Communication
Week 4 Discussion
Your supervisor just announced that you and a colleague, Bruce, will have an opportunity to meet with the company’s CEO in two hours to deliver a presentation on your team’s current project. Due to the short notice, Bruce believes your presentation should be an impromptu speech, delivered without notes or a plan. You believe your presentation should be written out word for word and read aloud to the audience.
Under these circumstances, how would you use your relationship building skill to collaborate with Bruce and resolve your differences in opinion? Please select one option below and thoroughly explain why you chose it.
- Communicate openly and effectively concerning your preference.
- Ask another colleague for their input.
- Trust Bruce and follow his suggestion.
Typically a substantial post consists of 5-7 sentences, and a peer response with 2-4 complete sentences. A substantial discussion forum response should make connections to course content, professional experiences, and personal experiences.
Week 5 Discussion
As many businesses shift to remote work, there is an increased need to utilize collaboration tools. At the end of this course, you will deliver a presentation trying to persuade your organization to adopt a collaboration tool of your choosing. To prepare for that presentation, select one of the categories listed below (e.g., communication) and choose a collaboration tool from the category you’ve selected. (It doesn’t have to be one of the tools listed here!)
First, describe how the tool you chose can be used to support remote collaborative work. Then, identify and thoroughly explain two pros and two cons of using this collaboration tool when working remotely.
- Communication (e.g., Zoom, Webex, Teams).
- Document creation and editing (e.g., Microsoft Word, Google Docs, One Drive).
- Project Management (e.g., Smartsheets, Asana, Trello).
Typically a substantial post consists of 5-7 sentences, and a peer response with 2-4 complete sentences. A substantial discussion forum response should make connections to course content, professional experiences, and personal experiences.
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Week 6 Discussion
Suppose that for the past two weeks, your department has been developing policy changes. During this time, your colleague was on vacation and did not participate in the process. When he returns, he doesn’t agree with a number of items and wants them changed. Because the policy changes are due the next day, which of the following would you use to approach this conflict? Thoroughly explain why you selected this option and how you intend to use it.
- Accommodation.
- Avoidance.
- Collaboration.
Typically a substantial post consists of 5-7 sentences, and a peer response with 2-4 complete sentences. A substantial discussion forum response should make connections to course content, professional experiences, and personal experiences.
Small Business Management
Week 4 Discussion
Please respond to the following:
- What are the reasons for writing a business plan?
- What two parts of a business plan do you think you would have the most challenges in creating and how would you overcome those challenges?
- Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts.
Week 5 Discussion
Please respond to the following:
- Using the textbook, Strayer Library, and the Bachelor of Business Administration Library Guide, analyze pricing strategies for established products and services. Next, select and explain the pricing strategy you would use for a business. Within your response, you should also identify two objectives this strategy seeks to achieve.
- Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts.
Week 6 Discussion
Please respond to the following:
- Using the textbook, Strayer Library, and the Bachelor of Business Administration Library Guide, examine and explain two sources of outside equity financing and two sources of debt financing, that are available to entrepreneurs. Next, describe the source or sources you would use if you were creating a new company. Explain your rationale.
- Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts.
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