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MGT 521 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com MGT 521 Week 1 DQ 1 MGT 521
Week 1 DQ 2 MGT 521 Week 1 DQ 3 MGT 521 Week 1 DQ
4 MGT 521 Week 1 Individual Assignment Viewpoints
Paper MGT 521 Week 2 Assignment Norwegian Air
Worksheet MGT 521 Week 2 DQ 1 MGT 521 Week 2 DQ
2 MGT 521 Week 2 DQ 3 MGT 521 Week 2 DQ 4
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MGT 521 Final Exam Guide (New) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.mgt521master.com 1. ________ is
defined as a business firms intention, beyond
its legal and economic obligations, to do the
right things and act in ways that are good for
society. Social screening
Social responsibility Social obligation
Values-based management 2. The balanced
scorecard measures organizational performance
against previously established standards. Which
of the four functions of management relates most
closely to setting these standards?
Controlling Leading Organizing
Planning
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MGT 521 Final Exam Guide FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com 1) John writes a memo to
his employees. Putting his thoughts onto paper is
an example of 2) Chantel received an invitation
to a web meeting that will take place at 300 p.m
She accepted the invitation. This is an example
of 3) You are doing research on political issues
and find that you are on a conservative leaning
site. What type of source credibility issue is
this? 4) When reviewing an educational math
website, you find the authors background is in
English. What type of source credibility issue is
this? 5) A famous ice cream manufacturer sent
workers to a nearby grocery store to offer
shoppers a sample of its new flavor. The workers
provided samples to 300 shoppers and noted that
80 of the sample population stated they liked
the flavor. Based on this scenario, which of the
following is an example of an inference?
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MGT 521 Week 1 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com Week 1 DQ1 Select a
channel used for business communication. What are
the advantages and challenges of that form of
communication? Provide an example when you have
used that form of communication or when someone
else has used that form of communication with
you. Did it work well for that situation? Why or
why not?
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MGT 521 Week 1 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com Week 1 DQ2 How would you
use credentials, impartiality, style and tone,
and currency criteria in evaluating the
credibility and validity of your sources of
information? Be sure to provide specific examples
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MGT 521 Week 1 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com Week 1 DQ3 What mistakes
should be avoided when presenting an argument and
why are these important in developing effective
arguments? Be sure to provide specific examples.
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MGT 521 Week 1 DQ 4 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com Week 1 DQ4 How might
presenting effective arguments differ in the
classroom, daily life, and your job? Would you
use different types of supporting evidence to
make your argument? Explain.
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MGT 521 Week 1 Individual Assignment Viewpoints
Paper FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.mgt521master.com
Viewpoints Paper Select one of the viewpoints
mentioned in Chapter 2 of the text. Write a 350-
to 700-word paper summarizing the basics of that
viewpoint including highlighting at least one of
the key figures related to that viewpoint.
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MGT 521 Week 2 Assignment Norwegian Air
Worksheet FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com Norwegian Air
Worksheet Read "Management in Action Norwegian
Air Shuttle Aspires to Become the Cheapest Global
Airline." Complete the Norwegian Air Worksheet.
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MGT 521 Week 2 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com Week 2 DQ1 What strategies
have been used to promote collaboration at your
place of employment or a company you are familiar
with? Have these strategies been successful or
unsuccessful? Explain. Would you recommend
implementing other strategies to promote
collaboration? If so, what would those be?
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MGT 521 Week 2 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com Week 2 DQ2 What are some
real world examples of ethical and unethical
practices you have read about, seen in the news,
or encountered at your place of employment? What
were the outcomes of those practices?
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MGT 521 Week 2 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com Week 2 DQ3 How can values
and communication styles impact intercultural
collaboration in a diversified organization?
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MGT 521 Week 2 DQ 4 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com Week 2 DQ4 How would
protected values, preferences, and laws affect
consistency in making ethical decisions? What
strategies would you develop and implement to
attain consistent ethical decision making?
