for Penn State Public Broadcasting. Rural lAmerica Documentary series. |
| Pennsylvania Parade #138: Portrait of the Leader as a Young Man More on DVD Version | At 26, Greg Schneider is not yet a recognized community leader. But he plans to be. He has--as many of his high school classmates have not--returned to his hometown of St. Marys, Pennsylvania, to make his living and to raise his family. He knows that leadership will be an important factor in the stability and prosperity of his community; he pitches in. There is his job as executive secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and the Economic Development Corporation, volunteer participation in a local planning group and a local collegiate center, and an active role in attempts to continue local airline service into his isolated rural community. Not all are successful; business development and community planning are often low-return endeavors. But the experiences are invaluable for a young man seeking a role in shaping the future of his hometown. Produced by P J O’Connell for Penn State Public Broadcasting. Rural lAmerica Documentary series. |
| Pennsylvania Parade #114 - Our People #2: Just an Average Good Businessman More on DVD Version | From its founding in 1907 by Jacob Sitkin, Sitkin Smelting and Refining, Inc. was a small, family owned business. It’s a junk business, grown up into a "secondary metals recycling" enterprise. Jack Sitkin is the third generation of the Sitkin family to have made his living in junk. The program introduces the business briefly, details Jack’s activities and persoanlity and how the two elements interact in the day-to-day operation of a small business, and shows Jack’s reactions to the completed program.Produced by P J O’Connell for Penn State Public Broadcasting. Rural lAmerica Documentary series. |
| Business Logistics More on DVD Version | |
| The Team Approach: How to Organize Productive Teams More on DVD Version | Good teams build involvemnet, improve communication and cooperation, and generate innovative business solutions. They streamline decision making and expand competencies. Use this video to insure that all of your employees know both what to expect from teams and what their teamates expect from them. Study guide included. |
| Sexual Harassment: Serious Business More on DVD Version | Stresses the importance of respect and professionalism in the work place, enabling all employees to work in a comfortable, healthy environment. Indicates how to prevent or eliminate harrassment, the negative impacts of a hostile work environment on the team, quid pro quo harrassment, the effects of workplace flirtations, how to confront a harrasser, proper procedures for reporting and investigating complaints and the consequence of false accusations. 16 page leader’s guide included. 1993. 25 minutes. |
| The Stanford Video Guide to Negotiating: The Sluggers Come Home More on DVD Version | Negotiating is the art of making better deals. Making the right deal can turn a small venture into a big one, or a quiet product into a blockbuster. Skill, preparation, and confidence are the keys to negotiating well. This video will keep you a step ahead of your negotiating counterparts. Learn about anchors, framing, first offers, bidding strategies, post settlement settlements, flinches, nibbles and red herrings. From the Stanford Graduate Business School and Kantola Productions. Study guide included. |
| Year 2000 - PC Compliance - Executive Survival Guide for the Year 2000 More on DVD Version | What will happen to your business operations in the Year 2000? This convenient audiotape includes 10 essential questions that every business should ask itself about Y2K readiness. It also includes suggestions for action plans and resources for additional information. Produced by Penn State University. Audiotape. 26 minutes. |
| Graduation Video - Business Administration - Spring 1999 More on DVD Version | |
| Ms Demeanor Talks Business More on DVD Version | Learn tips and rules on business and social etiquette, table etiquette, and how to act during a business lunch. Recorded live at WPSX TV studios with host . Katie O’Toole and guest speaker, Mary Mitchell . c 1999 WPSX TV. |
| Graduation video - Business Administration - Spring 2000 More on DVD Version | |
| Graduation video - Business Administration - Spring 2001 More on DVD Version | |
| Pennsylvania Parade #132 - U. S. Chronicle: Country Radio/ Coa l Operator’s Turn More on DVD Version | Country Radio - "If it ain't country, it ain't music." That's Dean Sharpless, station manager, chief engineer, and mid-day disk jockey at WPHB, a 5000-watt daytime-only radio station in Philipsburg, PA. Brother Sheldon is sales manager and early-morning DJ; he takes requests, makes dedications, tells corny jokes, and tries to keep local residents smiling their way to work. In a world of slick-rock formats and motor-mouthed DJs, WPHB is a time-warp, an out-of-the-mainstream mixture of local store owners doing their own commercials, syndicated religious programs with faithful local followings, "Keeping it country!" music, and promotions for the latest station-sponsored vacation tour. Good natured, somewhat daffy, locally successful: that's WPHB, and it is country. Coal Operator’s Turn - "You can't separate business and politics." Alan Walker believes and practices that maxim. Walker has both business and political problems, and he is sometimes angry about them. His coal company has been pressed hard by state and local strip mine regulations---"You're gonna lose your business, one way or another"--- conservation groups---"Maybe we can't afford to do everything now."---and critics of the coal industry ---"It's very naive of people to think that businesses can run without making money. It just doesn't work out that way!" But Alan Walker is not a capitalist dinosaur; he's a young, hard-working, articulate businessman with plausible explanations for his actions and reasoned answers for his critics. Coal is a major Pennsylvania industry, and Walker is a rational spokesman, taking his turn in the public forum. Produced by P J O’Connell for Penn State Public Broadcasting. Rural lAmerica Documentary series. |
