Discussion Questions Week 1 Alejandra Duran MGT/230 What is management? Why is management necessary? How do you think management has evolved? Management is the coordination of work activities carried out so efficiently and effectively with others and through them. Management is necessary because in the work place employees need a leader to follow. I believe management has evolved because now‚ a manager performs more and more activities in order to accomplish a specific
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Discussion Questions: 1.Compare and contrast six types of incentive plans. Various types of incentive plans werepresented in the text‚ including piecework plans‚ straight and guaranteed plans‚ standardhour plans‚ plans for salespersons (commissions and combination plans)‚ and groupincentive plans. With the piecework plans‚ earnings are tied directly to what the individualworker produces‚ and are more appropriate in a manufacturing organization. Commissionsare more appropriate for salespeople in
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"The Process of Analysis ̶ Diagrams and Trees" Decision analysis offers organization and direction for thinking methodically about challenging alternatives. Complexity‚ uncertainty‚ multiple intentions and numerous perspectives can lead to different best guesses. The policy analyst has several tools she or he can use to make hard decisions easier to make. Two of these tools are decision trees and influence diagrams. As the author notes‚ these problem-structuring methods are valuable in producing
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David Rivers MKT/421 Tracy Foote Week Three Discussion Questions • Select a product with which you are familiar. What stage is this product at in the product life cycle? Provide rationale for your answer. The chose Apples IPhone and currently it is the Maturity phase of the product life cycle. The IPhone is very popular and is often copied or remanufactured to look like and perform the same as the original. Apple is creating new features‚ products‚ and apps to allow users to do a lot more than
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themselves to the requirements of the current customers‚ and ignoring potentially new users for the future. Did USS team get the right answer to the wrong question? What if‚ rather than whether USS should install CSP in Mon Valley‚ Kappmeyer has asked whether USS should invest in or participate in this technology? Would you have answered that question differently than you did when the problem was framed as Mon Valley issue? • What should USS’s next technological move be? Should USS take another
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communicate effectively with others. Why is it important to communicate effectively with others? How will effective communication help students in their academic career? Give examples. Why do you think GCU emphasizes quality discussion posts and proper etiquette in the Discussion Forums? It is always important to communicate effectively. We need to know how to communicate effectively so we can get our point across and understand what others are trying to say to us. Being that we are part of an
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Identify and Mitigate Malware and Malicious Software on a Windows Server Kaplan University Professor Mathew North‚ Ph.D. IT542 – 01: Ethical Hacking and Network Defense Unit 4 Lab July 09‚ 2013 Introduction The lab consist of using the AVG scan in the virtual machine to detect the different threats that were found which were moved to the virus vault. The window defender was used to verify the different infections and spyware that were found in the virtual machine. Malware and spyware
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the company’s demand and able to make arrangements for timely delivery. The billing details may be altered as per the new contract. The credit limit and duration maybe altered and a new payment mode may be specified. The reliability is always at question since the supplier needs a trial period. The reliability can be dramatically increased if the new supplier is guided of the demand patterns. The supplies would have
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between expert power and authority power. In my current and previous job position I supported software and was software support for the entire school district. So anytime there was a question‚ issue‚ concern or training that was needed I would be the contact person and the only one who could answer the question‚ resolve the issue‚ listen to the concern or schedule and conduct a training session. No as for authority power the data that was gathered with the software I support is reported to the
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Finance. List the five steps in the personal financial planning process. What questions might you ask yourself in Step 1? DQ 1.1 Class Here is the second DQ of Week 1. Refer to Figure 1-1 of Personal Finance. There are five steps in the personal financial planning process. What questions might you ask yourself when you are creating a plan? Share at least two‚ as well as explaining at what step would you ask that question. Class Here is the third DQ of Week 1. Setting Goals
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