MGT 350 Course Material - mgt350dotcom

1. MGT 350 Course Material - mgt350dotcom

2. MGT 350 Course Material MGT 350 Entire Course MGT 350 Week 1 Critical Thinking and the Decision Making Process Critical Thinking Application Paper (60 points). This paper should be posted as a Microsoft® Word attachment in the Individual Forum and should adhere to APA formatting style. Using various sources (textbook, , Internet, University Library, and your own experience), prepare a 700-1,050-word paper in which you describe critical thinking. • MGT 350 Week 1 Critical Thinking and the Decision Making Process • MGT 350 Week 1 DQ 1 • MGT 350 Week 1 DQ 2 • MGT 350 Week 2 LT Thinking and Decision Making • MGT 350 Week 2 DQ 1 • MGT 350 Week 2 DQ 2 • MGT 350 Week 3 Individual assignment Decision in Paradise 1

3. MGT 350 Course Material MGT 350 Week 1 DQ 1 MGT 350 Week 1 DQ 2 Think of two significant decisions that you have made. How did critical thinking play a role in your decision-making process? • How have you used critical thinking in your professional life?

4. MGT 350 Course Material MGT 350 Week 2 DQ 1 MGT 350 Week 2 DQ 2 Give an example of a work-related event that stimulated you to use a decision-making process. Show how critically thinking influenced your decision and the outcome? • Give an example where you failed to recognize a potential problem at work because other factors influenced your thinking processes. What were these factors and how did they affect the outcome of your final decision?

5. MGT 350 Course Material MGT 350 Week 2 LT Thinking and Decision Making MGT 350 Week 3 DQ 1 What decision have you made recently based on the media that you would have made differently, knowing what you know now about critical thinking?  How would you have applied critical thinking? • Thinking and Decision Making Paper (50 points) • Prepare a 1,050-1,400-word paper in which you analyze at least three different types of thinking styles. Compare and contrast the three different types of thinking and comment on how each affects the critical-thinking process.

6. MGT 350 Course Material MGT 350 Week 3 DQ 2 MGT 350 Week 3 Individual assignment Decision in Paradise 1 Overview of Decisions in Paradise Business Scenario For Weeks Three through Five, you will work individually using the Decisions in Paradise Business Scenario located on the page as the basis for these three assignments. In this scenario, you will play the role of Nik, and your current employeris the organization represented by Alex, Nik, and Chris. • Have you had an experience where you felt it was important to use different decision-making tools than what your manager, peers or status quo was recommending? What tool/tools did you use and what influenced your decision?

7. MGT 350 Course Material MGT 350 Week 3 LT Problem Formulation and Identification Paper MGT 350 Week 4 DQ 1 In the past few years we have been observing a number of company’s top executives being accused of ethical lapses. If you were the ethical officer of your company how would you implement an effective ethical plan to avoid issues like these from happening? • Problem Formulation and Identification Paper • Each Learning Team member will investigate and observe the decision-making processes most prevalent in their organization. As a Learning Team, collate, and compare and contrast the findings from individual team members. Prepare a 1,050-1,400-word paper in which you compare and contrast the problem identification and formulation styles in your team’s organizations.

8. MGT 350 Course Material MGT 350 Week 4 DQ 2 MGT 350 Week 4 individual assignment Decision in paradise II Decisions in Paradise, Part II During Week Four, you will continue working with the Business Scenario Decisions In Paradise and build upon your assignment from Week Three, where you began development of a response to the scenario. • Identify some risky decisions you have made. Why did you take the risks? How did they work out? Looking back, what did you learn?

9. MGT 350 Course Material MGT 350 Week 4 LT Problem Formulation Presentation MGT 350 Week 5 Individual assignment Decisions in Paradise III Decisions in Paradise Part III In Week Five, you will continue working with the Business Scenario Decisions in Paradise and build upon your assignment from Weeks Three and Four where you began development for a response to the scenario. For the Decisions in Paradise Part III complete the following items: Read the Business Scenario Decisions in Paradise. • Problem Formulation and Identification Presentation • Prepare a PowerPoint® slide show consisting of 10-15 slides with speaker notes summarizing your findings of your Week Three Learning Team assignment, "Problem Formulation and Identification Paper." In your presentation, be sure that each team member describes the decision-making processes most prevalent in their organizations.

10. MGT 350 Course Material MGT 350 Week 5 LT Thinking Critically Simulation Review • Thinking Critically Simulation Review • Using the link provided on your page, individually complete the Thinking Critically Simulation. Be sure to have access to the following documents located on the page to assist in completing this assignment: • "Problem Solving Tools and Techniques" • "Decision Making Steps" • "Decision Making Worksheet"

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