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• BUS 370 Entire Course (Ash)
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• BUS 370 Week 1 DQ 1 TGIF
• BUS 370 Week 1 DQ 2 Corporate Culture
• BUS 370 Week 2 DQ 1 Managing Change
• BUS 370 Week 2 DQ 2 Diagnostic Models
• BUS 370 Week 3 DQ 1 The Farm Bank
• BUS 370 Week 3 DQ 2 Communication Processes
• BUS 370 Week 3 Real World Application of OD
  Principles
• BUS 370 Week 4 DQ 1 Goal Setting Model

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• BUS 370 Week 1 DQ 1 TGIF (Ash)
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• TGIF. Read Case TGIF at the end of chapter one
  in your textbook. Quantum Software is a small
  young company that has a weekly informal get
  together which they call Friday Beer Bust. The
  companys corporate attorney, Bill has raised
  some concerns regarding serving alcohol at
  corporate events. What suggestions would you make
  to Stan and Erin, the companys owners

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• BUS 370 Week 1 DQ 2 Corporate Culture (Ash)
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• Corporate Culture. Describe and compare the
  corporate cultures of organizations in which you
  have worked. How did the corporate culture add to
  or detract from your satisfaction with your
  experience at the organization? Make a
  substantive response to at least two of your
  classmates postings.

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• BUS 370 Week 1 Quiz (Ash)
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• BUS 370 Week 1 Quiz (Ash)

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• BUS 370 Week 2 DQ 1 Managing Change (Ash)
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• Managing Change. The toy industry is going
  through a radical change. Children are growing
  out of traditional toys such as Barbie dolls at a
  younger age. Mattel is the worlds largest toy
  company and its divisions such as Tyco and
  Fisher-Price have been affected. Consequently,
  Mattel is embarking on a program to redefine its
  core business from that of a traditional toy
  company to a childrens product company. Mattel
  has a history of nearly falling apart every
  decade since the 1970s. In the decade of the
  2000s

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• BUS 370 Week 2 DQ 2 Diagnostic Models (Ash)
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• Diagnostic Models. OD practitioners often use
  models to assist in identifying organizational
  problems. Discuss at least three diagnostic
  models that might be used. Give an example of a
  situation in which the model would be useful in
  diagnosing problems within an organization. What
  type of data would need to be collected in order
  to use the model? Make a substantive response to
  at least two of your classmates postings

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• BUS 370 Week 2 Quiz (Ash)
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• BUS 370 Week 2 Quiz (Ash)

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• BUS 370 Week 2 Quiz (Ash)
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• BUS 370 Week 2 Quiz (Ash)

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• BUS 370 Week 3 DQ 1 The Farm Bank (Ash)
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• The Farm Bank. Read The Farm Bank case study at
  the end of chapter seven. What advice would you
  give Valerie Wyatt? What OD intervention strategy
  or strategies would you advise her to use and
  why? Make a substantive response to at least two
  of your classmates postings
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• BUS 370 Week 3 DQ 2 Communication Processes (Ash)
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• Communication Processes. Think about the manager
  that you have in your current job or one that you
  have had in the past. Identify and explain the
  communication processes that the manager uses or
  used in a work group. What could the manager have
  done to more effectively apply the communication
  process? How would you have communicated
  differently if you were the manager of the work
  group? Make a substantive response to at least
  two of your classmates postings.

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• BUS 370 Week 3 Quiz (Ash)
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• BUS 370 Week 3 Quiz (Ash)

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• BUS 370 Week 3 Real World Application of OD
  Principles
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• Real World Application of OD Principles. You are
  the owner of a 100 employee retail dry goods
  store. You are located in a town where the major
  employer is an automotive support industry who
  has just announced that they are relocating their
  facility to Mexico. Analyze the challenges facing
  your company using OD principle. How would you
  apply OD principles in order to ensure the
  continued operation of your business?

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• BUS 370 Week 4 DQ 1 Goal Setting Model
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• Goal Setting Model. Goal setting is invariably a
  part of OD programs. Discuss the goal setting
  model and how it can help an organization to
  increase their effectiveness and productivity.
  How are goals set in the organization for which
  you work? Are the goals in your organization
  formal or informal? Does your organization have
  measurable and accomplishable goals? How could
  goal setting be done more effectively in your
  job? Make a substantive response to at least two
  of your classmates postings.

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• BUS 370 Week 4 DQ 2 Self Managed Work Teams
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• Self-Managed Work Teams. Many organizations use
  self-managed work teams in order to accomplish a
  greater degree of effectiveness. What are the
  characteristics of self-managed work teams?
  Discuss some of the issues an organization might
  have in developing self-managed work teams. What
  are some of the changes a manager must make when
  working with self-managed work teams? Make a
  substantive response to at least two of your
  classmates postin

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• BUS 370 Week 4 Quiz (Ash )
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• BUS 370 Week 4 Quiz (Ash )

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• BUS 370 Week 5 DQ 1 Lafarge
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• Lafarge. Lafarge is the worlds biggest cement
  producer, with over 15 billion in revenues from
  133 cement plants in 46 countries. An element at
  Lafarge is training. Managers are required to
  monitor the development of employees. The company
  practices intensive communication to make sure
  that its worldwide businesses understand its
  operations. Our aim is to become a learning
  organization, says the training manager of the
  cement division. How can a culture persist in an
  organization for over 170 years across different
  owners

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• BUS 370 Week 5 DQ 2 Future Trends
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• Future Trends. Discuss the future trends in
  Organizational Development. Take a position on
  the following question and defend it Is OD an
  emerging discipline or only a passing fad? Make
  a substantive response to at least two of your
  classmates postings.

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• BUS 370 Week 5 Final Paper (Ash)
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• Focus of the Final Paper
• During this course, you have studied the
  principles of organizational development. You
  have engaged in discussion and learning about the
  organizational development process, developing
  high performance teams and excellence in people,
  as well as how to develop highly successful
  organizations

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