Strategic management

Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality.

When making important business decisions, you will work with and listen to others. Take this self assessment located on the student website to see how good your listening skills are. To access this self-assessment, select the Assessment tab, then scroll to the Working with Others section and over to Communication Skills. Select How Good Are My Listening Skills? Summarize your assessment results. What kind of listener are you? How can you use your results to help you work better with others? National Public Radio Debates Argumentation is foundational for your writing in an MBA program and for good persuasive writing in general.

Personality and Values Self-Assessment Your personality traits and values influence your daily choices and decisions. Your traits and values will even influence the decisions you make as a business manager. Take the Personality and Values Self-Assessment located on the student website. To access the personality self-assessment select the Assessment tab, then scroll to the What About Me section, and then to Personality Insights. Select What’s My Jungian 16-Type Personality? To access your values self-assessment select the Assessment tab, then scroll to the What About Me section, and then to Values and Attitudes.

Select What Do I Value? Complete both self-assessments. Write a short summary explaining the details of your results. How can these results assist you in the workplace or selecting future careers? Audio: “Corporate Social Responsibility” Corporate ethics and social responsibility work together. Corporations must show concern for the welfare of both their owners and society. Corporations must commit to maintaining integrity, fairness, and respect. However, even well-intentioned activities of businesses can end up not doing any good at all. Listen to this audio clip located in this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings to see how.

Describe the challenges one business faced in the audio clip. Explain in what ways the good intentions of this business turned out to be not so good. Learning Team Learning Team Weekly ReflectionDiscuss last week’s objectives with your team. Include both the topics you feel comfortable with, topics you struggled with, and how the weekly topics relate to application in your field. Prepare a 1- to 3-page paper detailing the findings of your discussionWorkshop 22 Learning Team Credible Information Debate Begin a debate with your learning team. Divide your learning team evenly with one side for and one side against.

Debate with your learning team whether Wikipedia is a credible and valid source of information. Refer to the debate to complete your individual assignment due this week. Individual Writing an Argument Resource: Learning team debate and Ch. 9 Writing from Sources Option I Develop your own argument based on the debate outcomes. Use the four steps for fairly presenting arguments indentified in Ch. 9 of Writing from Sources to guide your writing. Write a paper of no more than 1,050 words supporting your argument by identifying criteria used to evaluate the credibility of sources of information.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Option II Write a paper of no more than 1,050 words where you are raising and countering objections regarding the decision to get an MBA. Support your point of view as part of countering objections with research. Examples include department of labor statistics, fairly current articles on the impact of education, especially graduate education on earnings. You can also cite a source to support your use of objections as well; for example, show the objection is documented as a valid concern. Identify the criteria you used to evaluate the credibility of sources of information you selected.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Individual Final ExamFinal Examination Resources: Understanding Business, Organizational Behavior, and Leadership in Organizations Click the link to the Final Examination on the student website available from the end of Week Five through the end of Week Six. Complete the Final Examination. You are allowed one attempt to complete the exam, which is timed and must be completed in 3 hours. Results are auto graded and sent to your instructor. Note. Final Examination questions are adapted from the Understanding Business, Organizational Behavior, and Leadership in Organizations textbooks.