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MGT 521T Week 1-6 All Discussions FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.mgt521aid.com MGT 521T Week 1
Discussion Four functions of Management Model MGT
521T Week 2 Discussion Organizational Goals MGT
521T Week 3 Discussion Benefits of Organizational
Restructuring MGT 521T Week 4 Discussion
Effective Leadership Theories MGT 521T Week 5
Discussion The Value Of Business Rankings MGT
521T Week 6 Discussion Organizational Innovation
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MGT 521 Week 4 Apply Assignment FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.mgt521aid.com 1 Legitimate,
reward, and coercive power result from a
managers formal position, and thus all managers
have these sources of power. Expert and referent
power are derived from ones personal
characteristics or knowledge. The activity gives
you the opportunity to further explore the
sources of power? 2 Erin, a department manager,
is struggling trying to lead a cross-functional
team. Most members are other department managers
at her level, and they see no reason to do what
she asks. Here, Erin has 3 Marcel supervises a
group of paralegals serving the firls lawyer.
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MGT 521 Week 5 Apply Assignment FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.mgt521aid.com 1.There are six
different areas of control in an organization
that are implemented at several levels. Each area
of control covers a specific aspect of the
organization that if not monitored, can foil even
the best laid plans. This exercise will challenge
your knowledge of these areas of control. First,
hover over each term and read the description.
Next, click and drag each of the terms into the
appropriate area in the chart to correspond with
the correct area of control. 2. Taylor is the CEO
of a large pharmaceutical company that produces
many brands in the United States and abroad.
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MGT 521T Practice Chapter 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.mgt521aid.com 1) An intrapreneur is
someone who works inside an existing organization
who sees an opportunity for a product or service
and mobilizes the organizations resources to try
to realize it. This person might be a researcher
or a scientist but could also be a manager who
sees an opportunity to create a new venture that
could be profitable. 2) The managerial function
of ________ involves monitoring performance,
comparing it to goals, and taking corrective
action when needed.
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MGT 521T Practice Chapter 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.mgt521aid.com 1) Which of the
following is a synonym for Douglas McGregors
Theory Y? 2) Which of the following approaches to
management relies upon research in psychology,
sociology, anthropology, and economics in order
to develop theories about human behavior that can
be used to provide practical tools for managers?
3) What are the two branches of the classical
viewpoint of management? 4) Frederick Taylor
based his management system on motion studies. In
these studies, he broke down each workers job
based on ________. 5) Scientific management is
the study of work methods to improve the
productivity of ____.
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MGT 521T Practice Chapter 5 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.mgt521aid.com 1) Mallory advised the
management team that to increase sales, the
company planned to target the new product to
12-18 years old males. They would be implementing
a marketing plan over the next nine months to
achieve their goal. The marketing plan is an
example of a(n) ---- plan that helps the company
achieve a stated goal. 2) What are the three
types of goals used in planning that become the
hierarchy for the means end chain? 3) When
referring to SMART goals, which of the following
terms are represented in the acronym SMART?
Check all that apply.
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MGT 521T Practice Chapter 6 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.mgt521aid.com 1) Anita felt that it
was important for her taxi company to continually
measure itself against its best competition. She
kept track of the number of rides per hour and
turnaround times for all her drivers and compared
it to that of the high-performing taxi group in
the next town. Anita is using the process of
benchmarking to compare her company with another.
2) Which of the following are part of porters
five competitive forces? 3) Identifying an
emerging market where there are currently no
competitors would be considered an organizational
------- in a SWOT analysis.
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MGT 521T Practice Chapter 8 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.mgt521aid.com An organization with
many levels and narrow spans, meaning managers
have few people reporting to them, are referred
to as______ organizations. On an organization
chart, line positions are designated by a ______
line, whereas staff positions are indicated by a
______ line. John works at an organization where
he supervises three people in the department. The
important decisions are made by the company
president. What type of authority is it? Which of
the following are characteristics of
decentralized authority?
