MGMT591 Full Course Latest 2017 November

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WEEK 1: HIGH PERFORMANCE ORGANIZATIONS - HPOS

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This week, our text discusses the definition of organizational behavior, and in particular, its applied focus. Our lesson focuses on high-performance organizations (HPOs). However, in order to become an HPO, an organization needs to navigate the complexities of the workforce as well as mitigate the challenges that exist. What are some of the biggest challenges and opportunities that exist for managers in using organizational behavior concepts? Give specific examples. How can the study of organizational behavior help organizations work through these challenges successfully?

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WEEK 1: TEAM PROJECT COLLABORATION

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Post in this discussion the leader your team chose and why. No two teams may choose the same leader so be sure no one else has picked one before you post it. Put the name of the leader in the subject line. Also share any insights or issues as your team forms and you create the team contract.

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WEEK 2: SATISFIED WORKERS ARE PRODUCTIVE WORKERS

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Our discussion question this week comes primarily from Chapter 3 in the textbook. Assume you are new to your job and on the first day, you have a conversation with your boss, who says, “Satisfied workers are productive workers.” Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not? Please support your opinion with evidence from our readings.

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WEEK 2: TEAM PROJECT COLLABORATION

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In this discussion, you will view the voice threads submitted by the other teams and comment on at least 3 of them.

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WEEK 3: MOTIVATION

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Dr. Peter Drucker has stated: "You cannot motivate employees; employees must motivate themselves." What does Dr. Drucker mean by this statement in regard to motivational theory? At the heart of this statement is all about can managers motivate their employees. Some would argue that since motivation is “an inner drive that causes action, that managers cannot motivate their subordinates.” Others argue that managers can motivate their subordinates that is part of a manager’s job. What side of this argument do you find yourself and why?

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WEEK 3: TEAM PROJECT COLLABORATION

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In this discussion, you will view the voice threads submitted by the other teams and comment on at least 3 of them.

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WEEK 4: MOTIVATION

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“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 for myself, 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 be very good at creating lots of teamwork. Does anyone out there have any tips to help me master this challenge? Help!” You immediately start to formulate your recommendations. What are the three key things you will advise her to do, and why those three first?

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WEEK 4: TEAM PROJECT COLLABORATION

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In this discussion, you will view the voice threads submitted by the other teams and comment on at least 3 of them.

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WEEK 5: COMMUNICATIONS

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While communicating in teams and organizations, there are often gender and cultural issues that add a level of complexity to the process of transmitting a message. What are some of the non-verbal differences involved in communicating your message to members of a diverse organization? How do gender differences play a role in communications? What are some of the ways that organizations seek to account for these differences?

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WEEK 5: TEAM PROJECT COLLABORATION

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In this discussion, you will view the voice threads submitted by the other teams and comment on at least 3 of them.

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WEEK 6: ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE

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Our text provides a thorough review of various organizational design structures; let's investigate our own organizational design preferences. Describe your current or most recent employer's organizational design (mechanistic, organic, hybrid). Is the structure consistent with the company goals? If you had the opportunity to redesign your current organization where you are employed, would you maintain its current structure, or change it to another model? What would that model be and why?

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WEEK 6: TEAM PROJECT COLLABORATION

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In this discussion, you will view the voice threads submitted by the other teams and comment on at least 3 of them.

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WEEK 7: GET YOUR TEAM TO DO WHAT IT SAYS IT’S GOING TO DO

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Over the last three weeks, we have focused very much on leadership, power, organizational culture, and teams. More and more organizations are moving to team-based management. The article is Get Your Team to Do What It Says It's Going to Do. The article is located on the Assignments page under Reading. A few opening topics for this week's discussion:

• Assess the If-Then Plans model in the article for teams in setting goals. What do you like about the model? From your perspective are there things that are missing in the model?
• How receptive might teams be in adopting this model to help them in setting goals?
• Share with the class what you found most interesting about the article and why.

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WEEK 7: TEAM PROJECT COLLABORATION

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In this discussion, you will view the voice threads submitted by the other teams and comment on at least 3 of them.

