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MGT 210 Entire Course

• MGT 210 Week 1 CheckPoint 1 Incident 1-1
  Promotion Into Supervision
• MGT 210 Week 1 CheckPoint 2 Article Review on
  Diversity in the Workplace
• MGT 210 Week 1 Assignment Article Search
• MGT 210 Week 2 CheckPoint Incident 2-2 Bad Times
  at Quality Shoe
• MGT 210 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2
• MGT 210 Week 3 CheckPoint Incident 6-2 What
  Should I Do Next?

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MGT 210 Week 1 Assignment Article Search

• Assignment Article Search
• Resources Appendix A, University Library, Ch. 1
  (p. 19) of Supervision Key Link to Productivity,
  and the References within the References Page
  section of Ch. 2 in Axia Colleges Writing Style
  Handbook
• Review the six supervisory responsibilities
  listed in Appendix A.
• Locate articles from the University Library for
  each of the six supervisory responsibilities
  listed in Appendix A by searching the selected
  supervisory and related periodicals listed on p.
  19 of the textbook.

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MGT 210 Week 1 CheckPoint 1 Incident 1-1
Promotion Into Supervision

• CheckPoint 1 Incident 1-1 Promotion Into
  Supervision
• Resource Ch. 1 (p. 15) of Supervision Key Link
  to Productivity
• Read Incident 1-1 Promotion Into Supervision.
  Think about Roys personal attributes and goals
  and about how he might apply those abilities to
  reach his goals as a supervisor.
• Answer, in 200300 words, the four questions on
  p. 15 at the end of the incident.

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MGT 210 Week 1 CheckPoint 2 Article Review on
Diversity in the Workplace

• CheckPoint 2 Article Review on Diversity in the
  Workplace
• As workplace demographics change, supervisors
  benefit from knowing how to maximize the
  opportunities and meet the challenges that
  diversity presents. This CheckPoint provides you
  with an opportunity to read about current
  industry practices regarding diversity.

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MGT 210 Week 2 CheckPoint Incident 2-2 Bad Times
at Quality Shoe

• CheckPoint Incident 2-2 Bad Times at Quality
  Shoe
• Decision making is an important supervisory
  function and often a difficult one. This
  CheckPoint allows you to apply what you have
  learned regarding the steps in the
  decision-making process, the advantages and
  disadvantages of group decision making, and the
  differences between decision making and problem
  solving.

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MGT 210 week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2

• Discussion Questions
• Recall the steps in the decision-making process
  (Rue Byars, 2004) as outlined in Ch. 2 of
  Supervision Key Link to Productivity.
• Be alert to indicators and symptoms of problems.
• Tentatively define the problem.
• Collect facts and redefine the problem if
  necessary.

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MGT 210 Week 3 Assignment Exercise 7-2 In-Basket

• Assignment Exercise 7-2 In-Basket
• Delegating is an important aspect of supervisory
  effectiveness. Still, according to Rue and Byars
  (2004) in Ch. 7 of Supervision Key Link to
  Productivity, failure to delegate is probably
  the most frequent reason that supervisors fail in
  their jobs (p. 117). Some supervisors are
  reluctant to delegate at all others do not quite
  know how to delegate, or they are unsure
  regarding which tasks should be delegated. Recall
  the basic steps in the delegation process from
  Ch. 7 of your text as you formulate your answers
  to this assignment.
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MGT 210 Week 3 CheckPoint Incident 6-2 What
Should I Do Next

• CheckPoint Incident 6-2 What Should I Do Next?
• Carpenters are often told to measure twice, and
  cut once. Spending adequate time on strategy and
  planning is like measuring, and implementing the
  plan is like cutting. Extra time and effort
  during the planning stage are crucial if you want
  to avoid common problems later on.
• As a supervisor, you may be called upon to
  develop a plan without being given specific
  guidelines.

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MGT 210 Week 4 CheckPoint Work Team Concepts

• CheckPoint Work Team Concepts
• Because a work group can accomplish more than an
  individual, many organizations create formal
  teams to complete designated work assignments.
  For the work groups to be as productive as
  possible, individual team members, as well as
  supervisors and leaders, should be aware of group
  norms and behaviors that can sometimes create
  obstacles for the teams. In this CheckPoint, you
  have an opportunity to reflect on your discussion
  experience with assigned classmates and then to
  analyze that experience in terms of your reading
  regarding work teams.

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MGT 210 week 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2

• Discussion Questions
• Describe an obstacle to working on teams. Explain
  how the team can overcome that obstacle.
• Your instructor will assign one of the guidelines
  to promoting positive contributions from informal
  work groups listed on p. 139 in Ch. 8 of
  Supervision Key Link to Productivity. Provide an
  example of how this guideline has been successful
  (or unsuccessful) in your experience in the
  workplace, in school, or in your personal life.

