MIS-1

300 words in your reply.  Indicate at least one source or reference.

Week 2 Discussion 1:

Your state has a forthcoming referendum concerning no smoking in public places including bars and restaurants. Follow the ten steps on page 137 on negotiation planning.

Requirements : 300 words in your reply. Indicate at least one source or reference.

Week 1: Discussion 2:

What are four important tactical tasks for a negotiator in a distributive situation to consider?

Requirements : 300 words in your reply. Indicate at least one source or reference.

Week 1 Class Discussion 1:

As a junior congress person you have been asked to help promote a bill to allow casino gambling in your state. There is much opposition to this bill. Using distributive bargaining, discuss the pros and cons which might arise toward the passing or defeating of this bill. A 300 word response must be posted to the discussion forum. The post must be submitted by Wednesday at midnight. Each student is to post a reply to another students’ posting (minimum 200 words) and must be posted Sunday by Midnight.

Requirements : 300 words in your reply. Indicate at least one source or reference.

In a hostage crises, is it ethical for a government to agree to grant a terrorist immunity if he releases the hostages, even though the government has every intention of capturing and prosecuting the terrorist once his hostages are released?

Requirements : you are required to write an initial post (300 words)

I. Understanding the Flow of Negotiations: Stages and Phases
A. The typical steps or flow in a negotiation can be found in the phase models of negotiation:
1. Initiation.
2. Problem solving.
3. Resolution.
Defines these three phases and give a thorough example of each.

Requirements : you are required to write an initial post (300 words)

Students are to observe two or more adults unknown to the observer.
The student must not be able to hear the subjects being observed and those being observed must not be wearing a uniform of any kind as this would provide information about their occupation to the observer.
Students must describe the environment and the people being observed, i.e., age, gender, dress, etc.
Discuss the nonverbal communication, i.e. eye contact, body position and any other nonverbal behavior.
Provide your interpretation of the relationship between those being observed.
Be very discrete and do not have a conversation with those being observed.

Requirements : you are required to write an initial post (300 words)

Team Performance, Productivity and Rewording Teamwork
Module 2 focuses on performance, productivity, and rewarding teamwork. Based on your understanding, discuss the following.
Discuss how to access team productivity:
What conditions need to be in place for teams to excel and why?
Suggestion ways to design teamwork so that threats to performance is minimized
As a manager, how would you reward teamwork?

Requirements : you are required to write an initial post (300 words)

Chapter 6 discusses four types of perceptual distortions: stereotyping, halo effects, selective perception, and projection. Define each of these and provide an example.

Requirements : you are required to write an initial post (300 words)

Part 1: According to the Sarin and O’Connor (2009) article, certain style and goal structures of team leaders have a strong influence on internal team dynamics. Based on your research within the article and textbook, as well as your own experience, what team leader management style would be most effective in leading a team in which you were a member?

Part 2: DeRue, Barnes, and Morgeson (2010) found that team leadership style effectiveness depended on the level of charisma exhibited by the leader. Drawing from the article and the textbook, have you ever worked for a charismatic leader? What style (coaching or directing) did that leader administer? Was he or she effective in leading you as part of the team?

Requirements : you are required to write an initial post (300 words)

Designing Team and Team Identity

Part 1: Think about how to build teams in terms of designing the task, selecting the people, and then, managing their relationships. How would compose a team for completing a course/work project in terms of the three dimensions listed above. How would you incorporate diversity in designing a team?

Part 2: Discuss team identity. Why do you feel attached to certain groups and teams but not to others?

Requirements : you are required to write an initial post (300 words)

Each of us perceives “ethics” from our own point of reference as to what is or is not ethical. This assignment asks you to consider ethics and whistleblowers. Select one of the behaviors listed below for your discussion posting. Base your posting on your relationship with the “unethical person” and any risk involved in “whistle blowing”.
1. Stealing from an employer
2. Falsifying a time sheet
3. Padding an expense account
4. Falsifying any document or record
5. Lying about the conduct of a co-worker

Requirements : you are required to write an initial post (300 words)