MGT/330

MANAGEMENT THEORY, PRACTICE, AND APPLICATION

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MGT 330 Week 1 Management Fundamentals

Purpose of Assignment 

The purpose of this assignment is to examine management fundamentals and to determine what it takes to be an effective manager. For this assignment, students will examine management within organizations honing in on the skills, roles and functions of managers. 

Assignment Steps 

Select an organization (current, previous or one with which you are familiar) and examine the management within.

Prepare a 1,050-word report in which you define what it takes to be a successful manager.

Include the following:

• Describe management’s responsibility within the organization.
• Compare and contrast the three management roles and skills within the organization and explain why it is necessary for managers to play various roles to be effective.
• Define the four functions of management and explain how each of the functions is used in the organization by managers.
• Provide a specific example showing how each function is utilized by management.

Cite a minimum of two peer-reviewed references in your report.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. 

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MGT 330 Week 2 Learning Team Charter

Overview

In this course, your team will work together to complete a few assignments. This chartering assignment is designed to help you apply your project management skills to understand the scope of your project, then break the project into goals, tasks, responsibilities, resources, and milestones. The assignment also asks you to discuss and answer some questions that will lay the foundation for developing your project.

Beyond the Standard Charter

You will notice that this chartering process goes beyond your standard University of Phoenix Charter by helping your team create a project plan for team success by providing you with opportunities to define your deliverables, recognize the connections between the deliverables and other classroom activities, determine your timelines and milestones, identify each team member’s expected contribution, and answer questions that lay the foundation for building your projects.

Putting “I” in “Team”

Important to note is the section for defining learning team expectations related to participation, collaboration, communication, team contributions, assignment deadlines, and other considerations. Please take the time to discuss and document how your team will address each area and any challenges that may arise.  It is important to understand that we are “Putting ‘I’ in ‘Team'”. In short, we will recognize and reward individuals according to their contributions to team output, not according to their team membership. This means that individual grades may be different from the team grade depending on each individual’s contribution to each team deliverable.

Completing This Assignment        

Do the following to complete this assignment:

• Review the Charter and Project plan.
• Review the weekly Learning Team deliverables.
• Complete the provided Learning Team Charter and Project Plan, including the following: team member contact information, project by week, learning team expectations, team discussion questions.

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MGT 330 Week 2 Management Planning

Purpose of Assignment 

The purpose of this assignment is to examine the planning function of management and analyze how various factors such as culture, ethics, and social responsibility affect the planning process.

Assignment Steps 

Prepare a 1,050-word evaluation on management planning. 

Include the following:

• Define strategic and operational planning.
• Examine manager’s roles in Strategic and Operational Planning and determine if organizations can benefit from involving employees in management planning.
• Analyze the different strategies within strategic and operational planning.
• Explain how managers can use strategic and operational planning to influence culture, ethics and social responsibility for operational gains.

  • Provide an example for each.

Cite a minimum of two peer-reviewed references in your paper.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. 

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MGT 330 Week 3 Delegation Presentation

Purpose of Assignment 

The purpose of this assignment is to examine delegation best practices and determine how delegation can be leveraged in organizations to enhance individual and team performance. 

Assignment Steps 

Scenario: Your manager has tasked you with developing a proposal to enhance employee performance within the department. The departmental mix is very diverse and embodies generational differences and your manager has found it difficult to encourage team building. You are scheduled to present your proposal to the management team in the upcoming planning meeting. 

Prepare a 7- to 10-slide PowerPoint® presentation (with speaker notes) in which you identify how organizations benefit from effective delegation practices/principles. Your presentation should address the performance challenges and should include recommendations to improve performance through delegation, empowerment, and team development. 

Include the following:

• Describe delegation best practices, processes and principles.
• Identify the steps involved in building effective teams/cohesiveness/unity.
• Explain how managers can use delegation to improve individual and team performance.
• Examine how managers benefit from delegation.

Cite a minimum of two peer-reviewed references in your presentation.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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Note: Grades are awarded based upon individual contributions to the Learning Team assignment. Each Learning Team member receives a grade based upon his/her contributions to the team assignment. Not all students may receive the same grade for the team assignment.

MGT 330 Week 3 Human Resource Management

Purpose of Assignment 

The purpose of this assignment is to examine the human resource management process in relation to recruitment and selection, training and development, and retention/attrition.                  

Assignment Steps 

Select an organization (current, previous or one that you are familiar with) and examine the human resource management (HRM) process within.

Prepare a 1,050-word evaluation on the HRM process within organizations. 

Include the following:

• Define the HRM process.
• Examine the recruitment and selection process and employee development.

  • Discuss how these processes are handled within the selected organization and their effectiveness.
  • Discuss the role management plays in these processes.
  • Identify how organizations benefit from having a HRM process in place.

• Examine the retention/attrition rates within the organization over the past year and identify the drivers of the increase/decrease.

  • Provide at least three recommendations the organization can incorporate to improve statistics and ensure employers are retaining good talent.

Cite a minimum of two peer-reviewed references in your paper.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. 

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MGT 330 Week 4 Change Management and Motivational Theories

Purpose of Assignment 

The purpose of this assignment is to examine why change management is important in the workplace and the relationship between motivation and performance. 

Assignment Steps 

Scenario: Your team has been tasked with spearheading a major cost savings initiative within the organization. The team has been tasked with devising a plan to offshore the contact center eliminating resources/roles within the organization. Points to consider: risk assessment, persuasion, buy-in, conflict resolution, power/politics, motivation, etc.

Prepare a 1,050-word examination in which you explain the following: 

• Describe why innovation and change management is necessary in organizations and what organizations should consider in the process.
• Explain which leadership approaches you would utilize to gain buy-in from employees in the organization.
• Explain what approach you would take to mitigate power, politics, and conflict management.

  • Provide an approach example for each.

• Explain what motivational theories you would utilize to gain support from employees during the implementation of the initiative and why you selected the theories.
• Explain how you could utilize rewards and recognition programs to foster an environment welcoming this change initiative and future endeavors.

Cite a minimum of two peer-reviewed references in your examination. 

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. 

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Note: Grades are awarded based upon individual contributions to the Learning Team assignment. Each Learning Team member receives a grade based upon his/her contributions to the team assignment. Not all students may receive the same grade for the team assignment.

MGT 330 Week 4 Leadership Theory Table

Purpose of Assignment 

The purpose of this assignment is to examine leadership theories and to determine how each can be used for effectiveness. 

Assignment Steps

Create a leadership table consisting of 1,050 words defining the seven contemporary leadership theories utilizing managers of which you are familiar (current, previous or from research):

• List and define the seven contemporary leadership theories.
• For each theory, identify a manager/leader that practices this theory and their employer (Note: a manager/leader can practice more than one theory; however, for the purpose of this assignment you should have at least four different manager/leader examples).
• Provide an example of how they utilize the theory highlighting effectiveness.
• Provide an example of how you would utilize each theory in a management role to influence your team.

Cite a minimum of two peer-reviewed references in your paper.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. 

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MGT 330 Week 5 Control Systems

Purpose of Assignment 

The purpose of this assignment is to examine how having effective control systems can enhance the performance in organizations. 

Assignment Steps 

Prepare a 700-word evaluation on the control systems within organizations. 

Include the following:

• Define the steps in the control systems process and methods of control.
• Explain how control systems improve performance in operations, quality, and productivity.
• Evaluate management’s responsibility in the control function of management.

  • Explain how control systems correlates to managing/leading others.

Cite a minimum of two peer-reviewed references in your paper.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. 

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