{"id":2692,"date":"2015-11-23T10:00:41","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T16:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/?p=2692"},"modified":"2015-11-20T15:08:18","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T21:08:18","slug":"dining-with-dr-coco-also-known-as-mind-your-manners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/2015\/11\/23\/dining-with-dr-coco-also-known-as-mind-your-manners\/","title":{"rendered":"Dining With Dr. Coco: Also Known As &#8220;Mind Your Manners&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, Dr. Malcolm Coco holds a business and dining etiquette dinner for students in his MGMT 373: Employee Planning, Recruitment &amp; Selection class. This year, he held the dinner on Tuesday, Nov. 17<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the course, students are taught the importance during the recruitment, interviewing, and selection process for filling jobs, and that personal appearance, non-verbal communication, and dining and business etiquette are very important to employers. Any one of these can disqualify you as a job candidate or make you a winner.\u00a0After class instruction on all of these subjects along with a research assignment, the students have the opportunity to actually practice what they have learned with their classmates during a formal dinner and simulated meeting environment.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2692 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/2015\/11\/23\/dining-with-dr-coco-also-known-as-mind-your-manners\/373-dinner-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2015\/11\/373-Dinner-3-113x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2015\/11\/373-Dinner-3-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2015\/11\/373-Dinner-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2015\/11\/373-Dinner-3-368x490.jpg 368w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/2015\/11\/23\/dining-with-dr-coco-also-known-as-mind-your-manners\/373-dinner-2-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2015\/11\/373-Dinner-2-113x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2015\/11\/373-Dinner-2-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2015\/11\/373-Dinner-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2015\/11\/373-Dinner-2-368x490.jpg 368w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/2015\/11\/23\/dining-with-dr-coco-also-known-as-mind-your-manners\/373-dinner-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2015\/11\/373-Dinner1-113x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2015\/11\/373-Dinner1-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2015\/11\/373-Dinner1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2015\/11\/373-Dinner1-368x490.jpg 368w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The dinner is the culmination of Dr. Coco\u2019s planning, recruitment, and selection class.\u00a0Students receive formal invitations and must RSVP to attend the dinner.\u00a0 Jennifer Ellison, ACU\u2019s Director of University Events, partners with Dr. Coco in classroom instruction and constructive criticism during the event to give feedback and instruction to the students.\u00a0 A very elegant, five course meal is served and the students practice their dining manners and protocol.\u00a0 This has always been a highlight of the course.\u00a0 Unfortunately, in society today, proper manners and dining etiquette has become a lost art, but not so with hiring managers.\u00a0 Good manners and dining decorum can be the tie breaker during the interview process and cinch the job you really want.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, Dr. Malcolm Coco holds a business and dining etiquette dinner for students in his MGMT 373: Employee Planning, Recruitment &amp; Selection class. 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