...Exercise 5 Worksheet: Learning Team Conflict Scenarios Save this worksheet to your computer with the filename Team_X_Exercise_5. Complete this worksheet as a Learning Team by selecting one of the five scanarios below, and collaborating to come up with a solution. Communicate with your teammates in the Learning Team Discussion area to complete this assignment. Refer to the Learning Team Toolkit and other resources from this workshop to inform your solution. Designate one team member to submit the completed worksheet as an attachment via the Assignment tab. Include all contributing team member names in the space below. Learning Team case #: How would you address the issue to resolve the conflict in the scenario as a Learning Team member, without involving the faculty member? Learning Team Scenario 4: One of your Learning Team members is causing problems. He is naturally antagonistic, finding fault with everything and everyone. He does not want to be at University of Phoenix or any other university, but needs to earn a degree. The discussions in your Learning Team forum are often taken off-task, and the completion of assignments takes twice as long because of trying to work with this person. So far, everyone has tried to be nice, but the due date for a major assignment is approaching, and he does nothing but complain. What do you do? I would ask the instructor and other team members if we could meet with that particular team member and discuss the issueand...
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...BEC970/TEAC4980 Assessment and Evaluation: Alignment Assignment Course Description: This course is designed to help newly hired front-line banking representatives learn the basics of client interaction, including transactional processing, handling client inquiries and concerns, and leveraging trigger events as well as open-ended questions to identify advice opportunities. The learning is delivered in a blended online/in-classroom/in-branch environment with hands-on practice opportunities gained through virtual modules, role-playing with colleagues, and direct client interactions in branch. The course is comprised of seven learning modules/units delivered over a nine week period, with each module delivered over a 1-week period, providing a 2-week intensive hands-on practice opportunity near the end of the program. The flow of the course includes these main topics: 1. Discovery: Learning more about you and understanding your strengths 2. Orientation: The Tools and Resources you need to succeed and where to find them 3. Client Experience: An overview of what a perfect interaction looks like 4. Transaction Processing: Understanding the mechanics of day-to-day transactions 5. Product Knowledge: The nitty-gritty of the products we offer 6. Giving Advice: Discovering needs and providing client-centric advice 7. Client Experience: Juggling it all together ...
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...organization plays a vital role in business functions. Using poor communication or the wrong type of communication channel can have major negative impacts. Good communication skills and the knowledge to identify when to use a particular communication channel is vital in sending and receiving business information. The communication channel scenarios assigned demonstrate the challenges that occur when there is error in communication. The first scenario highlights the risks of not choosing the right communication channel when dealing with important business matters. The scenario also shows what can occur when important conversations take place via e-mail rather than one on one, and how the evidence of the conversations can cause future damage. The second scenario shows how the internet has changed communication and created new challenges for organizations. Both scenarios demonstrate that it is essential to understand the different channels of communication. COMMUNICATION CHANNEL SCENERIOS 3 Communication Channel Scenario 1 In the case incident between Diana Abdala and William Korman, I side with Mr. Korman. I feel that Ms. Abdala handled the situation in a very unprofessional manner. It is my understanding that both parties initially used face to face communication as a channel for information exchange during the interview process, offer, and acceptance....
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...meeting opportunity." Have you ever heard people talk about the things they would do if they won the lottery, and yet a large percentage of these people never go out and buy a ticket. These people have exactly a zero chance of winning, while the ones who went out and bought a ticket have a chance, albeit slim, at becoming lucky. This is the scenario that came to mind when I first read the quote “Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity”. However, the more I thought about the quote, the more I realized how easily this could be applied to many real life situations. The author of this quote is trying to tell the readers that preparing yourself for opportunity is the key to being lucky, or successful. In order to prepare yourself for success, there are certain steps that must take place. First, you have to believe in yourself. You must believe that you can pick the lucky numbers, or you must believe that you are capable of competing in, let’s say a marathon. Second, you have to set goals for yourself. In the case of the lottery it’s pretty easy; Goal #1, buy ticket. Goal #2, wait. In the marathon scenario, much like most other scenarios, it’s a little more complicated. You must train both physically and mentally, and make many sacrifices along the way. Finally, you must be optimistic about the result you achieve. In the case of the lottery player, they probably didn’t win. But at least they can try again in a few days, right? The marathon runner may not have won the race...
