BUS 318 Entire Course

BUS 318 Entire Course

BUS 318 Week 1 DQ 1 Attribution Theory
Attribution Theory. Your boss has recently heard a little about attribution theory and has asked you to explain it to him in more detail, focusing on its possible usefulness in managing your department. How do you address his request? Please make sure you indicate your department. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

BUS 318 Week 1 DQ 2 Career Planning
Career Planning. Describe how career planning is useful throughout one’s career and is not just carried out during initial entry. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

BUS 318 Week 1 Quiz Answers

1.Which of the following statements about stakeholders is false?

2. According to the social traits literature, __________ individuals are oriented toward conformity and try to accommodate themselves to other people.

3. __________, a Dutch scholar and consultant, refers to culture as the “software of the mind.”

4. Which of the following statements about perception is NOT accurate?

5. Henry Mintzberg identified a set of roles that managers perform. These roles are grouped into which of the following three categories?

6. Peoples’ ___________ develop as a product of the learning and experience they encounter in the cultural setting in which they live.

7. When a manager monitors the progress of an affirmative action program to advance minorities within the corporation, reviews progress on changes in employee attitudes, calls a special meeting to discuss problems, and makes appropriate adjustments in the program, the manager is performing the function of __________.

8. Perceptual information is gained through __________.

9. __________ occurs when individuals express positive feelings

10. According to the research conducted on the nature of managerial work, which of the following is false?

BUS 318 Week 2 DQ 1 ERG Theory

ERG Theory. Give an example of how the ERG theory could be used to explain your motivation to work in a job you have had. Be specific. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

BUS 318 Week 2 DQ 2 Compressed Work Week?

Compressed Work Week? What are the potential advantages and disadvantages of a compressed work week? Would you want to work in a compressed work week? Why or why not? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

BUS 318 Week 2 Quiz Answers

1. Which of the following statements provides an accurate description of a concern about job enrichment?

2. Which of the following statements about job rotation is correct? Job rotation____________.

3. The potential advantages of job simplification include all of the following EXCEPT:

4. A job’s motivating potential score can be raised through all of the following methods EXCEPT:

5. Content theories attempt to explain work behaviors based on _______________.

6. The potential disadvantages of job simplification include all of the following EXCEPT:

7. Studies suggest all of the following statements to be true EXCEPT:

8. The second job characteristics moderator, knowledge and skill, refers to the fact that people __________________.

9. Research on Maslow’s needs hierarchy suggests the following statement to be true?

10. All the following statements accurately describe Herzberg’s hygiene factors EXCEPT:

BUS 318 Week 3 Assignment Article Critique

Article Critique. Investigate professional journals and locate two articles pertaining to organizational behavior that are of interest to you. You are to critique each of the two articles according to the instructions below. The articles should be less than three years old. You are encouraged to use the ProQuest Database found in the Ashford Online Library.

Each one- to two- page critique (a total of two to four pages for both critiques) must include the following three parts and must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide (including title page, in text citations and reference list).

Identification of the Article – Provide the reader with enough information about your article so he/she will be able to locate the article.
Summary of the Article – List the main points that the author has tried to establish (i.e., 1, 2, 3 or first, second, third). There normally will be three to five main points. If you are summarizing a court case, you should discuss: What provision of the law was at issue? Briefly state the facts of the case. What legal tests were applied? Were there any unusual elements in the case?

Your Critique – Provide your reaction (insightful, critical, and logical) to the points that the author tried to make, or an overall critique of the entire article. A simple statement of agreement or disagreement is not sufficient. While you may make such a statement by way of introduction to your reaction, you must clearly and logically state the reasons for the position that you have taken.

