Discussion Questions Week 1 Alejandra Duran MGT/230 What is management? Why is management necessary? How do you think management has evolved? Management is the coordination of work activities carried out so efficiently and effectively with others and through them. Management is necessary because in the work place employees need a leader to follow. I believe management has evolved because now‚ a manager performs more and more activities in order to accomplish a specific
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Discussion Questions: 1.Compare and contrast six types of incentive plans. Various types of incentive plans werepresented in the text‚ including piecework plans‚ straight and guaranteed plans‚ standardhour plans‚ plans for salespersons (commissions and combination plans)‚ and groupincentive plans. With the piecework plans‚ earnings are tied directly to what the individualworker produces‚ and are more appropriate in a manufacturing organization. Commissionsare more appropriate for salespeople in
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Cross-Cultural Perspectives Debra Blackwelder ETH-316 MAy 12‚ 2014 Chuck Thompson Cross-Cultural Perspectives When an organization goes global‚ there are new social and ethical issues that arise. A company like Wal-Mart is no different. Wal-Mart is considered a retail giant and one of the largest companies in the world. It has grown as a staple in America as well as on an international platform‚ touching base in countries such as Japan and China. Wal-Mart is the largest retailer and the largest
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Critical Thinking and Ethics Glennetta Green ETH 316 September 29‚ 2014 Kevin Forsberg Critical Thinking and Ethics Critical thinking is a concept that is derived from the application of the cognition toward the separation of the most likely when one is presented with a set of possibilities‚ while ethics is used in reference to the perception of what is right or wrong in a defined situation (wisegeek.com). A relationship between critical thinking and ethics can be seen in the sense that
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"The Process of Analysis ̶ Diagrams and Trees" Decision analysis offers organization and direction for thinking methodically about challenging alternatives. Complexity‚ uncertainty‚ multiple intentions and numerous perspectives can lead to different best guesses. The policy analyst has several tools she or he can use to make hard decisions easier to make. Two of these tools are decision trees and influence diagrams. As the author notes‚ these problem-structuring methods are valuable in producing
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This paperwork includes ETH 316 Week 4 Team Assignment Organizational Profile General Questions - General General Questions Research a community organization on an individual basis. Write a short overview of the organization that addresses the following: · Evaluate the organization’s involvement and responsibility to the community. · Summarize what factors have influenced the social responsibility strategies of the organization. · Does the organization have a social
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David Rivers MKT/421 Tracy Foote Week Three Discussion Questions • Select a product with which you are familiar. What stage is this product at in the product life cycle? Provide rationale for your answer. The chose Apples IPhone and currently it is the Maturity phase of the product life cycle. The IPhone is very popular and is often copied or remanufactured to look like and perform the same as the original. Apple is creating new features‚ products‚ and apps to allow users to do a lot more than
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themselves to the requirements of the current customers‚ and ignoring potentially new users for the future. Did USS team get the right answer to the wrong question? What if‚ rather than whether USS should install CSP in Mon Valley‚ Kappmeyer has asked whether USS should invest in or participate in this technology? Would you have answered that question differently than you did when the problem was framed as Mon Valley issue? • What should USS’s next technological move be? Should USS take another
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communicate effectively with others. Why is it important to communicate effectively with others? How will effective communication help students in their academic career? Give examples. Why do you think GCU emphasizes quality discussion posts and proper etiquette in the Discussion Forums? It is always important to communicate effectively. We need to know how to communicate effectively so we can get our point across and understand what others are trying to say to us. Being that we are part of an
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ETH 316 August 22‚ 2011 Ethics Essay Utilitarianism Utilitarianism ethics emphasize that action should be morally beneficial to a group. This course of ethics is often known as “the greatest good for the greatest number” or simply put‚ “the greater good” (Boylan‚ 2009). In other words‚ the consequence of any ethical action should be beneficial for all by mass appeal. This is a common underlying theme for ethics in capitalist economies and business as well as in democratic governments
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