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...Perrier, Michael Butler, Frank Petty, Nicholas Deluca COM/310 Sept. 2, 2013 Love Cross Action Plan 09.03.13 All members of the team submit two recommendations from Week 4 / Week 5 for theory development that is most conducive for script development. 09.06.13 Two theories will be chosen from discussion in the class thread either unanimously or by the Team Leader (Dalene). 09.09.13 Scenarios need to be submitted via the class thread to be considered for the script. Need to include an environment, proposed characters, resolution and how it meets the theory description to be considered. Scenarios will be chosen unanimously or by the Team Leader (Dalene). 09.13.13 Due from Team Members Team Member 1 (Nicholas) - Appendix for Script 1 - Write a brief preview of how you will be acting out the scenario to represent the selected theory. Team Member 2 (Michael) - Appendix for Script 1 - Write a description of the selected theory with two reference. Team Member 3 (Arline) - Appendix for Script 2 - Write a brief preview of how you will be acting out the scenario to represent the selected theory. Team Member 4 (Frank) - Appendix for Script 2 - Write a description of the selected theory with two reference 09.16.13 Team Leader will submit the appendices 09.19.13 Team Member 1 (Nicholas) - Rough Draft script 1 Team Member 2 (Michael) - Rough Draft script 2 09.21.13 Team Member 3 (Arline) - Final Draft script 1 Team Member 4 (Frank) - Final Draft script...
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...STRATEGIC PLANNING AT UNITED PARCEL SERVICES Reaction Paper Blank Part A Before the 1990s UPS had a small group in charge of formulating project plans (Garvin & Levesque, 2006, p. 3). However, as the company grew in size and the volume of projects, a formal strategic planning group had to be formed. When Eskew became CEO in 2002, the formation of a Management Committee was among the first accomplishments he made. The Committee was tasked to direct the company to its vision for 2007, its first centennial. Eskew's concern, that changes are needed in UPS's strategic planning process, is valid. If the company continues to form only ad hoc groups to focus on achieving a long-term vision, then the sustainable commitment in the group's members cannot be assured. Eskew believes that the only way to move forward is to stop reinventing the wheel. This belief implies that the strategic planning process has to be more systematic than it is, currently. However, the scale of goals to achieve and tasks to accomplish for the Strategic Planning process have become larger as time progressed. UPS will only be capable of transforming itself once more if it has a proportionate level of commitment. A clearer and more straightforward connection between the different components of the strategic process is needed in order to sustain the focus and chart directions. Delegating such task to a Management Committee is a positive step to address the need to link the various components...
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...Collapse Informatics: Response Paper • Collapse Informatics: Augmenting the Sustainability & ICT4D Discourse in HCI (Tomlinson et al., 2012) • Looking Past Yesterday’s Tomorrow: Using Future Studies Methods to Extend the Research Horizon (Mankoff et al., 2013) Both papers are dealing with future scenarios and stressing the likelyhood of a collapse if humanity proceeds its current way of living. The papers provide starting points to investigate in the preparation for humanity if such an event will come true. While the paper by Tomlinson et al. (2012) is introducing a completely new notion for studying, designing and devloping sociotechnical systems in the abundant present for use in a future of scarcity, the second paper by Mankoff et al. (2013) presents methods that can support the analysis of long-‐ term trends, support the identification of new...
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...Scenarios planning is the main technique to study the future, and it have been used since long time by the government planners, corporate managers and military analysts, as important tool to help them in making decision to face the uncertainty. The idea of scenario planning is to establish about possible future where it can minimise surprises and broaden the span of managers. Today the scenarios planning they have become extremely popular. ( Chermack, T. J. 2003). Scenario planning is a group‐based decision making tool, which has its roots in post‐ WWII military planning and the petroleum industry of the 1970s such as Royal Dutch Company. Unlike its cousins, forecasting and prediction, scenario planning does not attempt to project future outcomes based on data from the past. These methods can often lead to “tunnel vision”, due to their preference of one outcome over another. Scenario planning, as described by Peter Schwartz, Chairman of Global Business Network (GBN), “…is a tool for better decision making…Business and governments employ this tool because it helps them to make better strategic decisions.” (Schlegel, G. L., & Murray, P. 2010) The History of Scenario Planning Scenario planning arose out of a need to plan for futures filled with much uncertainty. This uncertainty is particularly magnified in military operations, which is why scenario‐type planning can be traced back to 19‐century military ...