BUS 318 Week 3 DQ 1 Managing a High Performance Team
Managing a High-Performance Team. While surfing the Internet, you encounter this note posted in your favorite discussion group: “Help! I have just been assigned to head a new product design team at my company. The division manager has high expectations for the team and me, but I have been a technical design engineer for four years since graduating from college. I have never ‘managed’ anyone, let alone led a team. The manager keeps talking about her confidence that I will create a ‘high-performance team.’ Does anyone out there have any tips to help me master this challenge? Help! [signed] Galahad.” As a good citizen of the Internet, you decide to answer. What message will you send out? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

BUS 318 Week 3 DQ 2 Strategy and Influence
Strategy and Influence. Identify and explain at least four strategies of managerial influence. Give examples of how each strategy may or may not work when exercising influence, both downward and upward, in organizations. Give examples of each based on experiences you have had at a job. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

BUS 318 Week 3 Quiz Answers
1 An example of the __________ is a product development specialist who bases a decision to not launch a new product on her recent failure with another product offering.
2 Which of the following statements is NOT an accurate description of team building or the team-building process?
3 In the Vroom, Yetton, and Jago decision-making model, __________ involves the manager obtaining the necessary information from subordinate(s) or other group members and then deciding on the problem solution.
4 __________ is a sequence of planned activities designed to gather and analyze data on the functioning of a team and to initiate changes designed to improve teamwork and increase team effectiveness.
5 __________ directly contribute to the performance of important group tasks.
6 Edgar Schein identified three common behavior profiles that may hinder group operations when people try to cope with individual entry problems in self-serving ways. These three profiles are:
7 A team member contributes __________ leadership by encouraging the participation of others, trying to harmonize differences of opinion, praising the contributions of others, and agreeing to go along with a popular course of action.
8 _________ doesn’t always happen naturally in a group; it is something that team members and leaders must work hard to achieve.
9 In the Vroom, Yetton, and Jago decision-making model, __________ are made when the manager or team leader uses information that he or she possesses and decides what to do without involving others.
10 In the garbage can view of decision making, many problems go unsolved because decision makers __________ do all of the following EXCEPT:

BUS 318 Week 4 DQ 1 Unplanned Change
Unplanned Change. Describe a situation where you have encountered unplanned change. What did you do? Would you do it differently now? Thinking back, what were the other options at the time and why did you not choose them? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

BUS 318 Week 4 DQ 2 Organizational Communication
Organizational Communication. “People in this organization don’t talk to one another anymore. Everything is e-mail, e-mail, e-mail. If you are mad at someone, you can just say it and then hide behind your computer.” With these words, Joe expressed his frustrations with Delta General’s operations. Charley echoed his concerns, responding, “I agree, but surely the managing director should be able to improve organizational communication without losing the advantages of e-mail.” As a consultant overhearing this conversation, how do you suggest the managing director respond to Charley’s challenge? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

BUS 318 Week 5 DQ 1 Negotiating Salary

Negotiating Salary. Discuss the common pitfalls you would expect to encounter in negotiating your salary for your first job, and explain how you would best try to deal with them. Share any experiences you have had that you feel might help your peers in the future. 

BUS 318 Week 5 DQ 2 Organizational Controls
Organizational Controls. Describe some of the side effects of organizational controls in a large mechanistically structured organization, such as the United States Postal Service. Identify at least one other large mechanistically structured organization that could have the same problems. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

BUS 318 Week 5 Final Paper

Select a topic of interest in organizational behavior that you would like to explore with additional research (must use at least five references). Some suggested topics for your paper are:

·                     Personality

·                     Stress

·                     Attitudes

·                     Motivation

·                     Attribution

·                     Performance Management

·                     Team building

·                     Leadership

·                     Decision Making Process

·                     Communication

·                     Organizational Goals

Your paper must:

1.                  Apply the research to your personal working environment, or an environment you have previously experienced.

2.                  Describe how will you use the knowledge you have gained in this course to change the way you interact and do

business in the future?

3.                  Writing the Final Paper

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Must be six to eight double-spaced pages in length, exclusive of Appendix, References, Exhibits, etc.

Formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide (including title page and reference

list).

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§          Must include an introductory paragraph with a succinct thesis statement.

§          Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.

§          Must conclude with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion paragraph.

§          Must include at least five appropriately documented, academic sources.

§          Must include, on the final page, a Reference Page that is completed according to APA style as outlined in the

student guide

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