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MGT 521 Week 2 Individual Assignment Functional
Areas of Business Paper FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com You have decided to pursue
an MBA degree either to further your career,
start a new career, or achieve a personal goal.
In this program, you will study the functional
areas of business. Use the MBA Overview and
Effective Research and Writing at Modules you
reviewed to complete this assignment. Write a
paper that analyzes the role of a manager within
the functional areas of business Required
elements No more than1050 words
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MGT 521 Week 2 Knowledge Check FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.mgt521master.com 1.As a process of
self-examination during her senior year of
college, Casey decides to develop a SWOT analysis
of her prospects relative to getting a job. Casey
realizes that she has a personal characteristic
that suggests she is not comfortable interacting
with strangers. She interprets this as a(n)
________ if she is to get a job as a salesperson.
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MGT 521 Week 2 Learning Team Charter FOR MORE
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2 Learning Team Charter
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MGT 521 Week 2 Learning Team Weekly
Reflection FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com Discuss last weeks
objectives with your team. Include both the
topics you feel comfortable with, topics you
struggled with, and how the weekly topics relate
to application in your field. Prepare a 1- to
3-page paper detailing the findings of your
discussion MGT521 Week 2 Weekly Reflection
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MGT 521 Week 3 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com Week 3 DQ1 From the
results of your Ethics Awareness Inventory, do
your personal values align with your
organizational values? Explain. If there is a
misalignment between your personal values and
your organizational values, what would be an
appropriate response to this misalignment?
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MGT 521 Week 3 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com Week 3 DQ2 What attributes
do successful entrepreneurs possess? Which
attribute do you feel is the most important and
why?
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MGT 521 Week 3 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com Week 3 DQ3 Who are the
stakeholders in your place of employment or in a
company with which you are familiar? What are
their wants and needs? How does management meet
their needs? What difficulties arise in balancing
the needs of the various stakeholders?
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MGT 521 Week 3 DQ 4 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com Week 3 DQ4 What are some
potential strengths, weaknesses, opportunities,
and threats that a business should consider in a
SWOT analysis? How can a business benefit from
gathering this information?
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MGT 521 Week 3 Individual Assignment
Organizational Planning FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com Review the example SWOT
Analyses located in this week's Electronic
Reserve Readings to see the types of information
companies include. Complete the following tasks
in the Material Organizational Planning
Worksheet. Cite your resources. Part One (hand
in early) Select a Fortune 500 company.
Research the selected company by first clicking
on the Business Source Complete SWOT Analyses
link in this week's Electronic Reserve Readings.
Note that additional research is needed to
complete this assignment. Identify the company's
internal and external stakeholders. Identify the
company's goals and identify the following,
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MGT 521 Week 3 Individual Assignment Strategy and
Planning Paper FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com Strategy and Planning
Paper Review Figure 5.3 in the textbook. Write a
950- to 1,100-word paper in which you address the
following Explain why the 3 types of goals are
important to the strategy of an
organization. Explain why the different types of
planning are important to the strategy of an
organization. Examine the elements or factors
involved in creating an effective strategy for an
organization. Cite a minimum of 2 peer-reviewed
sources and include examples from one or more
Fortune 500 companies to illustrate your points.
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MGT 521 Week 3 Knowledge Check FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.mgt521master.com 1.The process of
dividing work activities into separate job tasks
is known as ________. 2.The process of grouping
jobs together is known as ________. 3.The line of
authority that extends from upper organizational
levels to lower levels, clarifying who reports to
whom, is known as the ________. 4.Which of the
following is a characteristic of a mechanistic
organization? 5.Which of the following structures
is highly adaptive, loose, and flexible? 6.Compani
es would become more ________ if they allowed
professionals to set the priorities and allocate
the resources for their departments. organic
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MGT 521 Week 3 Learning Team Reflection FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.mgt521master.com Read the
Developing Your Empowering People (Delegating)
Skill Skills Exercise at the end of Ch. 10 of
Management. Discuss the scenario with your
Learning Team. Consider the five behaviors
described for delegating to determine how to
handle the scenario. Prepare a 350- to
1,050-word paper detailing how your team would
handle the situation described in the
scenario. Click the Assignment Files tab to
submit your assignment.
