Cases

1. Nino v. The Jewelry Exchange (Ch 1, p 21)
2. EEOC v. Autozone (Ch 1, p 25)

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

• Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
• Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
• Include cover page and reference page.
• At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
• No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
• Use at least three references from outside the coursematerial, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, andother materials in the course may be used, but are not counted towardthe three reference requirement.
• Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes,paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a referencepage in APA style.

References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals

found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street

Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo

Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.

Questions of cases have been attached.

1:

This DB has three parts.

1. A key characteristic of an effective manager is good interpersonal skills. Among the interpersonal skills that must be built are: motivation, communication, effective confrontation, coaching and development. Describe the importance of each of these interpersonal skills for a manager.
2. A commonly used acronym for goal setting is SMART. Goals must be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-bound. Describe a professional goal that you have set listing how it fits into the SMART categories.
3. Describe how the decisions managers make differ based on the level of the position such as supervisor, mid-level manager and senior manager.

Discussion 2:

The Woolong Company produces high-end vacuum cleaners and sells them to consumers online. They are designing a new product, and you have been hired as the project manager to oversee it.

• Discuss the tools and techniques you should you use to identify the project stakeholders.
• Describe potential risks associated with this project, and explain what risk management processes can be utilized.
• Share other important components that a project manager should consider as this project continues into the execution phase.

Team Research Case Proposal Template

Organizational Leadership and Ethics

• Team Research Topic:
• Name and brief description of the Organization (e.g., type of industry, number of employees, management levels, code of ethics, and CSR policy)
• Methodology:
• References:

The topic is organizational leadership and ethics related issue that your team would like to work on. For example: Wells Fargo Fake Account: A Case Analysis of Organizational Leadership and Ethics. Select a topic that helps you to cover aspects related to ethical issues and corporate social responsibility; and involves both types of actors – leaders and followers and their styles.

Give brief description on how your team plans to collect data (e.g., employee interview, grey literature, books, company website, industry reports, published academic or trade literature, and popular media coverage – magazines and newspapers).

This is a research report and report should include at least 10 different published sources of information. At this initial stage, provide references for at least three published sources that you may use in preparing your research project (Avoid listing Wikipedia and other generic sources).

Throughout this course, you worked toward a course project by creating and sharing information with your colleagues and creating plans to help your organization. Your supervisor has been so impressed with your work that she has asked you to create a company-wide plan on team-building strategies.

Your plan will include the following items:

• an introduction that includes a description of your organization,
• tips for goal setting and what you see as the leader’s role in helping employees reach their performance goals,
• ways to apply the Five Cs,
• strategies for effective communication,
• approaches to create or improve team rewards,
• tips for minimizing conflict, and
• tips for overcoming resistance to change.

Your plan must be a minimum of three pages in length, not counting the title and reference pages. Feel free to be creative with your plan. You may also use ideas from previous units but do not copy and paste previous assignments to create this plan. You are required to use at least two outside sources, and one may be your course textbook. All outside sources used must be cited and referenced according to APA guidelines.

You are expected to answer the following critical thinking questions with comprehensive, college-level answers.This assignment is due on. Students must complete a thread in order to view other threads in this forum.

1) Countries like the United States that have a high standard of living are referred to as industrialized nations. Countries with a lower standard of living and quality of life are called developing countries (or sometimes underdeveloped or less developed countries). What factors prevent developing nations from becoming industrialized nations?

2) What can businesses do to prevent unexpected problems in dealing with sociocultural, economic and financial, legal and regulatory, and physical and environmental forces in global markets?

3) How would you justify the use of revenue or protective tariffs in today’s global market? (A current global market issue.)

4) About 95% of the world’s population lives outside the United States, but many U.S. companies, especially small businesses, still do not engage in global trade. Why not? Do you think more small businesses will participate in global trade in the future? Why or why not?