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MGT 415 Entire Course (Ash Course)

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• MGT 415 Week 1 DQ 1 Organizational Design
• MGT 415 Week 1 DQ 2 The Research Project
• MGT 415 Week 2 DQ 1 Group Development Process
• MGT 415 Week 2 DQ 2 Influence of Informal Groups
• MGT 415 Week 3 DQ 1 Group Cohesion and
  Productivity
• MGT 415 Week 3 DQ 2 Norms and Conformity
• MGT 415 Week 3 Assignment Best Workplace
• MGT 415 Week 4 DQ 1 Group Decisions

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MGT 415 Week 1 DQ 1 Organizational Design (Ash
Course)

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• 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.

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MGT 415 Week 1 DQ 2 The Research Project (Ash
Course)

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• The 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

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MGT 415 Week 2 DQ 1 Group Development Process
(Ash Course)

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• 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
(Ash Course)

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• Influence of Informal Groups. Informal groups
  exist in almost every kind of organization.
  Answer the following questions and provide
  examples to support your position
• a. What types of informal groups do you belong to
  in your workplace?

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MGT 415 Week 3 Assignment Best Workplace (Ash
Course)

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• 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

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MGT 415 Week 3 DQ 1 Group Cohesion and
Productivity (Ash Course)

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• 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?

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MGT 415 Week 3 DQ 2 Norms and Conformity (Ash
Course)

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• 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?

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MGT 415 Week 4 DQ 1 Group Decisions (Ash Course)

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• 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.

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MGT 415 Week 4 DQ 2 Power, Conflict and
Resolution (Ash Course)

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• 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?

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MGT 415 Week 5 DQ 1 Leadership (Ash Course)

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• 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? Outline the positives and
  negatives of each approach. Is there a particular
  type of group that uses a particular leadership
  approach?

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MGT 415 Week 5 DQ 2 Conflict and Competition (Ash
Course)

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• 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.Re

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MGT 415 Week 5 Final Assignment (Avon Consultant
Report) (Ash Course)

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• 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
  problems

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