Leadership and Organizational Behavior in Action

Objective

Research shows that people learn effectively when working on real problems grounded in their work experience. To this end, our Course Project is designed to incorporate students' work experience into the learning process in this course.

The project is an opportunity to explore, in-depth, a topic related to the course objectives (COs) that is of significance to you or your organization (current or former).

Summary

Members of the class are required to prepare an applied research paper, with a minimum of 10 pages but not to exceed 15 pages in length (excluding cover page, table of contents and appendices), on a specific issue related to leadership or organizational behavior.

Guidelines

Topic Selection

1. Select a specific organization of interest to you and identify a problem at the firm related to organizational behavior (OB).

2. Think of yourself as an organizational consultant and assume that a key manager has requested a thorough analysis and recommended course of action to resolve an actual organizational problem that will make a difference to the future performance of the organization.

3. Identify which course Course Objectives (COs) are related to the problem you identify.

Research Sources

1. All papers must have a minimum of six scholarly sources cited within the text of the paper and identified in the references section.

2. Additional research sources can be attached in a bibliography.

3. Review the following document for instructions on how to access and use EBSCOhost for your research: EBSCOhost (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

Paper Format

1. All papers should be double-spaced, using an 11- or 12-point font.

2. The length of the paper is to be between 10 and 15 pages, not counting the cover page, table of contents, nor appendices.

3. The first page should include the title of the work, student name, course number and title, date, and professor name.

4. The second page should be a table of contents. It should, at a minimum, reflect the seven items listed in the Grading Rubric.

5. Follow APA style for general format and citations (see the APA Guidelines Tutorial in the Syllabus).

6. The paper sections must adhere to the guidelines below, and each section must be labeled in the text.

7. The language should be clear, concise, and precise.

8. The tone should be professional, consistent, and not filled with jargon.

9. Grammar and syntax (sentence structure) must be correct.

10. The report must be free of misspellings and typos.

Tables and Figures

1. All figures and tables must be referred to in your text before they appear on the page.

1. Figures and tables should appear on the same page as, or the page after, the text that refers to them.

2. All figures and tables need captions. Captions go below figures and above tables.

Quotations and Citations

1. Quotations and citations are crucial components of a research paper and must be present.

2. Failure to properly cite research sources and borrowed ideas is plagiarism.

3. Refer to the APA style guide for assistance with properly citing quoted or borrowed materials and ideas.

4. Turnitin is used on all reports and projects. A report can be obtained for your review prior to submitting your final work. Make sure that you are in compliance with the University's 20/80 rule.

Milestones

Week	Action Required
1	Familiarize yourself with course content and select an organization and problem area to research.
3	Submit a written Brief Proposal of Research containing the following: 1. A brief overview of the chosen organization and your role in it 2. A preliminary problem statement in the form of a researchable question 3. A brief narrative description of the organizational problem that you would like to research and resolve 4. Which Terminal Course Objective(s) your problem is related to
3	Conduct library research on your topic. 1. Identify a minimum of six scholarly resources for your project. 2. All resources for the paper must come from DeVry Library and must be of scholarly quality. 3. Use the librarians for assistance in accessing materials. 4. Review the Using EBSCO tutorial. Please Note: Articles found online (many on consulting company websites, Internet magazines, or other blogs)will not be considered an acceptable scholarly resource. Conduct your research through a library where you can be assured that the sources are of scholarly quality.
5	Submit a written Expanded Research Proposal containing the following: 1. Title page and Table of Contents 2. Documentation of at least three initial scholarly sources from the library 3. Expanded introduction to the organization 4. Expanded description of your chosen problem 5. Preliminary solution options (can be bullet points) 6. Preliminary analysis of leadership and organizational behavior concepts addressed in the paper
6	Continue to work on the class project; seek professor help as required.
7	Submit the completed project.