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MGT 210 Week 5 Assignment Exercise 10-2 OJT

• Assignment Exercise 10-2 OJT
• According to Rue and Byars (2004), orientation
  is concerned with introducing the new employee to
  the organization and the job (p. 177). On the
  other hand, training involves the acquisition of
  skills, concepts, rules, or attitudes by
  employees in order to increase their performance
  (p. 178). Both orientation and training programs
  are essential in a well-run organization.

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MGT 210 Week 5 CheckPointRecruiting, Selecting,
Orienting,

• CheckPoint Recruiting, Selecting, Orienting, and
  Training
• Staffing is one of the most important
  responsibilities a supervisor undertakes.
  Successful organizations must determine how to
  find the best people and then ensure that those
  people become and remain an effective part of the
  company. Based on organizational needs,
  procedural preferences, and size, organizations
  approach recruiting, selecting, orienting, and
  training personnel in different ways.

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MGT 210 Week 6 CheckPoint Employees Union

• CheckPoint Employees Union
• Supervisors must often juggle the different needs
  and expectations of various organizational
  stakeholders, such as upper management and
  employee unions. Supervisors must also be aware
  of legislative changes designed to prevent
  discrimination and to protect different
  classifications of workers. This CheckPoint
  presents a scenario in which you, as a
  supervisor, must determine how to balance these
  various needs and expectations.

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MGT 210 week 6 DQ 1 and DQ 2

• Your instructor will assign one of the eight
  performance appraisal methods listed on pp.
  200201 in Ch. 11 of Supervision Key Link to
  Productivity. Provide a specific example of how
  you would use this method to conduct a
  performance appraisal for an employee.
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MGT 210 Week 7 Assignment Exercise 15-3 Test Your
Leadership Style

• Assignment Exercise 15-3 Test Your Leadership
  Style
• Although all supervisors and leaders share some
  important qualities, they also approach their
  jobs in different ways, depending on their styles
  and preferences. This assignment asks you to
  assess your leadership style and then to
  determine how you would apply those strengths.
• Resources Appendix A and Ch. 15 (pp. 257272) of
  Supervision Key Link to Productivity
• Complete this 700- to 1,050-word assignment by
  following these steps

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MGT 210 Week 7 CheckPoint Incident 14-1 No Extra
Effort

• CheckPoint Incident 14-1 No Extra Effort
• Not all workers are motivated by the same
  rewards. Although some rewards in a company are
  fixed (salary ranges, for example), an effective
  supervisor should be aware of the motivational
  processes and theories to increase employee
  motivation and to improve organizational
  productivity. This CheckPoint offers an example
  of a group of employees that is not motivated and
  asks how you, as a supervisor, might improve the
  situation.

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MGT 210 Week 8 CheckPoint Incident 18-1 Changes
in an Employees Behavior

• CheckPoint Incident 18-1 Changes in an
  Employees Behavior
• Sometimes troubled employees will approach
  supervisors and ask about available resources and
  methods for coping with their problems. More
  often, however, supervisors must determine that
  an employee needs help, based on changes in that
  employees behavior.
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• Resource Ch. 18 (p. 321) of Supervision Key
  Link to Productivity

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MGT 210 week 8 DQ 1 and DQ 2

• Dan is an employee at a regional mid-size
  computer company that has recently been sold to a
  larger, national computer manufacturing
  corporation. Dan is in charge of computer
  production orders, and because of this recent
  shift in ownership, his departments day-to-day
  operations are about to change drastically. Dan
  has been an employee of the mid-size company for
  10 years, and thinks that the current way of
  doing things in his department does not need any
  improvement.

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MGT 210 Week 9 Capstone CheckPoint

• Supervisors are an essential component in
  improving the overall productivity and
  effectiveness of an organizationfrom planning
  and strategizing to cutting costs and controlling
  assets. This Capstone CheckPoint will give you
  the opportunity to recall the reading you have
  done as well as the activities you have completed
  during this course.
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MGT 210 Week 9 Final Project Best Practices
Manual for Supervisors

• Final Project Best Practices Manual for
  Supervisors
• As you near the end of MGT/210, you have gained
  knowledge and experience regarding what it takes
  to be an effective supervisor. Put your newly
  developed skills to work for yourself and others
  by creating a Best Practices Manual for
  Supervisors.
• Resources Appendix A Ch. 3 (pp. 3850), Ch. 7
  (pp. 111124), Ch. 9 (pp. 144155), Ch. 11 (pp.
  185201), Ch. 16 (pp. 273286), Ch. 17 (pp.
  292319), and Ch. 22 (pp. 382393) in
  Supervision Key Link to Productivity and Ch. 1
  and 2 in Axia Colleges Writing Style Handbook
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