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...When UPS starting the scenario planning for Horizon 2017, they decided to limit the number of participants from the 1997 scenarios. The purpose of this was to steer clear of similarities between the two scenario-planning sessions. But as an end result, they ended up with scenarios still biased towards the 1997 scenarios. To assist UPS in avoiding this bias would be to have two different scenario-planning sessions. One session would include the participants of the Horizon 2017 session, one with limited 1997 scenario bias. The second session would only include members who did not participate in the 1997 session at all. For this second session the members can get a grip on issues/barriers of the future with a non-bias way of thinking. Their results can be compared and contrasted with the first session, so UPS can see the vision of the company’s future from both sides of the road. Along with the new scenario designing, there were participants who didn’t even truly believe that these meetings were even affecting how UPS does business. UPS is planning for all of these external forces but yet they are not recognizing the internal issue that not everyone is even accepting these meeting as helpful. This can greatly affect the company when external/worldwide forces cause barriers for UPS. In this article, UPS implements SWOT analysis’s but in a more in-depth manner with the scenario planning to improve UPS’s competitiveness. They combined all of the aspects to paint...
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...Question 13 Group 1 Question 14 (a) 1. Define the Scope 2. Identify the Major Stakeholders 3. Identify Basic Trends 4. Identify Key Uncertainties 5. Construct Initial Scenario Themes 6. Check for Consistency and Plausibility 7. Develop Learning Scenarios 8. Identify Research Needs 9. Develop Quantitative Models 10. Evolve toward Decision Scenarios (b) Scenario planning could be used in the industry of Education. While it is not a classic industry, I believe that scenario planning could be beneficial and effective for education. It could help plan the implementation of a new education system, such as specialized education for students gifted in unique areas. While the current school system educates, it is not efficient to the point that many promising students are cut short because of the platonic nature of the education system. Scenario planning could help plan the stages of implementing a new system. The stakeholders are clearly the youth and students, basic trends are Fine Arts, science and mathematics, social studies, humanities and etc. Many uncertainties would of course be the ability to learn from each individual student in terms of tactile, auditory, visual, or etc. In the end, every step of scenario planning would be helpful for education. Question 15 (a) Regular Glove = 500, Catcher’s Mitt = 150, Value = 3700 (b) Finishing and packaging and shipping constraints (c) Cutting and Sewing = 0, Finishing = 3, Packaging and Shipping = 28 Additional time...
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...Having to learn of the existence of a tool called scenario analysis was itself a blessing for me. Scenario planning affords us the opportunity to make decisions in context of various futures that may play out. It incites us to challenge our assumptions about the future. By basing our plans and decisions in line with the most likely scenario, we can be ensured that our decision are sound even if conditions change According to Ged Davis “the use of scenarios does not imply we will be absolutely right – we only need to be less surprised than those who are not thinking in this light … ideally, to be able to interpret what others see as crises as normal human affairs”. Scenario planning can be applied at the work place, it can also be applied to one’s personal life. I decided to include in this report a demonstration of how scenario planning can be applied at the work place. The following steps illustrate this 1. Problem definition – The problem in this case is how a particular project in the company can be completed within budget at the end of the scenario horizon i.e. end of 2016 2. Data gathering – The next thing to do is to identify trends, factors that may affect the plan. Here I am looking at trends such as the political situation in the company - will there be prolonged strikes at some point? How will this affect the plan? Another point to consider is cost of hire? Will this go up during the course of the year? Or will the schedule be affected due to unavailability...