| Pennsylvania Parade #134 – Notes on an American Business: The Hot World More on DVD Version | The most important division of Sitkin Smelting and Refining, Inc., is the brass foundry. The Hot World looks at two men who work in this noisy and hazardous area. Bill Stimely is a furnace foreman in the brass foundry of Sitkin Smelting and Refining, Inc. Leon Grassmeyer is foundry manager. Their workplaces are the same; their working worlds are not. Bill is an 8th-grade drop-out, a "hard hat," an hourly worker, proud of what he does. Leon is a former army officer, former high school teacher, a member of the "management team," proud of what he does. Bill "takes life as it comes," hoping to become a stock-car racer. Leon manages, motivates, measures himself by the foundry's production levels, and assumes steady promotions. The comparisons are clear and direct; this is the world of work at its most familiar. From the "Notes on an American Business" series. Produced by P J O’Connell for Penn State Public Broadcasting and The Rural America Documentary Project. ©1977 |
| Pennsylvania Parade #136 – Notes on an American Business: The Alabama Connection More on DVD Version | Environmental regulations and business factors force the officers of Sitkin Smelting and Refining to consider moving part of their operation to another location. The film follows corporation vice-president Jack Sitkin as he explores business attitudes and plant sites in Mississippi and Alabama. The Alabama Connection is an account of the economic factors involved in this critical decision making process, but it is also a chronicle of human considerations. Through interviews with Sitkin and through coverage of his dealings with others, the film reveals that business is not all computers and cash flow. That it is people, and that its complexities and uncertainties are functions of its humanness. Produced by P J O’Connell for Penn State Public Broadcasting and The Rural America Documentary Project. ©1977 |
| Pennsylvania Parade #137 – Notes on an American Business: Cultures Clashing More on DVD Version | Using scenes from the four preceding documentaries, three specialists in speech communication analyze communication within Sitkin Smelting and Refining. The subjects of the documentaries also respond to what the films say about them and the company. The filmmakers briefly describe the limitations they experienced in documenting a business. And finally, the consultants and the subjects engage in a "dialogue", a broad analysis of the films and the business from their different vantagepoints. Produced by P J O’Connell for Penn State Public Broadcasting and The Rural America Documentary Project. ©1977 |
| Pennsylvania Parade #145 - Documenting Rural America More on DVD Version | Contains segments from RADOC programs including: Visiting with Darlene; Notes on a Community Hospital; Inside Huntingdon Prison; The Spirit of Punxsutawney; The Faces of A-Wing; The Final, Proud Days of Elsie Wurster; Notes on an American Business; A Tale of Reliance and Hope; R.D.#1 Box 99; Profiles of Rural Religion; Winning and Losing; The Powers That Be; Veterans Day (traditional); Teen Cancer; The Victim’s World; Teachers, Gardeners, Paths and Shadows; It’s Prom Time; Music Music Music; and Festival. Produced by P J O’Connell for Penn State Public Broadcasting and The Rural America Documentary Project. ©1992 |
| Pennsylvania Parade #103 – Notes on an Appalachian County: Little Victories / Of Morals and Money More on DVD Version | Included in the program are: the philosophy and efforts of the county’s community-action program in counteracting poverty, examined from both the field-organizer and administrator’s level. Two community efforts to alleviate the impact of poverty; a minister who was instrumental in organizing a non-profit housing development against considerable opposition, and a business leader who has tried to increase his colleagues’ awareness of poverty as a bonafide local "problem." Produced by P J O’Connell for Penn State Public Broadcasting and The Rural America Documentary Project. ©1971 |
| Pennsylvania Parade #110 – Tough Choices More on DVD Version | [Executive director] "It was a terrible year. It was awful." (Home health care is in trouble in McKean County, Pennsylvania.) [E.D.] "We want to stay in business. I know that I'm pleading." (For the Visiting Nurse Association, "trouble" means bankruptcy.) [E.D.] "I'm being sincere when I say I can't pay $35,000 by March 31st." (Nationwide, home health agencies are going out of business.) [State regulator] "It's regulations, and we must follow them." (Medicare programs have tighter reviews of reimbursement claims.) [E.D.] "Well, (regulator), you've got me backed into a corner." (Nurses spend more time on paperwork than on patient-care.) [Narrator] "The financial walls of Francie Ambuskie's administrative world are relentlessly pressing in." McKean County (Pa.) VNA is rescued from bankruptcy at almost the last moment, through merger with a larger, stronger agency; Francie Ambuskie's struggle to balance her agency's budget and continue care to her patients "succeeds" by failing. But the fundamental problem continues; other social service agencies face similar or worse problems. Tough Choices shows that hard work and good intentions are not always enough to sustain a helping agency in an increasingly harsh regulatory and economic climate. Produced by P J O’Connell for Penn State Public Broadcasting and The Rural America Documentary Project. ©1988 |
| Principles of Accounting Series 1. The Language of Business More on DVD Version | ©1987 The Pennsylvania State University Produced by WPSX-TV |
| Graduation - Business Administration - Spring 2002 More on DVD Version | May 2002 |
| Graduation - Business Administration - Spring 2003 More on DVD Version | May 2003 |