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MGT 521 Week 4 Assignment Organizational
Structure Presentation FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com Organizational Structure
Presentation The organization you work for
currently has a traditional structure -
divisional structure. However, the organization
has gone through some big changes including a
merger with another organization. The
organization is now global and produces products
and services clients in a number of different
areas. They currently employ roughly 500
employees. Your team has been tasked with
recommending a new organizational structure to
the head of the organization. Create a 16- to
20-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation,
including detailed speaker notes, directed toward
the head of the organization. In this
presentation, your team will explain what the
changes will be and why these changes will allow
the firm to succeed in the future.
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MGT 521 Week 4 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com How could benchmarking be
effectively used to achieve competitive
advantage? Provide an example.
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MGT 521 Week 4 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com Week 4 DQ2 What information
is gained through managerial accounting? How can
a business use this information? As an investor
in a small business, what sorts of things may
concern you regarding a firms financial
statements?
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MGT 521 Week 4 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com Week 4 DQ3 What are some of
the benefits of using technology in managing
information and human resources in business? What
technology is used at your place of employment to
manage information and human resources?
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MGT 521 Week 4 DQ 4 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com Week 4 DQ4 How has
outsourcing to other countries affected U.S.
businesses? Have the results been mostly
positive, or mostly negative? If you had the
authority to stop U.S. businesses from
outsourcing, would you do that? Why or why not?
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MGT 521 Week 4 Knowledge Check FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.mgt521master.com 1.Which of the
following describes the leadership style in which
a leader tends to centralize authority, dictate
work methods, make unilateral decisions, and
limit employee participation? 2.The ________
style of leadership describes a leader who tends
to value employee participation, including in
such areas as decision making and deciding on
work methods and goals. 3.Which of the following
describes the leadership style in which the
leader generally gives the group complete freedom
to make decisions and complete the work in
whatever way it sees fit? 4.The ________ model
proposed that the results of the least-preferred
coworker questionnaire could determine whether
someone was relationship or task oriented, and
these results would determine effectiveness of
group performance.
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MGT 521 Week 4 Team Assignment Organizing
Work FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.mgt521master.com
You are a team of managers at a company. Upper
management is concerned that the structure of the
division your team manages is not accomplishing
goals as efficiently as it could. As a result,
upper management has tasked you to review the
current organizational structure for efficiency
and recommend needed changes. Your team notices
the organizational chart has not been recently
updated. To begin the task, your team must create
an up-to-date organizational chart to determine
the efficiency of the current structure. Then,
you must create a new organizational chart that
represents the recommended structural changes.
You will then present recommendations and
rationale to upper management. Complete the
following tasks to prepare for your meeting with
upper management.
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MGT 521 Week 5 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com Week 5 DQ1 How can
organizational restructuring enable specific
types of business attain competitive advantage in
a changing market? Provide specific examples.
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MGT 521 Week 5 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com Week 5 DQ 2 How does the
local, state, or national economy affect your
business or place of employment? Provide examples.
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MGT 521 Week 5 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com Week 5 DQ 3 How does
training and development improve employee
motivation, increase productivity, and increase
retention for the benefit of the business?
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MGT 521 Week 5 DQ 4 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com Week 5 DQ 4 What are some
of the negative impacts of the U.S. recession on
for-profit and non-profit business?
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MGT 521 Week 5 Individual Assignment Leadership
and Your Career Paper FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com CAREER CONNECTION
Leadership and Your Career Paper Write a 950- to
1,100 word paper in which you address the
following From the leadership theories
discussed in Chapter 14 of your text, identify
one theory that appeals to you the most. Discuss
how you would practice this leadership style in
your current work environment. If you are not
currently employed, discuss how you would
practice this style of leadership in a future job
you might like to hold.