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...Please let me know if you need anything from me. I am thinking this is all due Sunday he did not say so I will let you know if it is before then. Communication Channel Scenarios Resources: Communication Channel Scenarios located on the student website. Read the scenarios located on the student website. Answer the questions after each scenario. Be sure to select the communication channel appropriate for each scenario. Defend your responses. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Scenarios are below: Scenario 1 You are the Marketing Manager for a new beverage that has done remarkably well in the United States after it’s introduction especially in sports arenas such as football and basketball. The Vice President of Operations charged you and your team to develop a strategy for entering this new beverage into the global market. You need to take this task back to your team, provide them with the product details, and get them started as quickly as possible because they only have one week to develop a strategy. Questions: 1. What communication channel will you use? 2. Why is this channel the best choice in this situation? 3. What communication channel will you use to convey your strategy to the VP of Operations? 4. Why is this channel the best choice n this situation? Scenario 2 You are the manager of a large travel agency. You manage 11 employees. This morning, one of your employees notifies you that the company login name and password no longer...
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...07:237-246. Downloaded from www.worldscientific.com by PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY on 07/25/15. For personal use only. STRATEGIC PLANNING OF FUTURE PRODUCTS WITH PRODUCT SCENARIOS VOLKER GRIENITZ∗ and VOLKER BLUME Industrial Engineering, University of Siegen Paul-Bonatz-Str. 9-11 Siegen, 57068, Germany ∗volker.grienitz@uni-siegen.de Received 29 January 2010 Revised 4 March 2010 Accepted 15 April 2010 Manufacturing based corporations often find themselves confronted with complexities of increased pressures to innovate in order to ensure their comparative market positions. In order to react to various exogenous changes corporations need to develop strategies that match their manufacturing resources as well as products with the markets requirements. Product scenarios represent a holistic approach for managing innovation processes and technologies efficiently. The analysis through evolutionary algorithms for compatibility between and amongst the product structure segments provides the necessary information about their suitability. The resulting scenarios, roadmaps and regular monitoring processes are prerequisite for the managerial decision making process and the implementation of product and technology strategies. Keywords: Product scenarios; scenarios; evolutionary algorithms; monitoring; scenario planning. 1. Introduction The early recognition and visionary anticipation of technological potentials as well as the combination of technologies plays a vital role...
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...Just Right Tire Company Conflict Scenario Management 521 February 12, 2012 Just Right Tire Company Conflict Scenario Learning Team A was assigned a conflict scenario to assess for Week Three of our Management 521 class. The team reviewed and discussed issues with three members of a marketing team for Just Right Tire Company that worked well together in the past, but cannot find a suitable compromise for a current project, and their team is dangerously close to not meeting its deadline. In this paper, the learning team outlined some points from our discussion and our suggestions to resolve the conflict. Dream Team Becomes Living Nightmare Jan, Sally, and Mark were asked to develop an ad to promote a brand of tires with a new tire tread design that the company plans to launch in the fall. Jan specializes in developing ad ideas, Sally in graphics, and Mark in writing slogans. Together, this trio has created a string of successful ads and proven to be a very effective team for all their past completed projects. However, their newest project is not working out like past projects. Jan and Marc each began working on the project separately and now have two different ideas that fit their personal strengths, but do not complement each other’s specialty. Sally tried to play the role of mediator to her teammates, but when no simple compromise could be achieved, she gave up in frustration and began working on her own ad idea independent of the other two. First Step:...
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...Conflict Scenario Just Right Tire Company Looking at the conflict from the manager’s perspective, the manager will schedule a meeting with Jan, Sally, and Mark to discuss why the Just Right Tire ad campaign has come to a standstill. At the being of the meeting the manager would ask each person one-by-one to address what they believe to be the problem in completed the project. After the team has given their feedback, the manager will offer feedback by identify the problems and offering solutions to the problem by reminding them of the company’s vision, goals and values; and that they have worked well together before on successful projects, hopefully this will give the team the necessary motivation for them to work together and show some excitement about the project (Nickels, McHugh, and McHugh, 2010) (Yukl 2010). After giving feedback to the identified problems, the various solutions would include; 1) for each team member to provide two ideas for the ad after which a few of the company managers will vote on the best option and 2) each for each team member to provide two ideas for the ad based on their expertise and let the customers of Just Right Tire vote of the best option. In order for customers to have a vote an email will be sent send out explaining the competition to customers who have provided their email address and post a vote box in the store explaining the competition for those customers who come into the store. In addition for the customers voting for the...
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