BUS 302 Course – All Discussions With Sample Answers

BUS 302 Week 1 Discussion – Management

Please respond to the following:

  •  Review the four management functions in your textbook and determine which represents your greatest strength. Discuss how you can take advantage of this strength to improve performance at your current or future position.
  • Discuss ways to ease the transition into management for the majority of new managers, including at least one innovative approach not discussed in the text.

 

BUS 302 Week 2 Discussion – Management and Organizational Environments

Please respond to the following:

  • Compare and contrast the theories of scientific management with that of the human relations management approach.
  • From the e-Activity, determine which single component of either the external or internal environment has the most significant impact on the company you researched. Provide specific examples to support your response.

 

BUS 302 Week 3 Discussion – Ethics and Decision Making

Please respond to the following:

  • From the video, discuss the ethical principles influencing both Hundert’s and Bell’s thinking. Provide specific examples to support your response.
  • Develop S.M.A.R.T. goals that you see benefitting your current (or future) employer. Provide your rationale.

BUS 302 Week 4 Discussion – Organizational Strategies and Innovation

Please respond to the following:

  • Analyze the different types of strategies discussed in Chapter 7 to determine which type of strategy is the most difficult for most organizations to implement. Provide specific examples to support your response.
  • From the video, determine what lessons learned other companies (in vastly different industries) could take away from the innovative practices at Holden. Provide specific examples to support your response.

 

BUS 302 Week 5 Discussion – Global Management and Organizational Structure

Please respond to the following:

  • Determine the greatest ethical dilemmas created by globalization and the best way to address those dilemmas. Provide specific examples to support your response.
  • Analyze the kind of organizational structure you currently work under (or worked under if you do not presently work), and the benefits or drawbacks of that structure. Provide specific examples to support your response.

BUS 302 Week 6 Discussion – Leadership and Communication

Please respond to the following:

  • Compare and contrast Path-Goal Theory and Normative Decision Theory with a focus on which you believe leads to the most effective organizational leadership. Provide specific examples to support your response.
    From the video, analyze the various types of verbal and nonverbal communication to determine what additional information they provide. Provide specific examples to support your response.

 

BUS 302 Week 7 Discussion  – Managing Teams and Human Resource Systems

Please respond to the following:

  • Assess the impact of “group think” and “slackers” to the overall performance of the team and make two recommendations for how that impact could be mitigated. Provide specific examples to support your response.
    From the video, determine how the hiring practices at Barcelona Restaurant Group could be leveraged at businesses that do not have such a tight focus on customer service. Provide specific examples to support your response.

BUS 302 Week 8 Discussion – Managing and Motivating Individuals

Please respond to the following:

  • From the video, determine at least two ways that diversity can be used as a strategic advantage by almost any company. Explain your rationale.
  • Assess your current environment at work (or school) and recommend steps you believe would best motivate workers (or students.) Provide specific examples to support your response.

BUS 302 Week 9 Discussion – Control and Managing Information

Please respond to the following:

  • Analyze the environment, processes, and procedures at your work or school to determine which aspects can be controlled and which cannot be controlled. Explain your rationale.
  • From the e-Activity, recommend at least three best practices the company you researched could adopt for protecting information vital to its operations. Provide specific examples to support your response

BUS 302 Week 10 Discussion  – Managing Productivity and Operations

Please respond to the following:

  • From the e-Activity, make one solid recommendation for how the organization you researched could become more productive by applying one of the lessons learned in Chapter 18. Explain your rationale.
  • Analyze the four costs associated with maintaining an inventory to determine which appears to be most controllable by any organization. Explain your rationale.

BUS 302 Week 11 Discussion – Assignment 3 PowerPoint Presentation

Please respond to the following:

  • Online students: upload your Assignment 3 PowerPoint presentation to the discussion board. Write a brief introduction paragraph to your presentation.
  • On-ground students: bring a copy of your assignment to class to share with a classmate.
  • Determine two to three best practices, based on other classmate’s presentations, which you can apply to your current or future job.

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