MGT 415 ASH Course Material - mgt415dotcom

1. MGT 415 ASH Course Material - mgt415dotcom

2. MGT 415 ASH Course Material • MGT 415 Week 1 DQ 1 Organizational DesignMGT 415 Week 1 DQ 2 The Research ProjectMGT 415 Week 2 DQ 1 Group Development ProcessMGT 415 Week 2 DQ 2 Influence of Informal GroupsMGT 415 Week 3 DQ 1 Group Cohesion and ProductivityMGT 415 Week 3 DQ 2 Norms and ConformityMGT 415 Week 3 Assignment Best WorkplaceMGT 415 Week 4 DQ 1 Group Decisions • Organizational Design. More than ever, groups and teams are responsible for executing tasks in the workplace. Take a position on the following statement: All organizations should use the group structure as the basic building block for designing and organizing jobs. MGT 415 Entire Course (Ash) MGT 415 Week 1 DQ 1 Organizational Design (Ash)

3. MGT 415 ASH Course Material • The Research Project. Identify a generic organization (e.g., manufacturing plant, hospital, educational institution). • Group Development Process. Consider the Tuckman group stage process schema as discussed in Chapter 3 of your text. Identify specific actions a manager can take at each stage of the process to best help a group reach the performing stage. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. MGT 415 Week 1 DQ 2 The Research Project (Ash) MGT 415 Week 2 DQ 1 Group Development Process (Ash)

4. MGT 415 ASH Course Material • Influence of Informal Groups. Informal groups exist in almost every kind of organization. Answer the following questions and provide examples to support your position • Best Workplace. Review the most current results of FORTUNE Magazine's annual ranking of America's “100 Best Companies to Work For.” Explore the website of at least three of the companies noted. Develop a two- to three-page paper that addresses the following: MGT 415 Week 2 DQ 2 Influence of Informal Groups (Ash) MGT 415 Week 3 Assignment Best Workplace (Ash)

5. MGT 415 ASH Course Material • Group Cohesion and Productivity. Describe your most positive experience in working on a group project in which the group’s cohesiveness led to greater work productivity. Have you experienced a situation that was just the opposite – a situation in which • Norms and Conformity. Norms influence behavior conformity among group members. What factors will influence group members to conform to a group’s norms, and when will members remain independent? Do individuals who do not conform to the group’s norms ever succeed in influencing the rest of the group? MGT 415 Week 3 DQ 1 Group Cohesion and Productivity (Ash) MGT 415 Week 3 DQ 2 Norms and Conformity (Ash)

6. MGT 415 ASH Course Material • Group Decisions. Discuss how decisions are made in your workgroup. Which model is used for what situation? Be sure to provide specific examples of at least three situations and what model was used in each situation. Critique the effectiveness of the model, as applied to each situation. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. • Power, Conflict and Resolution. Evaluate your workplace and identify a group that has “power” in the organization. Analyze why the group is considered powerful. MGT 415 Week 4 DQ 1 Group Decisions (Ash) MGT 415 Week 4 DQ 2 Power, Conflict and Resolution (Ash)

7. MGT 415 ASH Course Material • Leadership. In a group environment, should leaders be assigned at the beginning of a project or should leaders emerge as the group is working on the project? • Conflict and Competition. Discuss whether intergroup conflict and intergroup competition are the same or different. MGT 415 Week 5 DQ 1 Leadership (Ash) MGT 415 Week 5 DQ 2 Conflict and Competition (As

8. MGT 415 ASH Course Material • You have been asked by the president of the organization to prepare a background paper on the results of your research and to make recommendations to improve group productivity in the organization. MGT 415 Week 5 Final Assignment (Avon Consultant Report) (Ash)

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