strayer university bus302 week 6 to week 11 discussions

6

"Leadership and Communication" Please respond to the following:

• Compare and contrast Path-Goal Theory and Normative Decision Theory with a focus on which you believe leads to the most effective organizational leadership. Provide specific examples to support your response.
  
  
• From the video, analyze the various types of verbal and nonverbal communication to determine what additional information they provide. Provide specific examples to support your response.

Managing Teams and Human Resource Systems" Please respond to the following:

• Assess the impact of “group think” and “slackers” to the overall performance of the team and make two recommendations for how that impact could be mitigated. Provide specific examples to support your response.
  
  
• From the video, determine how the hiring practices at Barcelona Restaurant Group could be leveraged at businesses that do not have such a tight focus on customer service. Provide specific examples to support your response.

week 8 discussions

"Managing and Motivating Individuals" Please respond to the following:

• From the video, determine at least two ways that diversity can be used as a strategic advantage by almost any company. Explain your rationale.
  
  
• Assess your current environment at work (or school) and recommend steps you believe would best motivate workers (or students.) Provide specific examples to support your response.

"Control and Managing Information" Please respond to the following:

• Analyze the environment, processes, and procedures at your work or school to determine which aspects can be controlled and which cannot be controlled. Explain your rationale.
  
  
• From the e-Activity, recommend at least three best practices the company you researched could adopt for protecting information vital to its operations. Provide specific examples to support your response

"Managing Productivity and Operations" Please respond to the following:

• From the e-Activity, make one solid recommendation for how the organization you researched could become more productive by applying one of the lessons learned in Chapter 18. Explain your rationale.
  
  
• Analyze the four costs associated with maintaining an inventory to determine which appears to be most controllable by any organization. Explain your rationale.