Answer each week’s discussion questions BUS302: Management Concepts Week 1 Discussion  Address the following: Introduce yourself to your peers by sharing something unique about your background

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Answer each week’s discussion questions

BUS302: Management Concepts

Week 1 Discussion 

Address the following:

• Introduce yourself to your peers by sharing something unique about your background. Explain how you expect this course will help you move forward in your current or future career.
• Choose two skills or traits that you believe a good manager should possess from the following list:
• Indicate whether you believe these are learned or innate skills or traits and justify your answer.

Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts.

Week 2 Discussion 

Companies with strong cultures have a strong flow of communication that moves in every direction (1):

• Downward: communication flows from top management down to employees.
• Upward: communication flows from employees up to management.
• Lateral: communication flows between employees at the same level.
• Diagonal: communication flows across different work areas or organizational levels.

For this discussion:

• Use at least one example from the list to discuss how communication flows in a department in your current organization or a previous one.
• Explain how the flow of communication affects organizational culture.

Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts.

Sources

1. Stephen P. Robbins. 2018. Management. Pearson 14th edition book.

Provide examples or share your experiences as well.

Robbins, S. P. (2018). Management (14th ed.). New York: Pearson. 

Note: All students are required to post a minimum of two (2) posts per online discussion thread. Students must have one (1) original post and a minimum of one (1) other post per discussion thread.  Initial response should be a minimum of 120 words with a reply with a minimum of 30 words.

Week 3 Discussion 

According to research, employers want managers to acquire three skills through education and experience:

• Technical skill: the ability to perform a specific job in their field.
• Conceptual skill: the ability to think beyond their department to understand how the organization functions as a whole.
• Interpersonal skill: the "soft" skills of connecting and interacting with people.

These important skills are also needed by managers for effective team management. For this discussion:

• Identify which skill you consider most important.
• Explain how you would use that skill in the workplace to manage your team.

Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts

FIN100: Principles of Finance

Week 1 Discussion 

COLLAPSE

Top of Form

• Introduce yourself to your peers by sharing something unique about your background. Explain how you expect this course will help you move forward in your current or future career.
• Of the three areas of Finance presented this week, which one is of most interest to you? Why? How can that area of Finance fit into your professional goals? Explain.
• Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts.

Week 2 Discussion Top of Form

Play Chair the Fed: A Monetary Policy Game. In the game, use the Your Job button and review the tight (contractionary) and easy (expansionary) tools of the Fed as well as the use of each. Briefly examine Your Job and FAQs. Then, play the game! You are the Fed Chairperson! You begin with 16 quarters (4 years), and then your job is up for review. You begin with rates at 4.0 percent Fed Funds Rate, inflation at 2.11 percent, and unemployment at 4.68 percent.

• Make decisions on interest rates for the 16 quarters by adjusting the Fed Funds rate up or down. Summarize the changes you chose and explain your results. Do you still have a job? Why or why not?
• Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts.