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MGT 415 Entire Course (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.mgt415assist.com   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
DecisionsMGT 415 Week 4 DQ 2 Power, Conflict and
ResolutionMGT 415 Week 5 DQ 1 LeadershipMGT 415
Week 5 DQ 2 Conflict and CompetitionMGT 415 Week
5 Final Assignment (Avon Consultant Report)
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MGT 415 Week 1 DQ 1 Organizational Design (Ash)
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ganizational 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.Provide examples
to support your answer. In your responses to
classmates, take the opposite position your
classmates have presented and provide a
convincing response designed to change their
minds. Respond to at least two of your
classmates posts.
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MGT 415 Week 1 DQ 2 The Research Project (Ash)
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e Research Project. Identify a generic
organization (e.g., manufacturing plant,
hospital, educational institution). You will use
this same organization in your Final Project.
Assume that you are part of a research team
examining work groups in the organization to
determine factors that enhance or inhibit group
productivity. Identify what factors you would
examine in your research and provide a rationale
for your choice. Respond to at least two of your
classmates posts.
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MGT 415 Week 2 DQ 1 Group Development Process
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om   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.
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MGT 415 Week 2 DQ 2 Influence of Informal Groups
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om   Influence of Informal Groups. Informal
groups exist in almost every kind of
organization. Answer the following questions and
provide examples to support your positiona. What
types of informal groups do you belong to in your
workplace?b. How do norms of the informal groups
to which you belong influence your behavior and
that of other group members?Respond to at least
two of your classmates posts.
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MGT 415 Week 3 Assignment Best Workplace (Ash)
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t 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 followinga. When reviewing the descriptions
of the work environments, identify elements that
appear to foster employee motivation and group
cohesion among employees.b. Relate your analysis
to the material presented in the chapters
assigned for reading this week. For example,
there may be elements that support George Homans
theory, or another theory of exchange in groups.
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MGT 415 Week 3 DQ 1 Group Cohesion and
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www.mgt415assist.com Group Cohesion and
Productivity. Describe your most positive
experience in working on a group project in which
the groups cohesiveness led to greater work
productivity. Have you experienced a situation
that was just the opposite a situation in which
group cohesiveness negatively impacted the
productivity of the project? Provide examples to
support your descriptions. Respond to at least
two of your classmates posts.r
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MGT 415 Week 3 DQ 2 Norms and Conformity
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m Norms and Conformity. Norms influence
behavior conformity among group members. What
factors will influence group members to conform
to a groups norms, and when will members remain
independent? Do individuals who do not conform to
the groups norms ever succeed in influencing the
rest of the group? Provide examples to support
your analysis. Respond to at least two of your
classmates posts
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MGT 415 Week 4 DQ 1 Group Decisions (Ash) FOR
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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.
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MGT 415 Week 4 DQ 2 Power, Conflict and
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www.mgt415assist.com Power, Conflict and
Resolution. Evaluate your workplace and identify
a group that has power in the organization.
Analyze why the group is considered powerful.a.
What are the elements that contribute to the
groups power base?b. Is there a perception
among employees in your organization that a
disparity of power exists between the powerful
group and other work groups?c. How can managers
minimize the possibility of negative reactions or
conflict between groups if the perception of
power disparity exists?Respond to at least two
of your classmates posts.
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MGT 415 Week 5 DQ 1 Leadership (Ash) FOR MORE
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p. 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? Outline the positives and negatives of
each approach. Is there a particular type of
group that uses a particular leadership approach?
Why do you think this is the case? Respond to at
least two of your classmates posts.
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MGT 415 Week 5 DQ 2 Conflict and Competition
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om Conflict and Competition. Discuss whether
intergroup conflict and intergroup competition
are the same or different. Provide examples to
support your position. What strategies can a
leader use to ensure that there are positive
results from the conflict or competition? Respond
to at least two of your classmates posts.
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MGT 415 Week 5 Final Assignment (Avon Consultant
Report) (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt415assist.com Focus of the Final Paper
In Week One, you will choose a generic
organization (manufacturing plant, hospital,
etc.). Assume that you are a hired consultant for
this organization. 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.Your research
has identified the following problems1. Role
conflicts within groups2. Communication problems
among group members3. Lack of cohesiveness in
groups with diverse members4. Excessive
intergroup conflict
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