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MGT 415 Entire Course (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.mgt415assist.com   MGT 415 Week 1 DQ
1 Organizational DesignMGT 415 Week 1 DQ 2 The
Research ProjectMGT 415 Week 2 DQ 1 Group
Development ProcessMGT 415 Week 2 DQ 2 Influence
of Informal GroupsMGT 415 Week 3 DQ 1 Group
Cohesion and ProductivityMGT 415 Week 3 DQ 2
Norms and ConformityMGT 415 Week 3 Assignment
Best WorkplaceMGT 415 Week 4 DQ 1 Group
Decisions
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MGT 415 Week 1 DQ 1 Organizational Design
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www.mgt415assist.com   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)  
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e 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. Identify what factors you would
examine in your research and provide a rationale
for your
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MGT 415 Week 2 DQ 1 Group Development Process
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www.mgt415assist.com   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
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www.mgt415assist.com   Influence of Informal
Groups. Informal groups exist in almost every
kind of organization. Answer the following
questions and provide examples to support your
positiona. What types of informal groups do you
belong to in your workplace?
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  MGT 415 Week 3 Assignment Best Workplace
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www.mgt415assist.com     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) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt415assist.com     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? Provide examples to
support your descriptions. Respond to at least
two of your classmates posts.r
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MGT 415 Week 3 DQ 2 Norms and Conformity (Ash)
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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? Provide examples to support your analysis.
Respond to at least two of your classmates posts
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MGT 415 Week 4 DQ 1 Group Decisions (Ash) FOR
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p 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. Critique the
effectiveness of the model, as applied to each
situation. Respond to at least two of your
classmates posts.
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MGT 415 Week 4 DQ 2 Power, Conflict and
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www.mgt415assist.com     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) FOR MORE
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p. 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?
Why do you think this is the case? Respond to at
least two of your classmates posts.
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MGT 415 Week 5 DQ 2 Conflict and Competition
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www.mgt415assist.com     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.
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  MGT 415 Week 5 Final Assignment (Avon
Consultant Report) (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.mgt415assist.com     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.
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