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MGT 521 Week 5 Individual Assignment Team
Leadership FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com Your manager tells you
about a new department the company will be adding
that is part of the companys strategic plan to
enter a particular market segment. Your manager
would like you to manage one of the teams in this
new department. Your manager has put together the
team you will be managing. Your new team consists
of the members of your current Learning Team. To
be successful in the new market segment, your
team must efficiently accomplish the goals set by
the company. Your manager, therefore, would like
you to develop a leadership approach for each
team member on your team based on the theories of
leadership and each members individual
personalities. Write a memo to your manager of no
more than 1,400 words in which you explain how
you plan to successfully lead your team. Include
the following
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MGT 521 Week 5 Knowledge Check FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.mgt521master.com   1.The control
process assumes that ________. 2.An example of
control criteria that can be used in any
situation is ________. 3.In reviewing the result
of the control process, managers could choose to
avoid taking action when ________. 17.If a
manager rationalizes that he does not have time
to investigate the source of a problem and
instead resorts to putting out fires, the
manager is missing the use of ________. 4.Which
of the following types of control prevents
problems because it takes place prior to the
actual activity? 5.Management by walking around
is what type of control? 6.What type of control
gives employees information on how well they
performed, and therefore, can increase motivation?
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MGT 521 Week 5 Learning Team Reflection FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.mgt521master.com Your Learning
Team is a team of managers of a customer call
center for timeshare vacations. Discuss, with
your team, the types of control measures you
would use to see how efficient and effective an
employee is. Discuss, with your team, the
measures you would use to evaluate the entire
call center. Prepare a 350- to 1,050-word paper
detailing the findings of your discussion.
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MGT 521 Week 5 Team Assignment What Makes a
Leader? Presentation FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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ation Create a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft PowerPoi
nt presentation with detailed speaker notes in wh
ich you address the following question  Are lead
ers born or can they be made?  Why or why not? Th
e team should take a position on this question and
 include the team's rationale as well as supportin
g this with research.
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MGT 521 Week 6 Individual Assignment Planning and
Measuring Performance FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com Review the Example and
Practice sections of the Balanced Scorecard
Module to practice reading and evaluating the
information it presents. Complete the Assignment
section of the Balanced Scorecard Module to
evaluate the performance of the organization
against established standards. Complete the
following Identify the performance
gaps. Recommend actions to reduce performance
gaps. Note. The Balanced Scorecard Module will
give you an option to save your assignment in a
document on your desktop.
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MGT 521 Week 6 Individual Personal Professional
Development Plan FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521master.com Resources Personal
Professional Development Plan Activity, Parts 1-4
from Weeks 1-3. Complete the Personal
Professional Development Plan. Click the
Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
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MGT 521 Week 6 Knowledge Check FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.mgt521master.com 1.As a university
student, your institutions social principles and
practices reflect on you, as a stakeholder, in
the organization. Therefore, it is your right to
question how these practices should be evaluated
in relation to the social issues that your school
is addressing. If your university was paying
minimum wage when necessary and applying the
minimum legal standards to its employees work
environment, it would be said to have fulfilled
its ________. 2.As a university student, your
institutions social principles and practices
reflect on you, as a stakeholder, in the
organization. Therefore, it is your right to
question how these practices should be evaluated
in relation to the social issues that the school
is addressing. If your university provides
job-share programs, builds a day-care facility,
and only uses recycled paper, it could be said to
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MGT 521 Week 6 Learning Team Reflection FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.mgt521master.com Read Case
Application 1, "Lessons from Lehman Brothers
Will We Ever Learn?" at the end of Ch. 5 of
Management.Discuss the scenario with your team.
Discuss the second, third, and fifth discussion
questions at the end of the case with your team.
Answer each question based on your team's
discussion in no more than 350 words per
question.Click the Assignment Files tab to submit
your assignment.
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