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MGT 521T Practice Chapter 9 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.mgt521aid.com MGT 521T PRACTICE
CHAPTER 9 1. The process is the screening of job
applicants to hire the candidate. 2. When Marissa
applied for a position at Blake products, she was
asked to provide the names and telephone numbers
of three people who would be able to speak about
her work performance at her last job. Which of
the following selection tools does this BEST
describe? 3. Theres a lot of room for people to
grow with this organization, hiring manager
Myranda told the applicant. But we expect a lot
out of employees as well, and there can be some
late nights and weekend work when were trying to
make a tight deadline.
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MGT 521T Practice Chapter 14 FOR MORE CLASSES
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Chapter 14 1. A servant leader would display
which of the following characteristics? Check all
that apply. 2. To create effective managers,
companies should 3. Leadership that focuses on
clarifying employees roles, explaining task
requirements and providing rewards or punishments
based on performance is called leadership 4.
Which of the following would be categorized as
relationship-oriented behaviors?
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MGT 521T Week 1 Apply Assignment FOR MORE
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MGT 521T Week 1 Discussion Four functions of
Management Model FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521aid.com Week 1 The four functions of
management model has been criticized as being
irrelevant to todays managers. Do you agree or
disagree with the critics who question the
relevance of this model? Explain your answer and
support your position.
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MGT 521T Week 2 Apply Assignment FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.mgt521aid.com Alicia, a
district manager for a global retailer, is
traveling to different stores in her district to
discuss with store managers, how to increase
profitability for the rest of fiscal year. What
is Alicia doing? As a manager, you meet with each
of your team member quarterly to review their
progress toward their written and agreed-upon
goals. -------------------------------------------
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is your best course of action with Claire?
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MGT 521T Week 2 Discussion Organizational Goals
FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.mgt521aid.com Week 2
What factors should you consider in determining
an organizations goals? How would you decide
which strategic and operational plans to use to
achieve your goals? Provide an example of a
plan you could use to achieve a goal in your
current organization.
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MGT 521T Week 2 Practice Knowledge FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.mgt521aid.com The document
that details how a companys goals are to be met
in called a A document that outlines a proposed
firms goals, its strategy for achieving those
goals, and the standards for measuring success is
known as an Ned started his company six years ago
and has tried to grow his business by increasing
sales from his customer base rather than trying
to acquire new companies.
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MGT 521T Week 3 Discussion Benefits of
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VISIT www.mgt521aid.com Week 3 How can
organizational restructuring enable specific
types of businesses to attain competitive
advantage in a changing market? Provide specific
examples.
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MGT 521T Week 4 Discussion Effective Leadership
Theories FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521aid.com Week 4 What leadership
theories have you seen used in the workplace?
Which of these do you believe were most
effective? Which were the least effective? Why?
Which leadership theory do you believe you would
be most likely to use as a manager of an
organization?
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MGT 521T Week 5 Discussion The Value Of Business
Rankings FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521aid.com One standard that corporations
use to evaluate their performance against their
competitors is the set of rankings developed by
Fortune magazine. These include the Fortune 500,
the 100 Best Companies to Work For, and other
lists. The public also uses these rankings to
decide to what companies they should give their
business. Respond to the following in a minimum
of 175 words Is it a good idea for people to
use these rankings to decide which companies they
should give their business to? Is there an
intrinsic value in these rankings, or are they
subjective?
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MGT 521T Week 5 Practice Knowledge Check FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.mgt521aid.com The PDCA
cycle is part of The simplest definition of
productivity is outputs divided by inputs A
boss who is a micromanager often works excessive
hours, skips vacations, and needs to approve
everything Which of the following is not a
reason why control is needed? Ensuring that
employees follow instructions fully and
completely is the purpose of which one of the
following management functions? Productivity
is monitoring performance, comparing it with
goals, and taking corrective action.
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MGT 521T Week 6 Apply Assignment FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.mgt521aid.com Tom, a
restaurant general manager, carefully watches her
restaurant costs by reusing some items that in
the past were immediately thrown away. Tom is an
example of a(n) _____manager. Susana keeps a
close eye on her company's internal and external
environment to discover possible opportunities
for new products and to discern possible threats
from the competition. In which activity is Susana
engaged?
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MGT 521T Week 6 Discussion Organizational
Innovation FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt521aid.com Week 6 How have you seen an
organizations innovation, or lack of it, affect
their success? Provide specific examples. What
is the role of the manager in an organizations
innovation?
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