| Notes on an American Business: 1--Keep the Wheels Rolling More on DVD Version | An overview of Sitkin Smelting and Refining, Inc., of Lewistown, Pennsylvania. Scenes at the company's Christmas party and inside the plant introduce the employees whose perspectives are the focus of later documentaries in the series. The program features a "view from the top" by the son of the company's founder, board chairman Lewis Sitkin, who reviews the history of the small business and discusses its present and future status. Observes Sitkin at work. Produced by P.J. O'Connell for Penn State Television / WPSX-TV. |
| Graduation - Business Administration - Spring 2004 More on DVD Version | May 2004 |
| Graduation - Business Administration - Spring 2004 More on DVD Version | May 2004 |
| Building Green in Pennsylvania Three Disk Series Disk 1 - Making the Case for Green Building, Better Places to Learn More on DVD Version | Making the Case for Green Building Better places to work, healthier environments, more productive spaces. Pennsylvania businesses are learning that "smart building is smart business". Tour the buildings and hear from executives of PNC Bank, PP&L, the PA Turnpike Commission, PA Department of Environmental Protection, Liberty Property Trust and others. Better places to work that cost less to operate! Better Places to Learn High performance school design includes better day lighting, more fresh air, energy savings to school districts and improved teacher and student health and improved academic performance. See firsthand how Pennsylvania schools are realizing the benefits of high performance school design. |
| Building Green in Pennsylvania Three Disk Series Disk 1 - Making the Case for Green Building, Better Places to Learn , Disk 2 - Pennsylvania's First Green Building, Lessons Learned , Disk 3 - Furnishing High Performance Green Buildings, Model Office Recycling More on DVD Version | Building Green in Pennsylvania Three Disk Series Disk 1 Making the Case for Green Building Better places to work, healthier environments, more productive spaces. Pennsylvania businesses are learning that "smart building is smart business". Tour the buildings and hear from executives of PNC Bank, PP&L, the PA Turnpike Commission, PA Department of Environmental Protection, Liberty Property Trust and others. Better places to work that cost less to operate! Better Places to Learn High performance school design includes better day lighting, more fresh air, energy savings to school districts and improved teacher and student health and improved academic performance. See firsthand how Pennsylvania schools are realizing the benefits of high performance school design. Disk 2 Pennsylvania's First Green Building The story of the design and building of PA's first green building, the PA Department of Environmental Protection South Central Office Building. Go behind the scenes to see recycled steel, fabric made from soda pop bottles, paneling made from wheat and soybeans, environmentally friendly carpets, paints and finished. PA is a leader in green building -- see how it all started. Lessons Learned Focuses on the integrated design process that led to a LEED‘ Gold Building, PA Department of environmental Protection’s Cambria Office Building Disk 3 - Furnishing High Performance Green Buildings Focuses on flexible design that reduces churn cost featuring ergonomics to improve health and comfort. Also included are examples of the use of recycled systems furniture and the incorporation of recycled materials and recyclable design in furniture. Model Office Recycling The design and implementation of a total office recycling program. |
| Graduation - Business Administration - Spring 2005 More on DVD Version | |
| Pinto Fires More on DVD Version | Ford Motor Company chose not to recall the Pinto although people were dying in fires resulting from very low-speed rear end accidents. This classic business ethics case raises important questions about the complexities of ethical decision making in a corporate setting. Students learn from a key player, the recall coordinator himself, Dennis Gioia, who is now an award-winning teacher, expert in cognition in organizations, and professor of management at The Pennsylvania State University's Smeal College of Business. The DVD along with the case study and instructors guide, written by Professors Dennis Gioia and Linda Trevino, professor of organizational behavior and expert in organizational ethics in the Smeal College, are designed to increase student understanding of the actual decision making processes involved. DVD, Case Study and Instructor's Guide |
| Graduation - Business Administration - Spring 2006 More on DVD Version | The entire ceremony from procession to recession including commencement addresses. A great keepsake for the graduate and the graduate's family. |
| Graduation - Business Administration - Spring 2007 More on DVD Version | The entire ceremony from procession to recession including commencement addresses. A great keepsake for the graduate and the graduate's family. |
| Graduation - Business Administration - Spring 2008 More on DVD Version | The entire ceremony from procession to recession including commencement addresses. A great keepsake for the graduate and the graduate's family. |
| Good Manufacturing Practices: Sources and Control of Contamination During Processing SPANISH More on DVD Version | This instructional tool for employees in food-manufacturing plants focuses on the sources and control of contamination during processing. Covers the importance of proper handling, correct seals, cargo-space appearance, odor, and acceptable temperature, and describes the FIFO technique, the hazards of thawing, and the growth of microorganisms. Includes a tour of a plant production line; a review of microbial contamination and growth, cross-contamination, and aerosols; and stresses the need for accurate labeling. Written by Arnold S. Roseman and produced by Penn State Television / WPSX-TV. Business; Food; Safety education |
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