BUSN 460 Senior Project All Discussions Week 1-7 Devry
Week 1
DQ 1:Mastering Business Strategy & the Structure of Episodes
Selling your team’s services to CanGo (Graded)
As a team of management consultants, your job is to persuade CanGo to purchase your services to help them correct their management issues. Tell us your Team Name, identify your individual team members and give us some idea of the individual strengths you bring to this picture.
DQ 2:Mastering Business Strategy & the Structure of Episodes
Mission, Vision & Values (Graded)
How does a corporation determine what direction they will take in the marketplace? The first three elements of setting this direction are Mission Vision and Value Statements. What do these mean? How do they impact decision-making at a corporation?
Week 2
DQ 1:Corporate Planning a Technological Solution(Graded)
Nick has been handed a project where he has to implement Online Gaming, requiring significant technological integration. What factors does he need to consider and manage for the project to be a success?
DQ 2:Corporate Planning Cost/Benefit Analysis (Graded)
What are the costs of the new systems that may be implemented? How do we justify their implementation at CanGo?
Week 3
DQ 1:Choosing a Process:Planning to Improve Customer Service
Flow Charting Processes (Graded)
Jack shows us a flow chart of the new warehouse system this week. What does a flow chart tell us? How can we use that information?
DQ 2:Choosing a Process:Planning to Improve Customer Service
Implementing Technology (Graded)
What do we still need to investigate and decide for implementing the new system into CanGo’s operations?
Week 4
Week 4 DQ 1: Understanding Consumer Behavior
Group vs Team (Graded)
Let’s discuss the differences between groups and teams. How do we convert a group to a team? What benefits might come from this conversion in a business environment?
Week 4 DQ 2: Understanding Consumer Behavior
Matrix Employee Environments (Graded)
Today, employers are using employees more and more in a matrixed environment. What does that mean? How can we contend with the various stressors in such an environment? How do we manage expectations up for various projects?
Week 5
Week 5 DQ 1: Performance Appraisal
Performance Review Session (Graded)
Let’s talk about the performance review Nick received from Warren. Would you accept the review if you were Nick? What would you want to be different and why?
Week 5 DQ 2: Performance Appraisal
Status Reports (Graded)
You’ve had a variety of weekly leaders in this class, and you’ve all turned in Status Reports. What can you do to improve that process and better evaluate and manage your teammates?
Week 6
DQ 1:Decision Making Corporate Decision Making (Graded)
CanGo is looking at ways to grow its business. How should they approach the decision on how to do it?
DQ 2:Decision Making Weighing Decision Criteria (Graded)
How do we assign weights to criteria? Is it always based strictly on logic and achieving the best quantitative result and why?
Week 7
Week 7 DQ 1: Goals of the Firm and Social Responsibility
Corporate Ethics Tactics (Graded)
Operating a business in an ethical manner takes time, effort and commitment. What are the key elements to a company having successful organizational ethics? What can we do as managers to encourage ethical behavior and to raise ethical standards in our organizations?
Week 7 DQ 2: Goals of the Firm and Social Responsibility
Profit vs. Responsibility (Graded)
There is sometimes a perceived conflict between earning profit and being responsible. What should CanGo do about adding violent games to their product mix? What impact might this have on the various stakeholders for the company? Why might the perception that profits can’t mix with responsibility be false? How does this affect CanGo’s decision whether to sell games with violent content?