MGTM591 Week 2 Team Project Updates Latest 2017 November

• Apply concepts from the assigned Chapters for week 2.
• Be sure to include extensive research outside the textbook and also to cite the textbook correctly including page numbers.
• This week's paper should be at least 10 pages and less than 13 pages in length (not counting title page, References and any images or charts).
• Answer these questions and use each question as a separate header in the team's report.
• Due the First day of Week 3:Submit a voice-thread (5-10 minutes) to the Week 3 Team Project Collaboration Discussion that addresses the following:
• Do an assessment of the employee satisfaction in one of the organizations led by the Leader. (Chapter 3)
• Assess the "mood" of this Leader and also assess the level of Emotional Intelligence of the Leader especially applying the analysis on pages 1-9 - 113 of the textbook. (Chapter 4)
• Apply the Big Five Personality Model to the Leader. Assess how much if any of the Dark Triad applies to this Leader.
• Read and apply from the DeVry library the following article- Narcissistic Leaders: The Incredible Pros, the Inevitable Cons. Authors: Maccoby, Michael (Chapter 5)
• Apply the criteria on Creative Behavior to the Leader. How does the "Choosing to Lie" box on page 178 apply?

MGTM591 Week 2 Life Styles Inventory (LSI) Assignment Latest 2017 November

Life Styles Inventory (LSI) Assignment Guidelines

Developing a willingness and ability to engage in self-reflection is a critical leadership skill that is not easily learned, yet which reaps many rewards. The Life Styles Inventory enables you to examine your unique way of thinking and how it influences your behavior.

Your Assignment

Complete (on your own) Life Styles Inventory (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., so that you end up with your Life Styles Circumplex profile: 12 personal thinking style scores, with one score for each section of the circumplex. See the embedded link for additional information.

Write a three to five page paper examining and explaining your LSI results. Make sure to comply with the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. provided. The required page count does not include the title page or table of contents. Hint: The table of contents should include the four topics in the grading rubric.

LSI Style Interpretations

Go to the LSI1 Results page, find your circumplex profile, and click on the circumplex slice of one of the styles. The site will bring you to a customized interpretation of the style you clicked on. Click on each of the 12 slices to see all of the customized style description pages.

MGMT591 Week 3 Team Project Updates Assignment Latest 2017 November

• Apply concepts from the assigned Chapters.
• Be sure to include extensive research outside the textbook and also to cite the textbook correctly including page numbers.
• This week's paper should be at least 5 pages and less than 7 pages in length (not counting title page, references and any images or charts).
• Answer these questions and use each question as a separate header in the team's report.
• Assess the Leader using Mazlow's Hierarchy of Needs, McGregor's Theory X-Y model, Hertzberg's Two-Factor Theory and McClelland's Theory of Needs. Choose and apply two of the Contemporary Theories of Motivation (pages 189-207 from Chapter 7).
• Examine the motivational concepts from Chapter 8 and show how the Leader either applied or missed applying these concepts..

MGMT591 Week 4 Team Project Updates Assignment Latest 2017 November

• Apply concepts from the assigned Chapters.
• Be sure to include extensive research outside the textbook and also to cite the textbook correctly including page numbers.
• This week's paper should be at least 5 pages and less than 7 pages in length (not counting title page, references and any images or charts). Answer these questions and use each question as a separate header in the team's report.
• Answer these questions and use each question as a separate header in the team's report.
• Review the organization this Leader was at the top of and assess what the group behavior was like under this Leader (Chapter 9).
• How did teams get implemented in the Leader's organization? Were they successful? What could have been done better? (Chapter 10).

MGMT591 Week 6 Team Project Updates Assignment Latest 2017 November

· Apply concepts from the assigned Chapters.

· Be sure to include extensive research outside the textbook and also to cite the textbook correctly including page numbers.

· This week's paper should be at least 5 pages and less than 7 pages in length (not counting title page, references and any images or charts).

· Answer these questions and use each question as a separate header in the team's report.

o Using your research, apply applicable concepts from Chapter 15 and report on the organizational structure of the Leader's organization.

o Based on your research, use the tools in Chapter 16 to characterize the culture of the Leader's organization. How is your team's guess on what kind of Organizational Culture Inventory (OCI) result this Leader's organization would see?

MGMT591 Week 6 Organizational Culture Inventory (OCI) Assignment Latest 2017 November

Go to the OCI (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and follow the instructions on the site. There are two steps to this assignment.

(1) Submit your OCI results for this week (pdf or copy/paste into Word).

(2) Add three to five paragraphs about your learning experience impacted by the Organizational Culture Inventory (OCI).