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MGT 415 Entire Course For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.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 For
more classes visits www.snaptutorial.com   Organiz
ational 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.Provide examples
to support your answer. In your responses to
classmates, take the opposite position your
classmates have presented and provide a
convincing response designed to change their
minds. Respond to at least two of your
classmates posts.  
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MGT 415 Week 1 DQ 2 The Research Project For
more classes visits www.snaptutorial.com   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. Identify what factors
you would examine in your research and provide a
rationale for your choice. Respond to at least
two of your classmates posts.  
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MGT 415 Week 2 DQ 1 Group Development Process
For more classes visits www.snaptutorial.com   Gr
oup 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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fluence 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?b. How
do norms of the informal groups to which you
belong influence your behavior and that of other
group members? 
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MGT 415 Week 3 Assignment Best Workplace For
more classes visits www.snaptutorial.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 followinga. When reviewing the descriptions
of the work environments, identify elements that
appear to foster employee motivation and group
cohesion among employees. 
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MGT 415 Week 3 DQ 1 Group Cohesion and
Productivity For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.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.  
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MGT 415 Week 3 DQ 2 Norms and Conformity For
more classes visits www.snaptutorial.com   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 For more
classes visits www.snaptutorial.com   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. 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
Resolution For more classes visits www.snaptutor
ial.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?b. Is there a perception among employees in
your organization that a disparity of power
exists between the powerful group and other
work groups? 
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MGT 415 Week 5 DQ 1 Leadership For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com   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? 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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nflict 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) For more classes visits www.snaptutorial
.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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