ITEMS Video Descriptions


Johnson & Johnson Philosophy & Culture
BMA VT0024

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Johnson & Johnson in discussion with emphasis on significance of Credo Central Issues: Business Policy, Decentralization, Management Philosophy, Medical Products, Corporate Culture, Growth Management, Management Style, Organizational Management. 1985 27 min


Illinois Power Co. vs. 60 Minutes (CBS)
BMA VT0193A

Illinois Power's rebuttal to 60 Minutes segment concerning Clinton Nuclear Power Plant-Illinois Power Rate Case. IL Power refutes misconceptions & negative publicity created by 60 Minutes regarding economics of nuclear power plants. 42 min


IL Power Co.vs 60 Minutes (6-min. Edited Copy)
BMA VT0193B

6 min excerpt.


Constructive Criticism (A)
BMA VT0222A

For most people, giving & receiving criticism is stressful & undesirable, something to avoid. Yet, criticism is an essential part of leadership, management & teamwork. Deals with problems that ineffective criticism can bring. Shows correct ways to offer criticism. Specific skills & techniques, which can be used immediately, make video a winner for all employees.


Constructive Criticism (B)
BMA VT0222B

For most people, giving & receiving criticism is stressful & undesirable, something to avoid. Yet, criticism is an essential part of leadership, management & teamwork. Deals with problems that ineffective criticism can bring. Shows correct ways to offer criticism. Specific skills & techniques, which can be used immediately, make video a winner for all employees.


This Honorable Court: A History of the Court
BMA VT0372

Surveys Court's evolution & growth from its modest beginnings in 1789, through significant decisions rendered under Chief Justice John Marshall, issue of slavery in Dred Scott case to modern times & process of nominating & confirming Supreme Court justices. 60 min


This Honorable Court: Inside the Supreme Court
BMA VT0373

Goes inside Supreme Court, showing justices & their law clerks at work. Case of Edwards vs. Aguillard is used to illustrate process of how a case moves through Court & justices explain how they "decide to decide." 60 min


Telecommunications: An Introduction
BMA VT0419

No Description 44 min/VHS


Information Networking: ISDN Does It
BMA VT0420

ISDN DOES IT 1991 14 min/VHS


Indiana Entrepreneurs: A Rich Heritage
BMA VT0474A

Traces entrepreneurial roots of large Indiana corporations & explores how their spirit of entrepreneurship influences these companies today. Company leaders offer their advice for starting a small business today.


Indiana Entrepreneurs: A Rich Heritage
BMA VT0474B

Presents founders of 5 young companies who talk about how they started & what it takes to build a firm. They offer their insight into what it takes to be successful & what it takes to be an entrepreneur.


Major Malfunction
BMA VT0508A

An Accident Rooted in History. 42 min 1992


Major Malfunction
BMA VT0508B

The Flawed Decision 50 min 1992


Major Malfunction
BMA VT0508C

Disaster, Deception Disclosure. 60 min 1992


Business Enterprise Trust 1991 Award Winner Merck & Co.
BMA VT0512

Award recognizes significant act of social conscience & business leadership. Merck spent years developing new drug, & then devised a system to distribute & administer it safely in remote villages throughout the 3rd World. 6 min.


Visions of the 21st Century 1993-94 (2 copies)
BMA VT0566

From National Engineering Consortium's Committee on Future: this Video Forum presents dramatizations from major corporations, research laboratories & government. 52:40


Harder They Come
BMA VT0615

Based on true story. Portrayal superstar singer turned notorious criminal in Jamaica.


Cold Water
BMA VT0723

About cross-cultural adaptation & culture shock. About diving into a new culture & having it feel - as one foreign student interviewed put it - like a plunge into "cold water." Perceptions of 12 Boston University foreign students about their experiences in US are captured as each of them (plus one American student & 3 specialists in cross-cultural relations) are interviewed about experience of living & studying in a new culture. Their comments, woven together show principal issues that face foreigners in adjustment process. 48 min


How Everyone Wins: Finding Joy
BMA VT0899

Finding Joy, Meaning & Profit in Workplace. 60 min


Deming Revolution
BMA VT0904

Explains Dr. W. Edwards thinking & its roots in his boyhood on the Wyoming frontier. Also material on education. 50 minutes


24 Days
BMA VT1435

Enron and Corporate America The book is located in the Bradley Library and is available to check out also VHS/Color/Not Rated


Don Quixotes Lessions for Leadership
BMA VT1457

What lessons can Cervante's romantic knight from La Mancha offer the bottom-line world of today? This program creatively examines how Quixote's kind of self-knowledge might serve modern leadership. The program parallels episodes from Quixote's adventures with illustrative examples in the modern world. Engaging interviews with contemporary leaders drawn from business, government, and education are interwoven with archival footage of historic leaders who demonstrate imagination, perserverance in the face of adversity, and joy in work. VHS/70 min/color/not rated


Tough New Labor Market
BMA VT1461

In recnt years, there have been significant changes in the US labor market and the demographics of teh American work force. while many jobs have been eliminated, many more new jobs have been created. The video examines those change, why they happened and what changees are in store for our future. It explains what new jobs exist, where they can be found and who employers will seek to fill those jobs. 32 min/1991


Difficult People: How to Deal with Them
BMA VT1468

How you can learn techniques to identify understand and cope with the difficult people whom most of us are forced to deal with on some level every day. Whether at the office or at home, difficult people add to the stress that we work to eliminate. VHS/color/38 minutes/not rated


Our Rule of Law
BMA VT1535

Democracy In America, a video course for high school civics teachers, covers topics of civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions recommended by the Civics Framework for the National Assessment of Educational Progress developed by the U.S. Dept of Education. The 15 half-hour video programs, hosted by national television correspondent Renee Poussaint, and related print and Web site materials provide inservice and preservice teachers with both cognitive and experiential learning in civics education. Only have: The Courts: Our Rule of Law


Americas Top Jobs
BMA VT1462

10 minutes


How to Teach Students How to Write Well
BMA VT1463

58 minutes


Visions of the 21st Century VideoForum 1993-94
BMA VT0566B

From National Engineering Consortium's Committee on Future: this Video Forum presents dramatizations from major corporations, research laboratories & government. 52:40


Business of Better Writing
BMA VT1460

Educational television programming.


Business of Better Writing
BMA VT1464

Educational television programming.