GC
MGT420 Week 1 Dq 1, Dq 2 & Dq 3 latest 2016 October
dq 1
How does an understanding of management and organizational
behavior lead to organizational effectiveness and efficiency? Why is the study
of historical management theories important today?
dq 2
What are the six challenges facing managers in the workplace
today? Each student is expected to discuss one of the major challenges,
highlighting its importance in the 21st century workplace and how it affects
the behavior of people within organizations.
dq 3
What are key managerial skills and competencies? Explain how
they vary across management levels.
GC
MGT420 Week 2 Dq 1, Dq 2 & Dq 3 latest 2016 October
dq 1
Using examples from your experience, what is the importance
of planning to the practice of management?
dq 2
For your organization, or for one with which you are
familiar, identify the factors that operate in its general and specific
environments. How does this understanding influence the effectiveness of an
organization?
dq 3
What is the role of IT in an increasingly global
environment? Provide examples of how IT has changed your organization (or an
organization with which you are familiar).
GC
MGT420 Week 3 Dq 1, Dq 2 & Dq 3 latest 2016 October
dq 1
If you, as a manager, had to help
change an employee’s behavior to make him or her more productive, what course
of action would you take? How might you use both positive and negative
reinforcement?
dq 2
Motivational theory applications argue
for recognizing individual differences. They also suggest paying attention to
members of diverse groups. Is this a contradiction? Why or why not?
dq 3
Max Points: 7.0
Visit the following websites and
complete the self-assessments:
Learning Styles:
http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html
Take the Emotional Intelligence,
Terminal Values, and Instrumental Values Assessments:
http://higheredbcs.wiley.com/legacy/college/schermerhorn/0471454761/assessments/main.html
Jung Typology Test:
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm
Name one significant lesson that you
discovered about your learning style, emotional intelligence, and personality.
Using this information, what step(s) do you plan to take to become a more
effective manager?
GC
MGT420 Week 4 Dq 1, Dq 2 & Dq 3
latest 2016 October
dq 1
What are group norms, and what role do they play in behavior
and cohesiveness of the group? How does the diversity of a group affect its
performance?
dq
2
How are the three characteristics of effective teams evident
in each of Tuckman’s five stages of team development? Provide examples to
support your response.
dq
3
In a team-based situation, which is more effective: team or
individual rewards? Why? Please support your position with a practical example.
GC
MGT420 Week 5 Dq 1, Dq 2 & Dq 3
latest 2016 October
dq 1
What role does effective interpersonal communication play in
decision making within organizations?
dq
2
Using a practical example, what are the benefits and
potential problems associated with conflict?
dq
3
What is negotiation? What are the common negotiation
pitfalls? What are the strategies to overcome them?
GC
MGT420 Week 6 Dq 1, Dq 2 & Dq 3 latest 2016 October
dq 1
Which power bases lie within the individual? Which are
derived from the organization? How are power and politics related?
dq
2
How do emerging leadership theories support innovation and
entrepreneurial spirit within organizations?
dq
3
It has long been a dictum of management theory that leaders
must adapt their behavior to fit the specifics of a situation. Discuss whether transformational
leadership is appropriate for all occasions. In which situations might it not
be effective and which theories might be effective instead?
GC
MGT420 Week 7 Dq 1, Dq 2 & Dq 3 latest 2016 October
dq 1
Review the five functional areas within the HR department,
and explain which one you think is most important and why. Which of these five
functional areas works most closely with the rest of the business as a
strategic partner, and how might this change depending on the type of company?
How do the needs of an organization decide what human and capital resources are
required to be successful?
dq
2
In what way is the HR function important to the success of
the everyday tasks in an organization? Discuss the competitive advantages that
can accrue to an organization that genuinely is committed to workplace
diversity? Please make certain that you indicate strategies for overcoming
resistance to diversity programs.
dq
3
How does an individual’s faith or worldview inform their
personal management practices?
GC
MGT420 Week 8 Dq 1, Dq 2 & Dq 3 latest 2016 October
dq 1
Identify the main types of traditional and horizontal
organization structure. Using an organization of your choice as an example how
is the structure of the organization a reflection of its environment (including
national culture), its goals, and competences?
dq
2
Using an organization with which you are familiar, identify
its core culture and the elements of its observable culture as defined by
Senge. What do you think would need to be changed in order to facilitate
learning? What role would organizational development play in overcoming
resistance to change?
dq
3
Using an organization with which you are familiar, identify
ways through which feed-forward and feedback controls can be used to assure the
high quality of its final outcome. How do these controls lead to effective
management?
