Management & Entrepreneurship
Learning Objects
Dive into Wisc-Online’s rich collection of learning objects — bite-sized, interactive, and designed for real learning. These modular digital tools include animations, drag-and-drop exercises, quizzes, videos, and more. You can explore topics across STEM, arts, humanities, career skills, and beyond. Each learning object is crafted to help learners actively engage with content—reviewing, applying, self-checking—in a way that’s flexible and self-paced.
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Learning Object
Basic Quality Principles: Process for Achieving Quality in an Organization (Screencast)
In this learning activity you'll define and explain the broad steps in achieving quality in an organization.
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ansi, customer, quality, requirements
Building Relationships Through Active Listening
Learners will examine the four steps to listen actively to improve relationships.
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active listener, communication skills, listen to understand, listening, listening to understand, soft skills, steps of active listening
Business Records Management
In this interactive lesson, learners read the rules for filing business records and then test their knowledge in a series of exercises. Immediate feedback is provided.
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business records, disposing records, document lifecycle, filing, filing rules, records management
Communicating in the Workplace
Compare the behaviors and situations that interfere with effective communication in the workplace with those that enhance listening skills and career performance.
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communication, conversation, employability essentials, how to talk to your boss, job, listening, listening skills, soft skills, teamwork, workplace communication
Distinguishing Between the Content Message and the Relational Message (Screencast)
In this screencast, you'll distinguish the differences between the content message and the relational message.
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Distinguishing Leadership and Management Activities (Screencast)
In this screencast, students read about the key differences between management and leadership activities. They will review typical supervisory activities as either management or leadership.
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five major functions, leadership, management, supervision
Employability Essentials - Adapt to Change
You will understand why having the ability to adapt to change is an essential employment skill.
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adapting to change business change change manufacturing staying relevant
GO TEAM Problem-Solving Method for Teams
The learner will apply the GO TEAM method in a team environment to solve a problem.
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Critical Core, Team
How to Evaluate a Problem Statement using MEA and IPO Techniques
In this learning activity you'll discover how to evaluate a problem statement using both the MEA and the IP Techniques.
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analysis, how do i write an IPO statement?, input, IPO, MEA, means-end, output, process, what is IPO?, what is MEA?
Leaderless Teams
The learner will become familiar with eight principles of collaborative leadership to build a team where members find satisfaction and reward in their job.
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collaboration, collaborative leadership, leadership. soft skills, shared leadership, team
Organizational Clue
Observe disorganization in an office setting and choose solutions to the problems as if playing the board game "Clue."
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calendar, daily planner, employability essentials, filing system, office clutter, organizational skills, soft skills
Pie Charts/ Basic Social Studies (Video)
Students interpret pie chart information and identify the parts of a chart in an interactive exercise.
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chart, part, percent, pie, represents, whole
Productive Meetings
The learner will identify the steps for preparing and facilitating a team meeting.
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agenda, assigning a note-taker, facilitating meetings, how to conduct a meeting, how to facilitate meetings, productive meetings, soft skills, team meetings, work meetings, writing minutes
Reading and Interpreting Bar Graphs
In this learning activity you'll identify the various parts of a bar graph, read and interpret its data, and calculate the data to solve various application problems.
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analysis, bar, data, graph, graphs, interpreting, reading
Recharging Your Attitude
Learners will determine if they are satisfied with their attitudes and then rank tips for regaining a positive disposition in the workplace.
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attitude, attitude of gratitude, attitudes in the workplace, disposition, how to relieve stress, positive disposition, productivity, self-improvement tips
Records Management: An Introduction to Filing Rules and Indexing (Screencast)
In this screencast, learners read an explanation of the file rules and indexing that have been developed by the Association of Records Managers and Administrators.
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file, files, filing, index, indexing, record, records
Records Management: Applying ARMA Rules to Business Filing
In this interactive object, learners apply their knowledge of the Association of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA) filing rules by organizing and filing records alphabetically, numerically, and by subject.
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arma, business, document, filing, indexing, office, organizing, records
Sexual Harassment: The Three Types
In this learning activity, you'll identify the three types of sexual harassment.
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sexual harassment
Taking Messages in a Medical Office (Screencast)
In this screencast, people preparing to work in a medical office review the basic steps to follow when taking phone messages.
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initials, message, messages, notes, pad, phone, telephone
Task Roles in Effective Teams
The learner will identify individual roles that help teams accomplish goals.
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attitudes matter, enrich the ideas, make adjustments, opportunities to improve, take a second look, team dynamics, team performance, teamwork, work team dynamics, work team relationships
Teamwork Outside the Box
The learner will examine strategies for evaluating new ideas and accepting change that will enhance teamwork.
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accepting change, adaptable teams, collaboration, creative teams, creative thinking, employability essentials, listening in a team, open-minded team members, positive teams, soft skills, team problem-solving, withholding judgment
The Five Whys
The learner will explore the techniques used to identify cause-and-effect relationships of a particular problem.
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5 whys, cause-and-effect, defects, question-asking techniques, questioning, root causes, root problem, supply chain, why
The Professional's Guide to Telephone Etiquette
Learners listen to effective techniques to successfully interact with customers via the telephone. They also submit their own suggested replies to customers in various scenarios. Topics include general telephone etiquette, dealing with angry callers, working with confused or unsure customers, and managing voicemail. A quiz completes this customer service activity.
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angry callers, business professional, confused callers, customer service, customers, interactive learning activities, online graded assessment, telephone, telephone etiquette, unsure callers, voice mail, voicemail
The SMART Principle
Learners will examine how to use the SMART principle to make sure a goal is simple, measurable, realistic, timely, and holds people accountable.
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accountable, breakdown of goal, complex goal, goal, measuring goals, realistic goals, simple goal, soft skills, timely goals
What Type of Team Do You Belong To?
Are you a member of a fragmented, conflicted, or smooth- functioning team? Learn the characteristics of each to build a stronger team.
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building trust at work, building trust in your team, communication in the workplace, decision making, reaching consensus on the job, soft skills, team building, team outcomes, teamwork
Writing Effective Business Emails
The learner will study an effective workplace email being written while a narrator explains the step-by-step process. The learner will distinguish the difference between poorly written and effectively written emails.
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business correspondence, email, office memo, professional email, tips for writing emails, workplace email, written communication skills
Zero Acceptance Number Sampling Plans, c=0
In this interactive object, learners read about sampling plans and practice using a sampling table.
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acceptance, attribute, plans, sampling, zero